Faculty in the News

Faculty News

—Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on a plenary panel, "If it Looks Like a Duck—Modern Challenges in Defining Commercial Speech," at the American Bar Association's Forum on Communication Law 20th Annual Conference in…
—Professor Jane Kirtley told Reuters that Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's threat to sue Fox News for "prejudicing the honor" of her city in its reporting of the Charlie Hebdo massacre will not succeed. "I…
—In the wake of the terrorist attacks on Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Professor Jane Kirtley told WCCO news that "Freedom of the press, like any other freedom, is not free. Sometimes people…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Reuters column by Alison Frankel, assessing the legal significance of a letter threatening news organizations who received information hacked from Sony Pictures…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on "AirTalk" on KPCC public radio in Los Angeles, discussing the legal and ethical issues facing news organizations that publish the contents of emails and other proprietary…
—Professor Jane Kirtley gave presentations on data protection, global privacy, and the First Amendment and privacy issues involving drones at three different conferences in the past week. On Nov. 14, she delivered…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Crain's Chicago Business article about the legal remedies that might be available to a veteran political reporter who resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times after a…
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article about a state judge's decision that health care providers may comment to the media about a patient's care if the patient has…
—Professor Jane Kirtley took part in three sessions at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 97th Annual Conference in Montreal. On August 6, her presentation, "The First…
—Professor Jane Kirtley's op-ed about the Jesse Ventura libel case appeared in MinnPost. Kirtley observed that Ventura's 8-2 victory was "a sobering way to mark the 50th anniversary of New York Times v.
—Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Star Tribune article about the upcoming federal libel trial in a suit brought by former Governor Jesse Ventura against the estate of the deceased author of the…
—Professor Jane Kirtley's op-ed, "Why the U.S. Constitution Gives You the Right to Know Lethal Injection's Secrets," was published in the Guardian on the same day that several news organizations filed a law suit…