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Marvel CEO seeks punitive damages for alleged theft of his DNA during a deposition

ABA Journal

Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter is seeking punitive damages against Chubb insurance for allegedly facilitating a DNA theft during a deposition. Perlmutter alleges an in-house…

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Why Musk’s Lawsuit Against Media Matters. Matters

JonathanTurley

In allowing the case to go to trial, a judge found not just evidence of actual malice by CNN but grounds for potential punitive damages. Companies including Apple, IBM, Comcast and Lionsgate Entertainment quickly joined the effective boycott to squeeze Musk. That sentiment was echoed by other CNN staff.

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Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over defamation tort claims.

Day on Torts

Plaintiff’s complaint sought compensatory damages for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also sought punitive damages, injunctive relief, and a declaratory judgment that defendants had violated certain statutes. internal citations omitted).

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Risky Business: Appearance of ‘Risk’ Manager Sends Oberlin Students into Frenzy over the Danger of ‘Risk Aversion’

JonathanTurley

The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Litigation costs are now treated as an entitlement, like entertainment budgets. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million. They can rest assured. If President Ambar and the Board were serious, they would not need an expert.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

Dirty World Entertainment. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. Specifically, § 230 precludes courts from entertaining claims that would place a computer service provider in a publisher’s role. We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v. America Online, Inc.,

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