The brief (timed, not coincidentally, to help make President Obama look tough on BP going into the home stretch of the presidential race) was filed in U.S. District Court in Louisiana where BP is in the process of settling the civil damages case brought by a giant group of fishermen, hoteliers and citizens damaged by the spill.
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There is still considerable uncertainty related to the civil and criminal damages and penalties that BP will face over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.
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And she recommends that the millions in civil damages awarded in brutality cases be paid not by city governments, as now, but by the police departments themselves, giving police chiefs a financial incentive to identify and punish or dismiss problem officers.
The ex-footballer's civil damages claim against News Group Newspapers will be assessed at the High Court in January.
Anderson believes it would not be surprising if the DOJ waits until the last minute to file that case so that it can see the extent of the damages that accrue to BP in civil suits.
The trial was due to resolve claims for damages and civil penalties arising from the spill.
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In September, an Italian civil court ordered the government to pay 100 million euros in civil damages to relatives of 81 people killed in a 1980 air disaster whose cause has been attributed alternately to a bomb on board and to being caught in an aerial dogfight.
Earlier on, peers accepted government amendments offered as concessions to extend legal aid in cases of domestic child abduction and to victims of human trafficking seeking damages in the civil courts.
"The court will then conduct a hearing to determine whether and to what extent injunctive relief will be granted, as well as the amount of restitution, damages, civil penalties and statutory costs, which petitioners are seeking to impose, " the state Supreme Court justice wrote.
Under the new law those who sponsor a "geographically based boycott" - which includes any part of the Jewish state or its settlements - could be sued for damages in a civil court by the party injured in the boycott call.
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The civil health care fraud lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan seeks unspecified damages and civil penalties for a scheme that the government said has been carried out since 2005.
In 2000, the company was hit with what was then the largest civil fine ever levied by the federal government against a corporation for environmental damages.
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They can bring civil claims for damages for the abuse they suffered, but it will not be straightforward.
Can rafters be pursued for civil damages when they cross the property line?
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After charges were dropped Ms Diallo, 33, opened a civil suit for undisclosed damages against the former French politician.
Since Delaware law indemnifies company officers from paying most civil damages, they are rarely exposed to the direct cost of shareholder litigation anyway.
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The civil provision creates a right to reinstatement, back pay and damages for whistle-blowers.
Today the best means of stopping a bad operator may be seeking civil damages.
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But Continental may still be liable for damages after the court said the firm still bore civil responsibility.
Unlike so-called compensatory damages, which are designed to make up for monetary losses, punitive damages are meant to punish the wrongdoer in a civil case, and deter similar conduct in the future.
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With the possibility of federal criminal charges out of the way, BP will now have to focus on civil penalties for damages from federal, state, and local.
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Helen was one of around 1, 000 abuse victims whose civil damages claim collapsed after two test cases failed at the Court of Session then the House of Lords in 2008.
The oil firm has not agreed with the Justice Department on a separate civil settlement involving federal and state claims of damages to natural resources.
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But when the government tried to use it in the damages claim brought by former Guantanamo Bay detainees, the Supreme Court said it had no power to do so in civil claims for damages.
The case of Sheila Henry, whose son, Christian Small, was killed in the 2005 Russell Square explosion, will be one of six test cases for civil damages claims against News Group Newspapers over phone-hacking claims.
The family of Michaela McAreavey, who was murdered in Mauritius, have begun a civil case for damages against a paper that published pictures of her body.
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According to the Gibson update, not only does the Amnesty program release cooperating applicants from potential criminal liability, it prevents civil plaintiffs from recovering treble damages and protects civil defendants from joint and several liability.
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What this means is that whatever fines and damages BP et al ends up paying as a result of civil litigation, it could be on the hook for double that amount after a criminal trial.
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