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April 28, 2025
Understanding How Jurors Arrive At Punitive Damage Awards
Much of the rising trend of so-called thermonuclear verdicts can be tied to punitive damages amounts that astonish the imagination, so attorneys must understand the psychological underpinnings that drive jurors’ decision-making calculus on damages, says Clint Townson at Townson Litigation.
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April 28, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs Guilty Verdict In NYC Murder-For-Hire Case
The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the convictions and life sentences of a New York City developer and another man for plotting the murder of a former employee who they claimed had poached workers and clients to launch his own real estate business.
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April 25, 2025
Black Man Concedes Commutation Mooted Death Row Ruling
The former North Carolina governor's decision to commute a Black man's death sentence last year rendered moot the trial court's later landmark decision finding racial bias tainted his trial, his defense counsel conceded in a state supreme court brief.
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April 25, 2025
Google Exec Warns Of 'Shadow' Of Chrome If DOJ Wins Sale
Chrome's top executive told a D.C. federal judge Friday that the Justice Department's bid to force the sale of Google's prized web browser would cause a dramatic degradation in quality for a product that is used by over one billion people and is heavily integrated into the rest of Google.
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April 25, 2025
PacifiCorp Should Pay $96M To Wildfire Victims, Jury Told
Nine plaintiffs who fled from wildfires started by PacifiCorp's negligence should get $95.5 million in noneconomic damages, an Oregon state jury heard in closing arguments Friday, while PacifiCorp's lawyer told the jury to focus on what the evidence actually supports and award roughly $2.2 million in that category.

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