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Faculty News

—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…
—Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in a New York Times article entitled "Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can't Utter." The article discusses the debate now raging over whether researchers should offer…
—Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Thomson Reuters article entitled "Analysis: In Apple vs. Samsung, Alchemy of Damages Takes the Stage." The article details the very complicated case involving Apple Inc.'s…
—Professor Michele Goodwin published an op-ed in a Chronicle of Higher Education blog entitled "'Legitimate Rape'—A Dangerous Fallacy," which discusses the recent comment made by Missouri politician Todd…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a Pioneer Press article entitled "Gay Marriage Landmark? Minnesota Pastor Who Conducted 1971 Ceremony Thinks So," which details the country's arguably "first, same-…