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Prof. Emeritus Richard Frase Interviewed on FOX 9 About New Minnesota Law Affecting Felony Murder Convictions

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Professor Emeritus Richard Frase was interviewed on FOX 9 about new Minnesota statutes that have strengthened language about felony murders so that only those major participants in an actual killing face the…

Prof. June Carbone Co-authors Opinion in New Pittsburgh Courier About Possible Effects of Marriage Resurgence

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Professor June Carbone co-authored an opinion piece in the New Pittsburgh Courier about how a possible resurgence in marriages in the U.S. won’t necessarily produce the…

Prof. Perry Moriearty Quoted in Yahoo News, Star Tribune After Client is Resentenced in a 2008 Murder Case

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Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in Yahoo News and Star Tribune after her client, Brian Flowers, is resentenced in a 2008 murder…

Prof. Susan Wolf Quoted in MIT Technology Review on Alabama’s Embryo Ruling

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Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in MIT Technology Review on Alabama’s embryo ruling which said, in part, that an embryo is a…

Professor Hill Cited in Delaware Chancery Court Opinion

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Professor Hill's work on categories and prototypes was cited in a Delaware Chancery Court opinion, West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Company.    The case concerned the…

Prof. Richard Painter Quoted in Bloomberg Law about Jeffrey Clark’s Attempt to Fight Sanctions

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Professor Richard Painter was quoted in Bloomberg Law about Jeffrey Clark’s attempt to fight sanctions due to his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The…

Prof. Daniel Schwarcz Interviewed in USA Today about Health Insurance Companies’ Exclusions for War & Insurrection

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Prof. Daniel Schwarcz was interviewed in a USA Today article fact checking whether health insurance companies recently changed their exclusions for war and insurrection because they’…

Prof. Charlotte Garden Interviewed by the New York Times About NLRB Ruling in Favor of Worker Who Displayed “BLM”

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Professor Charlotte Garden was quoted in the New York Times about a National Labor Relations Board ruling that said a worker who displayed a Black Lives Matter image is protected by federal law. The…

Prof. Jane Kirtley Interviewed by Minnesota Lawyer About the New ABA Accreditation Standards for Freedom of Speech at Law Schools

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Professor Jane Kirtley was interviewed by Minnesota Lawyer about a new requirement that law schools must adopt free speech policies in order to maintain their ABA accreditation.…

Prof. Richard Painter Authors Opinion in The Atlantic Urging Fani Willis to Step Aside

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Professor Richard Painter wrote an opinion piece in The Atlantic urging Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney Fani Willis to recuse herself in the Georgia presidential election conspiracy case. In his…

Prof. Christopher Turoski ’98 Files Amicus Brief Urging  U.S. Supreme Court to Take Important Case on Inventions

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Professor Christopher Turoski ’98 submitted his petition as Amicus Curia to support petitioner Vanda Pharmaceuticals, in Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Teva…

Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Quoted in Irish Times About Measures to Tackle Organized Crime and Terrorism

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was quoted in the Irish Times from her keynote address at a University of Galway law conference. Professor Ní Aoláin, a former U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism…