Connecticut Laws Punitive Damages 
LLRX
JULY 25, 2021
Four highlights from this week: Protect your smartphone from radio-based attacks; New emergency weather alerts set to begin in July - here's what they mean; Accused Capitol Rioter Forced to Unlock Laptop With Face Recognition; and Connecticut pushes cybersecurity with offers of punitive damage protection.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
arguing that the gunmakers’ activities violated Connecticut and Massachusetts consumer protection laws. Mexico also seeks punitive damages and disgorgement of the gun-makers’ profits. The government claims that up to 90 percent of all guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes were trafficked from the U.S.,
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Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 2, 2022
According to Reuters , the reason given by the judge to dismiss the case is that “federal law [Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act] ‘unequivocally’ bars lawsuits seeking to hold gun manufacturers responsible when people use guns for their intended purpose” and that none of the exceptions contained therein applied. BERETTA U.S.A.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis Thursday ruled that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages on top of a nearly $1 billion verdict handed down last month, for his defamatory statements about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Baltimore and Incinerator Operator Settled Lawsuit over Local Air Law. Connecticut filed a motion for remand to state court (December 2). and non-U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Conservation Law Foundation v. Connecticut Filed Lawsuit Alleging Exxon Engaged in “Campaign of Deception” Regarding Climate Change. Source: Khanrak ).
Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 17, 2024
For some Private International Law implications, click here. Among the claims for relief are: Negligence, public nuisance, defective condition – unreasonably dangerous, negligence per se, gross negligence, unjust enrichment and restitution, violation of CUTPA [Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act], Violation of Mass. Beretta U.S.A.
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