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Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an ABC News story on President Obama's combined official and political travel on Air Force One in the months leading up to the election. ABC News reported that: "Richard…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., in an article in Capital, a new on-line news publication in New York co-founded by former…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an editorial in the Washington Examiner on the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act which is pending in House-Senate conference. The opinion…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in Politico on President Obama's Super PAC and plans for high ranking Administration officials, including some cabinet members, to speak at Democratic…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Dayton Daily News article about a political contribution by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to an Ohio political campaign. Painter…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on the settlement of a SEC case against two Bear Sterns hedge-fund managers who had previously been criminally charged and acquitted…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on Congress's passage of the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which bans insider trading on government…
Professor Richard Painter was interviewed for a Minnesota Public Radio story on the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act which has passed the U.S. Senate and will be voted on by the House…
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…