Kyle D. Logue and Tom Baker | April 20, 2017 | Liability Insurance
As a follow up to our post on the Council Draft text of this section, we now present the test from the Proposed Final Draft of Section § 24 – The Insurer’s Duty to Make Reasonable Settlement Decisions. The Black Letter and Comment were modified from what...
Cecelia M. Klingele and Kevin Reitz | April 18, 2017 | Sentencing
This post is a presentation of information found in the Proposed Final Draft of the Sentencing project. This will be presented at ALI’s Annual Meeting this May. The Model Penal Code: Sentencing project includes a new provision on Sentencing Guidelines and...
Cecelia M. Klingele and Kevin Reitz | April 13, 2017 | Sentencing
In this video, project Reporter Kevin Reitz talks about the consequences of economic sanctions in the justice system. Model Penal Code: Sentencing – Economic Sanctions from The American Law Institute on Vimeo. The following is excerpted from the Comments of the...
Catherine A. Rogers, Christopher R. Drahozal, George A. Bermann and Jack J. Cole | April 12, 2017 | International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration
At this year’s Annual Meeting, Chapter 5 (Investor-State Arbitration) of the International Commercial Arbitration project will be presented in Tentative Draft No. 5. Chapter 5 begins with an Introductory Note, depicting the landscape of investor–State arbitration as...
Jonathan Cardi and Kenneth W. Simons | April 10, 2017 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The ALI Adviser regularly shares content of ALI drafts. Due to the length of the Section, full black letter and the first paragraph of each comment section are included below. If you are interested in a complete copy of the black letter and comments from this...
