In a decision delivered by Justice Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court of the United States quoted Reporters’ Note 12 to § 455 (Tentative Draft No. 2, 2016) of the U.S. Foreign Relations (Sovereign Immunity) Restatement, as well as two Sections of the Restatement of the Law Third, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States.
Pauline Toboulidis Posts
ACTL Publishes White Paper on Campus Sexual Assault Investigation
by Pauline Toboulidis | Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
The American College of Trial Lawyers has released its White Paper on Campus Sexual Assault Investigation. The white paper was prepared by The Task Force on the Response of Universities and Colleges to Allegations of Sexual Violence.
Baton Rouge Chief Talks Policing In America
by Pauline Toboulidis | Feb 2, 2017 | Policing
Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie speaks with 101.7 / 710 KEEL’s Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty about how the events of 2016, including the Alton Sterling shooting and the subsequent murder of three officers, changed the department’s approach to policing.
ALI Council Approves Project Drafts
by Pauline Toboulidis | Jan 27, 2017 | Election Administration, Liability Insurance, Sentencing, Sexual Assault
At its January 2017 meeting, the Council took several actions concerning project drafts.
Updated Print Version of the Trial Manual for the Defense of Criminal Cases Now Available
by Pauline Toboulidis | Jan 6, 2017 | Policing, Sentencing, Sexual Assault
The Sixth Edition of the Trial Manual for the Defense of Criminal Cases is now available.
Montana Lawmakers Consider Sexual Assault Bill
by Pauline Toboulidis | Jan 5, 2017 | Sexual Assault
This week, Montana’s Law and Justice Interim Committee is scheduled to meet and discuss updating Montana’s sexual assault laws, including updating the definition of sexual consent.
Responding to Security Breaches
by Pauline Toboulidis | Dec 7, 2016 | Data Privacy
Security breaches remain big news, virtually every day. Executives and managers understand it is a question of “when,” not “if,” their companies will be targeted. Companies in all industries, as well as a host of other organizations, are affected. Hackers are engaged in ever more brazen schemes to gather personal and proprietary information for a variety of motives.
Roundtable Asks “Money or Justice?”
by Pauline Toboulidis | Nov 15, 2016 | Policing, Sentencing
ALI President Designate and Duke Law School Dean David F. Levi recently held a roundtable to address the ongoing impact that court fines and fees, and bail practices have on communities – especially the economically disadvantaged – across the United States.
FAMM Urges Mass. Legislature to Adopt Sentencing Reform in Response to Supreme Court Ruling
by Pauline Toboulidis | Oct 21, 2016 | Sentencing
FAMM has urged the Massachusetts legislature to pass common sense sentencing reform in response to a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling last week that state law does not currently allow departures from mandatory minimum sentences.
J&J Warns Patients of Cybersecurity Risk Involving Insulin Pump
by Pauline Toboulidis | Oct 6, 2016 | Data Privacy
Johnson & Johnson recently warned its patients in a letter that it has been notified that the OneTouch Ping Insulin Pump System has a cybersecurity issue involving the possibility of a third party gaining unauthorized access to the pump.