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US Supreme Court declines North Carolina appeal in undercover investigations case

JURIST

Provided the employer prevailed in a lawsuit, they could have sought attorney’s fees, compensatory damages, and exemplary damages of $5,000 for each day a defendant acted in violation of the statute. Third, the state contended that the case was incorrectly decided.

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“Corners Were Being Cut”: Baldwin Shooting Already Has The Makings of a Blockbuster Tort Action

JonathanTurley

The fatal shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch already has the makings of a blockbuster tort action. ” The question is not whether but when the first torts lawsuit will be filed. .” What is clear is that there is an abundance of evidence to support a tort action even at this early stage.

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Georgia poll workers file federal defamation suit against Giuliani and OAN over election fraud claims

JURIST

Altogether, the plaintiffs have charged four claims against the defendants: defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and civil conspiracy and aiding and abetting claims with respect to the said tort claims.

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

SCOTUSBlog

20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. The solicitor general recommends the court grant review. Cummings v. CVS Pharmacy Inc.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. County of Maui v.