Attorney New York Punitive Damages Tort 
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The New York Times lost a critical effort to block the defamation lawsuit brought by University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears. On March 20, Spears’s attorney demanded a public retraction of the statements pursuant to Ala. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 2, 2022
The massive verdict in favor of actor Johnny Depp yesterday constitutes a rare victory of a public figure under the difficult New York Times v. Even with the reduction of the $5 million in punitive damages to $350,000 under the statutory state cap for punitive damages, Depp was technically awarded $10,350,000.
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JonathanTurley
JANUARY 4, 2022
We previously discussed an interesting challenge by Prince Andrew to the applicability of the the age-of-consent in New York to the case. Giuffre’s attorney David Boies has suggested that the agreement would not include Prince Andrew because he was not subject to any litigation or allegations in Florida where it was finalized.
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. It also seeks nominal, compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages; and attorneys’ fees and costs.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
On October 19, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied a natural gas pipeline developer’s petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc of its ruling that upheld the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC’s) denial of a water quality certificate for the pipeline. Attorney General of Vermont , No.
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