Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 497: Listen and Learn -- Incidental, Reliance, and Restitution Damages (Contracts)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 295: Listen and Learn -- Incidental, Reliance, and Restitution Damages (Contracts)
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Last week it was announced that a Roman mosaic, long thought lost to the ravages of war and the whimsy of wartime looting, finally returned to its rightful home in Pompeii. The racy piece of ancient décor, depicting a pair of...more
Labor Law Poster Service, formerly Mandatory Poster Agency, was recently ordered to pay more than $8.2 million in penalties and restitution following a lawsuit brought by the Washington state attorney general’s (AG) office....more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Walmart v. King - APA, ALJs, constitutional challenge - Gray v. Birchfield - employment, harassment, punitive damages, assault, battery - USA v. Rowe - prior panel precedent...more
California Attorney General Bonta entered into the state's largest California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") settlement to date with a website publisher for $1.55 million....more
Hello all. Below is the May 2025 edition of the Fifth Circuit criminal and civil case summaries, with a special focus on cases of interest to white-collar practitioners. This past month, the Fifth Circuit issued published...more
On June 5, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) directed prosecutors to prioritize compensating victims when resolving multiagency investigations involving corporate defendants. ...more
Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell issued citations against restaurant Azumi LLC (Azumi), and its manager for allegedly requiring service employees to share tips with managers in violation of state wage and hour laws....more
On May 8, the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County ordered a health care company to pay more than $30 million in restitution to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) due to the company’s alleged...more
On May 6, the attorneys general from 11 states and the California DFPI urged the CFPB to prioritize the distribution of $4.2 million in consumer restitution, following a bankruptcy court judgment against a company for UDAP...more
On April 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a loan company’s petition for rehearing and or rehearing en banc. The lender contested that the $134 million legal restitution it was mandated to pay to the...more
H&P, an investment bank, provided services allegedly worth USD 18 million to Randgold, who H&P had assumed was a client. However, terms of their engagement were never formalised or even written down. After the transaction,...more
On April 4, 2025, the California Attorney General announced that it had reached a settlement with a California-based realty company concerning claims that the company had violated California false advertising, unfair...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're expanding on the topic of legal remedies for breach of contract, which we started covering in Episode 354. This time we look at the rules governing incidental,...more
On December 30, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed and remanded a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi that concerned the denial of Appellant’s motion to...more
Assume the deceased settlor of a trust had intended that his niece be included in the beneficiary class, but his estate-planning attorney had negligently made no provision for her in the governing instrument. After settlor’s...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're expanding on the topic of legal remedies for breach of contract, which we started covering in Episode 171. This time we look at the rules governing incidental,...more
Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare Inc. and its owners and operators (collectively, “Change”)—which provide a data clearinghouse used by healthcare providers, pharmacies, and insurers—alleging...more
On December 4, 2024, the CFTC's Division of Enforcement ("Division") released its enforcement results for Fiscal Year 2024. The results reflected an all-time high for monetary relief, mainly from its resolution of off-channel...more
The UAE recently introduced a significant reform in its judicial system, with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announcing that travel bans are automatically lifted once legal cases are resolved. This development represents a...more
On October 25, Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) Michelle Henry announced a court order requiring the pastor and founder of Peniel Christian Fellowship International to pay $305,704 in restitution for allegedly misusing...more
New York AG Letitia James filed a lawsuit against River Valley Estates, LLC, and associated individuals (collectively, “River Valley”), alleging that the manufactured home park failed to maintain essential infrastructure and...more
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has secured a court order against Wall & Associates, Inc., and associated individuals (collectively “Wall”) for their involvement in an alleged tax debt settlement scheme in violation...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently denied a credit repair organization’s motion for partial summary judgment and granted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and the...more
On April 25, 2024, Governor Wes Moore signed into law House Bill 693, known as the Renters’ Rights Stabilization Act of 2024, to protect Maryland renters who are experiencing housing instability. While the Act aims to...more
The Superior Court of Connecticut, applying Connecticut law, granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, finding that a D&O policy did not afford coverage for a settlement that resulted in a consent judgment against the...more