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: §§...
Richard L. Revesz | December 16, 2021 | Inside The ALI, Liability Insurance
This Director’s Letter was originally published in the fall 2021 edition of The ALI Reporter. A recent case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine considered when an insurer’s duty to defend ends if only some of the underlying causes of action are...
Megan Dingley | November 18, 2021 | Inside The ALI, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
The Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Selected Topics in Treaties, Jurisdiction, and Sovereign Immunity, which was published in 2018, has been receiving significant attention in federal and state courts. The Restatement was...
Pauline Toboulidis | October 27, 2021 | Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, Inside The ALI, Property, Student Sexual Misconduct, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on October 21 and 22, 2021, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Children and the LawThe Council approved Council Draft No. 7, which included §1.20 from Chapter 1, Parental...
Richard L. Revesz | October 1, 2021 | Copyright, Inside The ALI
On September 10, the Global Innovation Policy Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to The American Law Institute concerning the Restatement of the Law, Copyright project. The below is ALI Director Richard L. Revesz’s response to this inquiry....
Richard L. Revesz | August 3, 2021 | Inside The ALI
This Director’s Letter was originally published in the summer 2021 edition of The ALI Reporter. The last 18 months have transformed the United States (and the rest of the world) in ways that were unimaginable in early 2020. A virulent pandemic has claimed more than...
