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June 2019

Posted by Tyler Hummel on June 14, 2019 13 Comments
This past week has come and gone with the year's largest video gaming show. Every June, E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is used as a trade show for the largest video game developers to show off their slate of upcoming games for the next two years. Bethesda Softworks brought back the development team of the newest series of Wolfenstein games to show off footage for their soon to be launched spin-off game Wolfenstein: Young Blood.

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2019 11 Comments
The Democratic National Committee has finally announced the twenty candidates will participate in the first primary debates at the end of this month. It's amazing that Bill de Blasio and Eric Swalwell made the cut. Real Clear Politics isn't even tracking Swalwell's campaign in its average of polls.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 14, 2019 7 Comments
President Donald Trump gave a warm welcome to Polish President Andrzej Duda along with his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda During a joint press conference, Trump promised more troops with further support for the European nation.
President Trump said Wednesday he is sending 1,000 additional troops to Poland in an effort to strengthen the U.S.’s alliance with the Eastern European country.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2019 210 Comments
After a jury awarded Gibson's Bakery and its owners $11 million in compensatory damages, and $33 million in punitive damages (which likely will be reduced to $22 million under a state law capping damages at 2X compensatory damages), the college and its administrators are unapologetic and vowing to fight. The President of Oberlin College, Carmen Twillie Ambar, just sent this blast email (h/t commenter rhhardin):

Posted by Daniel McGraw on June 14, 2019 32 Comments
When the punitive damage jury verdict was read in court yesterday in Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College, it was like a seismic wave moving quickly through the courtroom. It was that big, bigger than anyone had expected. The added punitive damages was $33,223,500, charged to Oberlin College. That was $33 million in damages added on to the $11.2 million they had already awarded the small business family and its owners as compensatory damages.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 13, 2019 65 Comments
Thursday afternoon, a jury awarded the Gibson family $33 million in punitive damages in addition to the $11 million in compensatory damages they were awarded last week in the defamation suit against Oberlin College. That punitive award will be reduced, under state law, to $22 million (2x compensatory). So the total will be $33 million. The jury also awarded attorneys fees which have yet to be determined by the judge. The judgment is a massive blow to Oberlin College who was accused of defaming the bakery and its owners over a shoplifting incident in 2016.
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