U.S. Department of Education Announces Changes to Title IX Regulation
On May 6, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new regulation defining sexual harassment, requiring supportive measures for survivors, and restoring due process on campus.
Intentional Torts: Defense of Actor’s Interest in Possession of Land and Personal Property
The following entry contains the Scope Note and select Black Letter of Tentative Draft No. 5, Chapter 3. Privileges, Topic 3. Defense of Actor’s Interest in Possession of Land and Personal Property, from Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. The full draft contains Comments and Reporters’ Notes.
Suing China over the coronavirus won’t help. Here’s what can work.
At least six lawsuits have been filed against China in U.S. federal courts seeking damages for deaths, injuries and economic losses caused by covid-19.
Profiling of Judges
This article will discuss the recent French law on “legal analytics” (i.e. technology enabled profiling of judges).
COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Update and Virtual ADR Solution
On May 7, ALI CLE is offering a webcast/telephone seminar to discuss how COVID-19 is revolutionizing insurance coverage claims.
Opinion analysis: Sharply divided bench rejects Georgia’s copyright in annotations of Georgia statutes
The decision this morning in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org resolves a technical question of copyright law, the extent to which governmental authorities can copyright (and profit from) the materials that they create. The specific question here is the copyrightability of annotations that summarize, but are not part of, the state’s body of enforceable statutes.
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