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On May 2, the Supreme Court of the United States held a special session to honor Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who passed away in 2019. Stevens was appointed to the Court in 1975 and retired after 34 years in 2010.
To prepare for the special session, David ...
Continue ReadingThomas W. Merrill of Columbia Law School has authored The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State, discussing the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council.
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PHILADELPHIA – The American Law Institute’s membership voted today to approve Principles of the Law, Policing. The Policing Principles project began in 2015, and is the Institute’s first project in this critical area. Principles are primarily addressed to legislatures, administrative agencies, or private actors.
The project ...
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland received the Henry J. Friendly Medal at The American Law Institute’s 2022 Annual Meeting. The Honorable Raymond J. Lohier Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit presented the award at ALI’s Annual Dinner on ...
Continue ReadingThe Distinguished Service Award was presented to Steven O. Weise of Proskauer Rose on Tuesday, May 16. This award is given from time to time to a member who over many years has played a major role in the Institute as an institution, by accepting significant burdens as ...
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