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Emotional Distress Damages Wrongful Acts

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Emotional Distress Damages Without Physical Injury Insufficient to Support Direct Claim Against Insurer Under California Statute

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, applying California law, has held that without physical injury, emotional distress damages alone are insufficient to establish standing for a direct...more

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Illinois Law Empowers Victims Violated by the Sharing of Explicit Images

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In early 2020, an Illinois law became effective providing a civil cause of action for victims of revenge porn. 740 ILCS 190/1 (Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act). The purpose of the...more

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