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Professor Francis Shen’s research on the relationship between war casualties and support for Donald Trump was featured in Politico Magazine. The recently…

Professor Alexandra Klass was the featured guest on the Energy Transition Show on the topic of legal and policy developments regarding the expansion of long-distance electric transmission lines required to…

Star Tribune business reporter Joe Carlson interviewed Professor Paul M. Vaaler about the legal and business implications of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision on August 16, 2017 permitting…

Professor William McGeveran, an expert in data privacy law, was quoted in Wired about the announcement of an FTC consent decree with the ride-sharing service Uber. It settles an FTC…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser was interviewed on WGN Radio's program, “Legal Face-Off.” The topic was the Trump Administration’s announced crackdown on leakers of classified information. Professor Kitrosser answered…

Karin Ciano of the Minnesota Lawyer interviewed Professor Brad Clary recently on the subject of legal writing, and particularly on the subject of writing paragraphs. As one might expect, Professor…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser's views were cited in a Los Angeles Times story entitled "Sessions Says Justice Department Will Boost Investigations of Leaks, May Pursue Reporters." The story…

Professor Francis Shen was quoted in an article in the Hastings Star Gazette reporting on disparities in police calls to Walmart and to Target. The newspaper’s report found a nearly 4-1 ratio of police…

Law360 has summarized a study by Professor Herbert Kritzer and two collaborators that was recently posted on SSRN. The study shows that decisional patterns by federal district judges have becoming…

A story in PaRR (Policy and Regulatory Report) about a private antitrust suit against Amazon Services quotes Professor Tom Cotter for his take on the difficulties facing the plaintiff, a store alleging that…

Professor William McGeveran was quoted extensively in an article on Mic.com concerning recent controversial requests that states supply voter data to the federal Pence-Kobach Commission investigating alleged…

Professor Tom Cotter discussed the rules for proving the offense of monopolization under U.S. antitrust law for a WCCO News segment titled “Good Question: Is Amazon Getting Too Big?” Prof. Cotter noted that,…