B LAW 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Punitive Damages, Specific Performance, Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act
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Presentation 11 - feb 15, presentation 12 - feb 20. Contingency fees: no upfront payment; percentage of winnings (like 30- American rule for costs: both sides pay their own costs (as opposed to. 1. 1. 4. loser pays which is pretty common in rest of world) Joint and several liability: if you are at all liable, you can be liable for the entire judgment/payment. Punitive damages: punishment damages that may be way way way beyond what you actually lost so if you can win this as a plaintiff its like. Caps(limits) on non-economic and punitive damages (common in. More specific pleading: make plaintiffs more specifically say what"s wrong. Definition: a promise or set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty. Has to be an enforceable promise and if you break it you must pay or provide something.
