← All volumes
Accounting of Profits -- Disgorgement of Wrongful Gains3335 wordsAcquiescence -- Implied Consent Through Silence or Inaction3392 wordsBalancing of Hardships -- Disproportionate Burden on the Defendant as a Defense to Equitable Relief3753 wordsCommon Fund and Common Benefit Doctrines -- Fee Awards from Litigation Proceeds3733 wordsCompensatory Damages -- General Principles, Purposes, and the Make-Whole Standard3397 wordsConsequential and Incidental Damages -- Distinction, Recoverability, and Contractual Limitations3984 wordsContempt for Violation of Injunctions -- Civil vs. Criminal Contempt, Sanctions, and Due Process3850 wordsContractual Fee-Shifting -- Enforceability, Prevailing Party Clauses, and Reasonableness3303 wordsCumulation of Remedies -- When Multiple Remedies May Be Pursued Simultaneously3698 wordsDeclaratory Judgment -- 28 U.S.C. Sections 2201-2202, Actual Controversy, and Discretion to Decline3595 wordsEnforcement of Judgments -- Execution, Domestication, and Post-Judgment Discovery3584 wordsEquitable Lien -- Securing a Restitutionary Claim Against Specific Property3797 wordsEstoppel -- Equitable Estoppel, Promissory Estoppel, and Judicial Estoppel3517 wordsFee Enhancements and Multipliers -- When the Lodestar Is Insufficient (Perdue v. Kenny A.)3324 wordsGeneral Damages -- Pain and Suffering, Emotional Distress, Loss of Consortium, and Hedonic Damages3419 wordsImpossibility and Impracticability as Defenses to Equitable Relief3719 wordsInjunction Bonds -- Rule 65(c), Amount, and Wrongful Injunction Damages4097 wordsMandamus -- Compelling Government Action, Clear Right, and Ministerial vs. Discretionary Acts3918 wordsMitigation of Damages -- The Duty to Mitigate and Consequences of Failure3224 wordsModification and Dissolution of Injunctions -- Changed Circumstances and Rule 60(b)3459 wordsNationwide and Universal Injunctions -- Scope, Controversy, and the Standing Debate3236 wordsPrejudgment Interest -- Availability, Rate, and Discretionary vs. Mandatory Award3393 wordsProhibition -- Restraining Inferior Courts and Tribunals from Exceeding Jurisdiction3669 wordsProvisional Remedies -- Attachment, Garnishment, Receivership, and Lis Pendens3802 wordsPunitive Damages -- Purpose, Standards, and the Constitutional Limits (BMW v. Gore, State Farm v. Campbell, Philip Morris v. Williams)3709 wordsRemedies at Law vs. Remedies in Equity -- The Adequacy Test and the Merger of Law and Equity3718 wordsRemedies in Contract vs. Tort -- Overlap, Election, and the Economic Loss Doctrine3374 wordsRestitution as an Alternative to Damages -- Election of Remedies and the Disgorgement Measure3424 wordsSpecial Damages -- Medical Expenses, Lost Wages, Lost Earning Capacity, and Future Damages3894 wordsStatutory Fee-Shifting -- 42 U.S.C. Section 1988, Lanham Act, Copyright Act, Patent Act, EAJA, and Other Statutes3169 wordsStructural Injunctions -- Institutional Reform Litigation and Ongoing Judicial Supervision3325 wordsThe Adequacy of Legal Remedy Requirement -- Historical Equity Jurisdiction and Modern Erosion3513 wordsThe American Rule -- Each Party Bears Own Fees and the Exceptions3199 wordsThe Lodestar Method -- Reasonable Hours x Reasonable Rate (Hensley v. Eckerhart)3669 wordsTracing -- Following Misappropriated Property Through Exchanges and Commingled Funds3689 wordsUnclean Hands -- Inequitable Conduct by the Plaintiff Barring Equitable Relief3644 wordsWaiver -- Voluntary Relinquishment of Known Rights3689 words