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—Professor Ralph Hall will testify before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on April 13, 2011. The hearing entitled, "A Delicate Balance: FDA and the Reform of the Medical Device Approval Process,"…
—Professor Prentiss Cox has been elected to the Board of Directors of The State Center, a national organization that provides grants to state attorneys general for vigorous enforcement of antitrust and consumer…
—Professor Richard Painter was referenced in a San Francisco Chronicle article regarding the nomination of UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to a federal appeals court. The article stated, "Several…
—Professor Susan M. Wolf has been invited to deliver a plenary presentation as well as a workshop presentation at the upcoming 2011 ELSI Congress on April 12-14 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This…
—Professor Stephen Cribari, who is teaching courses in criminal procedure and in law and cultural heritage at the University of Notre Dame Law School's London Law Programme, is giving a lecture March 22 entitled "'…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an Associated Press story, which ran in numerous media outlets including the Star Tribune, about the Minnesota Supreme Court's recent order approving a limited pilot…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in Joe Nocera's column, "Talking Business," in the New York Times. Cox commented on the multistate investigation and possible settlement by state attorneys general with the…
—Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on Hungarian National Radio to discuss comments by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who had unfavorably compared U.S.-based news media with Al Jazeera on Hungarian Radio. Kirtley…
—Professor Bernard Levinson was quoted on divine retribution in a blog entry on CNN.com. The entry was written in response to recent statements by the governor of Tokyo and media personality Glenn Beck, who have both…
—Professor Michele Goodwin was recently invited to join the editorial board of Law and Social Inquiry: Journal of the American Bar Foundation (LSI) for a three-year term. LSI is a quarterly journal…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Star Tribune story about libel suits against bloggers and others who utilize social media. Kirtley suggested that one reason such suits are comparatively rare is that…
—In interviews with MPR and the Star Tribune, Professor Jane Kirtley discussed the ramifications of the jury verdict against "Johnny Northside" awarding $60,000 in damages for comments he made on his blog.…