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Professor Richard Painter was quoted on the Bloomberg news page about Elizabeth Warren's outside work while head of the Congressional Oversight Panel monitoring the $700 billion bank bailout. Warren was…
Professor Amy Kristin Sanders participated on a panel entitled "Building and Managing Online Communities," at a conference at the Center for Sustainable Journalism in Atlanta. The conference, "Media Law in the…
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio story on Sept. 22 about the impact of foreclosures in…
Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted by Bloomberg News in a story about a Second Circuit case that will consider whether an executive convicted of securities fraud for allegedly backdating stocks was denied…
Professor Heidi Kitrosser will chair a panel on Sept. 20 on executive privilege at the Washington, D.C. office of the Miller Center for Public Affairs of the University of Virginia.
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Star Tribune story on Sept. 19 about debt collection practices with the families of the deceased. The article stated that Cox "argues that collector calls to…
Professor Richard Painter, a former White House ethics adviser, was quoted in a Pioneer Press story on the controversies surrounding Judge Timothy Blakely. When asked, "Was the electorate apathetic,…
The Star Tribune published an article by Professor Laura J. Cooper, responding to an editorial published by the newspaper on Sept. 14. Professor Cooper's article refutes factual assertions made in the…
Professor Nancy Cook is among a group of law faculty serving as consultants in “Best Practices” who will be meeting at the Law School on Friday, Sept. 10. The law school is hosting the gathering to provide the…
Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a New York Times article about state housing finance agencies offering purchase money home loans with no or minimum down payment. Cox stated that such loans were…
Professor Brett McDonnell was quoted in a recent Fox Business/Reuters article on the SEC's adoption of a new shareholder proxy access rule. Under the new rule, shareholders who hold enough shares can…
An article by Professor Bruce Shnider outlining 10 common mistakes made in executive compensation and some suggestions for avoiding them has been published by a national tax publication, Tax Notes.