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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

Rademacher took a closer look at the BGH’s landmark decision from 1992, which deemed the concept of punitive damages intolerable in Germany mainly because its function to punish and deter doesn’t fall in the scope of German private law’s concept of strict compensation; punishment and deterrence are entirely reserved for criminal law.

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

SCOTUSBlog

20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. CVSG: 5/25/2021. CVSG: 5/25/2021. CVSG: 4/30/2021. Cummings v.

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Georgia poll workers file federal defamation suit against Giuliani and OAN over election fraud claims

JURIST

Moss had been publicly discredited, Defendants continued to repeat and republish the false and defamatory statements, including to this day: Giuliani appeared on OAN on December 10, 2021, to reprise his lies.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Circuit’s order also established the briefing schedule for the cases, with three initial briefs from petitioners due on January 14, 2021, respondents’ brief due April 14, 2021, and reply briefs due June 1, 2021. California v. Wheeler , No. 20-1357 (D.C. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

On January 19, 2021, the D.C. On January 15, 2021, the D.C. On February 1, 2021, the federal district court for the District of Alaska denied motions for preliminary relief barring certain construction activities related to a major oil and gas development project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). 19-1140 (D.C.