A Data-Breach Class Seeking Credit-Monitoring Damages: How Would the Court Review Attorney Fees and Incentive Awards?
See how courts value monitoring relief and test fee requests and representative bonuses for fairness.
Court News
Rulings, appeals, filings and court-system news affecting injury claims.
An Insanity Verdict Followed by Commitment Review: Could the Court Affirm, Reverse, Vacate, or Modify the Result?
How appeal courts review insanity verdicts and commitment orders, and what release rules mean for victims.
An Insanity Verdict Followed by Commitment Review: Which Standard of Review Would the Appellate Court Use?
Learn which appeal standard controls NGRI commitment review and what proof courts need to keep or end confinement.
A Wrongful-Death Verdict Reversed on Procedure: Could the Court Affirm, Reverse, Vacate, or Modify the Result?
See how affirm, reverse, vacate, or modify decisions affect a wrongful-death payout and next legal steps.
A Wrongful-Death Verdict Reversed on Procedure: Which Standard of Review Would the Appellate Court Use?
Learn which appeal standard controls a procedural reversal and what it means for wrongful-death compensation.
A Punitive-Damages Award Facing Constitutional Review: Could the Court Affirm, Reverse, Vacate, or Modify the Result?
See how preemption, procedure, and due process could determine whether a $28 million Roundup judgment survives.
What Is a Read ChatGPT Conversation Worth? The Damages Theories in the OpenAI Human-Review Lawsuit
The ChatGPT human-review lawsuit has two money theories, one for subscribers and one for everyone. How a price premium, the value of a prompt, statutory damages and punitive damages would each be measured.
Apple Intelligence Settlement: Should You Claim the $25, Opt Out, or Object?
Every member of the $250 million Apple Intelligence Siri class has three options and one deadline. What claiming, opting out and objecting each mean, and who should consider each.
A Punitive-Damages Award Facing Constitutional Review: Which Standard of Review Would the Appellate Court Use?
Learn why constitutional challenges to punitive damages receive independent appellate review and how courts test whether an award is excessive.
A Civil Verdict Reduced by the Trial Judge: Could the Court Affirm, Reverse, Vacate, or Modify the Result?
How appellate courts handle a judge-reduced jury award — why affirmance dominates, and the one choice a plaintiff can never take back.