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Account holders sue PayPal for allegedly withholding account funds

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Plaintiffs also alleged the tort of conversion, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment. ” They are seeking exemplary and punitive damages, along with a cease and desist to prevent PayPal from engaging in similar unlawful business practices.

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New York Times Loses Effort to Block Kai Spears Defamation Action

JonathanTurley

” As a sports figure, such allegations can have a major impact on his future contracts both with teams and advertisers. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions. Spears objected to Times suggesting that he was “involved” in the “fatal January shooting.”

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. County of Maui v.

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The “Royal We” Provision: Newly Released Settlement Favors Prince Andrew as One of Epstein’s “Other Defendants”

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Look again at the language (emphasis added): HEREBY remise, release, acquit, satisfy, and forever discharge the said Second Parties and any other person or entity who could have been included as a potential defendant (“Other Potential Defendants”) from all, and all manner of, action and actions of Virginia Roberts, including State or Federal , cause (..)

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. 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.

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