JURIST

MARCH 24, 2022

A jury for the US District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Comet Technologies $40 million in damages on Wednesday, finding that a rival company had misappropriated trade secrets on equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. Comet had sought compensatory damages of $32.5

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. In February, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled the statute was an unconstitutional limitation of First Amendment rights.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2021

A California appeals court on Monday upheld an $86 million verdict against The Monsanto Company, a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical and life sciences company, Bayer AG. However, Bayer is likely to face additional legal actions related to Roundup, as courts and individuals contend with existing health concerns surrounding the product.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday publicly released a letter that found Pennsylvania’s court system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it prohibited or limited individuals under court supervision from taking medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD).

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Conspiracy theorist radio show host Alex Jones Wednesday was ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and a first responder approximately $965 million in compensatory damages. A Connecticut court issued the verdict after four weeks of trial. million compensatory damages and $45.2

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

A special French terrorism court Monday opened the trial of eight defendants accused of assisting the driver who killed 86 people on in Nice, France, on Bastille Day 2016. Two thousand people have registered as victims, and 250 people plan to testify in court. The courts have professional judges instead of a jury.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a $25 million judgment and jury verdict Friday finding that a California man, Edwin Hardeman, developed cancer from exposure to agribusiness Monsanto’s weed-killer, Bayer’s Roundup. Monsanto also asserted that decades of studies indicate Roundup is safe for human use.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A federal district court's decision to hold a credit union liable for $558,000 in compensatory damages over a scammer's use of its services disrupts the framework of fund transfer law and jeopardizes the day-to-day feasibility of the nation's fund-transfer systems, an amicus brief filed in the Fourth Circuit argues.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Supreme Court has declined to review an appeal of a Second Circuit decision throwing out part of a lower court's award of roughly $285 million in compensatory damages, which Cognizant won on a federal trade secrets claim in a suit alleging its business information was swiped by an information technology company.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages of $1 and a court order overturning Bullhead City's ordinance restricting "food-sharing" in public spaces.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2022

million to a US Army veteran for alleged hearing damage that resulted from using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division heard the case , with Judge Casey Rodgers presiding. million in punitive damages. to pay USD 77.5

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. The court ruled that Article 3 standing’s redressability element is satisfied if the plaintiffs’ claim is based on a completed violation of a legal right. Further, according to the court, nominal damages by themselves can redress a past injury.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 18, 2023

Supreme Court held that a deaf student seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the denial of a free and appropriate education may proceed without exhausting the administrative processes of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) because the remedy sought is not one IDEA provides.

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Law 360

MAY 25, 2023

The Second Circuit on Thursday threw out part of a lower court's award of about $285 million in compensatory damages Cognizant won on a federal trade secrets claim in a suit alleging its business information was swiped by information technology company Syntel Inc.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 5, 2022

million in compensatory damages. Legitimately Awful : That's the Court today and these folks talk about how to turn that legitimacy back around. The Circus Continues : Alex Jones and the three-ring trial moves to the punitive phase after the jury awards $4.1

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 1, 2023

Natural Resources Defense Council , the Supreme Court ruled that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute as long as that interpretation is reasonable. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to reconsider its ruling in Chevron. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 18, 2022

Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, two former Pennsylvania judges accused in 2009 of sending hundreds of teenagers to privately run youth detention centers in exchange for millions in kickbacks, and sentenced to decades in prison as a result, have been ordered to pay more than $206 million in damages, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2022

A jury for the US District Court for the District of Colorado Friday found that the Denver police used excessive force against protestors during the 2020 George Floyd protests and awarded a $14 million verdict to 12 protestors. This decision comes from a three-week trial that began on March 7.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled Thursday that damages for emotional distress are not recoverable in a private lawsuit to enforce either the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act. This decision clarifies what damages are available to individuals who sue under federal anti-discrimination statutes.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The causes of action in the suit include strict product liability and negligence, and specifically addresses the following questions of law: whether Facebook (i.e. ” Plaintiffs demand a jury trial.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Share The Supreme Court issued orders on Tuesday morning from the justices’ private conference last week. The list of orders was largely uneventful, as the court did not add any new cases to its merits docket for the term. Epic went to the Supreme Court in April, asking the justices to weigh in. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. ,

