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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law. Cedric Vanleenhove (University of Ghent) gave a paper on “Punitive Damages and Public Policy”. However, Jovanovi?

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Alvin Bragg has his Trump trial, All he Needs Now is a Crime

JonathanTurley

Indeed, if all of these facts of payments, non-disclosure agreements, and affairs are proven many of us (including liberal legal experts) are doubtful that there is any cognizable crime. He did this by paying to quash a potentially embarrassing story and then reimbursing his lawyer with other legal expenses. You are not alone.