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Faculty News

Prof. Richard Painter Quoted by CNN Business and Wall Street Journal About Elon Musk’s Move to Exert Control Over Government Agencies

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Professor Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, was quoted by CNN Business and the Wall Street Journal about…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Cited by in New York Times Op-Ed Podcast Discussing the Freeze on Federal Employee Buyouts

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Professor Nick Bednar ’16 was cited by Quinta Jurecic, a senior editor at Lawfare and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, on Ezra Klein’s New York Times podcast. She…

Prof. Daniel Schwarcz Interviewed on Above the Law Podcast About AI in Law

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Professor Daniel Schwarcz was interviewed on the Above the Law podcast. He shared his insights into the profound ways generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping the legal profession — and why experimentation and…

Prof. Matthew Bodie Quoted in CBS News on Firing of NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox

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Prof. Matthew Bodie, Robins Kaplan Professor of Law, was quoted in CBS News Moneywatch regarding President Trump’s termination of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted in The Times About Musk’s Dismantling of USAID

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Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted in The Times about Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. He told The Times, “Other administrations stretched…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted in ProPublica About Use of Administrative Leave in USAID

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Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted in ProPublica about the Trump Administration's use of administrative leave to dismantle USAID. Describing the regulations used by the Trump Administration, Prof. Bednar…

Profs. Jane Kirtley and Ilan Wurman Quoted in Minnesota Daily About Recent Executive Orders

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Professors Jane Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, and Ilan Wurman, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, were quoted in the Minnesota Daily about how Donald Trump’…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted in Bloomberg Law About Whether Federal Employees Should Take Resignation Deal

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Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted in Bloomberg Law about whether federal employees should take the resignation deal offered by the Trump Administration's deferred resignation program. He said, “Civil…

Prof. Prentiss Cox ’90 Quoted in WalletHub on Preventing Credit Card Fraud

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Professor Prentiss Cox ’90 was Interviewed by WalletHub about credit card fraud and ways to prevent it. While credit card fraud overall costs hundreds of billions of dollars each year, Prof. Cox said…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted in the Washington Post About Whether Federal Employees Should Take Resignation Offer

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Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted at length about the terms of the deferred resignation agreement and whether employees should take the offer. “This contract is seeking to get around that in a way that I…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Interviewed by NPR About Deferred Resignation Program

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Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 was interviewed by Scott Tong on NPR’s Here & Now about the Trump Administration’s “deferred resignation” program, which promises pay and administrative leave to federal…

Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 Quoted by Reuters About Elon Musk’s Control over Federal Agencies

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Prof. Nick Bednar ’16 was quoted by Reuters regarding ongoing efforts by Elon Musk to reshape the federal government. He said it was deeply concerning that Musk and his aides have such enormous…