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April 27, 2008

$200 million in punitives cut from award against Genentech.

The California Supreme Court: No punitive damages can be awarded for a breach of contract claim absent a fiduciary relationship between the parties. But the court still awards to City of Hope National Medical Center $300 million in gene-splicing technology royalties in 1976 contract dispute. See San Francisco Chronicle and Law.com.

Posted by JD Hull at 11:29 PM | Comments (0)

Paris Parfait in London again.

Take a walk in the Spring on Oxford Street in London. Even if you don't travel, read about life outside the U.S., or worship European fashion, these photos are interesting, edgy. See Shipwrecked at Selfridges at Tara Bradford's Paris Parfait. The Paris-based American writer Bradford gets around.

Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:38 AM | Comments (0)