DOJ Announces Pilot Program for Use of Body-Worn Cameras by Federally Deputized Task Force Officers
Lauren KlosinskiOn Oct. 28, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing a pilot program that will allow federally deputized task force officers to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants.
The New Restatement of Liability Insurance Law: Straightening Out Some Mischaracterizations
H. Mark StichelThe Restatements of the Law have played a vital role in the rationalization of American jurisprudence for nearly a century. As Justice Anthony M. Kennedy recently remarked at the ALI annual Meeting, the Restatements and the ALI “did for the American, Anglo-American judicial process and for the law in the 1920s what Blackstone had done 150 years earlier.”
As Axon Eyes Entry Into ALPR Market, Ethics Board Calls For Industry-Wide Regulation
The Policing Project NYU School of LawIn a new report produced by the Policing Project, the Axon AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board is calling for increased regulation of Automated License Plate Readers by both private and public actors in response to Axon Enterprise Inc.’s announcement of its intention to enter the ALPR market.
SEC Cancels Vote To Change Whistle-Blower Program As Opposition Mounts
Tracey LongoThe Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it canceled its meeting to vote on controversial rule changes to its whistle-blower program.
October 2019 Council Updates
Lauren KlosinskiDuring its meeting in New York City on October 17 and 18, the ALI Council reviewed drafts for seven Institute 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 editorial improvements.
The University of Wisconsin Releases Preliminary Findings From 2019 AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct
Lauren KlosinskiThe University of Wisconsin-Madison released the preliminary findings from the 2019 Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct on October 15.