Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Avner Ben-Ner was quoted in an Austin American Statesman article on issues of executive compensation and board governance in nonprofit organizations in conjunction with an Austin University…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Minnesota Lawyer article entitled "Attorney Takes on Alleged Copyright Trolls." The article discusses a recent series of lawsuits in which entities acquire…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a New York Observer article about a lawsuit brought by a Queens, New York, street art collective to enjoin the demolition of a warehouse whose owners had allowed the…
—Professor Stephen Cribari was quoted in the Star Tribune's lead story, entitled "Insider Battles Archdiocese Over Sex Abuse." The article pertained to Jennifer Haselberger, former archdiocesan canon…
—Professor Robert Stein will co-moderate sessions with Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at this year's Rule of Law Symposium, held on the final day…
—Clinical Professor Mark Kappelhoff will be an expert panelist for a public forum entitled "Sex Trafficking -- A Growing Issue for the Twin Cities." The forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of…
—Professor Myron Orfield, Director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, and Research Director Thomas Luce, released a study that documents the growth of predominantly white charter schools in racially…
—Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin's book On the Frontlines: Gender, War, and the Post-Conflict Process (with Dina Francesca Haynes and Naomi Cahn) was named one of the ten must-read books on sexualized…
—Companies that own "standard-essential patents" (SEPs) often commit to license those patents on "fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory" (FRAND) terms. Disputes over the meaning of FRAND, and over whether the…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a panelist at the "Professional Ethics in National Security Law and Policy" conference sponsored by the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was featured on the Minnesota News Network about the federal government shutdown. "Carpenter says the American people, by electing branches of government which are in disagreement with each…
—The New Jersey Supreme Court invalidated a new housing allocation formula proposed by the Christie Administration under the New Jersey Fair Housing Act. Professor Myron Orfield, who filed an amicus curiae on…