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The Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision involving the ability of a merchant transmission line company, Rock Island Clean Line, to apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the…

In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Professor Clarke analyzes legal and moral issues for employers asking whether to fire workers who have participated in white nationalist rallies.

Professor William McGeveran was a guest on the nationally syndicated NPR News program "On Point," discussing the potential legal and regulatory response to the Equifax data breach.

Professor Alex Klass was quoted extensively in an article in E&E News describing recent federal lawsuits challenging the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant eminent…

The New York Times quoted Professor William McGeveran commenting on regulatory shortcomings that contributed to a massive data breach at the credit reporting company Equifax. McGeveran’s…

Professor Prentiss Cox was quoted in a StarTribune article about the prevalance of consumer scams. Cox stated that enforcement aimed at stopping such scams typically will be more effective if there…

Professor Daniel Schwarcz argues in a recent op-ed in the Washington Post that Congress should reform the National Flood Insurance Program by drawing on principles from Obamacare.  In…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been selected to the 2017 Irish Legal 100, an annual compilation of the most distinguished legal professionals in the United States of Irish descent. Founded in 2008, the…

Professor Paul M. Vaaler was quoted in a Star Tribune article reporting on the arrest and prosecution of foreign nationals seeking to acquire and re-export illegaly to Iran analog-to-digital converter…

An article in Reuters Legal quoted Professor Tom Cotter about a case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided on its own initiative to rehear a case en banc. The case,

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was featured in a profile in the Connacht Tribune focused on her personal and professional path starting in Galway, Ireland. The article also highlights her new…

Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in an article about coming oral argument at the Minnesota Supreme Court in the Legislature’s lawsuit challenging Governor Dayton’s line item veto of funding for the operation…