Megan Dingley | May 6, 2022 | Children and the Law, Inside The ALI
In In re C. L. E., 502 P.3d 1154 (Or. Ct. App. 2021), the Court of Appeals of Oregon cited Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law § 15.30 (Tentative Draft No. 2, 2019) (subsequently renumbered as § 13.40), which the membership approved at the 2019 Annual...
The American Law Institute | May 2, 2022 | Inside The ALI
There is wide agreement that the Electoral Count Act (ECA), the 1887 law governing the final tally of electoral votes for President, is badly outmoded and in need of reform. But many difficult choices will lie along the path from this general consensus to concrete...
Richard L. Revesz | May 1, 2022 | Inside The ALI
This Director’s Letter was originally published in the spring 2022 edition of The ALI Reporter. The attack on the Capitol on January 6 shocked most Americans and focused attention as well on the law that governs Congress’ ordinarily ceremonial count of the...
Jennifer Morinigo | March 4, 2022 | Inside The ALI, Policing, Sexual Assault, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions
At its meeting on March 2, 2022, the ALI Council considered drafts and revisions for three projects as listed below.* PolicingThe Council approved the following material: §§ 9.01 and 9.06 of Chapter 9, Forensic-Evidence Gathering, Chapter 12, Informants and Undercover...
Richard L. Revesz | February 23, 2022 | Inside The ALI
This Director’s Letter was originally published in the winter 2022 edition of The ALI Reporter. The American Law Institute will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. An occasion of this sort is a natural time for us to reflect on what we have been able to...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 25, 2022 | Conflict of Laws, Consumer Contracts, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Policing, Property, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Uniform Commercial Code
At its meeting on January 20 and 21, 2022, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of nine projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of LawsThe Council approved the following material in Council Draft No. 6: §§...