The state is undertaking the nation’s most ambitious effort so far to compensate for the economic legacy of slavery and racism.
Tag: Compensation for Damages (Law)
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Epstein Estate Agrees to Pay U.S. Virgin Islands More Than $105 Million
The estate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein will repay tax benefits and half the proceeds from the sale of an island he owned.
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U.N. Climate Talks End With a Deal to Pay Poor Nations for Damage
Nations reached a landmark deal to compensate developing nations for climate harm. But some leaders said the summit didn’t go far enough in addressing the root causes of global warming.
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In France, Victims’ Fund Struggles to Heal Terrorism’s Traumas
At the trial over the 2016 terrorist attack in Nice, bereaved family members and survivors vent frustration at a cumbersome process to obtain compensation.