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—In a New York Times Room for Debate forum on rating agency reform, Professor Claire Hill argued that reducing the salience of rating agencies is an important goal of reform. The recent lawsuit against S…
—Professor Michele Goodwin gave a lecture at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard University on her forthcoming article "Fetal Protection Laws: Moral Panic and the New Constitutional Battlefront." Goodwin's lecture…
—Professor Laura J. Cooper participated in a symposium at Saint Louis University entitled "Teaching Employment and Labor Law." Cooper's presentation, "The Capstone Course in Labor and Employment Law: A…
—Professor Stephen Meili presented his preliminary findings on the impact of human rights treaties on asylum jurisprudence and practice in the United Kingdom at Oxford University's Centre on Migration, Policy and…
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed by WNYC radio about allegations that New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez broke Senate ethics rules in free travel he received from, and favors he did for, a campaign donor…
—Professor Ralph Hall was extensively quoted in a Star Tribune article relating to FDA regulation of medical devices. Hall discussed various FDA initiatives to encourage innovation.
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed by WNYC radio about the Senate Ethics Committee investigation of allegations that Senator Menendez (D NJ) failed to disclose trips to the Dominican Republic on a private…
—Professor Jane Kirtley discussed decisions by the Washington Post and New York Times to withhold, then to disclose, details about a secret U.S. drone base in Saudi Arabia. She described how…
—Professor D. Daniel Sokol provided analysis in a Reuters article for the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust strategy to block the merger between Anheiser Busch Inbev and Grupo Modelo. Sokol explained, "The DOJ…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on the NRA's efforts to defeat gun control legislation in Minnesota. Painter, a former White House counsel in the George W. Bush…
—Professor Claire Hill was quoted in several media outlets on the U.S. Justice Department lawsuit against Standard & Poor. Read the articles and her quotes here:…
—Professor D. Daniel Sokol, a specialist in antitrust, was quoted on CNNMoney on the implications of the Department of Justice's antitrust case to block the merger of Anheiser Busch InBev with Grupo Modello. Sokol…