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—Professor Kristin Hickman's work on judicial deference doctrine was cited by two federal circuit courts of appeals. On September 4, 2012, in Price v. Stevedoring Services of America, Inc., the…
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on Federal News Radio, the radio network for federal government employees, about the Office of Special Counsel determination that U.S. Health and Human Services…
—Professor Prentiss Cox has been appointed to the first Consumer Advisory Board of the recently created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The board is composed of experts in the area of consumer…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Bloomberg Businessweek article on the Office of Special Counsel finding that the U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius violated the Hatch…
—Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Pioneer Press article entitled "Patent Reform Could Speed Up Innovation," which explains the new "America Invents Act" patent law and its impact on innovation.…
—Professor Michele Goodwin was invited to serve as a regular contributor to Harvard Law School's new "Bill of Health" blog, launched by the Petrie-Flom Center. Other commentators include Richard Epstein, Einer…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on WCCO radio's "News and Views" show, hosted by Roshini Rajkumar. Kirtley and Rajkumar discussed two recent Minnesota state Supreme and appeals court tort cases arising from…
—Professor Dale Carpenter and Samuel Light (’14) conducted a survey this summer that was covered in The Wall Street Journal. Of the 485 constitutional law professors they surveyed, they found that 87% of…
—Professor Steve Meili received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue his research on the impact of international human rights treaties on asylum jurisprudence in domestic courts in…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Bloomberg Businessweek article about a former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner who made frequent telephone calls back to the SEC on behalf of her law…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a National Public Radio article entitled "Hatch Act Keeps Federal Workers Out Of Politics." The Hatch Act regulates partisan political activity by government employees.…
—Professor Bernard Levinson will spend the 2012-13 academic year at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he will be conducting research alongside seven international scholars…