Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A federal judge said Friday she will have to decide count by count whether she can allow a Massachusetts couple suing eBay over a harassment campaign against them to seek punitive damages under California law while pursuing compensatory damages for the same claims under the laws of the pair's home state.

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Law 360

MAY 3, 2023

Ex-insurance agents' counsel asked a California jury during closings Wednesday to award $17.24 million in compensatory damages and $120 million in punitive damages against Farmers Group Inc.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JANUARY 16, 2023

Their lawsuit requests defendants pay their attorney fees, compensatory damages, and an audit of royalty payments since 2015. Two of the three members of “Gap Band,” Robert and Ronnie Wilson’s heir’s suit alleges BMG is in breach of contract over unpaid royalties.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory damages and restitution for unpaid commissions on the $2.05 million they raised. Allegedly Rescue Dog was promised a […]. The post Film Fridays: Lawsuit Between Producers Over Unpaid Commissions on Chris Pine Film appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER.

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Legal Writing Launch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Legal professionals must follow standard conventions, often dictated by specific style guides like The Bluebook or the California Style Manual. Example: $1,000 or One thousand dollars ($1,000) (It is interesting that both The Blue Book and the California Style Manual are silent on this point.

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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. Written by Béligh Elbalti (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics – Osaka University). Introduction.

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Patently O

MARCH 20, 2024

In re California Expanded Metal Products Co. , 59(e) order setting aside the damages verdict — meaning that although the patentee proved infringement, it will receive $0 in compensatory damages. sued California Expanded Metal Products Co. 2023-1140 (Fed Cir. MercExchange, L.L.C. 388, 391 (2006).

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The causes of action in the suit include strict product liability and negligence, and specifically addresses the following questions of law: whether Facebook (i.e. ” Plaintiffs demand a jury trial.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2022

Additionally, the City seeks compensatory damages, punitive or exemplary damages, attorney’s fees and pre and post-judgment interest on all monies awarded. The City is seeking a jury trial, as well as an order for the defendant companies to abate the public nuisance, including funding future abatement measures.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A California state jury on Thursday awarded a former head of Farmers Insurance's in-house legal services $150 million in punitive damages, in addition to his $5.4 million compensatory damages, after finding that his role as a potential witness in a settled sex bias suit from female Farmers attorneys motivated his firing.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 29, 2021

City and County of San Francisco , the court again showed no interest in addressing a taxing question left open by its 2017 5-2 decision in California Cannabis Coalition v. The appellate court concluded the Rule doesn’t limit attorney fees, disagreeing with Lafferty v. .” City of Upland (2017) 3 Cal.5th

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Many of the crew were from California but the set is in New Mexico. The California code contains an ample criminal negligence or manslaughter provision: PART 1. In 1968, the California Supreme Court expanded NIED claims in Dillon v. They could also seek punitive damages in such a case. Walgreen Hastings Co., Legg, 441 P.2d

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

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. The solicitor general recommends the court grant review. Cummings v. 1104(a)(1)(B).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In 2019, the Wyoming federal court stayed these proceedings challenging the Waste Prevention Rule while a challenge to the Trump administration’s repeal of the rule was pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. California v. California Air Resources Board v. Wheeler , No. 20-1357 (D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. City and County of San Francisco, California , 20-1775. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians , or whether the U.S. 27 and Oct.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

California v. California v. California Federal Court Entered Final Judgment Vacating Repeal of 2016 Waste Prevention Rule After Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Rule. On October 29, 2020, the federal district court for the Northern District of California entered judgment vacating the 2018 final rule rescinding the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On January 6, 2021, the Town Council for Windsor, California voted to rescind an all-electric “reach code” adopted by the Town in 2019. California Court Rejected Claims of Failure to Consider Future Sea Level Rise in Review of Shoreline Residential Project. 1, 2021); California v. 19, 2021); California v. Chao , No.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive. City and County of San Francisco, California , 20-1775. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. relisted after the Sept. 27 conference).

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