On Feb. 18, the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Scalia Law School is hosting the free online event “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Civil Justice — Can Common Law Adjust to a Drone World?”
Pauline Toboulidis Posts
January 2022 Council Meeting Updates
Pauline Toboulidis | Jan 25 2022 | Conflict of Laws Consumer Contracts Copyright Inside The ALI Policing Property Sexual Assault Student Sexual Misconduct Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions Uniform Commercial Code
At its meeting on January 20 and 21, 2022, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of nine projects.
Principles for a Data Economy Conference 2021
Pauline Toboulidis | Dec 9 2021 | Data Economy
Following the completion of this project earlier this year, ELI hosted a two-day conference on October 18 and 19.
October 2021 Council Meeting Updates
Pauline Toboulidis | Oct 27 2021 | Children and the Law Conflict of Laws Inside The ALI Property Student Sexual Misconduct Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on October 21 and 22, 2021, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts and approved drafts and portions of drafts.
ELI Approves ALI-ELI Principles for a Data Economy
Pauline Toboulidis | Sep 27 2021 | Data Economy
The European Law Institute has voted approved ALI-ELI Principles for a Data Economy: Data Rights and Transactions, marking the completion of the first joint project between ALI and ELI.
ELI Annual Meeting: Principles for a Data Economy
Pauline Toboulidis | Aug 31 2021 | Data Economy
The ELI is scheduled to vote on this project next month.
Virtual Currencies (and Other Digital Assets) Under the UCC
Pauline Toboulidis | Aug 18 2021 | Uniform Commercial Code
A column from the New York Law Journal delves into the scope of UCC Article 9 with a focus on virtual currencies. The piece touches upon the continuing efforts of The American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission to update the Uniform Commercial Code in this ever-changing commercial world.
Column on Arbitration Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
Pauline Toboulidis | Aug 12 2021 | International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration
Samuel Estreicher, Rex Heinke and Jessica Weisel delve into an upcoming arbitration case before the Supreme Court of the United States that “asks the Court to resolve a circuit split over the role, if any, that federal courts should play in facilitating discovery in foreign arbitrations.”
David Logan on American Libel Law
Pauline Toboulidis | Jul 16 2021 | Torts: Defamation and Privacy
In a recent NPR On Point podcast episode, David A. Logan discusses American libel law, his law review article cited in Gorsuch’s Berisha v. Lawson dissent, and the potential implications the dissent may have on future libel cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
ELI Decennial Celebration
Pauline Toboulidis | Jun 23 2021 | Data Economy
On June 1, the European Law Institute hosted its Decennial Celebration. Lance Liebman (former Director of The American Law Institute (ALI)), reminisced about guiding ELI to its establishment and the good working relationship of the ALI and ELI ever since.