Restatement of the Law Third,
This project is part of ALI’s ongoing revision of the Restatement Second of Torts. Portions of the Restatement Second have been superseded by the Restatement Third of Torts: Products Liability, Apportionment of Liability, Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, and Liability for Economic Harm.
This Restatement addresses torts dealing with personal and business reputation and dignity, including defamation, business disparagement, and rights of privacy. Among other issues, the work will cover the substantial body of new issues relating to the internet.
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The Council approved the initiation of this project in January 2019. ALI members may join the Members Consultative Group.
* Preliminary Drafts and Council Drafts are available only to participants and the Council. Discussion Drafts and Tentative Drafts are available to the public after the Annual Meeting.
** Once it is approved by the Membership at an Annual Meeting, a Tentative Draft or Proposed Final Draft represents the most current statement of The American Law Institute's position on the subject and may be cited in opinions or briefs until the official text is published.
*** Chapter numbers are those used in the most recent draft or in the latest projected overall table of contents and may not correspond to the chapter numbers used in earlier drafts.
Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky
University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL
Robert C. Post
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Anita L. Allen-Castellitto
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Kevin Baine
Williams & Connolly LLP
Jack M. Balkin
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
Samantha Barbas
University of Iowa College of Law
Amy Coney Barrett
Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, DC
Michael M. Baylson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Wendy Beetlestone
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Sanford L. Bohrer
Holland & Knight LLP (Retired), Miami, FL
Tracie L. Brown
California First District, Court of Appeal, San Francisco, CA
Clay Calvert
University of Florida, College of Journalism & Communications (Retired)
Aloke S. Chakravarty
Saul Ewing LLP, Boston, MA
William J. Chriss
The Snapka Law Firm, Corpus Christi, TX
Danielle Citron
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Anuj C. Desai
University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI
Jennifer Dorsey
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Holly A. Dyer
Foulston Siefkin LLP, Wichita, KS
John F. Fischer
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, Tulsa, OK
George Freeman
Media Law Resource Center
Amy Gajda
Brooklyn Law School
David R. Geiger
Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA
John C.P. Goldberg
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Philip S. Goldberg
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
Michael D. Green
Washington University School of Law, Saint Louis, MO
Roger L. Gregory
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Richmond, VA
Robert C. Heim
Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA
James S. Hill
North Dakota District Court, South Central District, Bismarck, ND
Noel L. Hillman
Gibbons P.C., Philadelphia, PA
Brian M. Hoffstadt
California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two, Los Angeles, CA
Lamont A. Jefferson
Jefferson Cano Allison Barkley PLLC, San Antonio, TX
Bruce E. H. Johnson
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
RonNell Andersen Jones
University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College Law, Salt Lake City, UT
Adalberto J. Jordan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Miami, FL
Thomas R. Julin
Gunster
Scott L. Kafker
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Eileen Kaufman
Touro Law Center
Leslie Carolyn Kendrick
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Paul Kleven
Law Offices of Paul Kleven
Joseph H. Lang
Carlton Fields P.A., Tampa, FL
Peter F. Langrock
Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, VT
Thomas S. Leatherbury
Thomas S. Leatherbury Law, PLLC, Dallas, TX
Lili Levi
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL
David A. Logan
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
Mary-Rose Papandrea
University of North Carolina School of Law
David F. Partlett
Emory University School of Law (Retired), Atlanta, GA
John Pelander
Supreme Court of Arizona (Retired), Tucson, AZ
Carlton W. Reeves
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Clifford A. Rieders
Rieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters, Williamsport, PA
Beth Robinson
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, New York, NY
Jennifer E. Rothman
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, PA
Allison Jones Rushing
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Richmond, VA
Robert D. Sack
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Pablo Salvador-Coderch
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
David A. Schulz
Ballard Spahr
Anthony J. Scirica
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Philadelphia, PA
Virginia A. Seitz
Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC
Douglas G. Smith
Alpheus LLC, Chicago, IL
Rodney A. Smolla
Widener University Delaware Law School, Wilmington, DE
Jon S. Tigar
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland, CA
Charles D. Tobin
Ballard Spahr
Eugene Volokh
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
James Weinstein
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, AZ
Benjamin C. Zipursky
