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Restitution
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Food Safety News
Restitution Hearing Today for PCA’s Mostly Absent Criminal Defendants
By Dan Flynn
The federal judge who has presided over the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case will conduct his likely last hearing in the case today, and the victims of the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims: The Supreme Court’sParolineDecision and the Need for a Congressional Response”
Main January 8, 2016"Full Restitution for Child Pornography Victims: The Supreme Court's Paroline Decision and the Need for a Congressional Response"The title of this post is the title of this…
Business and Commercial
Plaintiffs’ Full Refund Theory of Restitution Under California’s Unfair Competition Law Goes Up in Smoke in Latest Tobacco II Opinion
The long saga of In re Tobacco Cases II recently produced yet another appellate opinion addressing California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), False Advertising Law (“FAL”), and the remedies they provide. …
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Scholars File Amicus Brief in Spokeo Case Supporting Respondent Robins
On September 8, 2015, ten current or former law professors filed their Brief of Restitution and Remedies Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent. The brief states (at pp. 1-2): If…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Punitive Compensation”
Main September 12, 2015"Punitive Compensation"The title of this post is the title of this intriguing new paper by Cortney Lollar now available via SSRN. Here is the abstract: Criminal restitution…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Renaissance Era Painting Looted By Nazi’s Returned To Heirs
The German state of Baden-Würtemberg has returned the painting "Bildnis Pfalzgraf Johann III" to the heirs of the original owner. The painting was sold in 1936 following pressure from Nazi…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Justice Department Returned Over $4 Billion to Victims of Crime Through the Asset Forfeiture Program Between 2002 and 2015
Marking National Crime Victims’ Rights Week this week, Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced that the Justice Department’s…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Portion of Nazi Looted Monet Sale to go to Heirs for Restitution
The Monet painting Haystacks at Giverny was owned by French Jewish art dealer Rene Gimpel during World War II. Gimpel died in a concentration camp. The painting was sold by…
Legal Profession Blog
“We Take Petitioner At His Word”
The Illinois Review Board has rejected a hearing board recommendation to deny reinstatement to a suspended attorney and opines that reinstatement should be granted.Upon review, the Review Board found that…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Suspect Convicted of Stealing from Fire Department in Mine Hill NJ Has Been Paying Restitution
A woman who was convicted of stealing $330K from the Mine Hill Fire Department has been making good on repaying her debt after being released from state prison.