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New York Times Loses Effort to Block Kai Spears Defamation Action

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The New York Times lost a critical effort to block the defamation lawsuit brought by University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears. The Times ran an article “A Fourth Alabama Player Was at a Deadly Shooting, in a Car Hit by Bullets.” We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions.

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Foreign intelligence surveillance and immigration

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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. Attorney General , which held in 2005 that, to establish derivative citizenship under the since-amended version of 8 U.S.C. relisted after the Sept.

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The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

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The testimony put the controversial demands of New York Attorney General James into sharp relief. The charges brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James were curious from the start. Gore , striking down a punitive damage award. In the Trump case, the banks made money.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Alabama Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to TVA Environmental Review of Rate Changes for Distributed Energy. The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Oceana, Inc. Ross , No. 1:12-cv-00041 (D.D.C.

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Blind Justice or Blind Rage: New York’s Legal System Faces Ultimate Test With Obscene Trump Award

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Attorney General Letitia James declared not only that Trump would be barred from doing business in New York for three years, but that the damages would come to roughly $460 million once interest was included. In that case, BMW was found to have repainted luxury cars damaged in transit without telling buyers.

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Trump’s Liability Or Opportunity? Two Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Capitol Riot

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attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. The officers seek $75,000 in damages in their complaint but also ask for unspecified punitive damages. Mike Lee instead of Alabama Sen. The complaint presents five counts.