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DECEMBER 16, 2021

A California state jury on Thursday awarded a former head of Farmers Insurance's in-house legal services $150 million in punitive damages, in addition to his $5.4 million compensatory damages, after finding that his role as a potential witness in a settled sex bias suit from female Farmers attorneys motivated his firing.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2021

Only the United States Attorney General can file a criminal lawsuit against a former president. Attorney Philip Andonian explained that the defendants “violated federal and state laws designed to protect people from precisely the conduct they engaged in.” Swalwell is seeking monetary damages, including punitive damages.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Specifically, the suit claims that Giuliani and Trump’s legal team initiated the lie that election workers illegally instructed observers to leave and counted thousands of fraudulent ballots unobserved, and OAN And Giuliani amplified the lie.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2021

He is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Sam Hall, the attorney representing Kenosha County and Sheriff David Beth, said the allegations in the suit are false and that he plans to file a motion to dismiss the case.

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JURIST

AUGUST 30, 2023

US District Judge Beryl Howell ordered that a judgment be entered against Giuliani for “defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy, and punitive damage claims.”

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

That is precisely why the New York Court of Appeals should act to redeem the integrity of the legal system by setting aside or drastically reducing this award. For example, in 1996, the justices limited state-awards of punitive damages under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The post US and UK Rohingya refugees sue Facebook alleging dissemination of ‘hateful and dangerous misinformation’ appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. ” Plaintiffs demand a jury trial. .” ” Plaintiffs demand a jury trial.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and seek compensatory and punitive damages, including attorneys’ fees and costs, for physical and emotional injuries caused by the defendants. The US House of Representatives also passed a resolution last month to establish a committee to investigate the US Capitol attacks.

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2023

” Trump’s attorney Alina Habba criticized the ruling, saying, “We strongly disagree with the flawed decision and will be filing an appeal shortly.” Jean Carroll looks forward to obtaining additional compensatory and punitive damages based on the original defamatory statements Donald Trump made in 2019.”

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2021

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) joined with several other legal entities in a lawsuit Tuesday accusing New York Police officers of race discrimination, police brutality and violating the free speech of a peaceful protester.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

Individuals who discriminate are subject to “substantial civil penalt[ies]” as well as punitive damages and injunctive relief. Additionally, individuals who violate such provisions must pay the first responder’s attorneys’ fees.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The testimony put the controversial demands of New York Attorney General James into sharp relief. The charges brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James were curious from the start. Gore , striking down a punitive damage award. In the Trump case, the banks made money.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In cases where an employer has acted with malice or intentionally broke the law, there may be punitive damages available.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 16, 2021

DC is seeking compensatory, statutory and punitive damages from the organizations for their involvement in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The attorney general posits five counts against the group, including conspiracy to violate 42 U.S.C. 1985(1), violation of 42 U.S.C.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The attorney general and inspector-general argued they administered available resources properly and the survivors failed to report the SGBV to the police at the time of the crimes’ commission. The post Kenya court awards 4M shillings to post-election rape survivors appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 28, 2021

A very disturbing case of alleged police brutality just got far worse after defense counsel for Jim Jones, 62, alleged in open court that a prosecutor with the District Attorney for Lawrence County, Tennessee told a deputy sheriff to delete pictures of the beaten Jones. The complaint seeks punitive damages.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Attorneys at Akin Gump declined to discuss the lawsuit. “We Series of Meetings. ” The case is No.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 29, 2021

Adidas made headlines in the summer of 2019 when it initiated legal proceedings against (pre-bankruptcy) J. With that in mind, here is a look at some of the stripes-related legal matters initiated by – or otherwise involving – adidas in recent years …. Patent and Trademark Office for a multi-striped mark. In response to J. Thom Browne.

