Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—The University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research has awarded Professor Kristin Hickman a Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship. The grant will fund an extended empirical study of…
—Professor Daniel Schwarcz's article, "Reevaluating Standardized Insurance Policies" (forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review…
—Professor William McGeveran contributed two recent articles to Capital New York. One essay considers a trademark dispute between Christian Louboutin and Yves St. Laurent…
—New York Times op-ed columnist Joe Nocera quoted Professor Prentiss Cox in his piece, "Letting the Banks Off the Hook," on the recent settlement by the Office of Comptroller of the Currency with banks…
—Professor Prentiss Cox appeared in a Bloomberg News story discussing the settlement between mortgage service companies and federal banking regulators. Cox noted that the Office of Comptroller of the Currency has…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted by Reuters in a story about an important insider trading case in which U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff expressed concern about new powers vested in the SEC under the Dodd-Frank…
—Professor John Matheson gave a presentation on the Dodd-Frank Proxy Access Rules at the Directors Roundtable on Dodd-Frank Act program. Matheson also moderated a panel discussion on the Dodd-Frank Act, which…
—Professor Ralph Hall will testify before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on April 13, 2011. The hearing entitled, "A Delicate Balance: FDA and the Reform of the Medical Device Approval Process,"…
—Professor Prentiss Cox has been elected to the Board of Directors of The State Center, a national organization that provides grants to state attorneys general for vigorous enforcement of antitrust and consumer…
—Professor Richard Painter was referenced in a San Francisco Chronicle article regarding the nomination of UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to a federal appeals court. The article stated, "Several…
—Professor Susan M. Wolf has been invited to deliver a plenary presentation as well as a workshop presentation at the upcoming 2011 ELSI Congress on April 12-14 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an Associated Press story, which ran in numerous media outlets including the Star Tribune, about the Minnesota Supreme Court's recent order approving a limited pilot…