JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2023

US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed former President Donald Trump’s counter-defamation suit against author E. ” Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan told CNN , “We are pleased that the Court dismissed Donald Trump’s counterclaim.” Jean Carroll on Monday.

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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2021

In a February court filing, the families’ lawyers estimated that wrongful death claims likely totaled more than $225 million, and total claims including punitive damages could exceed $1 billion. The proposed settlements would provide $3.66 Twenty students and six adults were killed on Dec.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court against Fox News on Friday seeking damages for Fox’s claims that Dominion rigged the 2020 presidential election against President Donald Trump. billion in January. ” The post Dominion Voting Systems files $1.6B

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The jury found defendant liable for intentional misrepresentation and awarded plaintiff $243,000 in compensatory damages, which was the purchase price of the home, and $250,000 in punitive damages. First, the Court of Appeals found that defendant waived his argument that the evidence supporting fraud was not legally sufficient.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

My home lies within a few hundred metres of Parliament Hill, so I have automatically become an unwitting member of the plaintiff class covered by the class action suit being filed against the leaders of the Freedom Convoy for private nuisance and punitive damages.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This group, spearheaded by Zexi Li, filed a statement of claim for a potential class-action lawsuit on Friday February 4 th at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The plaintiffs, represented by lawyer Paul Champ, are seeking an injunction to cease the excessive honking from the Convoy’s vehicles, as well as $4.8

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NewmanFerraraLLP

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

While most are playing out in the federal court system, this one, however, will be heard by a New York State Supreme Court jury up in the The Bronx. ” Allegedly damaged by the incident, the group seeks, among other things, exemplary and punitive damages and to recoup a monetary award.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 2, 2022

While this case will likely be studied for years, the one verdict in favor of Heard is itself notable because it was based on defamation by counsel — a lesson for lawyers in defending their clients in public. Attorneys are protected by absolute privilege in court in making harmful and even false statements. See Kennedy v.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a challenge to the constitutionality of a provision of a 2017 corporate tax reform law. A Washington State couple went to court to challenge the law after it increased their tax bill by a one-time payment of roughly $15,000. Glenshaw Glass Co. ,

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2022

Please note that in the German case , the Saarbrücken Regional Court of Germany refused to recognize and enforce a Chinese judgment on the ground of lack of reciprocity, despite the fact that, as early as 2013, China confirmed that there was reciprocity between the two countries.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 28, 2021

A very disturbing case of alleged police brutality just got far worse after defense counsel for Jim Jones, 62, alleged in open court that a prosecutor with the District Attorney for Lawrence County, Tennessee told a deputy sheriff to delete pictures of the beaten Jones. The complaint seeks punitive damages.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The letter was sent by the new lawyer for Holden and his parents Shannon and Raul Armenta. If a full and effective retraction is issued (and published as prominently as the offending statement), it can limit damages or bar punitive damages entirely in some states. It also turns out that he is Native American. 2d 630 (Cal.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. The Supreme Court still overturned the conviction. In Brandenburg v.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 18, 2023

She actually said that they would be sticking to the statement written by their lawyers–always a smart move. We are sticking to our lawyers statement. ” Notably, the damages are largely compensatory rather than punitive, meaning that he has suffered millions in losses despite his anonymous status.

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The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2023

Should he be charged with contempt and/or convicted on one or more of the 34 felony charges, you can bet that Trump will appeal all the way up to the Supreme Court. Because of this sort of flagrant abuse a jury could award substantial punitive damages as well. And on the eve before this hearing, E.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. punitive damages.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 7, 2021

In a demonstrably meritless lawsuit, 22 Texas House Democrats sued some of the state’s top Republican leaders in federal court in Austin over the efforts to bring them home for a special legislative session. They ask for $5 in actual damages and $10 in punitive damages. Under Rule 3.1

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

2d 774 (1998), bystanders can recover for emotional distress damages only when the injury is caused by a sudden, traumatic event and the plaintiff was aware that the event was causing injury to the victim. In 1968, the California Supreme Court expanded NIED claims in Dillon v. They could also seek punitive damages in such a case.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. As we noted last week , the Supreme Court relisted 18 new cases from its “long conference” that marked its return to business after the summer recess. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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The Crime Report

