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

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This has long been a controversial element under the FCA because it was largely the result of judicial not congressional construction. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. 47 U.S.C. § We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Eastern District of Texas denied a steel mill owner’s motion for a preliminary injunction barring construction of a gas pipeline that will cross the plaintiff’s property. Federal Court Denied Preliminary Injunction in Steel Mill Owner’s Pipeline Challenge. The owner asserted that the U.S. BP America Inc. ,

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Tenth Circuit ordered the injunction to remain in place pending consideration of the environmental groups’ appeal of a district court order that declined to vacate mining lease modifications that authorized road construction in the Sunset Roadless Area. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw. Sierra Club v.