Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Wenona T. Singel, Kaighn Smith, Jr. and Jennifer Morinigo | April 17, 2018 | American Indian Law
In the American Indian Law project draft that will be presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting, two Sections deal with tribal powers over nonmembers – § 34, Civil Regulatory and Adjudicatory Authority over Nonmembers and § 35, Tribal-Court Exhaustion Rule. This is the...
Jennifer Morinigo | April 10, 2018 | Liability Insurance
The Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance, is on the Annual Meeting agenda on Tuesday, May 22. A Proposed Final Draft of the project will be presented to membership, and if approved, the project will be completed. All projects follow the Institute’s rigorous...
Jennifer Morinigo | March 1, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Signed into law in January, the new law relates to foreign judgments (except for taxes, fines, or domestic relations) and protects against monetary judgments entered in nations whose courts fail to provide due process. From the New Jersey Law Revision Commission’s...
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....
Jennifer Morinigo | January 11, 2018 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The faculty-edited Journal of Tort Law is hosting a symposium on the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. Professors Anita Bernstein, Martha Chamallas, Mark Geistfeld, Nancy Moore, and Stephen Sugarman have published articles commenting...
