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ALI Reporter: Spring 2023

The spring edition of The ALI Reporter is now available. This issue includes a look inside the 2023 Annual Meeting, a feature on ALI Director Designate Diane P. Wood, and a discussion of Electoral Count Act reform.

Read the full issue.

In Memoriam: Spring 2023

ALI regularly reports on the passing of members in its quarterly newsletter, The ALI Reporter. Below is the In Memoriam section from the spring 2023 edition.

Elected Members
Willard L. Boyd – Iowa City, IA
Michael G. Williamson – Tampa, FL

Life Members
Thomas C. Damewood – Charleston, WV
John P ...

The Institute in the Courts: South Carolina Adopts Section of Property 3d

Recently, in Clarke v. Fine Housing, Inc., 2023 WL 29046 (S.C. Jan. 4, 2023), the Supreme Court of South Carolina adopted the approach set forth in Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Servitudes) § 3.4 in determining whether a right of first refusal was an unreasonable restraint ...

Symposium on Concluding the Restatement (Third) of Torts

The Southwestern Law Review and Southwestern’s Panish Civil Justice Program are co-sponsoring a symposium with The American Law Institute titled Concluding the Restatement (Third) of Torts.

From the event’s description:

The first panel will focus on the appropriate role of theory in the Restatement process. The ...

Roberta Liebenberg Receives the 2023 Judge Learned Hand Award

The American Jewish Committee’s Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey chapter honored Roberta D. Liebenberg of Fine, Kaplan and Black with the 2023 Judge Learned Hand Award. This award is given in recognition of outstanding members of the Philadelphia legal community who have distinguished themselves through their professional achievements ...