Jeremy Bauer-Wolf | July 12, 2018 | Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct
Ohio State University has dissolved its sexual assault unit amid complaints that employees there told survivors they were lying about reports of sexual misconduct and that they suffered from mental illness or were “delusional.” The institution indicated, too, that the...
Lauren Klosinski | July 5, 2018 | American Indian Law, Sexual Assault
From The Intercept: In the mid-2000s, the area surrounding the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota began to undergo a massive transformation after corporations figured out they could access vast wells of oil from the Bakken shale formation using fracking...
Jennifer Morinigo | January 23, 2018 | Consumer Contracts, Government Ethics, International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration, Liability Insurance, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct, Torts: Economic Harm
At its meeting in Philadelphia on January 18 and 19, the Council reviewed drafts for several projects, with the following outcomes: Consumer Contracts: The Council discussed § 1, Definitions and Scope, and § 2, Adoption of Standard Contract Terms, of Council Draft No....
Joanna L. Grossman | January 4, 2018 | Sexual Assault
Matt Damon, among other men, is concerned that we are treating all acts of sexual misconduct the same. “I do believe there’s a spectrum of behavior,” he explained to Rolling Stone, in an interview that drew considerable attention. For him, that spectrum extends from...
Taylor Carroll | December 18, 2017 | Sexual Assault
In a recent Associated Press interview, NYU School of Law professor Erin E. Murphy brings attention to the complexity of sex assault laws and the definition of consent. “Half the states don’t even have a definition of consent,” says Professor Murphy. “One person’s...
Stephanie A. Middleton | November 6, 2017 | Sexual Assault
ALI’s Sexual Assault project will update the Sexual Offenses provisions in Article 213 of the 1962 Model Penal Code. The project will define and grade offenses based on the act—what a person does—and the person’s culpability or mental state. In order to understand the...
