Anthea Roberts, Paul B. Stephan and William S. Dodge | March 31, 2017 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Sections of Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, Jurisdiction, Sovereign Immunity, and Treaties, are on this year’s Annual Meeting Agenda. With member approval, these three portions of the project will be completed this year....
Jill R. Horwitz, Marion R. Fremont-Smith and Nancy A. McLaughlin | March 29, 2017 | Charitable Nonprofits
The following is excerpted from the Comments and Black Letter of Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, Tentative Draft No. 2. The central role of the attorney general in the regulation of charities developed as part of the early English common...
Jonathan Cardi and Kenneth W. Simons | March 24, 2017 | Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
UPDATED: The black letter provided in this post was updated on May 3, 2017. Section 3 – Battery: Definition of Offensive Contact, of the Intentional Torts project appeared at ALI’s Annual Meeting in 2015 (at the time it was numbered Section 103). Due to a close vote...
Barry Friedman, Brandon Garrett, Christopher Slobogin, Rachel A. Harmon and Tracey L. Meares | March 23, 2017 | Policing
The Policing project is on ALI’s Annual Meeting agenda this year for the first time, specifically, Use of Force. These principles were prioritized because there is an immediate need for guidance on this issue, and many states and police departments are considering...
Jennifer Morinigo, Kyle D. Logue and Tom Baker | December 27, 2016 | Liability Insurance
The Liability Insurance project has attracted much attention from insurers, policyholders and their counsel, as well as academics and judges. As the project nears its end, The ALI Adviser will share several sections of the project, including Black Letter and...
