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—Professor William McGeveran was interviewed on American Public Media's radio program, Marketplace Tech Report, about the contrasting U.S. and European approaches to privacy law. "There's really no question that…
—Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment regarding "Emerging Issues in Insurance Regulation." Schwarcz's testimony emphasized that…
—Professor Michele Goodwin wrote an article entitled "A Tale of Two Birth Wards" for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Brainstorm blog. According to Goodwin, "Ideally, the maternity ward should be off…
—Professors Ruth Okediji and Hari Osofsky have received three-year appointments as resident fellows of the University's Institute on the Environment (IonE). They will maintain their Law School appointments but…
—Professor Michele Goodwin wrote an article entitled "Paying for Fraud, Abuse, and Extortion as the Cost of War" for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Brainstorm blog. Fighting terrorism at any cost…
—Professor Brian Bix was interviewed (in English) by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México law students for a podcast on legal theory, focusing mostly on conceptual analysis in legal theory and Joseph Raz's…
—Professor Allan Erbsen was a panelist in an online symposium about the future of class actions, hosted by SCOTUSblog, the Supreme Court of the United States blog. Erbsen's post focused on how the Supreme Court's…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story concerning the likely settlement between state attorneys general and the largest mortgage servicing companies. The article focused on New…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in the "Mr. Know-It-All" column in the August 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Kirtley discussed employer social media policies and the impact of stock disclaimers on…
—Professor Allan Erbsen commented on the Supreme Court's recent decisions addressing class actions (…
—An article in the Huffington Post about the impact of Hurricane Katrina six years ago included a reference to a report by the Institute on Race and Poverty (IRP) issued in May 2010, which found that the…
—Professor David Weissbrodt spoke on CBS Minnesota's "Good Question: How Are War Criminals Punished?" The world has only had a permanent International Criminal Court since 2002, and it has been criticized because, "…