Compensation for Damages (Law)

• France’s Embassy in Iraq Is a Spoil of Antisemitism, Jewish Family Charges - A Jewish family that fled Iraq generations ago rented its home to France for use as an embassy, but Paris long ago stopped paying it rent, after Iraq stripped Jews of property.
• Paul Haggis Reaches $2 Million Settlement After 2022 Rape Verdict - A judge had ordered the Oscar-winning filmmaker to pay at least $7.5 million to a former film-industry publicist after a civil jury found him liable for raping her.
• Can a Corporation Be Complicit in War Crimes? Sweden Is Trying to Find Out. - It’s Sweden’s longest criminal trial. I was there because of a different historic distinction.
• N.Y. Archdiocese Will Negotiate Sex-Abuse Settlement for 1,300 Accusers - The archdiocese will raise at least $300 million to fund the settlement. It has agreed with its accusers on a mediator to conduct negotiations.