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. Johnson accused Musk of orchestrating a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, also known as a Ponzi scheme.
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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SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 12, 2021
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. Alito pressed Pinson, asking whether an award of $10 in statutory damages would be large enough for the lawsuit to go forward.
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 23, 2024
On the other hand, insurability could guarantee payment where the defendant lacks the financial capacity, and the punitive and deterrent effect could still be achieved by imposing higher premiums and the tortfeasor having difficulties finding a new insurer.
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. 47 U.S.C. §
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
The magistrate judge concluded that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations. The court further found that the plaintiffs conceded that venue in Boulder County was not proper for San Miguel under this statute. New York v. 19, 2021); New York v. WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. ,
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