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Professor Susan Wolf will co-direct the first major international workshop on the controversial question of whether researchers should return individual results and incidental findings to people participating in…
Professor Avner Ben-Ner was the keynote speaker at an international conference, hosted by the faculty of law at the University of Antwerp. Ben-Ner spoke about the global supply chain and the role of the social…
Professor Kristin Hickman's amicus brief that she filed before the Supreme Court in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., No. 12-1408, was highlighted in a Bloomberg BNA article entitled "Amicus Brief…
Professor Jane Kirtley was the principal speaker on "Global Privacy and Advertising Developments" at the Practising Law Institute's Communications Law in the Digital Age conference in New York. Kirtley's…
Professor Kristin Hickman has filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., No. 12-1408. In the brief, Hickman draws from her scholarly work to highlight…
Professor Susan Wolf will speak at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego on Sunday, November 10. Wolf will present on "Incidental Findings and Return of Research Results: Genetics, Biobanks and…
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin serves as associate director of the University of Minnesota Law School and the University of Ulster Transitional Justice Institute's second international gender and conflict…
Professor Jane Kirtley was a panelist at the annual Ad IDEM/CMLA (Canadian Media Lawyers Association) conference in Vancouver. Kirtley appeared on the panel "Online Liability and Procedure Issues" and discussed U.…
Professor Mark Kappelhoff published an op-ed in MinnPost entitled "Yes, We've Come a Long Way, But America's Civil-Rights Journey Remains Incomplete." In the article, Kappelhoff discussed the importance of…
Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Reuters News Service article that discusses an ongoing patent damages dispute between Intellectual Ventures (IV) and two defendants, Symantec and TrendMicro. At issue is…
Professor Stephen Cribari was quoted in a Pioneer Press article entitled "Archdiocese to Address Priests on Clergy Sexual Misconduct." People accused of wrongdoing have rights under civil law, Cribari…
Professor Richard Painter was interviewed by KSTP TV News for a story on the search by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for a firm to review clergy files in connection with the abuse scandal. Painter…