penalties
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The NBA handed down sweeping penalties to the Clippers, owner Steve Ballmer, team executives and star Kawhi Leonard following an investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
In addition to the Clippers’ penalties, Leonard, who had been included in a stalled trade to the Toronto Raptors this offseason, must pay the NBA $700,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The lawsuit asks the court to require State Farm to pay full restitution to policyholders, as well as civil penalties for violating state law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
During probate, you, as executor, paid the necessary expenses to avoid tax liens, penalties or possible foreclosure while probate was taking place.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
His lawyers argued that the law is arbitrary and irrational, because it imposes such vastly different penalties on two forms of the same substance.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
