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Professor Jill Hasday wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post discussing the law's treatment of marital rape. She explained that at least 23 states continue to treat rape in marriage more leniently than rape…
An opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Minden Pictures v. John Wiley & Sons, cited a paper Professor Tom Cotter coauthored with Roger Blair entitled "The Elusive Logic of Standing…
Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted in Bloomberg BNA's Daily Tax Report about the United States Tax Court's decision in Altera Corporation & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner, 145 T.C. No. 3 (2015), in which…
Professor Myron Orfield's work on the Fair Housing Act and its local implications was discussed in a MinnPost article entitled "How Two Recent Decisions will Profoundly Impact Fair-Housing Policy."
Professor Francis Shen was quoted in an NJ.com article entitled "Will Brain Disorder Defense in Teacher Sex Assault Case Work? Legal Experts Weigh In." Shen commented on the brain-based defense strategy of Nicole…
In an opinion handed down in Apotex v. Merck, 2015 FCA 171, the Federal Court of Appeal (Canada) quoted with favor a portion of Professor Thomas Cotter's book, Comparative Patent Remedies: A Legal and…
Professor Paul Vaaler commented on prospective litigation issues related to the recent hack of confidential information for up to 33 million members of the Ashley Madison (A-M) on-line dating service for individuals…
Professor Richard Painter's proposal for campaign finance reform was favorably mentioned by Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig in his New York Times op-ed, writing: "Republicans, too, are increasingly…
Continuing its in-depth series of investigative articles on the use of confidential informants by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on a D.O.J. Inspector General…
Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted by the Associated Press in a piece that appeared in multiple outlets regarding the recent escape of a non-violent offender from a minimum security prison in Sioux Falls, who went…
Professor Myron Orfield explained the implication of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project and the recent released…