Tacked on to a bill that addressed domestic violence, slavery and teenage suicide was a provision that directed the Treasury to pay out compensatory damages (but not punitive ones) to victims of terrorism who filed suit within a certain period of time.

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Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages.

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For example, the Court could uphold certification and allow for injunctive relief but not back pay or punitive damages.

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But the answer is not simply punitive sanction, the report concludes.

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The administration can decide whether or not to implement the punitive financial sanctions that it has threatened but not imposed.

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The main problem in America's tort system is not class actions, but rather punitive damages and the rest of it.

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Japan's tax reductions should encompass not only personal income and corporate profits but also the punitive capital gains levies on real estate, as well as the national sales tax.

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The center also elevated social expectations around problems such as binge drinking and violence, not via punitive bans and "sin taxes, " but by education and celebrity examples that helped to transform unhealthy activities into socially unacceptable activities.

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If damages are awarded under other laws, then perhaps the multiplier may not by three (as per the Sherman Act), but there could still be material punitive damages.

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I'm all for a dress code, but it has always struck me that golf's way of doing things was antiquated, punitive and not a little silly.

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