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Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in a Pioneer Press article on this year's judicial elections. Due to Iowa's "retention" election system, three members of the Iowa Supreme Court were ousted on Nov. 2…
Professor Jane Kirtley presented a paper entitled "SLAPP-ing Back: A Perspective on Protecting Public Debate, from the U.S.A." at the 2010 Ad IDEM/Canadian Media Lawyers Conference in Toronto.
Professor Jane Kirtley discussed secrecy and the search for the new University of Minnesota president in an article in the Star Tribune. Addressing concerns about candidates who might be discouraged from…
Dr. Enrique T. Ona, Health Secretary for the Republic of the Philippines, invited Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin to join a very small international group in the Philippines on November 4-9, 2010 to evaluate…
Professor Stephen Cribari was quoted in The Star-Ledger, a local newspaper in New Jersey, about the increasing use of digital evidence in criminal investigations. "All of the means of electronic…
The New York Times quoted Professor Prentiss Cox in a story about state attorneys general investigations. The story discussed the role of state attorneys general in consumer advocacy and focused on the…
A book by Mike Hudson, The Monster, discusses at length the work of Professor Prentiss Cox when he led several investigations against several subprime mortgage lenders. Cox, who previously served as a…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit cited Professor Allan Erbsen’s article From “Predominance” to “Resolvability”: A New Approach to Regulating Class Actions, 58 Vand. L. Rev. 995 (…
Professor Joan Howland was a keynote speaker at the 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management held in Pittsburgh. This annual conference provides researchers and practitioners worldwide with a forum for…
Professor Jane Kirtley presented a paper/work in progress, "'It's About Trust': Should Government Intervene to Compel Disclosure in Social Media?" at Social Media and the Value of Truth: The 3rd Annual Symposium…
According to a National Underwriter article, at a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, regulators voted to create a committee to evaluate and propose solutions to the…
Professor Nancy Cook was the speaker at a faculty colloquium at William Mitchell Law School. Her talk was on curricular changes in legal education, with a specific focus on developments in learning and innovations…