The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

These elaborate defense-in-depth constructions were not products of a careful design process. We’ve interposed a layer of government lawyers to assist judges in operating their machines. The price victims pay is obvious: they often can’t get lawyers; they usually get no compensation. He welcomes comments from readers.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But lawyers on both sides of the case contend that the broader stakes in the case could be even higher. in which it ruled that punitive damages awards are taxable income because they are “undeniable accessions to wealth, clearly realized, and over which the taxpayers have complete dominion.” Glenshaw Glass Co. ,

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Civil rights plaintiffs who must depend on that reality will lose, and, in fact, probably can’t even find lawyers to take up their losing cases. Why do we construct an elaborate obstacle course requiring that the harmed community members and the authorities do battle against each other? The police are a “residual institution.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This has long been a controversial element under the FCA because it was largely the result of judicial not congressional construction. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. 47 U.S.C. § We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment.

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JURIST

AUGUST 30, 2023

A federal court in Washington DC found former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani guilty on Wednesday of defaming Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss during the 2020 US presidential election.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Jacobson demanded damages from Clack and NAS “to be determined at trial believed to be in excess of Ten Million Dollars,” plus punitive damages and attorney fees. The two officials were Todd Stern, the former Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Susan Biniaz, formerly the State Department’s lead climate lawyer.

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