Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Claire Hill was quoted in the International Financial Law Review on alternative models for compensating rating agencies. The Dodd-Frank Act mandated a study on such models. The major rating…
—Professor Amy Monahan was quoted in The Wall Street Journal regarding a recent ballot initiative in San Jose, California that approved changes to pension benefits for current city workers. Monahan noted that…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in an article entitled "Facebook Status Update Privacy Hoax" on KARE 11.com. McGeveran was quoted saying, "Take it off Facebook. Just think of the real world. If you say…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an American Banker article entitled "OCC Flip-Flopped on Ethics Matter, Reassigned Husband of B of A Exec," which was about an official in the Office of the Comptroller…
—Professor Amy Monahan was quoted in a Financial Times article entitled "City Pensions Thrust to Fore in US." The article explains San Jose's political battle to cut public pensions. Monahan was quoted saying…
—Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Tampa Bay Times story about how journalists might avoid arrest when covering the Republican National Convention in Tampa this summer. She attributed arrests in St. Paul…
—Professor Michele Goodwin, an expert in bioethics and the role of law in promotion and regulation of medicine, science and biotechnology, will participate on an expert panel at a U. S. Senate field hearing chaired by…
—Professors Claire Hill and Richard Painter published an op-ed entitled "Why S.E.C. Settlements Should Hold Senior Executives Liable" in The New York Times' online edition of the "Dealbook" page. In the…
—Professor Stephen Simon (’71) was featured in an a column by Gail Rosenblum in the Star Tribune. The article, entitled "Departing U Law Professor is Judged Highly by Former Students," showcased Simon's…
—Professor Steve Meili presented his research on the impact of international human rights treaties on Canadian asylum jurisprudence at the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Annual Conference…
—Professor Richard Painter testified before the Financial Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives during a hearing entitled "Examining the Settlement Practices of U.S. Financial Regulators." Painter…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on a former high-ranking Justice Department official who, in private law practice, is seeking to represent a defendant in a criminal case…