Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a story in Mobile, Alabama's Press-Register on whether the federal Hatch Act may prevent a local district attorney in Alabama from running in a partisan election for…
—Professor Nancy Cook was the closing plenary presenter at the Center for Excellence in Law Teaching's inaugural conference, held at the Albany Law School. The focus of the conference was on setting and assessing…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on BBC Radio 5's "Up All Night" show, discussing cameras in the courts. Existing laws in England and Wales prohibit cameras in trial courts, but changes to allow cameras in…
—Professor Ralph Hall was quoted in a Law360 article, entitled "FDA Sheds Light On Medical Device Risk Reviews," regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent guidance defining how the agency will assess…
—Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted in a Thomson Reuters article on the Supreme Court ruling last week that defendants had a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in the context of plea bargaining…
—Professor Richard Painter spoke on Access Minnesota on the ethics of investment banking. The issues discussed on the radio show included: the history of federal regulation of banks, the difference between investment…
—Professor Susan Wolf will be interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio on Thursday, March 22, at 10:00 a.m., about an article appearing in this week's Genetics in Medicine. The article provides breakthrough…
—Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on the Supreme Court's decision in Mayo v. Prometheus, which held unpatentable, a process for treating patients suffering from autoimmune…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted by Senator Al Franken in a Senate floor speech in opposition to provisions of the JOBS Act that reduce investor protection by creating additional exemptions from the requirements…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in several news stories on the 29 Wisconsin state judges who had signed a petition for an election to recall Governor Scott Walker. Painter questioned why judges would expose…
—Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in MinnPost.com article entitled "House GOP Floats Plan to Restructure Regional Planning." Orfield commented on the proposed changes to the regional government system. Orfield and…
—Professor Richard Painter was cited in a Thomson Reuters story on the appeal to the Second Circuit of an order by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff refusing to approve a settlement between the Securities and Exchange…