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Federal Judge Cuts $20M Punitive Damages Award to $1M Over Constitutionality Concerns

"The court's opinion makes it clear that the conduct of the defendant was reprehensible. The court reduced the amount of punitive damages, not because of the nature of the conduct, or because of the court's own feelings about the conduct, but rather on its analysis of Supreme Court law on the constitutionality of the ratio between compensatory and punitive damages," said the plaintiff's attorney, Jamie Bordas of Bordas & Bordas in Pittsburgh.
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National Law Journal

6th Circuit Urges Supreme Court to Review Coordinated Campaign Expenditure Limits

"The dearth of historical examples supporting the [Federal Election Commission's] position calls for the Supreme Court to reexamine its First Amendment jurisprudence that applies here," Judge John Bush wrote in a concurrence.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Teen Charged in Barrow School Shooting and His Father to Stay in Custody After Hearings

The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father will stay in custody after back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.
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New York Law Journal

Is Judicial Deference to Government Agency Decisions in Eminent Domain Cases at Risk?

"What does 'Chevron' being overruled mean with respect to the courts deferring to a government agency's determination that an eminent domain property acquisition qualifies as a 'public use'?" writes Jennifer Polovetsky of Duane Morris.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

11th Circuit Rejects Private School's Religious Rights Claim When Stopped From Broadcasting Public Prayer

The court found that using the PA system for a communal prayer would reasonably be considered "government speech," not private speech, and therefore is open for regulation by the FHSAA.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Can the City of Savannah Fine or Jail People for Leaving Guns in Unlocked Cars? A Judge Weighs In

Chatham County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Karpf didn't rule Wednesday on a Jesup man's motion to halt enforcement of a Savannah ordinance while considering his underlying lawsuit that seeks to have it thrown out permanently.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

IVF, Gun, Terrorism Litigation Lead Notable Supreme Court Appeals Filed in August

The dog days may be slow for the justices but not for the clerk's office at the nation's top court.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Denies Oklahoma's Emergency Bid for Withdrawn Family Planning Funds

"[T]he United States cannot impose on Oklahoma an obligation to provide abortion referrals when Title X itself does not address referrals at all," the state wrote in its unsuccessful request.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Extinguishes Suit Seeking Ban on Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos

"[T]here is a difference between an individual having the freedom to pursue and obtain safety and happiness and the state having an obligation to guarantee the safety and happiness of its citizens," Christopher Porrino, an attorney for the Casino Association of New Jersey, said at a hearing in the case.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Supreme Court Malicious Prosecution Decision

"Section 1983 authorizes a claim for relief only for violations of federally protected rights, not state law rights," writes Martin A. Schwartz.
9 minute read

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