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—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on Congress's passage of the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which bans insider trading on government…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a faculty member for the 15th Annual Media Advocacy Workshop, sponsored by the ABA Forum on Communications Law at its 17th Annual Conference, held at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando. The…
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed for a Minnesota Public Radio story on the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act which has passed the U.S. Senate and will be voted on by the House…
—Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a Los Angeles Times story about whether or not the U.S. Supreme Court would hear the appeal of Proposition 8. The article stated that the narrow California-only…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about "Busted," a weekly tabloid that routinely publishes mug shots from several county jails in the Twin Cities metro area. Kirtley cautioned…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in the New York Times reporting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is avoiding tough sanctions for large banks in securities fraud cases. Many…
—Professor Michele Goodwin is the featured closing plenary speaker at the international conference, "Intersecting Family Lives, Locales, and Labours," in London. Goodwin will present a talk building from her…
—A study co-authored by Professor Prentiss Cox and Professor Amy Widman of Northern Illinois University was discussed in a testimony before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The study,…
—Professor Michele Goodwin, an expert on health care law and international human rights, was quoted in the Star Tribune about the recent murder of a 22-year-old mother from Afghanistan. Goodwin noted that…
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Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Des Moines Register editorial that criticized Senator Chuck Grassley for his threat never to allow confirmation again for any position of an Obama…

—Professor Steve Meili discussed the impact of international human rights law on asylum jurisprudence at a seminar sponsored by the University of London's Institute for Advanced Legal Studies. Meili's talk, which…
—Professor William McGeveran, an expert on Internet and privacy law, testified about proposed changes to the Video Privacy Protection Act before the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and…