Daily Update - Wednesday, May 22
What Happened Today at the Annual Meeting – Wednesday Edition
The last day of this year’s Meeting began with the ALI Early Career Scholars Presentation by Leah M. Litman of the University of Michigan Law School, introduced by ALI Director Diane P. Wood. Litman discussed her scholarship on remedial essentialization.
Today’s project sessions began with Children and the Law. Council member Troy A. McKenzie joined Reporter Elizabeth S. Scott and Associate Reporters Richard J. Bonnie, Emily Buss, Solangel Maldonado, and Clare Huntington in the presentation of Tentative Draft No. 6. The draft includes material from Chapters on State Intervention for Abuse and Neglect, Emancipation of Minors, Student Speech Rights, Delinquency Proceedings, Delinquency Dispositions, Juveniles in the Criminal Justice System, Medical Decisionmaking by Minors, and Juvenile Curfews.
Actions Taken*
Membership voted to approve the draft, marking the project’s final approval.
The final project session for this year’s Meeting was Corporate Governance. Council member Judith A. Miller joined Reporter Edward B. Rock and Associate Reporters Elisabeth de Fontenay and Marcel Kahan in the presentation of Tentative Draft No. 2. The draft includes material from Chapter 5 on the Duty of Loyalty, including Sections on interested transactions involving a director or officer, non-transactional aspects of the duty of loyalty, and matters related to controllers, as well as two definitions, for “Director” and “Officer.”
Actions Taken*
Membership voted to approve the draft.
Lunch honored new life and new 50-year members of the Institute, including the presentation of the class gift. The presentation was followed by a conversation about artificial intelligence with ALI Council member Ivan K. Fong, EVP, General Counsel and Secretary at Medtronic, and Brad L. Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft.
*All approvals by membership at the Annual Meeting are subject to the discussion at the Meeting and usual editorial prerogative.