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Kenneth S. Abraham
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Linda Auerbach Allderdice
Holland & Knight LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Marc T. Amy
Jones Walker LLP, Lafayette, LA
José F. Anderson
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Christopher Edward Appel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
Dwyer Arce
Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE
Enrique Armijo
Elon University School of Law, Greensboro, NC
Ronald G. Aronovsky
Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA
Michael F. Aylward
Morrison Mahoney LLP (Retired), Boston, MA
Charles L. Babcock
Jackson Walker LLP, Houston, TX
Steven K. Balman
Shook & Johnson, Tulsa, OK
Joseph R. Bankoff
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Jennifer S. Bard
University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, OH
Sandra S. Baron
Yale Law School Info. Society Project & Abrams Inst. for Freedom of Expression, New York, NY
Shawn J. Bayern
Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL
Charles L. Becker
Kline & Specter, PC, Philadelphia, PA
Neal S. Berinhout
AT&T (Retired), Atlanta, GA
Jonathan Biran
Supreme Court of Maryland, Annapolis, MD
Chesa Boudin
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA
Stuart N. Brotman
University of Tennessee, College of Communication & Information, Knoxville, TN
Arthur H. Bryant
Clarkson Law Firm, Malibu, CA
Ellen M. Bublick
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, AZ
David J. Burman
Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA
John P. Burton
Rodey Law Firm, Santa Fe, NM
Jean-Jacques Cabou
Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, AZ
Stephen Calkins
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
Sarah Keeton Campbell
Tennessee Supreme Court, Nashville, TN
Elena A. Cappella
Philadelphia, PA
W. Jonathan Cardi
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC
Nicole B. Casarez
University of St. Thomas, Evergreen, CO
Jonathan G. Cedarbaum
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Edmond E. Chang
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Pamela Chestek
Chestek Legal, Raleigh, NC
Stephen Yee Chow
Stephen Y. Chow, PC, Boston, MA
Anne E. Cohen
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (Retired), New York, NY
George W. Conk
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Christopher Scott D'Angelo
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Michael K. Davis
Supreme Court of Wyoming (Retired), Cheyenne, WY
Robert P. Deyling
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Washington, DC
Anthony E. DiResta
Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, DC
Mihailis E. Diamantis
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA
John L. Diamond
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
James B. Dolan
Badger, Dolan, Parker & Cohen, Boston, MA
John Fitzgerald Duffy
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
Jay M. Feinman
Rutgers Law School, Camden, NJ
Michael R. Fitzpatrick
Wisconsin Court of Appeals (Retired), Madison, WI
Victor B. Flatt
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, OH
Joseph D. Garrison
Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti PC, New Haven, CT
Jacob E. Gersen
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Nancy Gertner
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Elizabeth Barrowman Gibson
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX
Donald G. Gifford
University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Eric Goldman
Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, CA
James Goudkamp
Oxford University, Oxford, England
Kent Greenfield
Boston College Law School, Newton Center, MA
Charles E. Griffin
Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS
Patricia Guerrero
Supreme Court of California, San Francisco, CA
Mark A. Hall
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC
David S. Han
Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law, Malibu, CA
Gregory R. Hanthorn
Jones Day (Retired), Atlanta, GA
Richard L. Hasen
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Paul T. Hayden
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Healy
Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ
Rex S. Heinke
Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Stephen E. Henderson
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Mike Hintze
Hintze Law PLLC, Seattle, WA
Roger F. Holmes
Biss & Holmes, Anchorage, AK
Edwin E. Huddleson
Washington, DC
J. Russell Jackson
Dowd Bennett LLP, Saint Louis, MO
Ralph A. Jacobs
Westport Island, ME
Kevin D. Jewell
Court of Appeals, Fourteenth District of Texas, Houston, TX
Richard Gibbs Johnson
RGJ LLC, Cleveland, OH
Vincent R. Johnson
St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, TX
Robb Jones
United Educators (Retired), Sterling, VA
Roscoe Jones
Drake Law School, West Des Moines, IA
Anil Kalhan
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
Peter Karanjia
DLA Piper US LLP, Washington, DC
Gregory C. Keating
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Amy Keller
DiCello Levitt, Chicago, IL
Evelyn V. Keyes
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Retired), Houston, TX
Jeff Kichaven
Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation, Los Angeles, CA
Harold H. Kim
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC
Nancy S. Kim
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL
Steve Kim
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA
David G. Klaber
K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Candace Saari Kovacic-Fleischer
