Civil Remedies

This is FindLaw’s collection of Civil Remedies articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. A civil remedy refers to the remedy that a party has to pay to the victim of a wrong he commits. A civil remedy is generally separate form a criminal remedy, although in certain situations the civil and criminal remedy may be related. Civil remedies require the cooperation of the victim and are voluntary. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Civil Remedies Articles

Sorry Counsel, You Signed It: Ethics, Rule 9011, and Inadequate Filings

Bankruptcy Rule 9011 requires an attorney for a represented party to sign every paper filed in a bankruptcy case "except a list, schedule, or statement, or amendments thereto." Bankruptcy Rule 9011(a). The exception has led some courts to question ...
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Preliminary Injunctive Relief in the State and Federal Courts of New Jersey

An injunction is an Order issued by a Court compelling a party to a litigation to perform a certain act or not to perform a certain act. The usual form of injunction is known as a preventive injunction, and prohibits a party from doing a particular ...
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Tort Reform

On June 16, 2004, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour signed House Bill No. 13 into law, bringing significant reform to Mississippi’s civil justice system. Prior to the reform, Mississippi’s civil justice system had been ranked as the worst ...
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The Effect of Inflation on Damages for Future Losses

Under the modern view expressed by a majority of jurisdictions, including California, the effect of anticipated inflation is a proper factor to be considered by the jury in arriving at an award for damages for future losses. As early as 1948 ...
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So You’re Going To Be A Witness

You are annoyed; you are upset; and you are nervous. You'll lose time from work. Your leisure time is being interfered with. You'll waste time in court waiting to be called to testify. You don't know anything about the case. Why don't they use the ...
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Civil Legal Remedies for Crime Victims

Victims suffer painful and often permanent injuries at the hands of their assailants.Despite many effective advocacy efforts during this past decade, our society still does not provide adequate relief to victims in the wake of crime. Civil ...
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Preventing Lawsuits for Wrongful Termination

Persons whose employment status is "at-will" and who: are not covered by an anti-discrimination statute; do not have an oral, written, expressed or implied contract; have not been terminated in violation of public policy; or were not terminated in ...
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Petitioning and Opposing Certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court

You have just been handed an unexpected defeat in the federal court of appeals or state supreme court. Your client calls, complaining that the appellate ruling is legally insupportable and totally unjust. She wants relief; she wants you to take the ...
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Personal Injury Damages in Maryland

A working knowledge of damages is important for knowing at an early stage, what foundations must be laid to request damages of the potential defendant and what defenses can be raised to the damages claimed by a plaintiff. An individual who has been ...
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OSHA in the New Millennium

OSHA will focus on ergonomics, willful-accident investigations, lockout-tagout, fall protection, chemicals and targeted inspections as we start the new millennium. With one of three Review Commission (OSHA court) members resigning and a second ...
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