Nunes v. Lizza—Establishing Special, General, and Exemplary Damages Former House Representative, Devin Nunes, sued Lizza and the Hearst Corporation for defamation. Nunes sought damages. The court dismissed his claim and explained how special, general, and exemplary damages are proven when the Plaintiff is a public figure. Indian musician Adnan Sami once observed, “Being a public figure, you cannot make ever ...

Finance & Accounting for Lawyers, Second Edition, by Brian Peter Brining, JD, CPA BVR has just released Finance & Accounting for Lawyers, Second Edition, by Brian Peter Brining, JD, CPA. The purpose of this edition is to provide the reader, lawyers particularly, with a technical overview of accounting principles and methods so the knowledge can be applied in the practice of law. In the finance and v ...

The Objective and Subjective Tests Used to Determine Foreseeability To recover lost profits in a commercial damages case, three standards must be met. They are proximate cause, foreseeability, and reasonable certainty. Of these three, foreseeability is the lost profits standard in which a financial expert will have the least involvement. But this does not mean the expert’s work would not benefit the trier-o ...