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actual damages

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Noun1.actual damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution, indemnity - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury


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The parties began settlement discussions to determine the government's estimated actual damages; they also discussed trebling actual damages under the FCA.
Kennedy suggested a "single-digit" standard, in which punitive awards--damages levied in order to punish a defendant--should be no more than 10 times the award for actual damages, in most cases.
Two judges of a three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit disagreed, according to an opinion issued last month that said, "the district court correctly concluded that LANS could not recover actual damages for overseas effects of defendants' infringement.
 
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