SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

The justices rejected the bank’s contention that because the Turkish government owns a majority share of the bank, known as Halkbank, it is immune from prosecution under a federal law that generally prohibits lawsuits against foreign governments in U.S. courts for its role in a conspiracy to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Wilson asked the court to block the college and the trustees from enforcing the censure (which would include additional penalties such as barring him from running for officer positions on the board the following year) and $20,000 in damages and punitive damages.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Governments pay compensation to victims of crime from taxpayer funds with broad public support. . The maxim “good man, good result” governs the public space. We’ve interposed a layer of government lawyers to assist judges in operating their machines. Why would that be true?

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Mexican government has filed a federal complaint in Massachusetts against Interstate Arms Corp. The Mexican government has filed a federal complaint in Massachusetts against Interstate Arms Corp. 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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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Superior Court : Does Government Code section 818 , which bars punitive damages against government defendants, preclude recovery under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1 , subdivision (b), which permits an award of up to treble damages after a child is sexually abused as a result of a cover up? See Sullivan v.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 2, 2022

93A [Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act], punitive damages. One thing is for sure: the Mexican Government has shown its increasing concern about the illicit traffic of firearms in its territory and its commitment to end it. The Mexican Federal Government will appeal the judgment.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Regarding damages, the court also provided some guidance to the lower court: Because Bitmanagement’s action is against the government, it is entitled only to “reasonable and entire compensation as damages., including the minimum statutory damages as set forth in section 504(c).” ” 28 U.S.C.

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The Crime Report

JULY 1, 2021

Qualified immunity, which has been increasingly discussed in the wake of calls for police reform, is a legal doctrine that shields government officials from being held personally liable for constitutional violations so long as they did not violate “clearly established” law. Due to qualified immunity.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 24, 2023

Ultimately, Parker hopes to recover compensatory damages, restitution, punitive damages, legal fees, and costs, together with a judicial declaration as to the parties’ rights and responsibilities. ” ( Complaint , paragraph 101.) Perdue ~ Complaint Parker v. Perdue ~ Order on Motion to Dismiss

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The Fashion Law

MARCH 2, 2022

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.”

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 11, 2022

An earlier published opinion in the case had reversed an award, including $2,500,000 in punitive damages, against an insurance company regarding the sale of the company’s annuity, because, the appellate court concluded, the person who sold the annuity was not the company’s agent. National Western Life Insurance Company.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 7, 2021

After fleeing to Washington, the legislators claim that the criticism and threats made by the governor and other infringed on their constitutional rights to free speech and to petition the government for redress of grievances. They ask for $5 in actual damages and $10 in punitive damages. Under Rule 3.1

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 8, 2023

When some pointed out that the students admitted they were guilty, special assistant to the president for community and government relations Tita Reed (who also reportedly participated in the protests) wrote that it did not change a “damn thing.” The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Superior Court , where review was granted in September to decide if Government Code section 818 , which bars punitive damages against government defendants, precludes recovery under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1 , subdivision (b), which permits an award of up to treble damages after a child is sexually abused as a result of a cover up.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 8, 2023

When some pointed out that the students admitted they were guilty, special assistant to the president for community and government relations Tita Reed (who also reportedly participated in the protests) wrote that it did not change a “damn thing.” The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Faced with such a scenario in UniCredit v RusChem, the UK Supreme Court strengthened the protective role of the English courts over contracts governed by English law that contain arbitration agreements. Bruls: Whos Afraid of Punitive Damages? This case note examines the Supreme Courts decision from both angles.

