Conflict of Laws

JUNE 3, 2021

Assume that you successfully obtained a favourable judgment from a foreign court that orders the losing party to pay punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages. Could the judgment be enforced in Japan where punitive damages are considered as contrary to public policy? Thus the question above.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday that plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages from the state when a law enforcement officer uses excessive force. Punitive damages are awarded as a way to punish the defendant and to deter that same conduct in the future.

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LegalReader

MAY 18, 2022

Penalties through the civil courts come in the form of punitive damages.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a $25 million judgment and jury verdict Friday finding that a California man, Edwin Hardeman, developed cancer from exposure to agribusiness Monsanto’s weed-killer, Bayer’s Roundup. Monsanto also asserted that decades of studies indicate Roundup is safe for human use.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Notably, the jury awarded punitive damages against the university, a relative rarity for juries but well deserved in this case. In its earlier summary judgment ruling , the court began with a discussion of the highly analogous case of Pickering v. 2013), the Supreme Court in Pickering , 391 U.S. Pretty low odds.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the view of the U.S. solicitor general in a case in which a federal appeals court reduced…

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2023

The 55th Branch of the Tehran Court of Justice Wednesday issued a $312.9 ” The lawsuit began when families of victims of the attacks sued the US for damages. 199 million of the damages awarded are for punitive damages against the US. 199 million of the damages awarded are for punitive damages against the US.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Florida Supreme Court just changed the litigation landscape regarding punitive damage claims.

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HowAppealing

JULY 20, 2023

High Court Adopts Per-Defendant Calculation of Punitive-to-Compensatory Damages Ratio”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday. ’s Constitutional Punitive Damages Caselaw ” and “ More from Pa.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2021

A California appeals court on Monday upheld an $86 million verdict against The Monsanto Company, a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical and life sciences company, Bayer AG. However, Bayer is likely to face additional legal actions related to Roundup, as courts and individuals contend with existing health concerns surrounding the product.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Massachusetts' high court upholds a 2019 jury decision regarding punitive damages.

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2022

A jury for the US District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Comet Technologies $40 million in damages on Wednesday, finding that a rival company had misappropriated trade secrets on equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. Comet had sought compensatory damages of $32.5

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three new cases Wednesday, including two cases about compensation for student-athletes. The court consolidated the cases National Collegiate Athletic Association v. ” The court also granted certiorari in TransUnion LLC v. Alston and American Athletic Conference v.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko. A request for punitive damages was rejected by the Strassbourg court.

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JURIST

APRIL 15, 2022

Orrick of the US District Court of Northern California Wednesday reduced damages Tesla owed in a workplace racial harassment suit from $137 million to $15 million. Diaz sought damages for solely emotional injury. in past compensatory damages and $2.4 million in future compensatory damages. Judge William H.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis Thursday ruled that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages on top of a nearly $1 billion verdict handed down last month, for his defamatory statements about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. million in damages to other Sandy Hook parents.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday denied review of a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision favoring Walmart in a race bias lawsuit brought by a former pharmacist. Wantou appealed from this decision, claiming that the district court failed to apply the appropriate analysis for his discrimination claims.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

” Biden requests a jury trial and seeks both general and punitive damages. Hunter Biden has been busy in the courts as of late. .” Finally, Biden’s complaint alleges violations of the California Business & Professionals Code , which prohibits engaging in “unfair competition.”

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2023

A court in Iran’s capital ruled on Wednesday that the U.S. The court ordered $9.95 million in compensation for financial damages, while $104 million and $199 million were awarded for moral and punitive damages. The court ordered $9.95 The total amount awarded is nearly $313 million.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Supreme Court agreed to wade into the controversial issue of compensation for college athletes, granting National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Over 35 years ago, the Supreme Court indicated in NCAA v. Ramirez then went to federal court, alleging that TransUnion’s actions violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Mondaq

MAY 18, 2022

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently granted review in The Bert Company d/b/a Northwest Insurance Services v. Matthew Turk, et al., 14 WAP 2022,

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Share The Supreme Court issued orders on Tuesday morning from the justices’ private conference last week. The list of orders was largely uneventful, as the court did not add any new cases to its merits docket for the term. Epic went to the Supreme Court in April, asking the justices to weigh in. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. ,

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 9, 2021

“Bayer Loses Third Appeal of Roundup Herbicide Cancer Verdict”: Joel Rosenblatt and Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News have this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of California’s First District Court of Appeal issued today.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2022

million to a US Army veteran for alleged hearing damage that resulted from using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division heard the case , with Judge Casey Rodgers presiding. million in punitive damages. to pay USD 77.5

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Three sweeping civil procedure changes introduced by the Florida Supreme Court over the past year — a fresh summary judgment standard, a new apex deponent rule and immediate review of early punitive damages decisions — should lead to fairer and more predictable litigation outcomes, and signal a continued revamp in 2022 and beyond, says Kyle Robisch (..)

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LexForti

APRIL 7, 2024

Trial Court restrained the Defendant form using the mark MEDILICE post long drawn trial and awarded punitive damages of sum of Rs. Compensation: The Plaintiff is also entitled to punitive damages amounting to Rs. Brief: In the captioned matter, the Ld. 10 Lakhs against the Defendant. Rajendra Pawar & Anr., (36)

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Law 360

JUNE 24, 2022

million to the family of an 83-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by a Spectrum internet installer and could increase Spectrum's liability when it returns to court to consider punitive damages. A Dallas jury has found that Spectrum owes $337.5

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JURIST

JUNE 5, 2022

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Douglas H. Neuwirth claims that these false termination claims caused him irreparable harm and have “severely damaged [his] once stellar professional reputation.” ” Neuwirth requests various forms of relief, including reinstatement, front pay, back pay, and punitive damages.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, actions of note included: Enhancement discretion. The court granted review in People v. Applying the Supreme Court’s January decision in People v. 5th 688, the majority thought the trial court had more limited options than the dissent did. Punitive damages reversal.

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2022

Plaintiff Purushothaman Rajaram Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit in a California US District Court against Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook’s new parent company for employment discrimination. The post Facebook sued for giving preference to visa workers appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Secondly, five typical cases on Chinese courts’ jurisdiction are selected to highlight the development of Chinese judicial practice in respect of consumer contracts, abuse of dominant market position, repeated actions and other matters. Fourthly, two significant decisions on punitive damages of intellectual property are reported.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

Supreme Court on Monday turned down appeals covering a broad range of intellectual property disputes, including Epic Systems Corp.'s s appeal of the Seventh Circuit's punitive damages cap in a $420 million trade secrets case, and one involving the limits of trademark functionality in a clash over candy-colored dental products.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Wasserstein — The New Jersey Supreme Court, in its August 25, 2022 opinion in Mirian Rivera v. 25, 2022), [link] , considered whether a provider’s use of a medical device that is the subject of an FDA safety communication constitutes per se evidence of wanton disregard, which would warrant punitive damages. Valley Hospital, Inc.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2021

A man shot by Kyle Rittenhouse filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court, claiming that local law enforcement officials conspired with white nationalist militias during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake last year in Wisconsin. He is seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The case is in federal court in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Alianza Americas is asking the court to enjoin DeSantis from further inducing more migrants to “travel across state lines by fraud and misrepresentation.”

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 18, 2022

Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, two former Pennsylvania judges accused in 2009 of sending hundreds of teenagers to privately run youth detention centers in exchange for millions in kickbacks, and sentenced to decades in prison as a result, have been ordered to pay more than $206 million in damages, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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