Faculty News

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…

Professor Daniel Schwarcz was quoted in Forbes saying home insurers will likely stop writing policies in wildfire-prone states like California. Schwarcz told Forbes, "From the insurers'…

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in UK Yahoo Finance about how Donald Trump reports his assets makes it difficult to determine their value. "We have no idea what's going on," said Painter, on the…

Professor Jill Hasday appeared on KSTP-TV.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was interviewed in the New York Times about the United States' hopes to repatriate a family of 10 from camps in Syria. A Kurdish-led militia that is battling the Islamic…

Professor Emeritus Bert Kritzer was quoted on CBS News and the Associated Press about a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who is facing potential impeachment by Republican colleagues about alleged comments she…

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Clement Nyaletoss Voulue were quoted in an article in The Bahrat Express News about the convictions of Venezuelan activists ahead of elections. The two UN experts…

Professor Paul Vaaler was interviewed by the Star Tribune about the SEC's recent ruling that some 3M employees bribed Chinese government officials in an attempt to secure contracts. Professor Paul…

At a hearing held on August 23, the Chair of the US Sentencing Commission quoted Professor JaneAnne Murray’s letter to the Commission on the issue of making certain criminal history amendments retroactive.  …

Professor Daniel Schwarcz was quoted in the Washington Post about home insurers cutting natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow. Schwarcz told the Washington Post, “The fact that…