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

Conflict of Laws

by Salih Okur (University of Augsburg) On 8 and 9 March, scholars from more than a dozen different jurisdictions followed the invitation of Tobias Lutzi to discuss recent trends in punitive damages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. The conference contained five panels overall, which were split into three blocks.

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Decoding International Arbitration

InHouseOps

Remember, these are cases that could involve parties from common law and civil law countries. The international rules preclude an award of punitive damages unless the parties agree otherwise. So it has to be in a New York Convention country. For example, you don’t have discovery per se.