Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Amy Monahan's article on California's public-sector pension law, published in the Iowa Law Review, was cited in a Marin Independent Journal op-ed entitled "Time to Challenge State Pension…
—Professor Tom Cotter's article "An Economic Analysis of Patent Law's Inequitable Conduct Doctrine," 53 Ariz. L. Rev. 735 (2011), was featured on the "Written Description" Patent Law Blog in a post by Southern…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial and a separate…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio's "Morning Edition" for a segment entitled "Who Gets to Pick the Title for a Ballot Question?" which involved an analysis of the power to choose the…
—Professor Claire Hill participated in a debate on the rating agencies' role in the Eurozone crisis, and her article was published in The European, an online opinion magazine. Hill argued that previous criticisms of…
—Professor Susan Wolf was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Daily Circuit" to discuss the first "test tube baby" in 1978 and current issues raised by in vitro fertilization.
—Professor John Matheson participated in the International Conference on Law, organized by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), held in Athens, Greece and…
—Professor Richard Frase was quoted in a Star Tribune article about the upcoming sentencing of Amy Senser, the wife of former Vikings star Joe Senser. She was convicted of Criminal Vehicular Homicide for…
—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has appointed Professor Susan Wolf to the National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity (NSABB).
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a MinnPost article entitled "Shift in Growth may be Harbinger of Good Times for Minneapolis, St. Paul." Orfield commented on a study reporting that Minneapolis grew faster than…
—Professor Fred Morrison was quoted in a Star Tribune article entitled "New Ballot Language Starts a New Fight over Marriage Amendment." Morrison stated that he estimates amendment proponents will file a…
—Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in an article in the June 2012 issue of Twin Cities Business Magazine entitled "Supervalu Slam Dunks Jordan." Cotter spoke about a recent decision in a right of publicity…