Faculty in the News

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—Professor Fred Morrison was interviewed on KARE 11 about legal issues in the prosecution of a Minnesota resident for importing and exporting elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns. These endangered species are…
—Professor June Carbone appeared on Sarah Westall's internet radio show, Business Game Changers. The interview featured the relationship between the changing economy and the changing family and its…
—Professor Dale Carpenter wrote an article, entitled "The Clash of 'Religious Freedom' and Civil Rights in Indiana," in the Washington Post.
—Professor Myron Orfield's recent article in the UCLA Law Review comparing residential and educational segregation in Louisville, Kentucky, to Detroit, Michigan, was discussed in an Atlantic article…
—Professor Francis Shen's research on law and neuroscience was cited in "Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society," a set of recommendations from the Presidential Bioethics…
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On March 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion in Doe v. Drummond. Among other rulings, the Court held that corporate officers could be held liable for human rights…

—Professor William McGeveran was interviewed on the public radio program "Marketplace" about the implications of Target's settlement of a consumer class action lawsuit arising from its massive 2013 data security…
—Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee on where prominent Minnesota-based multinational firms locate their regional headquarters in certain European countries—Ireland, the United Kingdom…
—Professor Myron Orfield was interviewed by Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour for a piece entitled "The American Dream is Alive in the Twin Cities, But Not for Everyone." Orfield spoke about the fiscal disparities system…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted about segregation in the St. Paul school system in a Pioneer Press article entitled "Are St. Paul Schools More Segregated Under Plan? Not So Far."
—Professor Linus Chan was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "29 Immigrants in Minnesota Detained in National Sweep."
—Professor Myron Orfield's Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity report on segregation in the Twin Cities was discussed in a Star Tribune editorial entitled "The Unintended Consequences of Affordable Housing…