Faculty News

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted in the New York Times about whether the top federal regulator for medical devices…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted in the Star Tribune about Duluth mayor Roger Reinert’s significant other being…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times about any ethics implications of President Biden vacationing at the home of a…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal about how pensions have helped Gov. Tim Walz accumulate…

Prof. Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted in an article on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) website. The ICIJ said that since…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, and Prof. Claire Finkelstein, Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-…

Prof. Richard Painter’s comments on X about the possible reasons why Judge Aileen Cannon continues to delay Donald Trump’s classified documents trial were cited in Newsweek. Prof.…

Professor Richard Painter appeared on WBUR’s Here & Now discussing the U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Donald Trump’s immunity from prosecution. The…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Oren Gross, Irving Younger Professor of Law, testified this week before the Minnesota…

Professor Richard Painter was quoted by USA Today about how the Hunter Biden conviction may affect the presidential campaign rhetoric. President Biden has frequently referred to Donald Trump as a…

Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on KCBS Radio about the guilty verdicts in the Trump hush money trial. He provided his analysis of the verdicts. Painter was chief White House ethics lawyer in the…

Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on NPR’s Here & Now about whether Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should recuse himself from any Jan. 6 or…