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New York police sued for using excessive force on peaceful protester

JURIST

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) joined with several other legal entities in a lawsuit Tuesday accusing New York Police officers of race discrimination, police brutality and violating the free speech of a peaceful protester.

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New York’s Nassau County legislature passes controversial legislation permitting police to sue protestors

JURIST

Individuals who discriminate are subject to “substantial civil penalt[ies]” as well as punitive damages and injunctive relief. The words “assault,” “menace” and “harass” are not defined directly in the bill and instead referenced to New York State Penal Law.

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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

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. The conference contained five panels overall, which were split into three blocks.

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Condé Nast Says Models Are “Inhibiting Free Speech” in Vogue Runway Lawsuit

The Fashion Law

On the heels of the high fashion retailer and the magazine publisher pushing back against the models’ claims in respective motions to dismiss, and a New York federal court stripping down the case, Condé Nast is trying to get the rest of the case – including the plaintiffs’ right of publicity and unjust enrichment claims – tossed out. .

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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. One great virtue of Bazelon’s article is that it illustrates how radically different this modern understanding of the roots of disasters is from the criminal legal system’s conventional approach. Finding Resiliency.

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From Forever 21 to FC Barcelona, a Look at adidas’ History of 3-Stripe Legal Battles

The Fashion Law

Adidas made headlines in the summer of 2019 when it initiated legal proceedings against (pre-bankruptcy) J. With that in mind, here is a look at some of the stripes-related legal matters initiated by – or otherwise involving – adidas in recent years …. Patent and Trademark Office for a multi-striped mark. In response to J. Thom Browne.

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

JonathanTurley

The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. That pushed the costs back up to more than $36 million for just the damages and interest to the grocery. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.