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Faculty News

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio about Official of Personnel Management Email

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Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was interviewed by Nina Moini on Minnesota Public Radio about the impact of a recent email sent by the Office of Personnel Management ordering federal employees to justify their…

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein Quoted in St. Paul Pioneer Press About Legislation Restricting Computer-Generated Sexually Explicit Images of Real People

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Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted in the St. Paul Pioneer Press about a bill introduced in the Minnesota State Senate that pushes for more restrictions on convincing computer-generated sexually…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted by Washington Post About Email Sent to Federal Workers

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Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted by the Washington Post about an email federal workers received this weekend instructing them to respond with five things they accomplished last week. Elon Musk…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted by NPR about the Firing and Rehiring of Civil Servants

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Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted about the Trump Administration’s decision to fire and immediately rehire a number of probationary employees. “The way we've traditionally reduced the size of the federal…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted by CNN about the Department of Government Efficiency’s Access to Data

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Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted by CNN about the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to data of Americans. “The federal government has more data on American citizens than almost any other…

Prof. Nick Bednar '16 Quoted by Reuters about Firing of Probationary Federal Employees

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Professor Nick Bednar '16 was quoted by Reuters about the firing and rehiring of probationary employees by the federal government. Professor Bednar, who has been tracking the government layoffs, said…

Prof. Paul Vaaler Interviewed on WCCO Radio About CEO Jamie Dimon’s Work-From-Home and DEI Policies

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Professor Paul Vaaler, John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Business, was interviewed by Vineeta Sawka on WCCO Radio about JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s latest pronouncements on work-from-home and…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted by Newsweek About Misleading DOGE Cost-Savings List

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Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted by Newsweek about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is not an official government agency, and its claims of cost-reduction measures so far…

Prof. James Coleman Quoted by E&E News About Trump Administration Actions Affecting the Council on Environmental Quality

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Professor James Coleman was interviewed by E&E News by Politico about the authority of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and how certain actions by the Trump…

Prof. Richard Painter Authors Op-Ed in Star Tribune About How Federal Employee Status for Musk Requires Him to Abide by Conflict-Of-Interest Laws

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Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, authored an op-ed in the Star Tribune about whether Elon Musk is a federal employee and if he is…

Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Interviewed on Australian Broadcast About Nationals Attempting to Leave Syria

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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Regents Professor and Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society, was interviewed by Australia’s ABC Radio National Breakfast broadcast about the Australian…

Prof. Alan Rozenshtein Quoted in New York Times About Trump Administration Ignoring Established Norms

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Professor Alan Rozenshtein was quoted and his writing in the Minnesota Law Review was cited in a New York Times article about how norms recognized for decades in Washington by both…