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Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in "Mood lighting" by Patrick Thornton on the MinnLawyer Blog, regarding former U.S. Agriculture Department Shirley Sherrod's announced intention to sue Andrew Breitbart for…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Minnesota Independent story, "Conservative paper's partisan links back data requests, despite denials." Prof. Kirtley discussed how government records custodians should…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Reuters story about Chevron Corp.'s attempt to obtain outtakes from a documentary filmmaker's project about a dispute over oil pollution in Ecuador. Chevron argues that there is…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted by the St. Paul Pioneer Press in a story concerning the St. Paul Public School district's attempt to withhold advisory committee recommendations on school spending by…

Professor Jane Kirtley told the [Cheyenne] Wyoming Tribune Eagle that a state judge was wrong to issue a temporary restraining order prohibiting newspapers from publishing a leaked report prepared by a…

Professor Jane Kirtley appears in "Access Denied: Navigating the Legal Challenges to Newsgathering," a roundtable discussion on government secrecy and other threats to press freedom. The two-hour DVD, produced by the…
Professor Jane Kirtley delivered a lecture, "Near v. Minnesota: How Far Have We Come? as part of the Minnesota History Center's "History Lounge" series. She described the historical background of the 1931 case that…
Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on a panel, "LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Oh My! The Ethical Dangers of Social Networking for Attorneys" at the 23rd Annual Media and the Law conference in Kansas City, MO. The…
Professor Jane Kirtley discussed the Federal Shield Law bills currently in Congress on "Access Minnesota," a radio show produced by the Minnesota Association of Broadcasters which aired throughout the state.
Professor Jane Kirtley delivered a lecture on "The Impact of Internet-Based Sites Such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube on Teacher Privacy and Related Rights in the Classroom" at the American Federation of Teachers…
Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the New York Times in a "Week in Review" article about the conviction of Google executives for violation of Italian privacy law after allowing a video depicting a child…
Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in the Charlotte (NC) Observer concerning a proposal in Mecklenburg County to disable a feature permitting individuals to search for property records online using the owner'…