Professor Charlotte Garden was quoted in the Washington Post regarding a case that could change U.S. labor law significantly. In the case, a pair of podcasters were served a cease-and-desist order for violating a noncompete agreement with their former employer. The National Labor Relations Board issued legal guidance saying an overly broad noncompete agreement can violate federal labor law and could eventually change federal policy. "This case, or one like it, could set the precedent that noncompete clauses often violate federal law. ...

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the UN’s Special Rapporteur, spoke with TRT World in a wide-ranging Q & A interview. In it, she explained the impact of Prevent, one of the four components of the United Kingdom’s broader counter-terrorism strategy, and how it affects freedom of belief, children’s rights, and civic trust and leads to the stifling of dissent within the UK.

Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted on MPR regarding a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that sided with the defendant in a #MeToo movement case. The defendant had publicly accused her dance teacher of sexual assault. The decision overturns a Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling that said the plaintiff had the right to sue because the accusation had harmed his reputation.

The Star Tribune published an op-ed by Buchanan Waller '23 on the Norwegian penal model.  Entitled "Prison doesn't mean torture in Norway," it addressed the recent prisoner sit-down protest about conditions at Stillwater prison.  In March of this year, Waller had joined a trip to Norway organized and led by Professor JaneAnne Murray, director of the Law School's Clemency Clinic, during which students visited Halden, reputedly "the world's most humane prison," and met with Norwegian criminal justice and penal experts and officials, includi

Professor Megan Walsh was interviewed on FOX 9 about the ghost gun rule and ongoing legal challenges to it. Earlier this year a federal judge threw out the rule but the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it to remain in effect while making its way through appeals court. "It's not a Second Amendment case. It's not a challenge saying, 'I have a right to keep and bear arms and this rule violates that right,' this is an administrative law change, which is very different. So it's basically saying that the Biden administration is overstepping its authority to regulate firearms." 

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in the Star Tribune about a study that details insider trading increases that occurred at the time of corporate audits. Painter said that insiders who are trading around an audit report are "going to be really in the doghouse. This is an invitation to an SEC investigation or possibly a criminal investigation by the United States Attorney's Office, because that's a felony if you're trading on the basis of material nonpublic information."

Professor Daniel Schwarcz was quoted in MarketWatch about the National Flood Insurance Program and the need for Congress to reauthorize it. “I’d be shocked if they didn’t reauthorize it. Even though there have been some efforts to revitalize that private flood-insurance market, those have not really gone off particularly smoothly.”

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in UK Yahoo Finance about how Donald Trump reports his assets makes it difficult to determine their value. "We have no idea what's going on," said Painter, on the need for a bigger window into candidates' finances. "We shouldn't have to guess. If you have someone who is running for president and they have an LLC, we should know what's in it, what it owes, and where its revenue is coming from. If the LLC has debt, are they borrowing from Chase Manhattan Bank, or are they borrowing from the Russians?

Professor Allan Erbsen  was quoted in the Star Tribune about a class action lawsuit brought against affordable-housing developer, Dominium.

A Hennepin County district judge on Monday granted a group of tenants class-action certification, giving them added leverage in the lawsuit against their landlord. The tenants accuse Dominium of consumer fraud, alleging the company claims to comply with laws surrounding the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit program at properties financed using the credits, but knowingly fails to do so.