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Professors Claire Hill and Richard Painter's ideas about making investment bank executives take some form of personal liability for losses are catching the eye of business writers and bloggers. On Dec. 4, 2009,…
An article by Professors Claire Hill and Richard Painter, "Berle's Vision Beyond Shareholder Interest: Why Investment Bankers Should Have (Some) Personal Liability," forthcoming in the University of Seattle…
Professor Alexandra Klass was interviewed on NBC KARE 11 News with regard to a story on a homeowner in Burnsville, MN who wants to install solar panels on his home to save energy but has been prohibited from doing…
Prof. Jane Kirtley was quoted in "How Much Threat Raised by Threat" in National Law Journal, discussing whether blogger and Internet radio host Hal Turner's postings calling three 7th Circuit judges "…
Affiliated faculty member, Bernard Levinson, had his most recent book "Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel" reviewed by a special panel of scholars at the Annual Society of Biblical Literature…
Professor Prentiss Cox was in the Los Angeles Times and other media following his testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology on November 17, 2009. Other media…
Professor Jane Kirtley was the principal speaker on the topic "Privacy Protection, Safety and Security" at the Practising Law Institute's Communications Law in the Digital Age 2009 conference in New York.…
Professor Richard W. Painter was interviewed and quoted in an article in Time Magazine about the Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers who were found not guilty of securities fraud.The article reported that…
On November 14 in Iowa City, Professor Stephen Meili will serve on a panel devoted to the rights of non-citizens at a conference marking the 10 year anniversary of the University of Iowa's Human Rights Center.…
Professor Prentiss Cox will testify before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology on November 17, 2009. Cox will testify on his research and work related to preacquired account…
Professor Nancy Cook has been selected as a fellow for the 2009 National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism Conference. In conjunction with the fellowship, on November 9, she will present on the…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in an editorial published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on supporting passage of a federal reporter's shield law. Discussing the challenge of balancing protection of…