Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—The Star Tribune quoted Professor William McGeveran discussing a lawsuit over the right to use NFL players' statistics in online fantasy football games. Yahoo.com, which runs one such game, filed the suit in…
—Professor Kirtley was a guest on KFAI Radio's "Truth to Tell" show. The topic was "Freedom of Information: Dilemma Over Public vs. Private." The panel of open government and privacy advocates discussed the Minnesota…
—Professor Prentiss Cox appeared on the Twin Cities Public Television program Almanac on May 29, 2009 to discuss the declining real estate market and mortgage lending.Cox also was interviewed as part of the…
—Professor Jane Kirtley discussed Judge Sonia Sotomayor's opinions in First Amendment and FOIA cases with David Hudson of the First Amendment Center. Kirtley described Sotomayor's ruling in U.S. v. Quattrone as "the…
—Professor Monahan was the featured speaker at the Minnesota State Bar Association's Section on Employee Benefits annual meeting. Her talk addressed recent developments in state health care reform and the impact of…
—Professor Steve Meili will be presenting a paper entitled "Perceptions of Consumer Class Actions: The Views of Lawyers and their Clients" at the Annual Meeting of the Law & Society Association in Denver, Colorado…
—Professor David Weissbrodt was quoted in the article, "Are Economic Rights Fundamental Human Rights?" in Business & Economics. Weissbrodt was quoted as saying, "It's a variant of the argument that first…
—Professor Ralph Hall was quoted extensively in a recent article, "Health Care: Drug, medical-device makers urge caution on 'comparative effectiveness' research" in Finance and Commerce. Hall commented on the…
—Prof. Oren Gross, an expert on international law and national security, published a Commentary with CNN about the use of torture in interrogation of suspected terrorists.
—Professor David Weissbrodt was quoted in an opinion piece in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about the 35W bridge collapse settlements. The article supported the work of the Special Masters Panel that…
—Professor Ralph Hall was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article regarding Plan B. The article involves a recent federal district court opinion striking down certain FDA restrictions on distribution of Plan B…
—Professor Stephen J. Cribari was quoted in an article in The Minnesota Independent about the pending case against the so-called RNC Eight arrested in the days prior to the GOP Convention last summer.…