Faculty News

March 7, 2011 —Professor Tom Cotter was cited 38 times in a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report entitled, The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition. The report is the…

March 7, 2011 —Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Politico article about the Obama administration's aggressive legal offensive against federal employees who disclose information without authorization, and the journalists who…

March 5, 2011 —Professor William McGeveran was quoted in an article in the Star Tribune entitled, "Local blogger's defamation trial could have broad effect." The story details a defamation lawsuit against local blogger…

March 4, 2011 —Professor Jane Kirtley conducted two workshops for collegiate journalists at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Journalism Convention in Hollywood, CA. The topics were "When Do Online Comments Become a…

March 2, 2011 —At the confirmation hearing for Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu's nomination to the Ninth Circuit, Senator Al Franken read into the record portions of Professor Richard Painter's…

February 27, 2011 —Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article entitled, "Hospital association official accuses reporters of lobbying." The story reported that a lobbyist for the Missouri…

February 24, 2011 —Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted on Politico and in the…

February 24, 2011 —In remarks reported on Politico,…

February 24, 2011 —Professor Richard Frase was quoted in an article on MPR News entitled, "Trial underway for former nurse accused of assisting suicides." William Melchert-Dinkel was accused of seeking out, online, and encouraging…

February 24, 2011 —Professor Claire Hill's article, "Why Did The Rating Agencies Do Such A Bad Job Rating Subprime Securities?", originally published in the Pittsburgh Law Review, has been chosen to be included in the 2011…

February 17, 2011 —Professor Ralph Hall's testimony at the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommitte on Health's hearing on medical device approvals, safety and innovation was quoted on Healthwatch, The Hill's…

February 16, 2011 —Professor Barry Feld was quoted in the Pioneer Press explaining the criminal procedural details of how a defendant can plead guilty without actually admitting she is guilty. Feld explained how an Alford…