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Faculty News

—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 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…
—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…
—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.…
—Professor Amy B. Monahan's work on the legal protections provided to public pension benefits has been cited extensively in a report issued by California's Little Hoover Commission, "Public Pensions for Retirement…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was interviewed by MPR's Laura Yuen for a story about John Hoff, better known as "Johnny Northside," a blogger who is defending a libel case brought in Hennepin County by a former community…
—Professor Tom Cotter was cited 38 times in a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report entitled, The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition. The report is the…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Politico article about the Obama administration's aggressive legal offensive against federal employees who disclose information without authorization, and the journalists who…
—Professor William McGeveran was quoted in an article in the Star Tribune entitled, "Local blogger's defamation trial could have broad effect." The story details a defamation lawsuit against local blogger…
—Professor Jane Kirtley conducted two workshops for collegiate journalists at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Journalism Convention in Hollywood, CA. The topics were "When Do Online Comments Become a…
—At the confirmation hearing for Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu's nomination to the Ninth Circuit, Senator Al Franken read into the record portions of Professor Richard Painter's…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article entitled, "Hospital association official accuses reporters of lobbying." The story reported that a lobbyist for the Missouri…