Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Richard Painter's Harvard Law Review article, "The Dodd-Frank Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Provision: Was it Effective, Needed or Sufficient?" was cited in a Thomson Reuters story on the…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News story about a motion to disqualify Judge Vaughn Walker from the California Proposition 8 case because the judge is gay. Painter said that the…
—Professor Robert Stein was a featured guest on WCCO's Minnesota Law, presented by Moss & Barnett. Stein spoke with hosts Tom Shroyer and Kevin Busch on the Uniform Law Commission (also known as the…
—Professors Jane Kirtley and Stephen Cribari participated in a CLE seminar entitled "In Trouble Online: Social Media and the Law" held at Thomson-West in Eagan, MN. Kirtley moderated the seminar and also discussed…
—Professor Ralph Hall spoke at the Minnesota State Bar Association's 2011 Health Law Institute. He was on a panel entitled "Recent Changes in FDA, DOJ and OIG Enforcement Initiatives and Prosecutions Related to the…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an Associated Press story about a North Carolina child custody dispute which has attracted international attention on Twitter and Facebook after the mother claimed on her blog…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota Argus Leader in a story concerning a lawsuit between Marco, Inc. and Advanced Systems, Inc. involving alleged violations of employee…
—Professor Jane Kirtley went on a two-week speaking tour of Azerbaijan and Armenia, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. She delivered public lectures in Baku, Yerevan, and Gyumri, and met with editors, bloggers,…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was honored for her service to the First Amendment and the public's right to know by the Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at the annual Page One Awards,…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a USA Today story on the indictment of former presidential candidate John Edwards for election law violations. Painter pointed out that the prosecution's theory, that a…
—Professor Michele Goodwin, a weekly contributor to the Chronicle of Higher Education magazine, wrote about rape, sexual exploitation, and virginity tests in her column. Goodwin noted that rape and sexual…
—Professor Richard Painter wrote an op-ed entitled "Give All Judicial Nominees a Vote" for the Dallas-Fort Worth Star Telegram. Painter spoke approvingly of arguments by Republican Senators, particularly…