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—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a Pioneer Press article entitled "U.S. House Committee Seeking Details over St. Paul's Housing Lawsuit Appeal Withdrawal." "It feels like St. Paul can decide whether it…
—Professor Bernard Levinson, Berman Family Chair in Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible and Bruno Chaouat, Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies have organized an interdisciplinary symposium that will…
—The legal blog Opinio Juris hosted a discussion of Professor Gregory Shaffer's new…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on the John Hines Show on WCCO radio, where she discussed the ongoing pilot project to permit cameras in Minnesota civil trial courts.
—Professor Amy Monahan was quoted in a Financial Times article entitled "U.S. States Face Legal Action over Pensions." Monahan was quoted saying, "With public employee pension plans, it is state law that…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted by the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal in a story about basketball star Michael Jordan's lawsuit against Supervalu's subsidiary Jewel-Osco, in which he claimed that the…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in The Daily Beast in an article entitled "Obama's Comments Remind Us How Meaningless 'Judicial Activism' Is." The article stated: "I think the president misspoke when he…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio story on the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act that specifically provides that Members of Congress and their staff cannot trade in…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a story in Mobile, Alabama's Press-Register on whether the federal Hatch Act may prevent a local district attorney in Alabama from running in a partisan election for…
—Professor Nancy Cook was the closing plenary presenter at the Center for Excellence in Law Teaching's inaugural conference, held at the Albany Law School. The focus of the conference was on setting and assessing…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on BBC Radio 5's "Up All Night" show, discussing cameras in the courts. Existing laws in England and Wales prohibit cameras in trial courts, but changes to allow cameras in…
—Professor Ralph Hall was quoted in a Law360 article, entitled "FDA Sheds Light On Medical Device Risk Reviews," regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent guidance defining how the agency will assess…