Laws Punitive Damages Statute 
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 23, 2024
by Salih Okur (University of Augsburg) On 8 and 9 March, scholars from more than a dozen different jurisdictions followed the invitation of Tobias Lutzi to discuss recent trends in punitive damages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law.
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. The post Court rules federal immunity law does not shield Turkish bank from U.S.
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The Fashion Law
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Among other things, Condé Nast argues that the models’ claims are barred by the First Amendment, preempted by federal copyright law, and are otherwise not viable because it did not use their images or likenesses “for advertising purposes, or for the purpose of trade, or for any other commercial purpose.”
Legal Writing Launch
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Statute Citations: For official citations, follow the convention mandated by the specific citation guide you are using (e.g., Often, numerals are used for section numbers, statutes, and other numerical identifiers. 2113 (a) for the statute on bank robbery. Example: The court awarded damages in the total amount of $1,300.75.
Day on Torts
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The jury found defendant liable for intentional misrepresentation and awarded plaintiff $243,000 in compensatory damages, which was the purchase price of the home, and $250,000 in punitive damages. Based on this case law, the Court rejected defendant’s argument that the cost of repair was the only available measure of damages.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
arguing that the gunmakers’ activities violated Connecticut and Massachusetts consumer protection laws. Congress enacted that statute with only U.S. Mexico also seeks punitive damages and disgorgement of the gun-makers’ profits. domestic concerns in mind.”
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Certainly—and especially—in neighborhoods where race and class subordination have prompted aggressive law enforcement that much is irrefutable. . Avoidable but “within policy” or “lawful but awful” horrors go uncompensated. UCLA law professor Joanna Schwartz painstakingly anatomizes this scene in her forthcoming book Shielded.).
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