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Professor Nancy Cook is among a group of law faculty serving as consultants in “Best Practices” who will be meeting at the Law School on Friday, Sept. 10. The law school is hosting the gathering to provide the…
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a New York Times article about state housing finance agencies offering purchase money home loans with no or minimum down payment. Cox stated that such loans were…
Professor Brett McDonnell was quoted in a recent Fox Business/Reuters article on the SEC's adoption of a new shareholder proxy access rule. Under the new rule, shareholders who hold enough shares can…
An article by Professor Bruce Shnider outlining 10 common mistakes made in executive compensation and some suggestions for avoiding them has been published by a national tax publication, Tax Notes.
An interview with Professor Amy Kristin Sanders entitled "The FCC's Effort to Regulate Indecency and Internet Neutrality," was featured on Access Minnesota, a public affairs program produced by the…
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Professor Hari Osofsky were involved in an international law conference drawing together the leading female scholars of international law that established an international law…
At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Professor Schwarcz presented preliminary results from his research to insurance regulators, media and insurance industry representatives…
An article on Portfolio.com discussed Professor Hill and Professor Painter's proposal that bankers be personally liable for their banks' losses. The article describes the proposal and its benefits: "If, as…
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio news story about a California ruling on overdraft fees that could generate lawsuits in Minnesota. Cox commented on the bank's practice of processing…
Professor William McGeveran, a specialist in internet, intellectual property and privacy law, recently delivered one of the plenary presentations at the annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference at the…
Professor Hill was quoted on National Public Radio's Morning Edition on rating agency regulatory reform. The Dodd-Frank bill requires Federal agencies to develop alternatives to using rating agency ratings…
Professor Hall and his study on FDA product recalls of medical devices were covered by the Star Tribune in an article titled "U prof: Tests on humans won't ensure device safety."