American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
Ronald J. Krotoszynski
University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL
Peter B Kutner
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
John P. Lavelle
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Timothy P. Law
Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Douglas Laycock
University of Virginia School of Law (Retired), Charlottesville, VA
Lawrence C. Levine
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA
John B. Lewis
Baker & Hostetler LLP (Retired), Shaker Heights, OH
Lewis J. Liman
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, New York, NY
Jessica D. Litman
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
Andrés W. López
The Law Offices of Andrés W. López P.S.C., San Juan, PR
Patrick A. Malone
Patrick Malone & Associates, PC, Washington, DC
Hugh J. Marbury
Cozen O'Connor, Washington, DC
Steven L. Mayer
Arnold & Porter, San Francisco, CA
Christopher J. McFadden
Court of Appeals of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
James C. McKay
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
John J. "Mike" McKetta
Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, PC (Retired), Austin, TX
Kevin T. Merriman
Lippes Mathias LLP, Buffalo, NY
Luther T. Munford
Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS
Christopher T. Nace
Nace Law Group Accident & Injury Attorneys, Washington, DC
Richard L. Neumeier
Morrison Mahoney LLP (Retired), Boston, MA
Donal Nolan
University of Oxford, Worcester College, Oxford, England
Joel W. Nomkin
Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, AZ
Jennifer D. Oliva
Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN
E. Farish Percy
University of Mississippi Law School, Oxford, MS
Harvey S. Perlman
University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, NE
Jeffrey M. Pollock
Pollock Law, LLC, Princeton, NJ
Ellen S. Pryor
UNT Dallas College of Law, Dallas, TX
Manuel Alfonso Quinto-Pozos
Deats Durst & Owen PLLC, Austin, TX
Richard J. R. Raleigh
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Huntsville, AL
Jason A. Rantanen
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA
Terrance G. Reed
Lankford & Reed PLLC, Alexandria, VA
R. Anthony Reese
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Henry R. Reeve
Denver District Attorney's Office (Retired), Denver, CO
Doug Rendleman
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA
Christopher John Robinette
Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA
Jacob H. Rooksby
Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA
Lauri Waldman Ross
Ross & Girten, Coral Gables, FL
Robert L. Rothman
Law Office of Robert L. Rothman, Atlanta, GA
Joseph Sanders
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX
Harry Sandick
Patterson Belknap Webb and Tyler LLP, New York, NY
Leticia M. Saucedo
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA
Nadia N. Sawicki
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL
Lynn Hecht Schafran
Legal Momentum, New York, NY
Milton R. Schroeder
Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Paradise Valley, AZ
Robert P. Schuster
Robert P. Schuster, P.C., Jackson, WY
Victor E. Schwartz
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
Marc M. Seltzer
Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Dan Shefet
Cabinet Shefet, Paris, France
William P. Shelley
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP (Retired), Philadelphia, PA
Kenneth W. Simons
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Paul M. Smith
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Steven R. Smith
California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA
Carl A. Solano
Superior Court of Pennsylvania (Retired), Philadelphia, PA
Carlos R. Soltero
Maynard Nexsen PC, Austin, TX
Andrew Z. Soshnick
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Indianapolis, IN
Victor P. Stabile
Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Michael K. Steenson
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, MN
James Y. Stern
William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA
Rhea C. Stevens
Law Office of Rhea Stevens, Pearland, TX
Larry S. Stewart
Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. (Retired), West Palm Beach, FL
H. Mark Stichel
RKW Law Group, Baltimore, MD
Laura Denvir Stith
Supreme Court of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Guy Miller Struve
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Mary-Christine Sungaila
Complex Appellate Litigation Group, Newport Beach, CA
Louise Ellen Teitz
Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI
Stacey Ann Tovino
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Daniel Mack Traynor
U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
Michael Traynor
Cobalt LLP, Stinson Beach, CA
Deborah Tuerkheimer
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL
Ari Ezra Waldman
University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Chang Wang
Kingsfield Law Office, Bloomington, MN
Merle Weiner
University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR
Jack M. Weiss
Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA
Nancy E. Weiss
U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Heather Welch
JAMS, Indianapolis, IN
W. Bradley Wendel
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY
Joseph A. Wetch
Lommen Abdo, P.A., Minneapolis, MN
James F. Williams
Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA
Douglas P. Woodlock
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Richard W. Wright
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Evanston, IL
Carla C. van Dongen
State Farm Insurance Companies (Retired), Union Pier, MI