Faculty News

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by NBC News about the new Food and Drug Administration AI tool that could speed up reviews and approvals of medical devices…

Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, was interviewed on MPR’s Minnesota Now about the U.S. Supreme Court…

Professor Jane Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, was quoted by MPR News about the administration’s attempt by executive order to end government support for PBS and NPR. Lakeland PBS, based in…

Professor Myron Orfield, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Director, Institute of Metropolitan Opportunity, was quoted in an Axios report…

Professor James Coleman was quoted by ABC News about the U.S. Supreme Court putting new limits on the scope of federally mandated environmental impact statements for major transportation and energy projects,…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by Reuters about Elon Musk’s DOGE team expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S.…

Professor Emmanuel Mauleón was quoted in the Star Tribune about the Trump administration’s move to dismiss a consent-decree agreement between Minneapolis and the Department of Justice that would usher in…

Professor Kristin Hickman, associate dean for research & intellectual life, was quoted in Bloomberg Tax about the ramifications of Loper Bright on the GOP tax bill.…

Professor Paul Vaaler, John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Business, was quoted by NPR’s Marketplace about the federal budget bill and how it imposes a 5% tax on remittance transfers. Remittance transfers…

Professor Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, was quoted in the New York Times about the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of an executive order ending…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Regents Professor and Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society, co-authored an op-ed in the Swedish media site Dagens Nyheter about Swedish children who have remained…

Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, co-authored a guest essay in the New York Times about how Donald Trump’s possible acceptance of a jet…