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Faculty News

Prof. Painter Interviewed by MPR on Potential Bid for Best Buy

—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio for a story on the potential bid for Best Buy by its founder Richard Schulze. Painter said that such a bid could not be kept secret for very…

Prof. Painter, Clint Eastwood and Republicans Submit Amicus Brief Asking Supreme Court to Strike Down Prop. 8

—Professor Richard Painter, Clint Eastwood, and 131 other Republicans filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on same sex marriage in Proposition 8. Many of the other…

Prof. Painter Interviewed by WNYC Radio on Menendez Scandal

—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed by WNYC radio about allegations that New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez broke Senate ethics rules in free travel he received from, and favors he did for, a campaign donor…

Prof. Painter Interviewed by WNYC Radio on Ethics Investigation of Senator Menendez

—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed by WNYC radio about the Senate Ethics Committee investigation of allegations that Senator Menendez (D NJ) failed to disclose trips to the Dominican Republic on a private…

Prof. Painter Quoted in Indianapolis Star on Ethics in Indiana DOT Official Case

—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in two Indianapolis Star articles about a high-ranking Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) official whose mother was hired to work in the INDOT office he…

Prof. Painter Quoted in Star Tribune on NRA's Influence

—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on the NRA's efforts to defeat gun control legislation in Minnesota. Painter, a former White House counsel in the George W. Bush…

Profs. Hill and Painter NYT Op-Ed on Payment of SEC Fines Cited by Financial Times Op-ed

—A Financial Times op-ed on applying the strengths of the traditional partnership model mentioned an earlier New York Times Dealbook op-ed by Professors Claire Hill and Richard Painter that…

Prof. Painter Appears on MSNBC and CNN Regarding NRA's Influence on Gun Control

—Professor Richard Painter appeared on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on December 20 and…

Prof. Painter Publishes Op-Ed in New York Times on NRA "Protection Racket"

—Professor Richard Painter published an op-ed in the New York Times on-line edition about the excessive influence of the National Rifle Association on the Republican Party.

Prof. Painter Quoted in Thomson Reuters on Recusal by Justice Breyer

—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Thomson Reuters article on Justice Stephen Breyer's decision to recuse from an important environmental case in which his brother, a federal district judge, had sat on the…

Prof. Painter's Work on Psychology of Cover-ups Cited by Denver Business Journal

—Professor Richard Painter's prior research on legal and ethical risk-taking by decision makers experiencing a "loss frame"—a choice between two bad alternatives—in business or government was cited by the …

Prof. Painter Joins Group to Push for Sweeping Anti-Corruption Legislation

—As reported in Roll Call, Bloomberg and other media outlets, Professor Richard Painter, Lawrence Lessig, Trevor Potter, and Theodore Roosevelt IV had a telephonic press conference in which they outlined the…