Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Clinical Professor Perry Moriearty has been invited to speak at the launch of TimeBank USA's Racial Justice Initiative, which will take place on June 26, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Initiative is a multi-phase…
—Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Star Tribune editorial on June 23, 2009 about financial institution reform. Cox stated that banks should not continue to hold a privileged position allowing them to…
—Both Congress and the Federal Trade Commission have held hearings in recent months on the law of patent damages. Professor Thomas Cotter, who has participated in the FTC hearings, was recently a guest on IP Law…
—Professor Jane Kirtley's op-ed, "It's time to make Minnesota's open-government laws stronger and clearer," appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She argues that the Government Data Practices Act has morphed…
—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 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 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 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…