Pauline Toboulidis | March 1, 2019 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Jam v. International Finance Corp., No. 17-1011 (Feb. 27, 2019) that, under the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 (IOIA), international organizations are entitled to the “same immunity” from suit that foreign governments...
Pauline Toboulidis | February 5, 2019 | Inside The ALI
The American Law Institute is proud to announce the launch of Reasonably Speaking, our new podcast featuring conversations with experts on some of the most important legal topics of our time. The first two episodes are available now.In the first episode, Protecting...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 25, 2019 | Charitable Nonprofits, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations, Data Privacy, International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration, Policing, Sexual Assault
At its meeting in Philadelphia on January 17 and 18, the ALI Council reviewed drafts for six projects. Drafts or portions of drafts for six projects received Council approval, subject to the meeting discussion and to the usual prerogative to make nonsubstantive...
Pauline Toboulidis | December 19, 2018 | Charitable Nonprofits
A great deal of wealth in the United States is controlled by charitable nonprofit organizations. These entities dominate fields such as education, health care, religion and social services, while they play prominent roles in the arts and many other areas. Applicable...
Pauline Toboulidis | November 30, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Two courts recently cited the Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, the official text of which is now available. Summaries of those opinions are provided below. In Philipp v. Federal Republic of Germany, 894 F.3d 406 (D.C. Cir....