Wayne Law Professors in the News
- March 31, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning commented in the Detroit News in a Daniel Howes' column about President Obama's restructuring plan for GM and the auto industry.
View Article - March 27, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning was featured in the Detroit Free Press in an article about how disciplinary action against two staff attorneys was handled by the Wayne County prosecutor includes a comment by law professor Peter Henning.
View Article - March 26, 2009
- Professor of Law John Mogk was quoted in Time in a story about Detroit's economic decline and its road to renewal. Mogk originally made the comment in a piece that appeared in the Detroit Free Press.
View Article - March 23, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning was featured in an interview on NPR's Weekend Edition on March 22, 2009.
View Article - March 19, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning commented on Bloomberg.com in a story titled "Friehling, Madoff Accountant, Charged by U.S. in Ponzi Scheme" on March 19, 2009.
View Article - March 18, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning was featured on the "Today Show" on NBC on March 18, 2009, in a report regarding how, less than a week after being sent to prison to await sentencing in June for a huge Ponzi scheme, Bernie Madoff is asking to be released.
View Article - March 16, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning did a phone interview on March 12, 2009, with KCRW-FM (NPR station serving southern California) regarding the Bernard Madoff swindle trial.
View Article - March 13, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning commented in a story in the Guardian (UK) on March 13, 2009, about Bernard Madoff's willingness to plead guilty to all 11 charges against him. Madoff was convicted of what may be the largest financial fraud in history. "I think he's protecting his family. Any plea deal would definitely have required him to implicate others," Henning said.
View Article - March 12, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning commented in Business Week on March 12, 2009, in a story about sentencing guidelines for Bernard Madoff, perpetrator of what may be the largest financial fraud in history. Under Bureau of Prison guidelines, Madoff is likely to end up in a medium-security prison.
View Article - March 10, 2009
- Associate Professor of Law Linda Beale provided her expertise in an opinion piece about President Barack Obama's tax plan in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader on March 10, 2009. Beale prefers Reagan's base-broadening approach. "It eliminated loopholes, lowered rates and removed the preferential rate on capital gains. That was the right solution."
View Article - March 10, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning commented in a story in the Detroit Free Press on March 10, 2009, titled "Kilpatrick demands $100M from SkyTel." Henning questioned the validity of any damages the former mayor may have suffered. "Given the circumstances of this case, I have my doubts that SkyTel is going to pay him a lot of money," Henning said.
View Article - March 9, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning was featured in Reuters on March 9, 2009, in article about an expected guilty plea for Madoff in federal court. The article ran in newspapers internationally.
View Article - March 8, 2009
- Distinguished Professor of Law Robert Sedler was quoted in a Crain's Detroit Business article titled "Cobo plan relies on veto's validty." This article discusses Mayor Cockrel's veto over the Detroit City Council's decision against the transfer of Cobo's operations to a regional authority and the likelihood of both parties ending up in court.
View Article - March 6, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning was quoted in a story about the trial of alleged swindler Bernard Madoff in the Washington Post and on Reuters India online. He commented on a technical aspect of the federal indictment in the case.
View Article - March 6, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning was featured in a CNBC.com story on March 6, 2009, regarding accused swindler Bernard Madoff and his first public step to a guilty plea on criminal charges of running a $50 billion investment fraud over many years.
View Article - March 5, 2009
- Associate Professor of Law Linda Beale offered her expertise in a story in the Houston Chronicle on March 5, 2009, titled "The right is unduly exercised about Obama's tax plan."
View Article - March 3, 2009
- Distinguished Professor of Law Robert Sedler commented in a story in the Detroit News on March 3, 2009, titled "Mayor vows Cobo veto:Threat to undo council vote may end up in court."
View Article - March 3, 2009
- Professor of Law Peter Henning was quoted in the AM Law Daily in an article regarding the lessons learned from the billion-dollar scandal emerging around Stanford Financial Group. "You should always have your own lawyer," said Henning in response to former chief investment officer Laura Pendergest-Holt's mistake of testifying without a personal lawyer present. She was charged with lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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