Faculty News

Professor Bernard Levinson has just returned from Hangzhou, China, where he gave the opening conference keynote address, “Strategies for the Reinterpretation of Normative Texts within the Hebrew Bible,” at the…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser was quoted in a broadcast and accompanying print article by local television station KARE 11 regarding the controversy over comedian Kathy Griffin's posting of a photograph…

A 2007 survey by Dean Garry W. Jenkins was cited in a Newsweek opinion essay about recent White House proposals to alter…

Professor Paul M. Vaaler was interviewed by Jim Spencer of the Star Tribune for comment on the decision by Institutional Shareholder Services to recommend a slate of candidates proposed by Marcato…

Professor Paul M. Vaaler was interviewed by Fox 9 Television (Minneapolis) for comment on the May 23, 2017 announcement that Target had settled potential claims by 47 state attorneys general arising out of Target’s…

Professor Bernard Levinson gave a keynote lecture on law and religion at a symposium in Oslo, Norway, on May 22. The lecture was entitled, “‘And He Wrote on the Tablets the words of the Covenant’: Writing,…

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Star Tribune article about legislation that would restrict the authority of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cox stated that…

Professor William McGeveran, an expert in privacy and internet law, spoke to the Star Tribune about an apparent agreement to narrow a very broad search warrant served on Google by police in Edina,…

Professor Kristin Hickman has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel by the College’s Board of Regents. Membership in the College is limited to a maximum of 700 tax attorneys across the United…

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a Star Tribune article about referral practices in the real estate industry. The article was part of multiple Star Tribune articles about the practice of …

Professor Kristin Hickman was quoted extensively in an article published by Tax Notes Today regarding the implications for tax regulations of the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 (S. 951), which was…

Professor William McGeveran commented to Fortune about lawsuits against the organizers of the disastrous Fyre Festival, a luxury music event that collapsed in chaos. Recent fraud lawsuits have included…