Patent and Trade Secret Rights Need to Be Treated Differently
Opinion: Howard & Howard's Joseph Barber says companies need to decide whether patent or trade secret protection will better ...
Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660M for Dakota Access Pipeline protests
On Wednesday, a nine-person jury in North Dakota awarded more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer and its ...
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Madison’s missing-ballot mess leads to an unusual claim for monetary damages
Officials must pay a price for ballot-tracking errors that led to disenfranchisement, a Wisconsin legal group says.
Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660 million to fossil fuel company over pipeline protests
Energy Transfer claimed in a lawsuit that Greenpeace was responsible for defamation, disruption and property damage for ...
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Priests’ ‘right’ to not be sued for damages by sexual abuse victims upheld by La. High Court
In the opinion, the court explains that it was charged with determining whether the provisions in the acts “operate to disturb the defendant’s vested rights.” Rights become “vested,” acc ...
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PacifiCorp involved in bills in Oregon, other western states to limit utility wildfire liability, damages
The Oregon Legislature is expected to advance two bills this week that could provide electric utilities with a financial ...
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Challenge to State Damages Cap Leaves High Court Mulling the Practicalities
but the trial court molded her award to $250,000 in accordance with the statutory damages cap. Kline contended that the cap violated Freilich's rights to a remedy and to a jury trial because the ...
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Arizona Supreme Court Expands Landowners’ Rights to Recover Severance Damages in Eminent Domain Cases
In State of Arizona v. Foothills Reserve Master Owners Association, Inc., the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that severance damages are available ...