Court Punitive Damages Sports 
JURIST
DECEMBER 17, 2020
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in three new cases Wednesday, including two cases about compensation for student-athletes. The court consolidated the cases National Collegiate Athletic Association v. ” The court also granted certiorari in TransUnion LLC v. Alston and American Athletic Conference v.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 16, 2020
The Supreme Court agreed to wade into the controversial issue of compensation for college athletes, granting National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Over 35 years ago, the Supreme Court indicated in NCAA v. Ramirez then went to federal court, alleging that TransUnion’s actions violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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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. Could the judgment be enforced in Japan where punitive damages are considered as contrary to public policy? Thus the question above.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Notably, the jury awarded punitive damages against the university, a relative rarity for juries but well deserved in this case. In its earlier summary judgment ruling , the court began with a discussion of the highly analogous case of Pickering v. He argued that academic integrity was being sacrificed for sports.
Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 17, 2024
This month the US Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., 93A [Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act], punitive damages. At first, a US District Court dismissed the case, which we reported here. However, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed. Beretta U.S.A.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 7, 2023
” As a sports figure, such allegations can have a major impact on his future contracts both with teams and advertisers. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions. Spears has given public statements and is a sports sensation. The standard was later extended to public figures.
Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 4, 2024
judgments published this Friday by the CJEU – a flurry of decisions reminiscent of the madness that is the current Champions League format –, the Court decided a true ‘clásico’ of European private international law in Case C-633/22 Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. Among the 44 (!) ’ (para.
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