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Punitive damages and rejected pleas

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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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In mostly humdrum order list, court adds no new cases to its docket

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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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Dominion Voting sues MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for defamation

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The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, where Mike Lindell and MyPillow advertised and promoted the Stop the Steal march on January 6. Dominion Voting Systems machines were used in 28 states in the 2020 election, including in critical swing states Georgia and Wisconsin. Dominion seeks $1.3