A Partisan Battle In An Overreach of A Case
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is a strange voting rights case. Rather than the typical case, in which a voting rights group representing minority voters sues a state or locality for engaging in electoral discrimination, this case pits the two major political parties against each other, and Republican officials in Arizona against Democratic officials.
District of Maine Seeks Guidance on Duty to Defend from Restatement of Liability Insurance
In its Decision and Order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment (2021 WL 681119), the District Court of Maine was presented with the issue of when a duty to defend terminates. The court looked to Section 18 of Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance (Restatement) for guidance.
Assessing the Impact of Police Body Camera Evidence on the Litigation of Excessive Force Cases
This article tests the hypotheses that bodycam evidence will be dispositive in most excessive force cases and that such evidence will positively impact the way those cases are litigated and decided.
Symposium on the Economics and Law of Civil Remedies: Developments in Damages and Nationwide Injunctions
The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Scalia Law School is hosting a free online Symposium on the Economics and Law of Civil Remedies: Developments in Damages and Nationwide Injunctions from 10:00 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. ET on Friday, February 19.
Policing as a Public Good: Reflecting on the Term ‘To Protect and Serve’ As Dialogues of Abolition
The goal of research described in this article is to investigate how ordinary people discuss a reconceptualization of policing in ways that respond to the current moment.
ALI CLE Program: Ethics in International Arbitration and the Restatement
On Friday, February 19, ALI CLE is offering a new ethics course featuring Reporters from Restatement of the Law, The U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration. Coupon code is available for our readers.
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