Lyrissa B. Lidsky, Robert C. Post and Pauline Toboulidis | April 2, 2026 | Torts: Defamation and Privacy
Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Defamation and Privacy is making its first ALI Annual Meeting appearance this year. Tentative Draft No. 1 will be presented to ALI membership and introduces the framework for claims involving harm to reputation, focusing on the...
Lyrissa B. Lidsky and Robert C. Post | March 10, 2026 | Torts: Defamation and Privacy
The following is excerpted from Tentative Draft No. 1* of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Defamation and Privacy. In the half century since the Second Restatement, the rapid development of digital communications has rendered the libel–slander distinction...
Lyrissa B. Lidsky, Robert C. Post and Jennifer Morinigo | March 7, 2026 | Torts: Defamation and Privacy
Torts: Defamation and Privacy is projected to appear on the Annual Meeting agenda for the first time in May 2026. We asked Lyrissa Lidsky of the University of Florida, Levin College of Law and Robert Post of Yale Law School, who serve as Reporters on Restatement of...
Jennifer Morinigo | February 1, 2026 | Conflict of Laws, Corporate Governance, High-Volume Civil Adjudication, Property, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Torts: Defamation and Privacy, Torts: Remedies
Seven project drafts will be presented to ALI’s Membership for approval at this year’s Annual Meeting, May 18-20 in Washington, D.C. Restatement of the Law Third, Conflict of Laws Restatement of the Law, Corporate Governance Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign...
Jennifer Morinigo | November 3, 2025 | Constitutional Torts, Corporate Governance, High-Volume Civil Adjudication, Property, Torts: Defamation and Privacy
At its meeting on October 16 and 17, 2025, the ALI Council discussed and approved, in part or in whole, drafts of five projects as listed below.* Constitutional Torts The Council approved the following provisions of Council Draft No. 1: §§ 1.01–1.04, containing...
Louis W. Hensler III | November 18, 2022 | Torts: Defamation and Privacy
Below is the abstract for “Warren/Burger Courts Exalted “Free” Expression Over Other American Values,” available for download on SSRN. This is an updated version of the article shared on The ALI Adviser on April 6, 2022. Four values coexist within...
