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In the wake of the terrorist attacks on Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Professor Jane Kirtley told WCCO news that "Freedom of the press, like any other freedom, is not free. Sometimes people…
Professor Myron Orfield was a symposium participant on SCOTUSblog in relation to the Texas v. Inclusive Communities case, which will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on Jan. 21. He argued…
Professor Susan Wolf was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio for a program on "Genetic Privacy: Who Should Know What Your Tests Reveal?" Profs. Wolf and Robert Green (Harvard Medical School) discussed the tension…
Professor June Carbone's book, Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family (with Naomi Cahn), was discussed in an article by journalist and Syracuse Law Professor David Cay Johnston in…
Energy Transition Lab Executive Director Ellen Anderson and Faculty Director Hari Osofsky were featured in a Midwest Energy News article entitled "Former Minnesota Lawmaker Taking a Global Focus on Energy." The…
Professor Hari Osofsky presented at the Association of American Law Schools Academic Symposium on "Congressional Dysfunction and Executive Lawmaking During the Obama Administration." During the second panel,…
Professor Paul Vaaler appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO-TV News, answering the question "Why Do We Still Have Fuel Surcharges?" Vaaler talked specifically about the recent decrease in gasoline and…
Professor June Carbone participated in a Futures Roundtable on CBS Minnesota Radio News and Views with Roshini Rajkumar ('97). The show featured a panel looking at likely developments over the next year…
Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a recent Reuters article discussing recent investigations in China, Europe, and the U.S. of Qualcomm's patent licensing practices. Firms often commit to licensing so-called…
The New York Times published an article on bipartisan efforts to limit lobbyists influence over state attorneys general that featured quotes from and a photo of Professor Richard Painter. According to…
The U.K.-based Research Exercise Framework (REF), which ranks institutions for research outputs, research environment and research impact and overall rankings in each discipline, issued its results and rankings.…
Professor William McGeveran, an expert on digital privacy law, was quoted extensively on the popular Wall Street Journal Law Blog about documents stolen by hackers from Sony Pictures. Sony's lawyer,…