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Donald Trump Sues CNN For Defamation, Seeks $475 Million In Damages
Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday, accusing the cable television news network of defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages.
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Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Sandy Hook Parents $45.2 Million In Punitive Damages
A Texas jury ordered US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages for falsely claiming that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary shooting was a "hoax."
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Elon Musk Sued by Twitter Shareholders Over Delay in Disclosing Stake
Elon Musk is being sued by former Twitter shareholders who claim that he purposely delayed disclosing his stake in the social media company to purchase shares at lower prices.
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U.S. Jury Awards $100,000 In Punitive Damages To Drivers Of Four Volkswagen Vehicles
A U.S. jury in California on Monday awarded the drivers of four Volkswagen AG vehicles a total of $100,000 as punitive damages for being sold diesel vehicles that emitted excess pollution, although the amount awarded was a fraction of what was sought.
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Tata Motors To Pay Rs 3.5 Lakh Fine For False Mileage Claims
The country's apex consumer commission, NCDRC, has asked Tata Motors to pay Rs 3.5 lakh towards compensation and punitive damages for misleading advertisements making false mileage claims regarding its car Tata Indigo.
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'Kaun Banega Crorepati' Just Saved A Crore, Thanks To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside a consumer forum verdict directing former promoters Star India and Bharti Airtel to pay punitive damages of Rs 1 crore for their alleged "unfair trade practice" in a contest telecast during season 3 of popular TV show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', often referred to as KBC.
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Elon Musk Slapped With Lawsuit for Calling Thai Cave Rescuer a Paedophile
Vernon Unsworth is seeking at least $75,000 of compensatory damages plus unspecified punitive damages in his complaint against Elon Musk.
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False Facebook Post Costs Woman Rs 3.2 Crore
A judge in North Carolina has ordered a woman to pay $500,000 (Rs 3.2 crore) for writing a Facebook post falsely accusing her former friend of killing her son. According to a report in Telegraph.co.uk, Jacquelyn Hammond from Asheville wrote on Facebook, in 2015, of Davyne Dial, "I didn't get drunk and kill my kid."
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Ram Gopal Varma Fined 10 Lakhs For 'Distorting and Mutilating' Sholay
The High Court imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakhs as "punitive damages" on Mr Varma, his production house M/S RGV Productions Pvt Ltd as well as Varma Corporation Ltd and Madhu Varma. It said that the makers of Aag, had "Distorted and mutilated the original copyright work" of the maker of original Sholay
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European Union Prolongs Crimea Sanctions
The European Union today prolonged until 2016 a sanctions package over Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, days after rolling over a series of damaging punitive measures against Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis.
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RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company Vows to Fight $23.6 Billion in Damages
The No. 2 US cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
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Tobacco Firm Asked to Pay Whopping $23 Billion to Cancer Victim's Wife
A Florida state jury has ordered the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company to pay $23.6 billion in punitive damages to the wife of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer, attorneys said.
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Jury: Hyundai Owes 240 Million USD in Punitive Damages
A US jury has ordered Hyundai to pay 240 million USD in punitive damages after finding that a manufacturing defect in a Hyundai vehicle caused a crash that killed two cousins in July 2011.
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Former US staff sues L&T Infotech for discrimination, visa fraud
New Jersey resident Nanda Pai has joined the sexual discrimination class action lawsuit filed by former L&T Infotech employee Deepa Shanbhag alleging that she too was discriminated. Shanbhag and Pai are seeking $100 million in compensation for punitive damages from Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro and its New Jersey-based subsidiary L&T Infotech...
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BP Oil Spill: Rig partner liable for own punitive damages
BP wants to shield itself from having to compensate Halliburton for punitive damages, fines and penalties
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Donald Trump Sues CNN For Defamation, Seeks $475 Million In Damages
Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN on Monday, accusing the cable television news network of defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages.
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Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Sandy Hook Parents $45.2 Million In Punitive Damages
A Texas jury ordered US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Friday to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages for falsely claiming that the deadly 2012 Sandy Hook elementary shooting was a "hoax."
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Elon Musk Sued by Twitter Shareholders Over Delay in Disclosing Stake
Elon Musk is being sued by former Twitter shareholders who claim that he purposely delayed disclosing his stake in the social media company to purchase shares at lower prices.
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U.S. Jury Awards $100,000 In Punitive Damages To Drivers Of Four Volkswagen Vehicles
A U.S. jury in California on Monday awarded the drivers of four Volkswagen AG vehicles a total of $100,000 as punitive damages for being sold diesel vehicles that emitted excess pollution, although the amount awarded was a fraction of what was sought.
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Tata Motors To Pay Rs 3.5 Lakh Fine For False Mileage Claims
The country's apex consumer commission, NCDRC, has asked Tata Motors to pay Rs 3.5 lakh towards compensation and punitive damages for misleading advertisements making false mileage claims regarding its car Tata Indigo.
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'Kaun Banega Crorepati' Just Saved A Crore, Thanks To Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside a consumer forum verdict directing former promoters Star India and Bharti Airtel to pay punitive damages of Rs 1 crore for their alleged "unfair trade practice" in a contest telecast during season 3 of popular TV show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', often referred to as KBC.
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Elon Musk Slapped With Lawsuit for Calling Thai Cave Rescuer a Paedophile
Vernon Unsworth is seeking at least $75,000 of compensatory damages plus unspecified punitive damages in his complaint against Elon Musk.
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False Facebook Post Costs Woman Rs 3.2 Crore
A judge in North Carolina has ordered a woman to pay $500,000 (Rs 3.2 crore) for writing a Facebook post falsely accusing her former friend of killing her son. According to a report in Telegraph.co.uk, Jacquelyn Hammond from Asheville wrote on Facebook, in 2015, of Davyne Dial, "I didn't get drunk and kill my kid."
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Ram Gopal Varma Fined 10 Lakhs For 'Distorting and Mutilating' Sholay
The High Court imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakhs as "punitive damages" on Mr Varma, his production house M/S RGV Productions Pvt Ltd as well as Varma Corporation Ltd and Madhu Varma. It said that the makers of Aag, had "Distorted and mutilated the original copyright work" of the maker of original Sholay
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European Union Prolongs Crimea Sanctions
The European Union today prolonged until 2016 a sanctions package over Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, days after rolling over a series of damaging punitive measures against Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis.
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RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company Vows to Fight $23.6 Billion in Damages
The No. 2 US cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
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Tobacco Firm Asked to Pay Whopping $23 Billion to Cancer Victim's Wife
A Florida state jury has ordered the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company to pay $23.6 billion in punitive damages to the wife of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer, attorneys said.
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Jury: Hyundai Owes 240 Million USD in Punitive Damages
A US jury has ordered Hyundai to pay 240 million USD in punitive damages after finding that a manufacturing defect in a Hyundai vehicle caused a crash that killed two cousins in July 2011.
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Former US staff sues L&T Infotech for discrimination, visa fraud
New Jersey resident Nanda Pai has joined the sexual discrimination class action lawsuit filed by former L&T Infotech employee Deepa Shanbhag alleging that she too was discriminated. Shanbhag and Pai are seeking $100 million in compensation for punitive damages from Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro and its New Jersey-based subsidiary L&T Infotech...
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BP Oil Spill: Rig partner liable for own punitive damages
BP wants to shield itself from having to compensate Halliburton for punitive damages, fines and penalties