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The Fashion Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As such, in addition to tossing out the plaintiffs’ claims, Condé Nast is seeking damages, including its attorneys’ fees, as well as compensatory and punitive damages. The case at hand falls neatly within that framework, per Condé Nast, as “Vogue is a public forum” and fashion news is a matter of public interest.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 7, 2021

Despite recent calls for sanctions for frivolous filings by Republicans ( which I have expressed concerns over ), none of those experts are expressing the same view of this filing, which is shockingly short of legal merit. They ask for $5 in actual damages and $10 in punitive damages. James White. Under Rule 3.1

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The Crime Report

JULY 12, 2021

Bazelon’s account of the Briley litigations shows us that our fundamental legal architecture, with its list of requirements for discrete, fatal errors, its time limitations, its denial of post-conviction counsel, and its procedural bypass rules, seeks the exact opposite of that resiliency. Finding Resiliency. Restoration.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

MAY 1, 2022

as well as general damages for any mental anguish, emotional distress, or other pain and suffering. In addition, punitive damages are available if the additional elements of Cal. In general, the prevailing plaintiff can recover an award of attorney fees and legal costs as well. Civil Code sec. 3294 can be proven.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

Eric Swalwell against former President Donald Trump as a serious miscalculation that could result in a legal vindication for Trump either on the trial or appellate levels. attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. Then nothing happened.

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The Crime Report

JULY 1, 2021

Qualified immunity, which has been increasingly discussed in the wake of calls for police reform, is a legal doctrine that shields government officials from being held personally liable for constitutional violations so long as they did not violate “clearly established” law. Lindvall, the assistant city attorney in Mesa, Ariz.,

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Over the last few weeks, we’ve offered insights about how you can stay out of legal hot water by establishing good practices with regard to your company’s trademark portfolio (see Part 5 of our Trade Basics series here , which contains links at the end to the other parts of the series). In any event, a jury awarded Big O $2.8

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board burned through millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery. Instead, Amber and the Board will simply ask alumni to foot the bill for a legal effort that seems to become little more than a revenge fetish.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. Attorney General , which held in 2005 that, to establish derivative citizenship under the since-amended version of 8 U.S.C.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

attorney and Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani; former Deputy White House Communications Director Julia Hahn; and former White House Director of Social Media and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Daniel Scavino, Jr. However, after reading the filing, I remain skeptical of the legal basis for the action. 1985(2).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 2, 2022

They also seek punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, pre-judgment interest, attorneys’ and expert witness fees and other costs, and other equitable, declaratory, and/or injunctive relief “to assure … an effective remedy.”. The municipalities of Puerto Rico aim for similar findings about fossil fuel company activity.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Under the ISU Anti-Harassment and Non-Discrimination Policy , Beathard is guaranteed free speech: “Illinois State University … is strongly committed to the ethical and legal principal that each member of the University Community enjoys the right to free speech. Beathard brought the lawsuit under 42 U.S.C.

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InHouseOps

JUNE 13, 2022

Luis Martinez: I was actually the first attorney hired by the AAA for its international division, the ICDR when it was created in 1996. First, you are looking at a neutral forum and you may be hoping to avoid the local courts where the other side is located and unfamiliar legal systems and practice. Ours are not just lawyers.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court Upheld State Department’s Invocation of FOIA Exception for Legal Memorandum Supporting Paris Agreement Request. Department of State properly withheld a legal memorandum that accompanied an “action memorandum” seeking authorization from the Secretary of State to join the Paris Agreement. BP America Inc. , N20C-09-097 (Del.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Ninth Circuit was not persuaded by the plaintiff states’ argument that “precedent requires a broad, fact-intensive inquiry into whether altering an injunction is equitable, even if the legal duty underlying the injunction has disappeared.” County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw. The plaintiffs plan to appeal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The mining company argued that the district court should not have issued the injunction without hearing legal arguments and factual evidence on the appropriate remedy, and without weighing the mandatory factors for a mandatory injunction. Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” CARB and California Attorney General Sought to Join Lawsuit Challenging Port of Los Angeles Project. Williams , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.” Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. City of New York v. Minnesota v.

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