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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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Massachusetts' high court upholds a 2019 jury decision regarding punitive damages.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Massachusetts High Court Upheld Approval of Hydropower Purchase Agreements. The State seeks compensatory damages, penalties for violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, and costs of suit. The Supreme Court said the PSC lacked authority to rewrite these terms. DA-19-0363 (Mont. filed Sept.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. County of Maui v.

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