Annual Meeting Spotlight on The Foreign Relations Law of the United States
Project Reporters discuss how the Restatement Fourth of Foreign Relations Law of the United States addresses diplomatic immunity, executive agreements, and the evolving role of international law in the U.S. legal system.
Alito Dissent Cites Restatement 2d of Conflicts of Law
In Hencely v. Fluor Corp., Justice Alito wrote a dissent citing Restatement of the Law Second, Conflict of Laws § 145, which discusses choice of law in torts.
Intentional Torts to Persons Is Now Available
Now available for purchase on LexisNexis.
Annual Meeting Spotlight on High-Volume Civil Adjudication
David Freeman Engstrom highlights how courts manage large volumes of claims and the challenges of balancing efficiency, fairness, and accuracy in modern civil litigation.
Supreme Court Cites Torts 3d: Medical Malpractice
In Chiles v. Salazar, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Medical Malpractice in an analysis of how the First Amendment interacted with Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy law, which prohibited licensed counselors from engaging in “conversion therapy” with minors, when it was applied to talk therapy.
Annual Meeting Spotlight on Defamation and Privacy
Reporters Lyrissa Lidsky and Robert Post discuss the legal framework governing defamation, including how courts evaluate allegedly defamatory statements and the standards used to determine liability.
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