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SAV Paralegal Services

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Implementing mandatory vaccination policies for employees has become mass after the federal government announcement of such policy for its employee. When Government announced that it will implement a mandatory vaccination policy for its workers that means nothing more than it was able to secure Union’s agreement to such a measure.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

When some people contacted Oberlin to object that the students admitted guilt, special assistant to the president for community and government relations Tita Reed wrote that it did not change a “damn thing” for her. The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. The imposition of tort liability on service providers for the communications of others represented, for Congress, simply another form of intrusive government regulation of speech. The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Superior Court , where the Second District, Division Three, held in a published opinion that public entities are not subject to treble damages under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1 (b)(1), unless prohibited by another law.” ” (Link added.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Nissan announced that day that it would work with California and the federal government to establish “common-sense” national standards. The plaintiffs asserted a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and requested that the court award them compensatory and punitive damages. Union of Concerned Scientists v.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

Supreme Court in 1999 that the agency lacked the authority to obtain compensatory relief or punitive damages. FDA through the DOJ could decide to file one or more injunction cases where the government seeks monetary relief from a defendant. We noted that FDA itself had informed the U.S. But will it exercise that right?

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InHouseOps

JUNE 13, 2022

The international rules preclude an award of punitive damages unless the parties agree otherwise. In other words, when you draft an arbitration clause that specifies the international rules, you will not be getting punitive damages unless you actually opt into them.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 7, 2021

Share This week we highlight petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether an award of punitive damages that doubles the compensatory damages can comport with due process and how a defendant can prove ineffective assistance of counsel in rejecting a plea offer. After a jury trial in the U.S.

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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. million in damages to other Sandy Hook parents.

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JURIST

JULY 24, 2024

In recent months, both the AANES region and the government of Syria have faced heightened criticism for human rights violations occurring in detention facilities. The post Amnesty International welcomes new amnesty law in North East Syria region appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The federal government says that if the tax is struck down, it could cost the government hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue over the next decade. Defending the mandatory repatriation tax, the federal government points first to the text and history of the 16th Amendment. Until 2017, nothing in U.S. shareholders.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 1, 2023

.” The court overrules three past decisions in holding a school district cannot be liable for treble damages that a different statute generally allows to be recovered by childhood sexual assault victims who prove the assault “was as the result of a cover up.”

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2023

In its submission, Romania’s government argued that, because majority of the Romanian population are against same-sex unions, to recognize same-sex relationships as legal would be against public interest. While the standard for non-punitive damages was met, the court did not name an amount.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

The FSIA governs the immunity of foreign states and their agencies and instrumentalities from suit in federal and state courts, as well as the immunity of their properties from execution to satisfy judgments. Third, the court failed to consider whether trebling damages is allowed under the FSIA. Indeed, a U.S.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Professor Schwartz has written authoritatively about— among other topics —the role of indemnification , how police might learn from litigation , systems failures in policing, and the procedural and substantive ecosystems that confront any resident who attempts to hold the government and its agents to account for constitutional misconduct.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 7, 2021

government was 60 percent responsible. Moreover, the evidence shows that — had the Government done its job and properly reported Kelley’s information into the background check system — it is more likely than not that Kelley would have been deterred from carrying out the Church shooting.” A jury then awarded $16.7

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Moreover, the case in Puerto Rico comes after recent litigation successes in Europe and elsewhere around the world, with courts holding governments and companies accountable for climate harms. Many of those cases include similar arguments that the companies knowingly marketed harmful products and misled the public about those harms.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

When some people contacted Oberlin to object that the students admitted guilt, special assistant to the president for community and government relations Tita Reed wrote that it did not change a “damn thing” for her. The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. That comes to $31.2

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Judgments Convention: Application to Governments”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 121-137. Beaumont, Paul. Forum non Conveniens and the EU rules on Conflicts of Jurisdiction: A Possible Global Solution”, Revue Critique de Droit International Privé 2018, pp 433-447. Beaumont, Paul R. 88-92 (available here ).

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

Judgments Convention: Application to Governments”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 121-137. Beaumont, Paul. Forum non Conveniens and the EU rules on Conflicts of Jurisdiction: A Possible Global Solution”, Revue Critique de Droit International Privé 2018, pp 433-447. Beaumont, Paul R. 88-92 (available here ).

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Judgments Convention: Application to Governments”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 121-137. Beaumont, Paul. Forum non Conveniens and the EU rules on Conflicts of Jurisdiction: A Possible Global Solution”, Revue Critique de Droit International Privé 2018, pp 433-447. Beaumont, Paul R. 88-92 (available here ).

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