—In the Advantage article, Professor Bruce Shnider mentions at least three tax traps that can arise including the need for creative structuring of the merger and acquisition (M&A) deal, state and…
—Professor Stephen Befort was quoted in a feature story in the St. Paul Pioneer Press entitled "Freedom of Faith on Company Time?" The story examined the growing trend of Muslim employees challenging…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on Feb. 16, 2007, in discussing the decision of two San Francisco Chronicle reporters to grant a promise of confidentiality to a source who leaked…
—Professor Barry Feld criticized a legislative proposal to lower from fourteen to thirteen the age at which youths could be transferred to criminal court for prosecution as an adult. He characterized as “…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was a panelist and facilitator at a workshop, "Hot Issues in Ethics" on February 9 at the American Bar Association's Forum on Communications Law 12th Annual Conference in Key Largo, Florida,…
—Professor Judith T. Younger was recently cited in an important Connecticut Supreme Court decision in both the majority and dissenting opinions. That case, Friezo v. Friezo, 281 Conn. 166 (2007), was the…
—On February 1, the Washington Sureme Court cited a recent article authored by Law School Professors Gregg Polsky and Stephen Befort in approving a supplemental award to compensate the plaintiffs in an employment…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the New York Times about former New York Times reporter Judith Miller testifying in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Prof. Kirtley characterized Ms. Miller…
—Professor Claire Hill was quoted in the January issue of Risk Magazine in an article entitled "A Ratings Quandary." The article concerned recently-enacted legislation that will increase the number of…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an article concerning U.S. media coverage of the Robert Pickton murder trial in British Columbia. Although more than 300 media were expected to cover the Pickton trial, cameras…
—Two court cases addressing the use of prior juvenile convictions to enhance adult sentences (People v Nguyen and People v. Massoni) have cited Barry Feld’s article, “The Constitutional Tension…
—Robert Kudrle, Affiliated Professor of Public Affairs and Law, has been appointed to the Orville and Jane Freeman Chair in International Trade and Investment Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public…
