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DOJ settles discrimination case against Pennsylvania regional transit authority

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As a result of the settlement, SEPTA committed to implementing anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policies and providing training for its employees in addition to almost $500,000 in compensatory damages to the affected employees. Additionally, SEPTA must also pay the three affected individuals compensatory damages of $496,000.

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Apple sues Israel spyware company over privacy breaches

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In the complaint, Apple claims that “average consumers are not [persons] of interest” and that NSO software allows governments to hyper-target individuals. The company also seeks an accounting and deletion of all stolen data, as well punitive and compensatory damages.

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Case preview: Justices to consider effect of change in government policy on cases seeking symbolic damages

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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.

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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. After a jury trial in the U.S.

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Supreme Court will consider major case on power of federal regulatory agencies

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Judge Judith Rogers explained that although federal fishery law makes clear that the government can require fishing boats to carry monitors, it does not specifically address who must pay for the monitors. A jury ruled for Murray and awarded him back pay and compensatory damages, but the U.S.

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Argument analysis: Justices weigh mootness after change in government policy in cases seeking nominal damages

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Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested to Waggoner that most lawsuits would still be able to go forward even if a request for nominal damages, standing alone, was not enough to keep a case alive. solicitor general who argued on behalf of the federal government in support of the students.

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

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in which Epic has asked the justices to weigh in on whether a state law that places a cap on punitive damages can provide the kind of fair notice that the Supreme Court has said the Constitution’s due process clause requires, so that a punitive damages award that complies with the law passes constitutional muster.