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ALI Reporter: Fall 2020

The fall edition of The ALI Reporter is now available. This issue includes a tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from ALI President David F. Levi and rememberances from Council members; a Project Spotlight on the Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offences; and Q&A ...

In Memoriam: Fall 2020

ALI regularly reports on the passing of members in its quarterly newsletter, The ALI Reporter. Below is the In Memoriam section from the fall 2020 edition. 

Elected Members
William M. Hannay – Chicago, IL
Raj Marphatia – Boston, MA

Life Members 
Robert T. Brousseau – Dallas, TX
Glenn R. Coates – Racine ...

Restatements: Views of a Founding Father

This Director's Letter was originally published in the fall 2020 edition of The ALI Reporter.

On June 30, 1923, William Draper Lewis addressed a gathering of the Maryland State Bar Association at Atlantic City, New Jersey. His speech was entitled, “The Work of The American Law Institute ...

The Institute in the Courts: Maryland Court of Appeals Adopts Section of Torts 3d: Liability for Economic Harm

In Barclay v. Castruccio, 230 A.3d 80 (Md. 2020), the Court of Appeals of Maryland decided to recognize the tort of intentional interference with a prospective inheritance or gift, and to adopt the standards for that tort as set forth in Restatement of the Law Third, Torts ...

ALI Elects 36 New Members

The American Law Institute has elected 36 new members who will bring their expertise, and add their voices to the important and ongoing work of the Institute. 

“I am pleased to welcome this extraordinary group of new members and look forward to connecting and collaborating with them in ...