Restating Copyright: The ALI’s Landmark Project and What It Means for the Law
After more than a decade of work, the American Law Institute has approved its first-ever Restatement of the Law, Copyright. This piece explores the process, purpose, and promise of the Copyright Restatement.
U.S. Supreme Court Cites Foreign Relations 3d
In Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, No. 23-1275 (June 26, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court cited the Restatement of the Law Third, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, in holding that a funding condition for Medicaid known as the “any-qualified-provider provision” did not confer an individual right that was enforceable under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Andy Song on Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence
An AI overview by Andy Song (Google Deepmind) from the 2025 Annual Meeting. Song delivers an engaging and accessible overview of the rapid advancements in AI technology, including the emergence of multimodal and “thinking” models capable of reasoning, planning, and...
Restatement of the Law, Copyright: A Look Inside
This post includes a link to Section 13. Copyright Protects Expression of the Copyright Restatement. The project as a whole was approved by ALI membership at the 2025 Annual Meeting; Section 13 appeared in Tentative Draft No. 2, which was approved by the ALI membership at the 2021 Annual Meeting.
2025 Annual Meeting – High-Volume Civil Adjudication Program
David Freeman Engstrom (Stanford Law School), Reporter for ALI’s Principles of the Law, High-Volume Civil Adjudication project, leads a panel including Nathan L. Hecht (Supreme Court of Texas, Retired), Carolyn B. Kuhl (Superior Court of California, County of Los...
Principles of the Law, Policing Has Been Published
Setting out best practices for policing issues that have significant legal underpinnings, this publication provides valuable guidance for legislatures, policing agencies, courts, and others.
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