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Supreme Court will decide easement, sentencing cases

At the Lectern

An earlier published opinion in the case had reversed an award, including $2,500,000 in punitive damages, against an insurance company regarding the sale of the company’s annuity, because, the appellate court concluded, the person who sold the annuity was not the company’s agent. National Western Life Insurance Company.

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US Infringement for Failure to Monitor Seat License Fees

Patently O

The CFC agreed with Bitmanagement that it “had established a prima facie case of copyright infringement.” Regarding damages, the court also provided some guidance to the lower court: Because Bitmanagement’s action is against the government, it is entitled only to “reasonable and entire compensation as damages.,

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