Drafting contracts is one of the pleasures of practicing law. In what other profession will someone pay you by the hour to write? But if your contract ends up in court, you’d better be ready to defend your work. This article provides fifty...
UPDATING YOUR CLIENTS’ ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers around the country have been expressing concern that anxious Americans and patients don’t really understand what is involved with the various medical interventions needed as a result of...
Diversity in Practice
The confident proponent of 2020: Proving the Case for Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives The following article is the first in a series on how to deliver on the promise of diversity and inclusion (D & I) initiatives for the professional...
Coping with COVID: Administering Jury Trials, Mediations, and Complex Litigation
ALI Podcast series - Coping with COVID - presents - Trial Courts As we saw in the first episode of Season 2, our state and federal courts have adapted much of their work to digital platforms. But some procedures or litigation events do not easily...
COVID-19 and Nonprofit Organizations: Strategizing a Response
COVID-19 and Nonprofit Organizations: Strategizing a Response - ALI CLE article The COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis with significant economic impacts. Certain industries and sectors are feeling more acute pressures caused by the virus and this...
Coping with COVID: How Law Schools Are Educating Students and Fostering Community
ALI Podcast series - Coping with COVID - presents - Law Schools In this third installmentof the "Coping with COVID" series, ALI President David F. Levi is joined by six law school deans to discuss how their schools are adjusting to remote...
Coping with COVID: Leading through Uncertainty – Perspectives from the Private Sector
ALI Podcast series - Coping with COVID - presents - Corporate Response Don’t miss this episode, as we welcome Katherine Adams, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Apple; Ivan Fong, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of...
Coping with COVID: How Courts Are Preserving Access to Justice
ALI Podcast series - Coping with COVID - presents - U.S. Courts Produced jointly by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School and The American Law Institute, this series examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal system....
Property Rights in Times of Crisis
“REAL LIBERTY,” VACCINATION, PLAGUE, POLICE POWER, AND TAKINGS Spurred by the headlines that have been swirling around all of us, I decided to re-read cases about the role of the courts when government curtails liberty or property rights under its...