Faculty News

A September 11, 2020 article (subscription required) in Global Competition Review, titled “DOJ encourages IEEE to consider policy change,” discusses the Antitrust Division”s recent updating of a 2015 Business…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin recently issued a major United Nations report—in her capacity as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering…

Professor Brett McDonnell was quoted in a CFO Journal article in the Wall Street Journal on the recent public listing of Lemonade, Inc. Lemonade, an insurer, is organized as a public benefit…

Professor Daniel Schwarcz was recently featured on the popular podcast “Planet Money.” In the podcast, Professor Schwarcz discusses the history of property insurance policies and helps to explain how…

Professor Paul Vaaler wrote a brief commentary in WalletHub regarding near-term stock market trends amidst recent COVID-19 evolutions.

An August 21, 2020 Bloomberg Law article titled “Sweat the Small Stuff: Lessons of Federal Circuit Damages Cases” discusses six recent decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on damages…

“Insurers that opted into the class action and litigation funders that purchased insurer claims are sophisticated businesses. Arguably, they don’t need the same kind of protection from large fees that…

John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law & Business Professor Paul M. Vaaler was quoted in John Rash's Star Tribune column on President Trump's threat to ban China-based TikTok. Professor Vaaler noted…

John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law & Business, Professor Paul M. Vaaler, was interviewed last month by a reporter from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal (subscription required) for insight on…

Professor Myron Orfield, director of the Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in Quartz in an article examining racial disparities in economic advantages in urban areas across…

Professor Amy Monahan co-authored an opinion piece in The Hill on the merits of an employer-focused public health care option. The op-ed argues that the Unity Task Force’s recent recommendations miss the…

Professor Susan Wolf will lead the Ethics & Public Policy component of a new Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio) based at the…