The U.S. Department of Education released an interim Q&A for schools to reference when investigating and/or adjudicating federal campus sexual misconduct allegations.
Pauline Toboulidis Posts
Sixth Circuit Cites Torts Restatement in Battery Opinion
by Pauline Toboulidis | Aug 30, 2017 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a lower court decision dismissing a law professor’s lawsuit against Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law’s former interim dean.
Updated Sentencing Black Letter Text
by Pauline Toboulidis | Aug 22, 2017 | Sentencing
Model Penal Code: Sentencing Reporters have updated the black letter text of the Proposed Final Draft.
When Does An Indian Reservation Cease to Exist? Tenth Circuit Discusses in Murphy v. Royal
by Pauline Toboulidis | Aug 16, 2017 | American Indian Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit invalidated the state court murder conviction and death sentence of Patrick Dwayne Murphy, an American Indian, after concluding that the Oklahoma courts lacked jurisdiction.
USSC Releases New Publication on Federal Mandatory Minimum Penalties
by Pauline Toboulidis | Jul 26, 2017 | Sentencing
The United States Sentencing Commission released a new publication—An Overview of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System (2017 Overview)—that examines the use of federal mandatory minimum penalties and the impact of those penalties on the federal prison population.
Election Administration Principles Approved
by Pauline Toboulidis | May 22, 2017 | Election Administration
Approval of the Draft marks the completion of this Principles project.
SCOTUS Cites Foreign Relations 4th in Venezuelan Oil-Drilling Opinion
by Pauline Toboulidis | May 3, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In a decision delivered by Justice Stephen Breyer, the Supreme Court of the United States quoted Reporters’ Note 12 to § 455 (Tentative Draft No. 2, 2016) of the U.S. Foreign Relations (Sovereign Immunity) Restatement, as well as two Sections of the Restatement of the Law Third, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States.
ACTL Publishes White Paper on Campus Sexual Assault Investigation
by Pauline Toboulidis | Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
The American College of Trial Lawyers has released its White Paper on Campus Sexual Assault Investigation. The white paper was prepared by The Task Force on the Response of Universities and Colleges to Allegations of Sexual Violence.
Baton Rouge Chief Talks Policing In America
by Pauline Toboulidis | Feb 2, 2017 | Policing
Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie speaks with 101.7 / 710 KEEL’s Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty about how the events of 2016, including the Alton Sterling shooting and the subsequent murder of three officers, changed the department’s approach to policing.
ALI Council Approves Project Drafts
by Pauline Toboulidis | Jan 27, 2017 | Election Administration, Liability Insurance, Sentencing, Sexual Assault
At its January 2017 meeting, the Council took several actions concerning project drafts.