Sentences with phrase «on jury awards»

That legislation got much of its attention for placing caps on jury awards for businesses and individuals in lawsuits.

In the 1990s, the Court began to impose both procedural and substantive limits on jury awards in state court cases.

Shoval's AWOL, and Crow's JACKSON also took home the Audience Awards for Best Narrative Feature, and Best Documentary Feature, respectively, while Alma Har» el's LOVETRUE doubled up on the Jury Award and the Audience Award for Best Departures Feature.

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A Florida jury assessed Gawker Media millions more in punitive damages on Monday for having invaded the privacy of the retired wrestler Hulk Hogan, adding to the $ 115 million it awarded in compensatory damages last week.

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, a federal jury in Eastern District of Texas awarded VirnetX Holding Corp. (VHC) with a $ 502.6 million verdict against Apple Inc. finding that Apple was...

«Of course,» McDonald noted, «the Ogilvy jury could not have known, nor could the ARF have known, that the work being awarded that night might have been based on pilfered data to which CA had no legal right.»

Ahead of the 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation, organised by DowDuPont, chair of the judging panel David Luttenberger, global packaging director at Mintel Group, shares his perspectives on the renowned competition and on packaging innovation itself with fellow jury member Tim Sykes.

We will be serving together on the jury at DowDuPont's innovation award in May.

Ahead of DowDuPont's 30th Awards for Packaging Innovation chair of the judging panel David Luttenberger, global packaging director at Mintel, shares his perspectives on the competition and packaging innovation itself with fellow jury member Tim Sykes more

Annually, through a rigorous jury process, IFMA grants Silver Plate Awards in up to nine operator categories and honors one winner with the prestigious Gold Plate Award on the night of the Celebration.

ON MONDAY a Tennessee jury awarded Fox Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews $ 55 million in damages for claims stemming from her successful lawsuit against the Nashville Marriott hotel and convicted stalker Michael David Barrett.

On July 19, 2011, a federal jury awarded $ 10 million to the parents and estate of Darryl Turner, an African - American teenager who died after being shocked with a Taser wielded by a Charlotte police officer.

Yet his suburban Chicago practice, currently known as Homefirst, garnered an alarming record: It was on the losing side of one of the largest U.S. jury verdicts — $ 30million — ever awarded to the family of a newborn in a wrongful - death suit.

The Times, which frequently breaks news regarding the activities of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office, reported that federal prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury related to Skelos and his 32 - year - old son, Adam, centering on a contract awarded to AbTech Industries by Nassau County.

In a decision dated Feb. 5, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Joan Madden ordered a new hearing on a 2013 jury verdict in her court that gave five mesothelioma victims represented by Weitz a total of $ 190 million — the highest award of its kind at the time.

Science on Stage and the European Science Teaching Awards 2005: choosing the best of the best, special mentions and how the jury voted.

Administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and endowed by the Foundation in 2009, the independently juried awards have honored distinguished reporting on science by professional journalists since 1945.

On February 11, 2014 a Chicago jury awarded $ 1.5 million to an autistic child who developed a severe case of tardive dyskinesia and tardive akathisia while being treated by psychiatrists with Risperdal and then Zyprexa between 2002 and 2007.

It won two jury awards at Sundance, and arguably an appreciation for Nick Cave the artist would influence any viewer's perception of 20,000 Days On Earth, but what really affects ones viewing of this film is entering into it and viewing it as a documentary disguised as a fictional film, or a fictional film disguised as a documentary.

Canadian director Xavier Dolan (L) hugs Canadian actor and member of the Jury Donald Sutherland after being awarded with the Grand Prix for the film «It's Only The End Of The World (Juste La Fin Du Monde)» during the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 22, 2016.

PLATFORM This section of 12 films, which tends to focus on directors in early stages of their careers, is actually juried (though TIFF isn't known for awards really outside of «People's Choice» which tends to have a strong correlation to eventual Best Picture nominations at the Oscars).

TOPSHOT - Canadian director Xavier Dolan (R) is congratulated on stage by Canadian actor and member of the Jury Donald Sutherland after being awarded with the Grand Prix for the film «It's Only The End Of The World (Juste La Fin Du... More

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact was presented to: Crime + Punishment (Director: Stephen Maing)-- Over four years of unprecedented access, the story of a brave group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and one unrelenting private investigator who, amidst a landmark lawsuit, risk everything to expose illegal quota practices and their impact on young minorities.

The Fipresci jury, led by France's Michel Ciment, gave the award to «Burning» as a «visually stunning film and an emotionally complex comment on contemporary society.»

Fox Searchlight has announced that «Stoker» has been given a March 1, 2013 release date and we're willing to bet that the likelihood of a fall premiere at Venice — where he won an award for «Sympathy For Lady Vengeance» in 2005 and served on the jury in 2006 — is looking stronger and stronger.

Elsewhere, the jury, led by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, spread the wealth around, though its members did bestow two awards on one film in particular.

Cooke stars on «Bates Motel» and drew widespread acclaim for her impressive performance as a young cancer patient in «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,» which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at Sundance.

The award winners will be selected by two AWFJ jury panels, and will be presented at the festival's gala awards ceremony on Saturday, May 14.

It was a night of surprises at the 68th Cannes film festival, with many critics» favourites thwarted and the jury — who are only allowed to award one prize per film — exhibiting eclectic taste and a pronounced accent on the celebration of French acting talent.