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The class action complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleged that in 2019 Musk and his corporations, SpaceX and Tesla, purchased, developed, promoted, and operated Dogecoin. Elon Musk, SpaceX, and Tesla Thursday were sued for $258 billion by Dogecoin investor Keith Johnson.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

million in compensatory damages and $13.5 million in punitive damages. In April 2021 Judge William Orrick reduced the award to $15 million. Orrick said that the original award was “grossly excessive” and unconstitutional. He revised the award to be $1.5

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 7, 2021

Share This week we highlight petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether an award of punitive damages that doubles the compensatory damages can comport with due process and how a defendant can prove ineffective assistance of counsel in rejecting a plea offer. On appeal, the U.S.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Because these claims were based in tort rather than wrongful death, the Court of Appeals ruled that they accrued to the decedent at the time of her fatal injuries and the settlement proceeds should have been distributed to her estate, not to her surviving spouse. On appeal, the trial court was reversed. Continue reading

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2022

This is the second lawsuit filed this summer following the alleged incident, with 20 women filing suit in June, court records show. The women in both lawsuits are seeking compensatory damages and jury trials. At the time of the previous lawsuit, no rape trials had been filed.

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SquirePattonBoggs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In its decision, the Court took the uncommon step of sua sponte certifying a question of state law (here, Ohio law) to a state supreme supreme court (the Ohio Supreme Court). Who better to know the answer to that question than the Ohio Supreme Court, which, under Erie Railroad Co. Tompkins , 304 U.S. Lehman Bros.

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Day on Torts

MAY 24, 2022

Where the gravamen of plaintiff’s complaint was his tort claim for defamation seeking unliquidated damages, the chancery court did not have subject matter jurisdiction and the case should have been transferred to circuit court. The trial court denied the motion and ultimately found for plaintiff. In Lowery v. Code Ann. §

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a case questioning whether a lawsuit seeking only symbolic damages can go forward after the government changes the unconstitutional policy being challenged, or whether the case is instead moot – that is, no longer a live controversy. Background. In an unsigned opinion, the U.S.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in Sass v. All of the cases had a Court of Appeal justice sitting pro tem. The court granted review in May 2019. Cohen , which was argued on the October calendar. Briefs here ; oral argument video here.)

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Several of the Court’s Conservative justices appeared willing to overrule both Roe and Casey.

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Day on Torts

APRIL 6, 2022

Plaintiff’s initial complaint was filed in May 2009 and sought $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. Defendant was never served with this amended complaint, but the trial court entered a final judgment awarding plaintiff $3 million in total damages in August 2017. In Turner v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Several of the Court’s Conservative justices appeared willing to overrule both Roe and Casey.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 24, 2023

Ultimately, Parker hopes to recover compensatory damages, restitution, punitive damages, legal fees, and costs, together with a judicial declaration as to the parties’ rights and responsibilities. ” ( Complaint , paragraph 1.) ” ( Complaint , paragraph 101.)

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The AG places particular emphasis on the severe deterring effect these sums of damages may have – not only on the defendant newspaper and journalist in the case at hand but other media outlets in general (AG Opinion, paras. 45(2) Brussels I Regulation, i.e., prevents the enforcing court from reviewing the decision as to its substance.

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Patently O

APRIL 15, 2024

Laurain and EZPZ , relies on the doctrine of unclean hands to deny relief to the patentee (Laurain and EZPZ), affirming the district court’s judgment. As the Supreme Court explained in Keystone Driller Co. The appellate court agreed that this conduct was “offensive to the integrity of the court.”

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