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Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Washington Post article about Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's announcement that it plans to sue Rolling Stone magazine for a now-repudiated article describing a…
Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a Washington Post article entitled "Is Hillary Clinton Against the Religious Freedom Law Bill Clinton Backed?" Carpenter said, "We know these new statutes are motivated…
Professor Paul M. Vaaler was quoted in a Minnesota Daily article on recent lay-offs of more than 1,700 workers and the on-going corporate re-structuring strategy at Minneapolis headquarters of Target, the…
Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee on recent changes in U.S. bank regulatory policy at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve (Fed). Regulators at…
Professor Fred Morrison was interviewed on KARE 11 about legal issues in the prosecution of a Minnesota resident for importing and exporting elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns. These endangered species are…
Professor June Carbone appeared on Sarah Westall's internet radio show, Business Game Changers. The interview featured the relationship between the changing economy and the changing family and its…
Professor Dale Carpenter wrote an article, entitled "The Clash of 'Religious Freedom' and Civil Rights in Indiana," in the Washington Post.
Professor Myron Orfield's recent article in the UCLA Law Review comparing residential and educational segregation in Louisville, Kentucky, to Detroit, Michigan, was discussed in an Atlantic article…
Professor Francis Shen's research on law and neuroscience was cited in "Gray Matters: Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society," a set of recommendations from the Presidential Bioethics…

On March 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion in Doe v. Drummond. Among other rulings, the Court held that corporate officers could be held liable for human rights…

Professor William McGeveran was interviewed on the public radio program "Marketplace" about the implications of Target's settlement of a consumer class action lawsuit arising from its massive 2013 data security…
Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee on where prominent Minnesota-based multinational firms locate their regional headquarters in certain European countries—Ireland, the United Kingdom…