Even the third - place Jury Prize awarded to French actress / director / hot mess Maïwenn's ensemble drama Polisse was made bearable by the spectacle of its bewildered creator, tangles of unkempt brown hair falling wildly about her — and a bright red dress valiantly struggling to stay attached to her body — taking to the stage, personally embracing every member of the jury, then panting her way through an acceptance speech that might still be going on if the band hadn't finally played her Jury Prize awarded to French actress / director / hot mess Maïwenn's ensemble drama Polisse was made bearable by the spectacle of its bewildered creator, tangles of unkempt brown hair falling wildly about her — and a bright red dress valiantly struggling to stay attached to her body — taking to the stage, personally embracing every member of the jury, then panting her way through an acceptance speech that might still be going on if the band hadn't finally played her jury, then panting her way through an acceptance speech that might still be going on if the band hadn't finally played her off.

In addition to presenting our Annual Awards and Top Ten List, members of the Indiana Film Journalists Association stay active throughout the year serving on film festival juries, attending and sponsoring special screenings, appearing at film and genre - specific conferences, and speaking to civic groups, schools, media outlets and many other places.

She and co-star Lily James (as the sister) will attract needed attention on the fest circuit to this winner of Tribeca's juried Nora Ephron award.

(Consider also the film that would yet nobble it of a Jury Award, João Pedro Rodrigues» Morrer Como Um Homem [To Die Like a Man]: early on in that overesteemed, if beautifully lensed, potboiler, a discussion about the merits of sex reassignment surgery occurs while one of the two trans - characters involved deliberates over whether to buy some orchids... Always with the fucking orchids!)

The film comes in the wake of 2013's heart wrenching Sundance Jury Prize award winner, Blood Brother, a film that seemed to come out of nowhere to wow audiences and critics alike, and apparently even the likes of Terrence Malick and Atticus Ross who came on to Hoover's latest project to executive produce and serve as composer, respectively.

The jury awarded the best director award to Mathieu Amalric for «Tournee» («On Tour»), the story of a failed TV producer touring France with a troupe of American burlesque performers not in the first bloom of youth.

Based on the play Juste la fin du monde by Jean - Luc Lagarce, the film was awarded the Grand Prix and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at -LSB-...]

Based on Joris - Peyrafitte's 2014 short drama, «As a Friend,» «As You Are» premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award.

The auteur - driven film would screen out of competition for the event's Golden Bear top prize, which will be awarded by a jury led by Meryl Streep on February 20th.

«Finding Vivian Maier,» co-directed by Maier's chief curator, John Maloof, debuted last November at DOC NYC and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Miami Film Festival (tying with «The Overnighters» by Jeff Moss), the audience awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best New Director at the Portland International Film Festival, a Founder's Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival and the John Schlesinger Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Winning the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival this year, the film is the highly anticipated English language debut of internationally acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and is set for general release in Ireland on 16th October.

Me and Earl, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance, offers an appealing take on high school with a likable sarcastic protagonist at its center (Mann has blossomed into an agreeable Justin Long - type).

Awards: Special Jury Award for «Visionary Storytelling» at the Indie Memphis Film Festival The Unforgettable Award for the subject of our film, Peter Anton: CinemaEye Honors, NYC The Audience Award at the EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) in Seoul, South Korea The Top 6 Audience - Rated Film at the Sheffield Doc / Fest in Sheffield, England Special Jury Award for «Complex, Hands - on Storytelling» at the Sarasota Film Festival Best of the Fest at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival The Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Geneva Film Festival The Best Exploration of Documentary Ethics Award by the Columbia Daily Tribune in their coverage of the True / False Film Festival

Netflix films have been released with comparatively little fanfare (the Grand Jury prize winner of Sundance, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore dropped onto the platform in February and registered nary a blip, with Bong Joon - ho's Okja also not succeeding in moving the needle all that much), as they seemed content with simply putting it up on the service and setting up a few awards qualifying runs in New York and LA and leaving it at that.

Greeted by a rapturous standing ovation at its Sundance premiere — which precipitated it becoming one of the highest - selling acquisitions in the history of the festival, and the third consecutive film to win both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award — this slick, funny and bruising high - school saga transcends its YA trappings by dropping the full weight of film history on a thoroughly modern milieu.

Call Me by Your Name was given life anew in Toronto, months after screening to raves in chilly Park City and Berlin — but the jury's still out on whether it's too arty and queer for mainstream awards success.

Likewise, Ildiko Enyedi's win out of Berlin for On Body and Soul, Wang Bing's win for Mrs. Fang out of Locarno, and even Guillermo Del Toro's Venice win for The Shape of Water (despite something like Paul Schrader's First Reformed being the more daring title) suggest a move away from juries simply awarding whatever had the most topical, well - meaning message.

The film went on to win both the grand jury prize and audience award, a trend started 3 years ago with Fruitvale Station, then Whiplash, and then last year's Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Cate, who led the jury for this year's awards, looked every inch the leading lady in the statement full - length tuxedo dress, which featured a red bustier design and an extravagant bow on the back.

Other highlights are ADAMA a deeply moving animation about the life of a young boy in West Africa in 1914; Mamoru Hosoda's THE BOY AND THE BEAST, an exquisitely animated fable about a boy who has run away from home and is alone in the human world following the passing of his mother; Jury Feting's CELESTIAL CAMEL, a fascinating and thrilling tale about a 12 year old herder whose father has sold a young colt who may be the fabled «celestial camel»; Academy Award ® winner Gabriele Salvatores» THE INVISIBLE BOY, a charming coming of age tale about a shy boy, picked on by his peers, who gets his wish to hide from the world when he discovers a Halloween outfit that makes him invisible; Alexandre Heboyan and Benoît Philippon's hugely enjoyable CGI animated adventure MUNE, about a faun who lives in a faraway world; Studio Ghibli's beautiful drama WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi; and the World Premiere of Tim Clague and Danny Stark's WHO KILLED NELSON NUTMEG?

Jamie Sisely's «Stay Awake,» which won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Short, centers on two brothers in small town Virginia struggling to care for their mentally disturbed mother.