Faculty in the News

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—Professor Dale Carpenter spoke on WCCO's "Good Question: How Can States Pass Laws That Contradict Federal Law?" After Colorado and Washington approved ballot initiatives to make using small amounts of marijuana…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a New York Times article entitled "States' Votes for Gay Marriage Are Timely, With Justices Ready to Weigh Cases." The article stated: "Dale Carpenter, a law…
—Professor Amy Monahan was cited in a New York Times article entitled "Questions…
—Professor Michele Goodwin delivered her lecture, "The New Reproductive Battlefront: Law, Medicine, & the Cultural Politics of Pregnancy," at the 2012 William H. Leary Lecture at the University of Utah S.J.…
—Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on the "Privacy and Intrusion on Seclusion" panel at the 2012 Annual Conference of Ad IDEM/Canadian Media Lawyers Association, presenting a paper, "Intrusion on Seclusion: A Quick…
—The New York Times' "Dealbook" section published an article by Steven Davidoff on a paper by Davidoff and Professor Claire Hill, entitled "Limits of Disclosure." The article discusses the disclosure for…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on financial disclosure and conflict of interest issues that could arise from Governor Mitt Romney's private equity holdings if he…
—Professor D. Daniel Sokol participated in a discussion of issues likely to arise in antitrust and health care over the next four years along with Christine Varney (Cravath and former Assistant Attorney General for…
—Professor Michele Goodwin delivered the 2012 Stuart Rome Lecture at the University of Maryland School of Law. Goodwin's lecture focused on criminal prosecution of drug-dependent pregnant women. Goodwin discussed…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on The Jordana Green Show on WCCO radio during the 9 p.m. hour, discussing the differences between political speech, hate speech, incitement to violence, and true threats in the…
—Professor Susan Wolf, an elected member of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine (IOM), serves on an IOM committee that has issued recommendations for the world's largest tissue repository, "Future Uses of…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a ProPublica article entitled "Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law." Orfield discussed efforts by George Romney to implement the Fair Housing…