Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article concerning the settlement between five major banks and various state attorneys general along with federal authorities. Cox stated that…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a story in the Thomson Reuters News & Insight blog regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee's approval of a bill to allow cameras in the U.S. Supreme Court. Kirtley said…
—Professor Gregory Shaffer has received a Grant-in-Aid for research on the World Trade Organization to be conducted in Geneva. Shaffer has also become an Affiliated Professor with…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a faculty member for the 15th Annual Media Advocacy Workshop, sponsored by the ABA Forum on Communications Law at its 17th Annual Conference, held at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando. The…
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed for a Minnesota Public Radio story on the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act which has passed the U.S. Senate and will be voted on by the House…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on Congress's passage of the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which bans insider trading on government…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about whether or not the U.S. Supreme Court would hear the appeal of Proposition 8. The article stated that the narrow California-only…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about "Busted," a weekly tabloid that routinely publishes mug shots from several county jails in the Twin Cities metro area. Kirtley cautioned…
—Professor Michele Goodwin is the featured closing plenary speaker at the international conference, "Intersecting Family Lives, Locales, and Labours," in London. Goodwin will present a talk building from her…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in the New York Times reporting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is avoiding tough sanctions for large banks in securities fraud cases. Many…
—A study co-authored by Professor Prentiss Cox and Professor Amy Widman of Northern Illinois University was discussed in a testimony before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The study,…
—Professor Michele Goodwin, an expert on health care law and international human rights, was quoted in the Star Tribune about the recent murder of a 22-year-old mother from Afghanistan. Goodwin noted that…