In a key trade secret case this year, the Pennsylvania Supreme court found acceptable a ratio of punitive damages to actual damages that was arguably 11.2:1 (with punitive damages totaling over 10 times the amount of compensatory damages), which would therefore violate the Due Process Clause of the US Constitution and…
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