As an attorney duly admitted to practice in the Courts of the State of New York as well as the Federal Eastern and Southern Districts of New York- I call bullshit. Without doing any research I can tell you that the standard for it to be a recompensible taking under eminent domain is that it has to reneder the property worthless. For example, rezoning your commercial property to less valuable residential zoning would not be a taking. you may be losing significant value from rezoning but it is not a taking. However if your property was rezoned to 'park or nature habitat only, development prohibited' then it could become a taking subject to compensation. The companies that this would benefit already get significant income from selling of bandwidth. That they cant gouge customers is tough shit and not a taking. JANNYAtty.

How about a short 'safe harbor' period whereby a patent holder is notified of a problem patent and then has an opportunity to withdraw it. they could be subject to the refund of point 3 but not the 50% fine. Otherwise what your proposing sounds interesting. A

The exxon valdez jury awarded 5 billion dollars in punitive damages. That oil spill has left a ring around that bay that is clearly visible to this day. The courts reduced this by a factor of 10. Because it would be unfair to make one of the worlds richest and most profitable companies pay for their own f--kups that continue to afflict Alaska. Will this kid get a reduction? No. Becouse the court is a conservative court of 7 justices apointed by republican presidents. What does it mean that the court is conservative? The Court sides with the prosecution over the defendant, the state over the condemned, the executive branch over the legislative, and the corporate defendant over the individual plaintiff.â Thatâ(TM)s conservative jurisprudence in a nutshell.