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Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial and a separate…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an American Banker article entitled "OCC Flip-Flopped on Ethics Matter, Reassigned Husband of B of A Exec," which was about an official in the Office of the Comptroller…
Professors Claire Hill and Richard Painter published an op-ed entitled "Why S.E.C. Settlements Should Hold Senior Executives Liable" in The New York Times' online edition of the "Dealbook" page. In the…
Professor Richard Painter testified before the Financial Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives during a hearing entitled "Examining the Settlement Practices of U.S. Financial Regulators." Painter…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on a former high-ranking Justice Department official who, in private law practice, is seeking to represent a defendant in a criminal case…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in West Virginia's Charleston Daily Mail in an article on whether the Hatch Act would disqualify a state Agriculture Commission employee from running in a partisan…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio story on the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act that specifically provides that Members of Congress and their staff cannot trade in…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a story in Mobile, Alabama's Press-Register on whether the federal Hatch Act may prevent a local district attorney in Alabama from running in a partisan election for…
Professor Richard Painter spoke on Access Minnesota on the ethics of investment banking. The issues discussed on the radio show included: the history of federal regulation of banks, the difference between investment…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted by Senator Al Franken in a Senate floor speech in opposition to provisions of the JOBS Act that reduce investor protection by creating additional exemptions from the requirements…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in several news stories on the 29 Wisconsin state judges who had signed a petition for an election to recall Governor Scott Walker. Painter questioned why judges would expose…