Madison Bessho | January 26, 2024 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on January 18 and 19, 2024, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of the following projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of Laws The Council approved Council Draft No. 9, containing the...
Jennifer Morinigo | October 25, 2023 | Children and the Law, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions
At its meeting on October 19 and 20, 2023, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of the following projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Children and the Law The Council approved Council Draft No. 9 containing a general...
Steven Schaus | August 30, 2023 | Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions
Below is the abstract for “Wrongs to Us,” available for download on SSRN. A huge number of tort suits in the United States are captioned Plaintiff & Spouse v. Defendant. Why? The answer is at once completely obvious and deeply puzzling. The plaintiff’s spouse is...
Robert W. Emerson | February 8, 2023 | Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions
Below is the abstract for “Franchisors in a Jam: Vicarious Liability and Spreading the Blame,” available for download on SSRN. Franchising serves as one of the most popular forms of owning and operating a business. As the franchise model has grown, so too have issues...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 25, 2023 | Conflict of Laws, Copyright, Inside The ALI, Property, Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions, Torts: Remedies
At its meeting on January 19 and 20, 2023, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of five projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.* Conflict of Laws The Council approved Council Draft No. 8, containing §§ 6.11-6.12 of Topic 2,...
Rebecca Beyer | January 10, 2023 | Torts: Miscellaneous Provisions
The following article was originally published in The Stanford Lawyer. Stanford Law School Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom, JD ’02, was in high school when the American Law Institute’s massive effort to restate the law of torts began in 1991. Today, she is close to...
