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—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Dayton Daily News article about a political contribution by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to an Ohio political campaign. Painter…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on the settlement of a SEC case against two Bear Sterns hedge-fund managers who had previously been criminally charged and acquitted…
—Professor Richard Painter was interviewed for a Minnesota Public Radio story on the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act which has passed the U.S. Senate and will be voted on by the House…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on Congress's passage of the Stop Insider Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which bans insider trading on government…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in the New York Times reporting that the Securities and Exchange Commission is avoiding tough sanctions for large banks in securities fraud cases. Many…
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Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Des Moines Register editorial that criticized Senator Chuck Grassley for his threat never to allow confirmation again for any position of an Obama…

—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in The Hill on legal challenges to President Obama's recess appointments. Business groups claim the appointments are not valid because Congress was not…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Star Tribune article on a lawsuit brought by the Petters trustee against an accounting firm that worked for the Petters companies. Painter noted that accounting…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a New York Times article on conflicts of interest for a local official in Illinois who worked part time as a trustee for a municipal government and voted to award a…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on insider trading on government information. Painter pointed out the large amount of nonpublic information in the possession of…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in a Bloomberg News story about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General giving a videotaped interview to a financial adviser who is using it in…
—Professor Richard Painter was quoted in an article in Politico on whether comments made by the White House Press Secretary in an official briefing about a Mitt Romney campaign advertisement violated the Hatch Act…