Legal Backgrounders

August 18, 2006

Legal Backgrounders

How Bad Is Bad? Courts Remain Split On Key Punitive Damages Issue

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By David T. Biderman , is a partner with the law firm Perkins Coie LLP in the firm’s Santa Monica office. and Gabriel Liao , is an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

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