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.

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Punitive Damages Compensatory Damages Tort Civil Law 59

Day on Torts

MAY 24, 2022

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 citation omitted).

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Tort Court Compensatory Damages Punitive Damages 59

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions. Here is Alabama’s Section 6-5- 186 “Prerequisites to recovery of vindictive or punitive damages in action for libel. Code § 6-5-186, which The Times declined.

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Punitive Damages Sports Statute Contract 53

Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

88-92 (available here ) Song, Lianbin; Chen, Xi “The Judicial Difference and International Coordination of the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Punitive Damages Judgements: Also on China’s Corresponding Measures Under the Frame of HCCH Convention”, Jiang-Huai Tribune 2021-03, pp.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Maine High Court Said State Law Would Not Preempt Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading.

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