Jennifer Morinigo | August 24, 2017 | Liability Insurance
In a decision that discussed the issue of rescission of insurance contracts in cases of material misrepresentations in insurance applications by high-risk insureds, the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles cited the Proposed Final Draft of...
Kevin Reitz, Cecelia M. Klingele and Jennifer Morinigo | August 14, 2017 | Sentencing
We recently featured a post on the topic of sentencing in juvenile cases. In the post, author Ashley Nellis from The Sentencing Project writes that, “Changing public sentiment regarding the wisdom of sending young people to adult prisons has led policymakers in many...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 24, 2017 | Sentencing
At ALI’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 24, members voted to approve The Model Penal Code: Sentencing project. This completes these three portions of the project. Launched in 2001, under Reporter Kevin R. Reitz of the University of Minnesota Law School, who was...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 22, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
At ALI’s Annual Meeting on Monday, May 22, members voted to approve the drafts for the Jurisdiction, Sovereign Immunity, and Treaties portions of the Foreign Relations Law Restatement.* This completes these three portions of the project. New content reviewed and...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 22, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
At ALI’s Annual Meeting on Monday, May 22, members voted to approve the Tentative Draft No. 3 of the Jurisdiction portion of the Foreign Relations Law Restatement.* New content reviewed and approved at this meeting includes the following in the Jurisdiction draft...
