Faculty News
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Prof. McGeveran Comments on Uber Data Breach
November 22, 2017Professor William McGeveran, an expert in data privacy and security, was featured in several media outlets including CNBC TV, Wired.com, and Business Insider, commenting on the legal ramifications of the recent data breach at Uber. McGeveran noted that it appeared likely Uber had concealed the breach from an active investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, which could result in criminal liability for the company or its officials.
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Prof. Shen’s Research on Dementia and Democracy Featured in Harvard Forum
November 20, 2017Professor Francis Shen’s research on dementia and the law was featured in a Harvard Law School Petrie Flom Forum on Dementia and Democracy. Professor Shen argued that we must address the issue of possible dementia in aging judges and politicians. Shen’s work was featured in media coverage by WBUR, Boston’s leading public radio staion.
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Prof. June Carbone Quoted in New York Times and Politico
November 18, 2017Nicholas Kristof’s column in the New York Times quoted Professor June Carbone’s ”important” book with Naomi Cahn, “Red Families v. Blue Familes,” on the differences in sexual activity and family formation practices between red states and blue states. The column prompted a response and further discussion of the book in Politico.
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Prof. Orfield and Research Fellow Stancil Quoted Extensively in New York Times Op-Ed on White Voting Patterns
November 16, 2017Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, and Will Stancil, the Institute’s research fellow, are quoted extensively in a New York Times op-ed on segregation and polarized voting patterns. Drawing upon data and reports produced by the Institute, the piece examines the relationship between a municipality’s percentage of white voters and the change in its Republican vote share between the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections.
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Prof. Rozenshtein Explains How Senate Bill Could Fundamentally Change Internet Regulation
November 13, 2017Writing in Foreign Policy, Professor Alan Rozenshtein explains how the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act,” a Senate bill that would make websites and social-media companies liable for sex-trafficking content that their users post, could fundamentally change how we regulate the internet.
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Prof. Murray Elected to Board of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
November 7, 2017On October 31, 2017, Professor JaneAnne Murray was elected to the board of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the nation’s premier nonprofit bar association of lawyers, both public and private, dedicated to criminal defense. The NACDL was founded in 1958 and has thousands of direct members and 40,000 members through affiliates. Dedicated to advancing the proper, efficient, and just administration of justice, each year NACDL files numerous briefs as amicus curiae in the United States Supreme Court and other federal and state courts, publishes reports on cutting edge criminal justice issues (police body cams, public defense funding, etc.), and runs dozens of highly-regarded CLE programs nationwide. Murray has been co-chair of its Sentencing Committee since 2012, was a member of the Steering Committee of the Clemency Project 2014 (formed by the NACDL with the ABA, FAMM, the Federal Defenders and the ACLU), and currently sits on NACDL’s Trial Penalty Taskforce and on the Advisory Attorney Group of the NACDL/FAMM State Clemency Project.
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Prof. Rozenshtein Discusses Content Regulation by Social-Media Companies
November 3, 2017Professor Alan Rozenshtein wrote a commentary for Lawfare regarding how policymakers should analyze the status of social-media companies for content-regulation purposes. Rozenshtein argues that, rather than focus on whether companies are “platforms” or “publishers,” policymakers should emphasize the practical effects of content-regulation mandates on public safety, privacy, and free expression.
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Prof. Cox Comments on Congressional Overturn of CFPB Arbitration Rule
October 30, 2017Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Star Tribune story on the 51050 Senate vote which completed the Congressional rescission of a rule passed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau limiting the use of class action bans in aribtration clauses. The CFPB rule would have prevented financial institutions from using boilerplate contracts that contained provisions prohibiting consumers from joining in a class action lawsuit. Cox commented that the Congressional action constitutes a “get of jail free” card for the financial services industry, as the amounts at issue when banks and other financial companies violate the law are rarely enough to justify hiring an attorney, thus making class actions the only viable option for consumer private rights of action to assert the claim.
Cox also was quoted in a Quartz Magazine story on the arbitration rule.
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Prof. Befort Interviewed for Star Tribune Article on Arbitration of Police Misconduct Discipline Cases
October 30, 2017Professor Stephen Befort was interviewed for a Star Tribune article entitled, “Richfield Finds It’s Hard to Fire a Cop.” Professor Befort described an empirical study of labor arbitration cases that he co-authored in book form with Professors Laura Cooper and Mario Bognanno. The study found that employers won a slight majority of these cases, with the remaining decisions almost evenly divided between union wins and split outcomes. He also reported on an article published in 2016 by Tyler Adams (’17), which found very similar results in a nationwide examination of published police misconduct arbitration decisions.
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Prof. Schwarcz Testifies to Congress on “The Federal Role in the Insurance Industry”
October 24, 2017Professor Daniel Schwarcz testified at a hearing on the “Federal Role in the Insurance Industry” before the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, in Washington D.C. His testimony suggested that the federal government has an important role to play in monitoring state insurance regulation, preventing the aggregation of systemic risk in the industry, and engaging with international standard-setting organizations.