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Why Musk’s Lawsuit Against Media Matters. Matters

JonathanTurley

This follows similar recent victories by others against CNN and the New York Times to clear paths to trials. For those who have embraced advocacy journalism as the new model for media, a bill is coming due in the form of defamation and disparagement lawsuits. In 2017, liberal activist and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

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The Uncomfortable Truth About Wrongful Convictions

The Crime Report

A casual reader might see Emily Bazelon’s recent lengthy New York Times Magazine piece “ I Write About the Law. The cops, the prosecutors, two sets of defense lawyers, the trial judge, and even jurors who swallowed their doubts, all share a fatalistic nonchalance. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner? ”

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Depp-Heard Verdict Contains Relatively Rare Defamation-by-Counsel Liability

JonathanTurley

The massive verdict in favor of actor Johnny Depp yesterday constitutes a rare victory of a public figure under the difficult New York Times v. Even with the reduction of the $5 million in punitive damages to $350,000 under the statutory state cap for punitive damages, Depp was technically awarded $10,350,000.

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August 2022 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Another interesting example would be a series of cases where a Chinese court in Guangzhou recognized and enforced compensatory damages awarded in three U.S. EB-5 Visa fraud judgments, but rejected the punitive damages awarded therein, echoing the same rule laid down in the 2021 Conference Summary.

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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

JonathanTurley

The letter was sent by the new lawyer for Holden and his parents Shannon and Raul Armenta. If a full and effective retraction is issued (and published as prominently as the offending statement), it can limit damages or bar punitive damages entirely in some states. In New York Times v. In Wilkow v.

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Oberlin Sues Insurance Companies for the Costs of its Abusive Litigation Against Family-Owned Grocery

JonathanTurley

It appears that, whatever the value of being an Oberlin graduate may be today, the value of being an Oberlin lawyer is virtually limitless. The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Gibson’s, a small family store and bakery, has been part of this small community since 1885.

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Decoding International Arbitration

InHouseOps

Ours are not just lawyers. 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. Some are scientists.