Topic
Restitution
421 published works
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Unanimous Court Cuts FTC’s Power to Seek Monetary Redress
By Timothy Butler, Troy Jenkins, Matthew White, Carlin McCrory, Barbara Sicalides, Keith J. Barnett
Additional authors: Robin P. Sumner and Samuel D. Harrison On April 22 the Supreme Court held in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC[1] that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) does…
Consumer Finance Monitor
SCOTUS rules FTC Act Section 13(b) does not authorize FTC to seek restitution or disgorgement
In a unanimous decision, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled today that Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (Act) does not authorize the FTC to seek, and a…
Zalma on Insurance
Criminal Must Pay Restitution Order
By Barry Zalma
Insurance Recovery by Victim of Crime is not Entitled to Restitution Lamar Speights appealed the trial court’s restitution order. He contends that the trial court erred in ordering him to…
On Point
COA upholds restitution to corporation for threats to employees
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
State v. Timothy D. Wright, 2020AP1578, 2/25/2021, District 4 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity (including briefs) Wright worked at Christmas Mountain. Over the course of a couple of…
On Point
Defense win on return of bond funds and restitution for dismissed and read in charges
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
State v. James A. Jones, 2019AP224, 225, 226-CR, 2/17/21, District 3;(recommended for publication) case activity (including briefs) Sometimes friends or relatives post bail so that a loved one charged with…
Legal Profession Blog
Payback
An attorney who had been suspended for 14 months for accepting "side fees" while employed by a law firm has been denied reinstatement by the Wisconsin Supreme Court for failure…
Dispute Resolution in Germany
Art Law: New Recommendation of the Advisory Commission in Rieger v. City of Cologne
By Peter Bert
From its beginning in 2005 until 2020, the Advisory Commission has issued a total of 18 recommendations, and with one exception, it has never issued more that two recommendations in…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court: FSIA Shields Germany From Suit Over Nazi Takings of German-Jewish Property
Yesterday in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, (Sup. Ct., Feb. 3, 2021), the U.S Supreme Court held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) precludes plaintiffs from filing suit in…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Suits Over Nazi Confiscation of Jewish-Owned Property
The U.S. Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in two cases involving suits to recover the value of Jewish-owned property confiscated by governments in Hungary and Germany during World War…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: City Not Entitled to Restitution Under Marsy’s Law. Centerville v. Knab
“The normal and ordinary use of the word ‘person’ suggests that Ohio voters would not have understood that term to include a public corporation.” Justice French, majority opinion “It is…