I was excited to receive in the mail yesterday a complimentary copy of the tenth edition of Black’s Law Dictionary, which is edited by Bryan Garner, an acquaintance of many years with whom I have long enjoyed discussing the
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Mayer Brown's Punitive Damages Blog
Guideposts, published by Mayer Brown, focuses on litigation topics with a particular emphasis on punitive damages law. The blog covers issues such as liability standards, trial strategies, constitutional limits on punitive damages, and appellate court decisions affecting punitive damages awards. It also addresses related areas including employment law, fraud, and civil procedure, often analyzing significant court rulings and their implications for defendants and plaintiffs. The content includes discussions on due process rights, vicarious liability, and the interplay between compensatory and punitive damages. Guideposts serves as a resource for legal professionals interested in the evolving jurisprudence surrounding punitive damages and related litigation challenges.
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Mayer Brown Submits Amicus Brief On Behalf Of The Chamber Of Commerce In California Supreme Court Punitive Damages Case
As readers doubtlessly are aware, in State Farm v. Campbell the U.S. Supreme Court provided lower courts with substantial guidance on the constitutionally permissible ratio between the punitive damages and the harm to the plaintiff. In particular, the Court admonished…
MONTANA SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW DECISION DECLARING PUNITIVE DAMAGES CAP UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The threat of large punitive damages awards is particularly acute for businesses, large and small. Like many of its counterparts in other states, the Montana legislature sought to relieve businesses of the unpredictability and hydraulic pressure to settle created by…
California Punitive Damages Blog Reports On Recent West Virginia Supreme Court Decision
California Supreme Court Holds That Retailers Owe No Duty To Maintain Automatic External Defibrillators On Premises
Any time a state supreme court is asked to recognize a new tort duty, its decision necessarily will affect the potential availability of punitive damages. Hence, I consider it newsworthy that in a decision issued on June 23 the California…
A Report On The Ninth Circuit Oral Argument In Arizona v. ASARCO
Earlier this month, our colleague Evan Tager posted about Arizona v. ASARCO, in which the Ninth Circuit granted rehearing en banc to consider how courts should review punitive damages for excessiveness in Title VII cases. Evan’s prior posts on…
Why The Ninth Circuit Should Hold That The Punitive Damages Award In Arizona v. ASARCO Is Excessive
In a prior post, I explained why the proper approach in Arizona v. ASARCO is to compare ASARCO’s conduct to conduct in other Title VII cases and then select a punishment—from zero to $299,999—commensurate with where ASARCO’s conduct stands…
Ninth Circuit To Hear Title VII Punitive Damages Case En Banc
It’s not often that federal courts of appeals agree to decide punitive damages cases en banc, so Arizona v. ASARCO, which the Ninth Circuit will rehear en banc on June 18, strikes us as worthy of attention. In fact,…
Parties In Pennsylvania Punitive Damages Case Perform Role Reversal On Bifurcation Issue
My colleagues and I generally recommend that clients confronted with claims for punitive damages seek bifurcation—so long as they can adduce evidence in the second phase to support a low award (such as evidence of post-injury remedial efforts) and not…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Substantially Reduces $1 Million Punitive Award For Insurance Bad Faith
Whenever a state high court agrees to consider whether a punitive award is excessive, it is big news. So we were pleased to see the Wisconsin Supreme Court making some good news when it reduced the punitive damages award from…