Omri Ben-Shahar | April 10, 2017 | Consumer Contracts
Reporter Omri Ben-Shahar discusses the scope of the project and the asymmetry in information, sophistication, and stakes between the parties to these contracts that the Restatement must consider. SHARE Tags: Consumer Protection, Contract Omri Ben-Shahar Reporter,...
Kyle D. Logue and Tom Baker | April 4, 2017 | Liability Insurance
As a continuation of our post series that incudes content of ALI drafts, we now include Section 42 – Allocation in Long-Tail Harm Claims Covered by Occurrence-Based Policies. Due to the length of the Section, full black letter and the first paragraph of each comment...
Jennifer Morinigo | March 18, 2017 | Consumer Contracts
In Noble v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the plaintiff, after purchasing a smartwatch that advertised “24 to 48 hours with typical use,” found that the device’s batter only lasted for a few hours. When he determined that other customers were experiencing the...
W.J. Kennedy | March 10, 2017 | Liability Insurance
A draft legal document that could have a profound impact on American law involving liability insurance has some critics and the document’s authors in near total disagreement over whole sections of the draft, and even its overall objective. Some legal experts say the...
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...