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

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At trial, a jury awarded Epic (as relevant here) $140 million in compensatory damages and $700 million in punitive damages. But relying on a Wisconsin law that limits punitive damages to either $200,000 or twice the compensatory damages award, the trial judge reduced the punitive damages award to $420 million.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Dominion Voting Systems machines were used in 28 states in the 2020 election, including in critical swing states Georgia and Wisconsin. billion in damages in the lawsuit against Lindell, including about $650 million in punitive damages and $650 million in compensatory damages. Dominion seeks $1.3

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