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Renee Jones and John Coates Appointed to the SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Renee M. Jones of Boston College Law School has been appointed Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and John C. Coates IV of Harvard Law School has been named General Counsel. Both appointments are effective June 21 ...

U.S. Supreme Court Dissent Cites Restatements Third and Second of Torts

Dissenting Associate Justice Samuel Alito cites the Restatement Third of Torts: Liability for Economic Harm § 28 and Restatement Second of Torts § 876.

In Nestle USA, Inc. v. Doe, No. 19-416 (June 17, 2021), six individuals from Mali who were allegedly trafficked as child slaves to produce cocoa on ...

In Memoriam: Jack Weinstein

Jack B. Weinstein passed away on June 15 at his home in Great Neck, NY, at age 99. 

He was an ALI member for 50 years, elected in 1971. In 2006, ALI awarded Weinstein the John Minor Wisdom Award. The Wisdom Award is given from time to time ...

Senate Votes to Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was confirmed by the Senate to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, filling the vacancy left by Attorney General Merrick Garland. 

An ALI member since 2012, she was elected ...

Linda Sheryl Greene Is the Dean of Michigan State University College of Law

Linda Sheryl Greene became the dean and MSU Foundation Professor of Law at MSU Law on June 1, 2021. Greene comes to MSU Law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law. She was previously a visiting professor at both Georgetown University Law Center and Harvard Law School ...