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Supreme Court Limits Standing for Class-Action Suits Under FCRA

Constitutional Law Reporter

The FCRA also creates a cause of action for consumers to sue and recover damages for certain violations. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs and awarded each class member statutory damages and punitive damages. But under Article III, an injury in law is not an injury in fact. Milkovich v.

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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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.”. Cases brought by cities.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

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The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. 47 U.S.C. § The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.

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Condé Nast Says Models Are “Inhibiting Free Speech” in Vogue Runway Lawsuit

The Fashion Law

In the answer that it filed on November 13, Condé Nast argues – by way of seventeen affirmative defenses – that the model plaintiffs’ remaining causes of action against it should be dismissed.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Baltimore and Incinerator Operator Settled Lawsuit over Local Air Law. Oil pump, ( Creative Commons ). By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The Ninth Circuit also found that modification of the injunction due to EPA’s rulemaking action did not threaten separation of powers. Portland, Oregon.