JURIST
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Provided the employer prevailed in a lawsuit, they could have sought attorney’s fees, compensatory damages, and exemplary damages of $5,000 for each day a defendant acted in violation of the statute. ” Second, North Carolina argued that the case presented important questions of First Amendment law.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 16, 2024
In such situations, the owner of the surface estate has rights to use the surface of the land, such as for constructing buildings, but does not own the underlying mineral resources (e.g., a tort claim), the maximum amount of damages recoverable as compensatory damages is per person and not per occurrence.
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At the Lectern
APRIL 29, 2021
83 — and where the Attorney General has knowledge of, or is in actual or constructive possession of, such evidence — what duty, if any, does the Attorney General have to acknowledge or disclose that evidence to the petitioner? The appellate court concluded the Rule doesn’t limit attorney fees, disagreeing with Lafferty v.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
This has long been a controversial element under the FCA because it was largely the result of judicial not congressional construction. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. 47 U.S.C. § We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
The federal district court for the Eastern District of Texas denied a steel mill owner’s motion for a preliminary injunction barring construction of a gas pipeline that will cross the plaintiff’s property. Federal Court Denied Preliminary Injunction in Steel Mill Owner’s Pipeline Challenge. The owner asserted that the U.S. BP America Inc. ,
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The Tenth Circuit ordered the injunction to remain in place pending consideration of the environmental groups’ appeal of a district court order that declined to vacate mining lease modifications that authorized road construction in the Sunset Roadless Area. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw. Sierra Club v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
After Denying Motions to Stop Construction Activities in National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Federal Court Enjoined Certain Work for Two Weeks. On February 6, the court issued an injunction on certain construction activities through February 20 or until the Ninth Circuit rules on any motions for injunction pending appeal. 2019-398 (Vt.
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