JULY 12, 2021

The cops, the prosecutors, two sets of defense lawyers, the trial judge, and even jurors who swallowed their doubts, all share a fatalistic nonchalance. So, Lara Bazelon gets nowhere in formal court proceedings or in conversations with the original prosecutors because she cannot successfully present a schematic sequence of falling dominos.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The courts’ argument is that since maybe this was actually a pretty good cop confronting, on a bad day, a situation he wasn’t prepared for, it would be both unfair and bad policy to hold the poor flatfoot liable. Prosecution and punitive damages for misconduct can express aspirations, and may bolster deterrence.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2023

” Their lawyers are reportedly preparing an anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss, claiming that Kay is seeking to curtail and intimidate student journalists. ” She is also seeking punitive damages. A review of the complaint raises more questions than answers on the basis for this rare lawsuit against student journalists.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 4, 2022

” The prince’s lawyer Andrew B. However, such settlements often extend beyond the state of execution and this agreement expressly refers to any actions that Guiffre could bring in “state or federal” courts. One thing that the agreement does not include is a reference to “royalty.” While the U.S.

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InHouseOps

JUNE 13, 2022

First, you are looking at a neutral forum and you may be hoping to avoid the local courts where the other side is located and unfamiliar legal systems and practice. You want to have an exit strategy that provides for arbitration where no party has a home court advantage thereby having the dispute placed in neutral forum. Some are PhDs.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It seeks an order from the court to “permanently enjoin” the defendants from violating said laws again despite the fact that they are now private citizens. It also seeks nominal, compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages; and attorneys’ fees and costs. Rather, he wants a court to allow him to sue Trump Jr.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

In our humble opinion, this global cooperation of legal scholars and practitioners has contributed to making more visible what has been referred to elsewhere as the “College of International Lawyers”. 1 of December 2018 (available here ) Nygh, Peter; Pocar, Fausto “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. 187-214 Coco, Sarah E.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act and the Hague Judgments and Jurisdictions Projects”, Osgoode Hall Law Journal 55 (2018), pp 257-304. Indirect Jurisdiction over the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments of Foreign Courts in Compulsory Counterclaims”, Journal of Xingtai University 2019-04, pp. Blom, Joost.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 4, 2023

167-189 (available here ) Chen, Wendy “Indirect Jurisdiction over the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments of Foreign Courts in Compulsory Counterclaims”, Journal of Xingtai University 2019-04, pp. 1 of December 2018 (available here ) Nygh, Peter; Pocar, Fausto “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. 187-214 Coco, Sarah E. “On

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act and the Hague Judgments and Jurisdictions Projects”, Osgoode Hall Law Journal 55 (2018), pp 257-304. Indirect Jurisdiction over the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments of Foreign Courts in Compulsory Counterclaims”, Journal of Xingtai University 2019-04, pp. Blom, Joost.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

Indirect jurisdiction and Swedish law – Analysis and inquiry of the jurisdiction of Swedish courts in relation to the 2019 Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement”. The Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act and the Hague Judgments and Jurisdictions Projects”, Osgoode Hall Law Journal 55 (2018), pp 257-304. 187-214.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Indirect jurisdiction and Swedish law – Analysis and inquiry of the jurisdiction of Swedish courts in relation to the 2019 Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement”. The Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act and the Hague Judgments and Jurisdictions Projects”, Osgoode Hall Law Journal 55 (2018), pp 257-304. 187-214.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act and the Hague Judgments and Jurisdictions Projects”, Osgoode Hall Law Journal 55 (2018), pp 257-304. Indirect Jurisdiction over the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments of Foreign Courts in Compulsory Counterclaims”, Journal of Xingtai University 2019-04, pp. Blom, Joost.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). FEATURED CASE.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

167-189 (available here ) Chen, Wendy “Indirect Jurisdiction over the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments of Foreign Courts in Compulsory Counterclaims”, Journal of Xingtai University 2019-04, pp. 1 of December 2018 (available here ) Nygh, Peter; Pocar, Fausto “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. 187-214 Coco, Sarah E.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts”, Oxford 2022. Indirect jurisdiction and Swedish law – Analysis and inquiry of the jurisdiction of Swedish courts in relation to the 2019 Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement”. “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Bibliography. Blom, Joost.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts”, Oxford 2022. Indirect jurisdiction and Swedish law – Analysis and inquiry of the jurisdiction of Swedish courts in relation to the 2019 Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement”. “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Bibliography. Blom, Joost.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts”, Oxford 2022. Indirect jurisdiction and Swedish law – Analysis and inquiry of the jurisdiction of Swedish courts in relation to the 2019 Hague Convention on Recognition and Enforcement”. “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Bibliography. Blom, Joost.

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