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Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Financial Regulation William Black was quoted in Reuters about Donald Trump being found liable for fraud by inflating the value of his New York-based assets.

Professor Tom Cotter was quoted by Reuters regarding an antitrust suit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 17 states against Amazon. They claim the retail giant uses its market power to…

Interim Dean William McGeveran was quoted in the Minnesota Daily regarding the upcoming Stein Lecture that features U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. McGeveran heard student concerns at a…

Professor Charlotte Garden was quoted in the Washington Post regarding a case that could change U.S. labor law significantly. In the case, a pair of podcasters were served a cease-and-desist order…

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in The Guardian on Justice Clarence Thomas participating in donor events sponsored by the Koch network. The revelation, detailed in a ProPublica report,…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the UN’s Special Rapporteur, spoke with TRT World in a wide-ranging Q & A interview. In it, she explained the impact of Prevent, one of the four components of the…

Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted on MPR regarding a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that sided with the defendant in a #MeToo movement case. The defendant had publicly accused her dance teacher of sexual…

The Star Tribune published an op-ed by Buchanan Waller '23 on the Norwegian penal model.  Entitled "Prison doesn't mean torture in Norway," it addressed the recent prisoner sit-down…

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in the Star Tribune about a study that details insider trading increases that occurred at the time of corporate audits. Painter said that insiders who are trading…

Professor Megan Walsh was interviewed on FOX 9 about the ghost gun rule and ongoing legal challenges to it. Earlier this year a federal judge threw out the rule but the U.S. Supreme Court allowed it to remain…

Professor Daniel Schwarcz was quoted in MarketWatch about the National Flood Insurance Program and the need for Congress to reauthorize it. “I’d be shocked if they didn’t reauthorize it. Even though…

Professor Allan Erbsen  was quoted in the Star Tribune about a class action lawsuit brought against affordable-housing developer, Dominium.

A Hennepin County district judge on Monday granted…