St. Thomas University School of Law, Journal of Complex Litigation

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In August, a former Twitter manager was convicted of acting as a secret agent for Saudi Arabia. Certain account information—phone number, IP address, and birthdate—of Twitter users critical of Saudi Arabia, were sold to Saudi Arabia. This should come as no surprise considering that Kingdom Holding Company, a Saudi conglomerate, is the second largest investor in Twitter. Let that sink in. According to Zatco’s complaint, Twitter was aware that other foreign state actors were collecting and selling data, and that executives failed to implement policies limiting and tracking employee access to user data. While the internal cybersecurity nightmares continued, Twitter maintained the façade of security compliance with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and its Shareholders.

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The Tallahassee Police Department asserts that on May 27, 2020, they approached McDade as a potential witness in the deadly stabbing of Malik Jackson earlier that day. Lawrence Revelle, the department’s police chief, told reporters that communications by the radio frequency said that McDade had pointed a gun at the responding officer and that “a bloody knife was located at the scene, and the suspect was in possession of a firearm.” This was contested by witnesses, who claimed that the officers shouted, “Stop moving, nigger!” before shooting McDade.  Additionally, the witnesses state that no officers ever introduced themselves or first ordered McDade to cease acting in a certain way.

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From the perspective of both plaintiffs and defendants, the measurement of damages quantum is arguably of the utmost importance. Therefore, it may be surprising to learn that this process is left entirely to the court’s discretion. This results in each litigation becoming a unique case calling for a sui generis outcome, which leads to unnecessary litigation and uncertain judicial decisions. As such, there is a need for alternative methods that are both objective and simple.

Based on the results of an empirical analysis of several hundreds of precedent cases from American common law, French civil law, and International commercial law, this article formulates simple and practical suggestions for parties looking to improve their chances of success in recouping lost profits and lost opportunities.

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Section 119 did not include cash reimbursements, only meals furnished by the employer, superseding the judicial “convenience of the employer” doctrine. The Court explained payments could be claimed based on the once-recognized doctrine; however, the codified topic under code section 119 was more persuasive. The issue remains because Kowalski only highlighted the issue for Congress.

In Kowalski, the in-kind requirements were not met, so the Court did not address whether public restaurants constituted “business premises of the employer.” The Ninth Circuit, in Sibla, distinguished Kowalski and excluded mandatory payments into a firehouse mess fund from employees’ gross income. The Ninth Circuit defined a “business premise” using Treasury Regulations. The Third, Fifth, Eighth, and Tenth  Circuits held business premises of the state highway department included the entire state, while the First and Fourth Circuits disagreed by defining it as not encompassing restaurants adjacent to state highways.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD SPOTLIGHT: Meet Jessica Pagliery, the Journal’s Editor-in-Chief. As Editor-in-Chief, Jessica is responsible for and participates extensively in all Journal operations. She implements deadlines and publication dates, ensures that members adhere to the schedule, and communicates with authors throughout the editorial process.
Jessica also does the final blueline edit on all articles and makes final decisions on questions of style or format when the circumstances dictate. The blueline edit is incredibly detailed and requires double-checking citations, spacing, and punctuation to make sure that they comply with the Blue Book and Style Manual. Jessica, represents the Journal to the faculty, administration, and outside interests. Lastly, she presides over Editorial Board meetings, ensures a healthy work environment, and actively recruits new members.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD SPOTLIGHT: Meet Emily Chahede, the Journal’s Managing Editor. As the Managing Editor, Ms. Chahede is responsible for overseeing all business and financial affairs of the Journal. She also supervises each Member and Member-Candidate by maintaining work files that reflect the progress, quality, and quantity of the work produced, and oversees assignment deadlines. Ms. Chahede is also responsible for all fundraising matters. She is also responsible for adopting and enforcing, with the assistance of the Board, any disciplinary procedures and policies in place.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD SPOTLIGHT: Meet Alexander, the Journal’s Executive Editor. As the Executive Editor, Alexander is responsible for reviewing all articles that the Journal intends to publish. He is also responsible for organizing the articles prior to publication.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD SPOTLIGHT: Meet Karla, the Journal’s Online Editor. As the Online Editor, Karla is responsible for overseeing the Journal’s website and maintaining its quality and appearance in a way that is engaging to our current members, prospective members, and those in our legal community. She meticulously ensures that the Journal’s website accurately reflects the hard work and great insight our authors put into their Comments, Notes, and Blog Posts. Karla also oversees the editing of each publication. Lastly, she is responsible for overseeing the quality and content of our members’ Blog Posts to ensure that the Journal is producing relevant, creative, and well-written pieces.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD SPOTLIGHT: Meet M-L, the Journal’s Marketing Editor. As the Marketing Editor M-L is responsible for overseeing the Journal’s social-media platforms and assisting the Managing Editor with the solicitation of articles and advertisers through media platforms. For each publication, she develops mindful content ideas, artworks, online layouts and typesets to engage the Journal’s targeted audience. Lastly, M-L is responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of the Journal’s post on social media and assisting the Managing Editor in performing all fundraising responsibilities.