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Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, has called on the Biden administration to stop the United Arab Emirates from forcibly repatriating Ravil Mingazov to Russia in…

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein was interviewed in the Atlantic about the upcoming supreme court cases that could redefine the internet.

Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in Minnesota Lawyer regarding the ability of artists to gain copyrights based on the amount of artificial intelligence (AI) that was used in creating their works. A U.…

Professor Tom Cotter was quoted by Reuters regarding an antitrust suit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 17 states against Amazon. They claim the retail giant uses its market power to…

Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Financial Regulation William Black was quoted in Reuters about Donald Trump being found liable for fraud by inflating the value of his New York-based assets.

Interim Dean William McGeveran was quoted in the Minnesota Daily regarding the upcoming Stein Lecture that features U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. McGeveran heard student concerns at a…

Professor Charlotte Garden was quoted in the Washington Post regarding a case that could change U.S. labor law significantly. In the case, a pair of podcasters were served a cease-and-desist order…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the UN’s Special Rapporteur, spoke with TRT World in a wide-ranging Q & A interview. In it, she explained the impact of Prevent, one of the four components of the…

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in The Guardian on Justice Clarence Thomas participating in donor events sponsored by the Koch network. The revelation, detailed in a ProPublica report,…

Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted on MPR regarding a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that sided with the defendant in a #MeToo movement case. The defendant had publicly accused her dance teacher of sexual…

The Star Tribune published an op-ed by Buchanan Waller '23 on the Norwegian penal model.  Entitled "Prison doesn't mean torture in Norway," it addressed the recent prisoner sit-down…

Professor Megan Walsh was interviewed on FOX 9 about the ghost gun rule and ongoing legal challenges to it. Earlier this year a federal judge threw out the rule but the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it to remain…