Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Star Tribune column about the phone-hacking scandal involving newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch. Kirtley discussed how "the lack of privacy laws have contributed to…
—Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on Fox 9 News at 9 to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, which struck down a California statute banning the sale of violent…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Star Tribune story about a dissatisfied customer who was sued for libel after she criticized a contractor's work and accused him of operating without a license on…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in Minnesota Lawyer concerning the pending appeal of a District Court judge's order that a blog be taken down because it violates a restraining order against harassment of…
—Professors Jane Kirtley and Stephen Cribari participated in a CLE seminar entitled "In Trouble Online: Social Media and the Law" held at Thomson-West in Eagan, MN. Kirtley moderated the seminar and also discussed…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an Associated Press story about a North Carolina child custody dispute which has attracted international attention on Twitter and Facebook after the mother claimed on her blog…
—Professor Jane Kirtley went on a two-week speaking tour of Azerbaijan and Armenia, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. She delivered public lectures in Baku, Yerevan, and Gyumri, and met with editors, bloggers,…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was honored for her service to the First Amendment and the public's right to know by the Minnesota Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at the annual Page One Awards,…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on Voice of Russia radio, discussing President Obama's decision not to release photographs of Osama bin Laden. She described legal justifications for withholding the photographs,…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Washington Post article about a defamation lawsuit filed by Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, against City Paper, an alternative weekly in Washington, D…
—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…
—Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on Hungarian National Radio to discuss comments by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who had unfavorably compared U.S.-based news media with Al Jazeera on Hungarian Radio. Kirtley…