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Professor Richard Painter's expert opinion on lawyer-client privilege issues was discussed at a House Oversight Committee hearing at which Republican members asked the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board to…
Professor Claire Hill was quoted in a Star Tribune article, entitled "ValueVision Board Scrambled," about the recent claim by dissident shareholders that they had been elected to the board of ValueVision.…
In his article in The Atlantic on bipartisan support for taxpayer-funded political campaigns, Professor Lawrence Lessig noted that Maryland Democratic Representative John Sarbanes's Government by the People…
Professor William McGeveran spoke to NBCnews.com about a lawsuit brought by a Rogers, Minnesota, high school student who was suspended from school for a comment made in an Internet forum. McGeveran, who specializes…
Professor William McGeveran was a guest on Bloomberg Radio's weekly legal program, "Bloomberg Law," where he discussed a privacy lawsuit against LinkedIn. The suit, which recently survived a motion to dismiss,…
Practitioner in Residence JaneAnne Murray presented the annual Bloomsday Celebration she devised for the Irish American Bar Association of New York in the rotunda of the Supreme Courthouse of New York City. Murray…
Professor Paul M. Vaaler commented on motivations for Minnesota-based medical device maker Medtronic's proposed acquisition of another medical products giant, Covidien PLC, in local media outlets:…
Professor Michele Goodwin wrote an op-ed for AlterNet entitled "Who Owns Your Womb? Women Can Get Murder Charge for Refusing C-Sections." The piece highlights the expanding rate of cesarean births in the United…
Practitioner-in-Residence JaneAnne Murray spoke at the 23rd Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines organized by the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association and National Association of…
Professor Alexandra Klass was interviewed for a Law360 article entitled "Permit Deadline is TransCanada's Latest Keystone Headache."
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin attended the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, held June 10-13 in London and co-chaired by British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for…
Professor June Carbone and her co-author Naomi Cahn of George Washington University appeared on WNYC Radio's The Brian Lehrer Show for a piece entitled "Money, Marriage, and Making It." Carbone and Cahn discussed the…