Richard L. Revesz | May 1, 2022 | Inside The ALI
This Director’s Letter was originally published in the spring 2022 edition of The ALI Reporter. The attack on the Capitol on January 6 shocked most Americans and focused attention as well on the law that governs Congress’ ordinarily ceremonial count of the...
Jennifer Morinigo | March 4, 2022 | Inside The ALI, Policing, Sexual Assault, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions
At its meeting on March 2, 2022, the ALI Council considered drafts and revisions for three projects as listed below.* PolicingThe Council approved the following material: §§ 9.01 and 9.06 of Chapter 9, Forensic-Evidence Gathering, Chapter 12, Informants and Undercover...
Richard L. Revesz | February 23, 2022 | Inside The ALI
This Director’s Letter was originally published in the winter 2022 edition of The ALI Reporter. The American Law Institute will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. An occasion of this sort is a natural time for us to reflect on what we have been able to...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 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 and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of LawsThe Council approved the following material in Council Draft No. 6: §§...
Richard L. Revesz | December 16, 2021 | Inside The ALI, Liability Insurance
This Director’s Letter was originally published in the fall 2021 edition of The ALI Reporter. A recent case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine considered when an insurer’s duty to defend ends if only some of the underlying causes of action are...
Megan Dingley | November 18, 2021 | Inside The ALI, U.S. Foreign Relations Law
The Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States: Selected Topics in Treaties, Jurisdiction, and Sovereign Immunity, which was published in 2018, has been receiving significant attention in federal and state courts. The Restatement was...
