JURIST
JULY 16, 2022
One of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X is seeking USD 40 million in compensatory damages from the City of New York after he was proven innocent of involvement in the killing last year. The post Man exonerated in assassination of Malcolm X seeks $40M from NYC appeared first on JURIST - News.
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. After a jury trial in the U.S.
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Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 24, 2022
The aforementioned UK case is a good example, because one key to ensuring the enforcement of English judgments is the reciprocal relationship between China and England (or the UK, if in a wider context), which, under the de jure reciprocity test (one of the new three tests), was confirmed in this case.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 12, 2021
Representing the students, lawyer Kristen Waggoner told the justices that when college officials stopped Uzuegbunam and Bradford from sharing their faith, they caused “concrete injuries” for which nominal damages can provide a remedy. We have “very imaginative lawyers with imaginative damages theories,” Gorsuch quipped.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. American courts have long recognized that broad defamation rule are inimical to free speech. Craigslist, Inc. ,
JURIST
JANUARY 30, 2024
A defense lawyer for former US President Donald Trump filed a letter in US District Court on Monday that argued a judge in a recent defamation lawsuit should have recused himself from the case. She stated that the New York Post article mischaracterized her relationship with Judge Kaplan and that the accusations were “utterly baseless.”
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 14, 2021
involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. New York allows the admission of testimonial hearsay to prove an aggravating factor at a capital sentencing hearing. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
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