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Professor Susan Wolf lectured at the reopened Northrop on "Should research participants get back their own results and incidental findings? Debates at the intersection of law, ethics, science & medicine." This…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a U.S. Law Week story about the Fourth Circuit's ruling in Company Doe v. Public Citizen, which reversed a federal district judge's decision allowing a manufacturer's…
Professor Gregory Shaffer has been elected to become Vice President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), the leading international law society in the United States.
Professor Perry Moriearty was interviewed for and quoted in a Pioneer Press article discussing the Minnesota Supreme Court's recent decision in Minnesota v. Roman Nose. In the decision, the Court…
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Washington Post article about ongoing federal and state investigations of Google's involvement with illegal online drug sales. The story reported that Google was…
Professor Myron Orfield's work on police perjury was cited in a Chicago Tribune article entitled "5 Cops Caught in Lies on Witness Stand, Judge Says." In discussing a trial in which five Chicago policemen…
Professor Linus Chan was quoted in a Star Tribune article about an immigrant teenager represented by the Center for New Americans' Detainee…
Professor June Carbone was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on responsibility for student debt. Carbone addressed the circumstances in which such debt might be allocated at divorce.
Professor Stephen Cribari will present "Of Monuments and Men: Cultural Property in Conflict" as part of the Headliners series, sponsored by the University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education, at the…
Professor Jill Hasday appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering the question, "How Much Parental Leave Do We Take?" Hasday explained the federal and state laws governing parental leave and the…
Professor Susan Wolf's work on return of results and incidental findings has made significant new impacts. On March 31, the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council—the major funders of biomedical research in the…
Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Law360 article on the Supreme Court's decision to grant cert in a case addressing whether the Federal Circuit should defer to factual determinations made by district court judges…