A bit off the topic from election law, but on an issue I follow closely in my Torts and Remedies courses: The California Supreme Court issued an important punitive damages opinion today, which seems to endorse a 1:1 ratio in cases of significant punitive damages. My friends at Horvitz & Levy analyze the case and note the curiosity of the CA Supreme Court’s failure to cite the Exxon Shipping case on this question. This ruling could reverberate for years in CA tort cases.