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Federal jury orders 3M to pay $77.5M to veteran over alleged hearing damage from its earplugs

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Aearo Technologies developed the earplugs issued in the army between 2003 and 2015; however, 3M bought Aearo in 2008. The federal jury awarded Beal compensatory damages to the tune of USD 5 million for hearing loss and tinnitus, and USD 72.5 million in punitive damages. Beal’s trial lasted for two weeks.

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Jury awards semiconductor manufacturer $40M in trade secrets case against rival

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A jury for the US District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Comet Technologies $40 million in damages on Wednesday, finding that a rival company had misappropriated trade secrets on equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. Comet had sought compensatory damages of $32.5

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OpenSea, LooksRare, BAYC Yuga Labs Named in $6 Million Negligence Lawsuit

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And even though blockchains and the technology associated with them “may be decentralized in theory,” Armijo argues that each of the defendants is a centralized entity in that does “not share governance with their communities or the wider NFT consumer base.” “Owners can, for example, sell merchandise depicting their ape.”).

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The State seeks compensatory damages, penalties for violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, and costs of suit. The common law claims asserted by Delaware are negligent failure to warn, trespass, and nuisance. BP America Inc. , N20C-09-097 (Del. filed Sept. City of Charleston v.

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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. The court also called for the views of the solicitor general (a so-called CVSG) in Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 27 and Oct.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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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Free exercise, greenhouse-gas regulation, and a slew of other relists from the long conference

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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. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.