Faculty News

Professor Ralph Hall has led a coalition to draft legislation which would provide a predictable and timely path to market for innovative diagnostic tests. The Diagnostic Accuracy and Innovation Act (DAIA…

Professor Francis Shen, who teaches Evidence and Criminal Law, was quoted in a Star Tribune article reporting on the use of paid experts in the Philando Castile shooting case. The prosecution and defense…

Prof. Kristin Hickman was quoted by the Star Tribune considering the implications for Chevron deference and the relationship between courts and federal government agencies posed by the…

Professor Eugene Borgida addressed the Minnesota Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. As a member of the Policy-Makers/Judiciary Panel, his talk addressed "Can bias or prejudice-reduction…

Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in a MinnPost article concerning the relative infrequency of Minnesotans being called for jury duty compared to citizens of other states. Prof. Kritzer…

Professor Heidi Kitrosser wrote a column for the American Constitution Society blog in which she argued that courts can and should consider statements made by Donald Trump during his campaign for the presidency…

Professor William McGeveran, an expert in data privacy law, was quoted in a front-page StarTribune story about an unusually broad search warrant served on Google, Inc. by police in Edina, Minnesota. The…

A March 13, 2017 article published in Boston Globe Media's online science publication STAT and titled "US scientists accuse Turkish researcher of spiriting away their idea—and claiming it as her…

In its March 2, 2017 opinion in Airbus Helicopters S.A.S. v. Bell Helicopter Texteron Canada Limité, the Federal Court of Canada cited two of Professor Tom Cotter's articles, A New Framework for…

In a post on RegBlog—a University of Pennsylvania Law School blog on regulatory issues—entitled “Bank Culture in the Trump Era,” Professor Clared Hill argues that three deeply problematic aspects of…

The London Telegraph newspaper profiled Professor Paul Vaaler's new study of international airlines from the Middle East with online route maps that omit Israel and online menu offerings that omit…

Professor Paul M. Vaaler and his co-author, Law School Affiliated Professor Joel Waldfogel, were interviewed by Economist business travel writer, Bill Ridgers for his Gulliver column. Their…