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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.

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

JonathanTurley

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. The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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.

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The “Royal We” Provision: Newly Released Settlement Favors Prince Andrew as One of Epstein’s “Other Defendants”

JonathanTurley

Look again at the language (emphasis added): HEREBY remise, release, acquit, satisfy, and forever discharge the said Second Parties and any other person or entity who could have been included as a potential defendant (“Other Potential Defendants”) from all, and all manner of, action and actions of Virginia Roberts, including State or Federal , cause (..)