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Lee Berlik
over 9 years ago
Contracts and Commercial Law
Contracts and Commercial Law Blog
Damages Must Be Proven With Reasonable Certainty
A plaintiff must prove his damages claim with reasonable certainty by providing sufficient facts and circumstances to allow the fact finder to make an intelligent and probable estimate of the damages sustained. In Crum v. Anonymizer , the Fairfax Circuit...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Abused Filipino Visa Workers to Receive Over $15M in Damages
L.A. Times, May 13, 2016 - "The owners of the now-shuttered L’Amande French Bakery that operated in Beverly Hills and Torrance have been ordered to pay nearly $15.3 million in damages for exploiting 11 Filipino workers. U.S. District Judge...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
$1.2M in Damages Awarded Against USA in FTCA Case; Asylum Officer Misconduct: Lu v. USA
"Lu suffered loss of enjoyment of life, grief, anxiety, humiliation, emotional distress and has signs of PTSD and physically suffered weight loss, insomnia, and "avoidance of traumatic reminders" and dark circles under her eyes. (See Findings...
Lee Berlik
over 10 years ago
Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment Law Blog
How Much Is Your Emotional Distress Worth?
Federal laws protect whistleblowers from retaliation because the government wants people to report fraud in government contracts. When Weihua Huang, a principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant at the University...
Patent Damages Handbook Committee Members
over 13 years ago
Intellectual Property
Patent Law Blog
Compensatory Damages Issues in Patent Infringement Cases: A Handbook for Federal District Court Judges
Chief Judge Paul R. Michel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit asked the Patent Damages Handbook Committee Members to develop a handbook for trial courts to consult when deciding issues of compensatory damages in patent infringement...
LexisNexis Estate and Elder Law Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Estate and Elder Law
Estate and Elder Law Blog
North Carolina Medicaid Reimbursement Statutes Deemed Constitutional: Armstrong v. Cansler, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63966 (W.D.N.C. June 28, 2010)
In Armstrong v. Cansler , 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63966 (W.D.N.C. June 28, 2010) , N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 108A-57 and 108A-59 , the Medicaid Reimbursement Statutes, were challenged as unconstitutional to the extent that the statutes allow a lien on...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Jury Orders NY Immigration Lawyer to Pay $1M in Damages
"Prominent Morningside Heights immigration attorney and small business booster Alfred Placeres has been lauded by Mayor Bloomberg and dished out advice on Telemundo. But this month, a Manhattan jury decided that Placeres owes a Venezuelan man a...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Indiana Sup. Ct. on Tort Claims, Immigration Status: Escamilla v. Shiel Sexton Co.
Escamilla v. Shiel Sexton Co., May 4, 2017 - "Indiana’s tort trials should be about making injured parties whole — not about federal immigration policies and laws. Today we address two important issues of first impression: May an unauthorized...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
Iowa SC on Immigration Attorney Malpractice, Damages, Emotional Distress: Miranda v. Said
"This is not a case that requires us to reconsider the rule we have developed over the years to determine if damages for emotional harm are recoverable in an action for negligence. The exception to the rule, applied to the facts presented to the...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Torts
Damages in Torts Actions
Damages in Tort Actions
Damages in Tort Actions provides in-depth legal and policy analyses of compensatory and punitive damages in personal injury and property damage cases, plus case annotations to all jurisdictions and examples of illustrative awards and settlements. It covers...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Product Update
Damages In Tort Actions Covers Personal Injury, Property Damage Cases
Damages in Tort Actions provides in-depth legal and policy analyses of compensatory and punitive damages in personal injury and property damage cases, plus case annotations to all jurisdictions and examples of illustrative awards and settlements. It covers...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
New Lawsuit Filings
Securities Class Action Related To Oil Spill Filed Against Anadarko Petroleum
NEW YORK - Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP on Aug. 4 filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation publicly traded securities between June 12, 2009...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Litigation
New Lawsuit Filings
Second Lawsuit Against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP And Gulf Coast Claims Facility Removed To Federal Court
Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence, Fraud, Fraudulent Inducement and Unjust Enrichment FORT MYERS, Fla. - A second lawsuit against Kenneth R. Feinberg, Feinberg Rozen LLP and Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) was removed from state court to the U.S...
LexisNexis Emerging Issues Community Staff
over 12 years ago
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The Immediate Need to Optimize Medical Records for the Gulf Oil Spill
By Joe Russell, SVP General Counsel & Corporate Development of MedNeutral, LLC SAN DIEGO: The Gulf Oil spill may be finally coming to an end, but the rash of personal injury claims are just beginning. While there will be numerous legitimate...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
News Headlines
American Airlines Hits Orbitz, Travelport With Antitrust Lawsuit
FORT WORTH, Texas - (AP) American Airlines raised the stakes in its battle with ticket sellers by suing travel website Orbitz and distributor Travelport Ltd., accusing them of monopoly tactics. American says the companies are trying to control the distribution...
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