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The Ali Reporter Summer 2021 3 THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE VOLUME 43 NUMBER 3 SUMMER 2021 THE DIRECTOR’S LETTER BY ACTIONS TAKEN AT RICHARD L. REVESZ THE ANNUAL MEETING The ALI and This year’s Annual Meeting was held on May 17 to 18 and June 7 to 8. Below is a summary of the actions taken during both segments. All approvals by the Pandemic the membership at the Annual Meeting are subject to the discussion at the Meeting and the usual editorial prerogative. The last 18 months have transformed the United States (and the rest of the world) in MONDAY, MAY 17 ways that were unimaginable in early 2020. A virulent pandemic has claimed more than THE LAW OF AMERICAN INDIANS 600,000 lives in our country alone. At the same Presented for membership approval was a Proposed Final Draft that contains time, we suffered major economic dislocations, the entire project: Chapter 1, Federal–Tribal Relations; Chapter 2, Tribal saw the cruel consequences of racial inequality, Authority; Chapter 3, State–Tribal Relations; Chapter 4, Tribal Economic witnessed the significant challenges faced by Development; Chapter 5, Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction; and Chapter 6, our democratic institutions, and experienced Natural Resources. Membership voted to approve the Proposed Final Draft, unprecedented fires and other pernicious marking the completion of this project. See page 6 for additional information. consequences of climate change. Many of us have experienced the ravages of the pandemic COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT FOR ORGANIZATIONS in intensely personal ways, through the loss of Tentative Draft No. 2 contains Chapter 1, Definitions, some of which were family members, friends, and colleagues, and already approved at the 2019 Annual Meeting, Chapter 4, Compliance Risk worried about the future of our nation. Now, in Management, and Chapter 6, Criminal, Civil, and Administrative Enforcement the second half of 2021, is a good time to take Against Individuals and Companies for Corporate Misconduct, as well as stock of the impact of this tumultuous time on part of Chapter 5, The Compliance Function. Membership voted to approve the ALI and its work. the Tentative Draft, marking the completion of this project. See page 7 for additional information. Sadly, the pandemic did not spare ALI members. For example, last August, we mourned the passing of Judge Stephen F. Williams, of the CHILDREN AND THE LAW United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Membership voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 3, which includes § 2.22 Circuit, the COVID-19 victim to whom I felt from Chapter 2, State Intervention for Abuse and Neglect; § 8.10 from closest. I vividly remember my conversation Chapter 8, Student Speech Rights; §§ 9.10 and 9.20 from Chapter 9, Religion with Steve on our way to 30th Street Station in in Public Schools; §§ 10.10 and 10.20 from Chapter 10, School Searches; and Philadelphia after a meeting of the Restatement §§ 12.10 and 12.11 from Chapter 12, Pre-Adjudication. of Property, on which he served admirably as continued on page 4 an Adviser. We had to say good-bye to catch our respective trains before we could finish the conversation and agreed to continue it the next time we got together, at an ALI meeting or elsewhere. I am very sad that we will now not be Now Available: able to do that. He was an extraordinary leader Restatement of the Law, of the legal profession! Charitable Nonprofit The ravages of the pandemic, however, did not adversely affect the progress on our projects. Organizations While we had to cancel our March 2020 in-person project meetings for our Advisers SEE PAGE 13 FOR MORE INFORMATION. and Members Consultative Groups because VISIT WWW.ALI.ORG/PUBLICATIONS TO there was insufficient time to make alternative ORDER ONLINE. arrangements, we rescheduled them all as continued on page 3 2 THE ALI REPORTER SUMMER 2021 3 EDITOR Jennifer L. Morinigo THE DIRECTOR’S LETTER CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 (215) 243-1655 ALI Elects Five [email protected] virtual meetings for dates a few months later. And, in addition, we practice in the future, though we will still have a celebratory MANAGING EDITOR Council Members had a full complement of project meetings during the 2020–21 in-person event for new members at the Annual Meeting. Pauline Toboulidis academic year. These meetings were extremely productive. On (215) 243-1694 During the opening Reports and Business session at the virtual Annual average, they had significantly higher attendance by our Members Similarly, having virtual meetings provided more flexibility [email protected] Meeting, Nominating Committee Chair Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Consultative Groups than our traditional in-person meetings. to the Council. Traditionally, the Council meets for two days Appeals for the Sixth Circuit