Faculty News
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State Supreme Courts Cite Prof. Feld’s Research
February 17, 2020Professor Barry Feld’s research on juveniles’ competence to exercise procedural rights was recently cited and quoted by the Washington and Iowa State Supreme Courts in the following cases:
State v. Draine, 936 N.W.2d 205 (Iowa Sup. Ct., Dec., 2019)(citing and quoting Feld, “Competence and Culpability,” 102 Minn.L.Rev. 473 (2017); and State v. B.O.J., 194 Wash.2d 314, 449 P.3d 1006 (Wash. Sup.Ct, October 03, 2019)(citing and quoting Feld, Evolution of the Juvenile Court (2017)). -
Robina Institute Executive Director Kelly Mitchell Appears on MPR’s Counter Stories to Discuss Minnesota’s Parole and Probation Policies
February 17, 2020Kelly Mitchell, executive director of the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, appeared on Minnesota Public Radio’s Counter Stories podcast to discuss sentencing, probation, and parole in Minnesota. Ms. Mitchell, who is also chair of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission, explained the Commission’s recent decision to approve a five year cap on probation sentences and the potential impact the action may have in the state.
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Prof. Hasday Discusses the Constitution and the Rule of Law on National Public Radio
February 14, 2020Professor Jill Hasday appeared on National Public Radio’s On Point program, discussing the Constitution and the rule of law in relation to the Roger Stone case.
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Law360 Quotes Prof. Cotter on Upcoming FTC v. Qualcomm Oral Argument
February 12, 2020On February 13, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in Qualcomm’s appeal from a district court ruling last year finding Qualcomm’s patent licensing practices to violate federal antitrust law. A February 11 Law360 article, titled “FTC Goes Toe-To-Toe-To-Toe With Qualcomm, DOJ,” highlights the upcoming argument and quotes Professor Tom Cotter as stating that, if the panel disagrees with the lower court’s finding that Qualcomm had an antitrust duty to deal, it will have to decide if that portion of the ruling “can be separated from the rest of Judge Koh’s opinion or if it dooms her findings in their entirety.”
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Prof. Smith Quoted in Tax Notes Today on Tax Court Use of Designated Orders
February 11, 2020Professor Smith was quoted in a Tax Notes Today article (subscription required) about the use of “designated orders” issued by the United States Tax Court. Professor Smith detailed lessons that practitioners can learn from reading the Tax Court’s designated orders, and how they frequently identify emerging issues in tax practice before precedential decisions come forth. The quote came from a presentation at an ABA Tax Section meeting, where Prof. Smith was a panelist alongside Deputy Associate Chief Counsel for the IRS, United States Tax Court Special Trial Judge Diana Leyden, and clinical professors from Notre Dame and Harvard.
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Prof. McGeveran Speaks to Privacy Leaders in Brussels
February 11, 2020Professor William McGeveran, an expert in privacy and data protection law, appeared at the international Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection conference in Brussels on a panel alongside Helen Dixon, the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland; Julie Brill, the chief privacy officer of Microsoft and a former member of the Federal Trade Commission; Bruno Gencarelli, head of the international data flows and protection unit at the European Commission; and Professors Woodrow Hartzog of Northeastern University and Neil Richards of Washington University. Professor McGeveran discussed the influence of European law on proposals for new privacy regulation in the United States for an audience of regulators, scholars, and privacy professionals.
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Prof. Kitrosser Quoted by USA Today, Associated Press on Pelosi Speech-Shredding
February 10, 2020Professor Kitrosser is quoted in an article in USA Today on GOP claims that Nancy Pelosi broke the law by tearing up her copy of President Trump’s State of the Union address. Kitrosser called the claim “crazy,” and elaborated that the laws cited by Trump and others were “designed to prevent the president and his advisers from shielding documentary information from public view,” and do not apply to “printouts or widely circulated documents“ like copies of the State of the Union.
Professor Kitrosser is quoted to similar effect by the Associated Press. In the Associated Press story, she also notes that acts of expressive disagreement with Trump’s speech are protected by the First Amendment “and in Pelosi’s case, under the speech and debate clause of the Constitution.”
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Prof. Klass Quoted in Star Tribune Discussing Recent Environmental Law Court Decisions in Minnesota
February 10, 2020Professor Klass was quoted in a Star Tribune article discussing recent decisions by the Minnesota courts invalidating state agency permits for controversial copper-nickel mining and feedlot projects for failure to follow environmental protection laws.
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Prof. Hill Co-Hosts Regulating Bank Culture Conference at UCD Sutherland School of Law
February 6, 2020Professor Claire Hill and UCD Sutherland School of Law Professor Joe McGrath—who’s also a Visiting Professor at the Law School—co-hosted a conference on “Regulating Bank Culture” at UCD on February 6, 2020. The conference featured panels of regulators, bank CEOs, and legal and other academics. The participants discussed the causes of bad banking cultures and how to change such cultures for the better. In addition, Professor McGrath authored an article published in the Irish Independent on the topic, delineating the changes still needed to tackle banks’ bad managament cultures.
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Prof. Moriearty Testifies at Minnesota House Hearing on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
February 5, 2020On January 29, 2020, Professor Perry Moriearty testified at a Joint Informational Hearing of the Minnesota House of Representatives Judiciary and Public Safety Committees entitled, “Race and the Law: How We Can Improve Equity in the Criminal Justice System.” Her testimony focused on racial disparities at the pretrial stage of the criminal justice process. In addition to Professor Moriearty, presenters included Artika Roller of MNCASA; Dr. Tracie Keesee of the Center for Policing Equity; Judge Tanya Bransford of the Hennepin County District Court; and Robert Stewart of the Minnesota Justice Research Center. The hearing took place at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.