Faculty News

On February 13, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in Qualcomm’s appeal from a district court ruling last year finding Qualcomm’s patent licensing practices to…

Professor William McGeveran, an expert in privacy and data protection law, appeared at the international Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection conference in…

Professor Smith was quoted in a Tax Notes Today article (subscription required) about the use of “designated orders” issued by the United States Tax Court. Professor Smith detailed lessons that…

Professor Kitrosser is quoted in an article in USA Today on…

Professor Klass was quoted in a Star Tribune article discussing recent decisions by the Minnesota courts invalidating state agency permits for controversial copper-nickel mining and feedlot projects…

Professor Claire Hill and UCD Sutherland School of Law Professor Joe McGrath—who’s also a Visiting Professor at the Law School—co-hosted a conference…

On January 29, 2020, Professor Perry Moriearty testified at a Joint Informational Hearing of the Minnesota House of Representatives Judiciary and Public Safety Committees entitled, “Race and the Law: How We Can…

Professor Kitrosser is among the experts quoted in a PolitiFact column evaluating Charlie Kirk’s claim that Nancy Pelosi broke the law by ripping up her copy of the State of the Union address. Kitrosser…

The Washington Post published a lengthy piece profiling several federal inmates awaiting decisions on their clemency petitions to President Trump. One of those is Mary Anne Locke, whose clemency…

In a January 15, 2020 opinion, Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. v. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cited Professor Thomas Cotter’s article…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser was featured in a roundtable interview on WTTW Chicago’s program, “Chicago Tonight.” During the 10 minute roundtable, Kitrosser answered questions about, among other things, the…

A January 24, 2020 article on Bloomberg Law, entitled “Pressure Grows to Stop Automatic Product Bans in EU Patent Rows,” discusses a proposed amendment to the German Patent Act that would, among other things,…