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Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein | Germany | 13 Sep 2023
A to Z transportation: G – general average
This article is the seventh in a series touching, alphabetically, on select key elements of shipping and transport law in Germany. Under German law, the general average constitutes a statutory obligation, which obliges the parties involved to jointly bear damage and expenses.
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 22 Jun 2023
A Single Picture Database Is Worth a Thousand Statutory Damages Awards
In the latest appeal of a copyright infringement dispute, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the lower court’s finding that the…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 13 Apr 2023
Nitpicking Allowed When Determining Statutory Damages
On the second round of a copyright dispute, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded (again)…
Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 15 Jun 2022
Plaintiffs Seek $140 Million In Statutory Damages After Trial Win
A rare class action trial that resulted in a jury verdict against a defendant may set a precedent for the amount of statutory damages that can be…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 9 Sep 2021
Bell v. Wilmott Storage Services, LLC
Ninth Circuit holds that de minimis defense does not apply where defendant copied and publicly displayed Plaintiff’s entire photograph, even where no…
Wilson Elser | USA | 5 Feb 2020
Colorado Increases Damages Caps, Effective January 1, 2020, and Every Two Years Thereafter
In April 2019, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed Senate Bill 19-109 into law, increasing Colorado’s statutory damages caps for the first time…
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | USA | 23 Jul 2019
Court Rejects Attempt to Treble $925 Million Statutory Damages Award
The District of Oregon recently denied a motion for treble damages following a jury verdict finding that defendant made over 1.8 million advertising…
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | USA | 17 Jul 2019
Eighth Circuit Finds that Telemarketer’s Plausible Belief of Consent to Calls Supports Radical Reduction of Statutory Damages Award
In Golan v. FreeEats.com, Inc., No. 17-3156 (8th Cir. July 16, 2019), the Eighth Circuit affirmed a trial court’s radical, post-trial reduction of…
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | USA | 29 May 2019
Federal Courts Continue to Split Over Whether They Have Personal Jurisdiction Over Claims Brought By Non-Forum Class Members Against Non-Forum Defendants
For years, the plaintiffs’ bar has crammed thousands of non-forum class members into a single action in order to more easily justify broader…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 6 Apr 2019
Illinois BIPA Defendants May Soon Be Getting Relief…Or Not
UPDATE: As discussed below, SB2134, as introduced, would have amended BIPA to delete the language that creates a private right of action and provide…
