Faculty in the News

Faculty News

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in the New York Times reporting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is avoiding tough sanctions for large banks in securities fraud cases. Many…

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Des Moines Register editorial that criticized Senator Chuck Grassley for his threat never to allow confirmation again for any position of an Obama…

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in The Hill on legal challenges to President Obama's recess appointments. Business groups claim the appointments are not valid because Congress was not…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on a lawsuit brought by the Petters trustee against an accounting firm that worked for the Petters companies. Painter noted that accounting…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a New York Times article on conflicts of interest for a local official in Illinois who worked part time as a trustee for a municipal government and voted to award a…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on insider trading on government information. Painter pointed out the large amount of nonpublic information in the possession of…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Bloomberg News story about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General giving a videotaped interview to a financial adviser who is using it in…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in Politico on whether comments made by the White House Press Secretary in an official briefing about a Mitt Romney campaign advertisement violated the Hatch Act…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in the Argus Leader in an article on alleged Hatch Act violations by a former Senate aide who is now running in the Democratic primary for a Congressional seat.…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in Bloomberg magazine in an article on a 2008 meeting in which hedge fund managers sought and apparently got nonpublic information from Treasury Secretary Hank…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Thomson Reuters story on disciplinary action taken against a federal bankruptcy judge for violating a conduct rule prohibiting membership in a discriminatory country club…
Professor Richard Painter was interviewed on Channel 11 news about the suspension of a Hennepin County Judge for violating the requirement that judges live in the judicial district in which they sit. Painter said…