A successful lawsuit can result in various forms of relief – including an injunction (usually stopping someone from doing something), a declaration (adjudging the parties’ respective rights and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Under Section 104 of the tax code, compensatory damages for ...

On Thursday, a South Carolina jury sided with Johnson & Johnson in a separate mesothelioma case. Dean Omar’s Benjamin Braly handled both cases in Connecticut and South Carolina. Johnson & Johnson said ...

WASHINGTON — In a major victory for American corporations, the Supreme Court on Monday sharply limited the power of juries to punish companies with huge damage awards, a decision that could spare the ...

Short memories must explain the board room shock at news that Johnson & Johnson would have to pay attorney Mark Lanier and his clients $1.6 billion over and above the compensatory verdicts from a ...

The Supreme Court has repeatedly struck down excessive punitive damages awards as arbitrary deprivations of property without due process of law. In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v.

The verdict having recently been handed down in the defamation case against him, Rudy Giuliani is good and well screwed. Despite his wide-eyed bluster and his vow of redemption on appeal, the fact ...

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