Sentences with phrase «damages against the perpetrator»

Working in tandem with the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative and non-profit organization Without My Consent, attorneys at K & l Gates assist victims on a pro bono basis by using federal copyright law to take down images and pursue damages against perpetrators.

There may be a vehicle to award punitive damages against a perpetrator.

Not exact matches

Adopting, tongue - in - cheek, the style of early silent films, Monkman places Hollywood under scrutiny as another perpetrator of inaccurate and damaging stereotypes: the heroic, macho cowboy, pitted against the blood - thirsty Red Indian, or «noble» savage.

And while perpetrators may look to bankruptcy as a way to escape the financial obligations of a civil judgment against them, Grace points out that the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act exempts civil damages arising out of sexual assaults from the debts released by a discharge under the Act.

Further, F.S. 415.111 allows for civil remedy (a lawsuit) for vulnerable adults who have been abused, neglected or exploited to pursue litigation against any perpetrator to recover both actual and punitive damages.