presented to the membership five nominees for ASSOCIATE EDITOR The discussions were uniformly constructive and the Reporters in October in New York, for another two days in January in the ALI Council, who were approved by the membership to a five-year term. Todd David Feldman got a full complement of useful feedback. Philadelphia, and for an hour in May in Washington, D.C., right (215) 243-1682 before the beginning of the Annual Meeting. This past year, The new Council members are [email protected] We had significant trepidation in the run-up to the 2021 the October and January meetings took place virtually. But Roberto J. Gonzalez of Paul Weiss, Annual Meeting, which took place online during two days in we decided to add an additional three-hour meeting in late ART & PRODUCTION Eric A. Posner of University of May and two days in June, because the logistical issues are February to facilitate the Council’s approval of projects that Kathleen A. Morton Chicago Law School, Virginia A. so much more complicated than for regular project meetings were poised to get the final approval at the Annual Meeting. In (215) 243-1612 Seitz of Sidley Austin LLP, [email protected] as a result of the far larger participation, and of motions and past years, if the Council raised substantive issues in January Laura D. Stith of the Missouri votes. And while I cannot say that we got through the Annual for projects potentially headed for membership approval in The ALI Reporter (ISSN 0164-5757) is published quarterly Supreme Court, and Larry D. by The American Law Institute, 4025 Chestnut Street, Meeting with no technical glitches, it was the case that we had May, there was no easy solution. We could put the approval of Thompson of Finch McCranie LLP. Philadelphia, PA 19104-3099. Nonprofit U.S. postage paid at high-quality discussions and that we got a great deal of work a whole project off a year, which was not a good outcome if the Langhorne, PA. Short biographies of Council done. Most importantly, we obtained the final membership issues raised, though substantive, were relatively minor. Or members can be found on the POSTMASTER: Send address changes and any other approval for five projects: Restatement of the Law of American the Council could try to deal with the matter at its one-hour communications to 4025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA ALI website. 19104-3099. Indians, Restatement Third of Torts: Intentional Torts to meeting in May. But that time is necessarily constrained and the The following incumbent Council Persons, Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related discussion would be rushed. Going forward, the Council plans to members were reelected to Council Offenses, Principles of Compliance and Enforcement for return to its in-person meetings in October and January, but will for a five-year term effective at the Organizations, and Principles for a Data Economy. Completing keep a virtual February meeting as a safety valve to facilitate the close of the Annual Meeting: From left to right: five projects at a single Annual Meeting was an unprecedented approval of projects at upcoming Annual Meetings. Upcoming Meetings Roberto J. Gonzalez accomplishment for The American Law Institute. And, by John B. Bellinger III, Eric A. Posner As with the main Council meetings, we plan to continue having For more information, visit www.ali.org. doing so, we ensured that the cancellation of the 2020 Annual Arnold & Porter Virginia A. Seitz Meeting did not slow down the approval of our work. in-person Annual Meetings. Over the long run, we do not think Ivan K. Fong, 3M Co. Laura D. Stith we can sustain the vibrancy and civility of our institution SEPTEMBER 2021 Steven S. Gensler, University Larry D. Thompson Now that we might have turned a significant corner on the without building strong personal relationships among our September 9-10 of Oklahoma College of Law pandemic, I very much look forward to the resumption of members. And computer platforms, regardless of how well they Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, our in-person meetings. I have really missed the personal served us during the pandemic, cannot accomplish that goal. Concluding Provisions U.S. District Court, Northern interactions that are simply not possible on a virtual medium. Moreover, the logistical complexity of running a hybrid meeting Hybrid District of California And I also believe that one of the reasons that last year was so are too daunting. As a result, going forward, as in the past, Anton G. Hajjar, Chevy Chase, MD successful was that over the years we had built up significant members will be able to fully participate in meetings, voting OCTOBER 2021 Samuel Issacharoff, New York University School of Law capital as a result of our personal interactions. But if this and making motions and comments only if they participate in October 1 Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S.
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