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Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Law360 article about the Federal Circuit's recent decision in the Apple-Motorola smartphone patent dispute affirming a district court ruling that Motorola cannot obtain an…
Professor Gregory Shaffer was the concluding keynote speaker at a two-day conference of the Society of International Economic Law in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Washington Times article reporting multiple allegations of political activity violating the Hatch Act on the part of employees of the U.S. Consumer Protection Board…
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin will present at the Carlson School of Management's forum entitled "Global Prosperity and Democracy: Challenges for Corporations, Government, NGOs, and Civil Society." Her panel…
Professor June Carbone appeared on the radio/Internet show "Virtually Speaking" with Jay Ackroyd to discuss her new book, Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family, with Naomi Cahn.…
Professors June Carbone and Naomi Cahn (George Washington University) wrote an article for Slate entitled "Just Say No: For White Working-class Women, it Makes Sense to Stay Single Mothers." Drawing on their new…
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 Myron Orfield and the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity hosted a forum on the Met Council's Fair Housing Equity Assessment. Participants included residents of North Minneapolis, the Saint Paul NAACP,…
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…