—Professor Perry Moriearty was appointed to the Board of Directors of the McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based nonprofit family foundation that seeks to improve the quality of life worldwide, encourage protection…
—Professor Stephen Befort has been elected as the new chair of the International Society for Labor and Social Security Law United States Branch. The ISLSSL fosters the study of labor law and social legislation on…
—Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on a plenary panel, "Let's Get Real About Creating Public Value: Media, Markets, Taxes and Elective Politics," at a conference entitled "Creating Public Value in a Multi-Sector,…
—Professor Jane Kirtley discussed WCCO TV's decision to pull a political advertisement sponsored by a Super PAC, which congressional candidate Chip Cravaack claims defamed him. Kirtley explained that although…
—Professor Allan Erbsen's scholarship was recently quoted by the highest courts in two states. The Supreme Court of Indiana quoted from Erbsen's article "Impersonal Jurisdiction" in the course of discussing how…
—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…
