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...
Jennifer Morinigo | December 7, 2017 | American Indian Law
The U.S Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a case involving whether, when, and to what extent the federal reserved right doctrine recognized in Winters v. United States pre-empts state-law regulation of groundwater. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the...
Jennifer Morinigo | October 24, 2017 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, Data Privacy, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
At its meeting in New York City on October 19 and 20, The American Law Institute’s Council reviewed drafts for eight projects, with the following outcomes: Law of American Indians: The Council approved Council Draft No. 4, with the exception of § 33 Sovereign Immunity...
