Legal Opinion Letters

September 3, 2004

Legal Opinion Letters

New California Law Grants State 75% Of Punitive Damage Award

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By Victor E. Schwartz, Mark A. Behrens and Cary Silverman, attorneys in the Public Policy Group of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. in Washington, D.C.

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