Professor Alan Rozenshtein was recently quoted by AP News, New Yorker, CNN, & The Dispatch on the trial for five members of the Oath Keepers, who are being tried for seditious conspiracy for their involvement in the January 6th Capitol insurrection. Professor Rozenshtein defined seditious conspiracy as "acting for the purpose of preventing the government from enforcing the law as a government." While the charge is seditious conspiracy is very rare, that doesn't necessarily mean it's difficult to prove.
Professor Linus Chan was recently interviewed on Detroit Today about the recent trend of republican governors of border-states shipping migrants out of their state, sending them across the nation, frequently to non-border states with democrat governors. Weighing in on the topic, Professor Chan stated, “The Articles of Confederation had specific language that allowed the free movement of, not just citizens, but habitants between the states."
A Reuters article titled Why Amazon may have the upper hand in antitrust suits discusses recent antitrust actions in Washington, D.C., California, and Seattle targeting pricing policies used by Amazon, which critics contend has the effect of discouraging merchants from lowering the prices they charge on other websites. The article quotes Professor Tom Cotter, who states that an issue in these cases is "whether Amazon's commitment to offering the lowest prices 'helps or harms consumers,'” and that “In general, it's very difficult for plaintiffs to win on these types of claims.”
Meet the LL.M. Class: Shaghek Manjikian of Armenia
Shaghek Manjikian came to Minnesota Law from Yerevan, Armenia, as a Fulbright scholar to obtain her LL.M. with a Business Law Concentration. Originally from Syria, she lived through the civil war there and has published stories on her experiences. Manjikian is hoping to use the knowledge and experience she gains in the LL.M. program to advance alternative dispute resolution in Armenia.
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Professor Wolf and Team Awarded NIH Grant on Kidney Precision Medicine
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded a team including Professor Susan Wolf a 5-year grant on “Minnesota Precision Medicine CKD & Resilient Diabetes Recruiting Site: Engagement, Enrollment & Ethics” (Minn-KPMP). The Principal Investigators are Profs. Patrick Nachman, MD, and Luiza Caramori, MD, PhD. Profs. Wolf and Jerica Berge, PhD, are leading work on community engagement and ethics.
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What Process Is Due?: The History and Use of Private Prosecutions in American States, and an Exploration of Constitutional Rights and the Contours of Due Process
Fall 2022 Asylum Conference
Professor Alan Rozenshtein was recently quoted by the Washington Post on the U.S. Court of Appeals recent upholding of a Texas law that bars social-media companies from removing posts based on political ideology. The decision comes in the wake of a relentless back and forth between calls for social media companies to both curb misinformation and harmful content, and to not censor political expression.
Meet the Class: David Johnson, 1L, A Former Lumber Industry Finance Worker Contemplating a Career in Environmental Law
After more than a decade in financial roles, most recently in the lumber and millworker industries in the Pacific Northwest, David Johnson decided to make a change. He enrolled in Minnesota Law, where he is interested in exploring environmental law. His spouse, Kelli Johnson, is also a member of the 1L class. (A former senior financial partner at a large healthcare organization, she is interested in specializing in health care law with a focus in reproductive justice.)
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Meet the Class: 1L Sangho Seog, Filmmaker, YouTube Editor, South Korean Immigrant
Meet Sangho Seog, 1L, who was born in Seoul, South Korea and immigrated to the United States in 2015, living first in Florida and later California. Seog attended the University of California, Irvine (UCI), graduating magna cum laude in 2021 with a double major in Political Science and International Studies. Among his numerous activities and interests were working as a freelance YouTube editor and directing three independent films.
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