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Noah Hall  testimony at the Congressional hearing on bottled water on was recently featured in The Detroit Free Press and Earth News.


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December 18, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Andy Vuong in The Denver Post in an article titled "It's second round for Nacchio" on Dec. 18, 2007.


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December 18, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Richard Read in The Oregonian in an article titled "Ex-Schnitzer exec settles bribe case" on Dec. 14, 2007.


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December 18, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was a guest on The Dennis Prager Show, discussing his book "Co-ed Combat," on Dec. 10, 2007.


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December 14, 2007
Frank Wu  wrote an article in The Detroit Free Press titled "Integrating U.S., Chinese views can build bridges" on Dec. 13, 2007.


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December 14, 2007
Noah Hall  was quoted by Jim Lynch in The Detroit News in an article titled "Lansing moves to protect Lakes" on Dec. 6, 2007.


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December 10, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Paul Egan in The Detroit News in an article titled "Feds drop last case against prosecutor" on Dec. 8, 2007.


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December 10, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Karen Gullo on Bloomberg.com in an article titled "Brocade Ex-Manager Jensen Convicted in Options Trial" on Dec. 5, 2007.


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December 10, 2007
Dana Roach Thompson  was quoted by Howard Jones in The Michigan Chronicle in an article titled "Small Businesses want Big Business to Open Up" on Nov. 15, 2007.


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December 10, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was interviewed on the subject of his book Co-ed Combat on Viewpoint with Jean Dean (WRVC - Huntington, WV, 11/13/07); Traders Nation Live (Traders Nation Network, 11/15/07); Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn (Genesis Communication Network, 11/16/07); The Paul Edwards Program (WLQV - Detroit, 11/21/07).



November 30, 2007
Lance Gable  was quoted by ABC News writer Scott Michels in a story titled "Woman Sues Ex-Fiance's Parents for Allegedly Hiding Their Son's HIV" on Nov. 27, 2007.


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November 30, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was interviewed on macleans.ca regarding the subject of his book "Co-ed Combat" on Nov. 8, 2007.


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November 29, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Romina Maurino in globeandmail.com in an article titled "Court report suggests five-year term for Black" on Nov. 28, 2007.


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November 29, 2007
Noah Hall  was quoted in an AP story and in articles written by environmental reporters for numerous newspapers throughout the Great Lakes region regarding a suggested compact to preserve the quality and quantity of water in the Great Lakes. A report co-authored by Hall and recent Wayne Law grad Bret Stuntz, '07, and published by the National Wildlife Federation, urges federal and state governments to get more serious about barring water diversions and preserving water quality. "The Great Lakes are facing the one-two punch of global warming and water diversion," Hall points out.


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November 28, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Ramon Bracamontes in the El Paso Times in a story titled "FBI names new boss in El Paso" on Nov. 16, 2007.


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November 19, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Mary Flood in the Houston Chronicle in a story titled "Prosecutors oppose new trial for Skilling" on Nov. 14, 2007.


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November 19, 2007
Stephen Calkins  will be featured on Detroit Today on NPR (WDET) on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the Small Business Clinic.



November 19, 2007
Dana Roach Thompson  was quoted in an article written by Howard Jones in the most recent edition of the Michigan Chronicle in an article titled "Small Businesses want Big Business to Open Up."



November 19, 2007
Frank Wu  offered commentary on the issue of Asians being left out of the recent Pew Poll on racial attitudes on NPR Nov. 14, 2007.


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November 19, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was interviewed on the subject of his book Co-ed Combat on The Rude Awakening with Bulldog (WOCM - Ocean City, MD, 11/07/07); The Morning Show (WPHM - Detroit, MI, 11/08/07); The Brad Davis Show (Talk of Connecticut - Hartford, CT, 11/08/07); The Jan Mickelson Show (WHO - Des Moines, IA, 11/08/07); Public Affairs (KPTK - Seattle, WA, 11/08/07); and The Steve Fast Show (WJBC - Bloomington, IN, 11/12/07).



November 13, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was interviewed on the subject of his book Co-ed Combat on What Is Goin' On (WLYU - Vidalia, GA, 10/30/07); The Big Show with Michael Patrick Shiels (Michigan Talk Radio Network, 11/01/07) (second appearance); The Morning Show (KYMO - Prairie, MO, 11/02/07); Turning the Tide with Maggie Pascal (WCBM - Baltimore, MD, 11/02/07); Live with Alvin Augustus Jones (WCBQ - Raleigh, NC, 11/05/07); Drive Time with Roy Brassfield (WKCT - Nashville, TN, 11/05/07); The Frankie Boyer Show (Lifestyle Radio Ntwk - Boston, MA, 11/05/07); Tron in the Morning (KCMN - Colorado Springs, CO, 11/06/07).



November 9, 2007
Peter Henning  was recently quoted in a story by Detroit News writer Paul Egan in a story titled "Federal jury acquits terror prosecutor," on Nov. 1, 2007. .


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November 2, 2007
Peter Henning  was recently quoted in a story by Detroit News writer David Shepardson in a story titled "Criminal probe into Delphi ends," on Oct. 31, 2007.


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November 2, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was interviewed by Newsweek on the subject of his book Co-ed Combat, October 24, 2007.


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October 29, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was interviewed on the subject of his book Co-ed Combat on The Kathryn Zox Show (VoiceAmerica Webcast - Albany, NY, 10/25/2007), The Norm Jones Show (WTCM-AM - Traverse City, MI, 10/26/2007), and The Big Show with Michael Shiels (Michigan Talk Radio Network, 10/29/07).



October 29, 2007
Noah Hall  was quoted by Chicago Tribune writer Tim Jones in a story titled "Great Lakes key front in water wars - Western, Southern states covet Midwest resource" on Oct. 28, 2007.


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October 29, 2007
Dana Roach Thompson  was quoted by Cornelius A. Fortune in the Michigan Chronicle in an article titled "Minority Contractors Hit Brick Wall" dated Oct. 10-16, 2007.



October 24, 2007
Stephen Calkins  was quoted by Cecile Kohrs Lindell on the TheDeal.com in an article titled "FTC faces Whole Foods case deadline" on Oct. 22, 2007.


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October 23, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was the featured guest on Veterans Radio (broadcast from the studios of WDEO AM, Ann Arbor, Michigan) on the subject of his book Co-ed Combat, Sept. 29, 2007.


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October 16, 2007
Stephen Calkins  Bloomberg radio included comments by Professor Calkins on a lawsuit against Apple and AT&T in its newscast on Thursday,



October 16, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by the Los Angeles Times from Bloomberg News in an article titled "Beazer Homes to Restate Earnings Amid U.S. Probes; Internal Investigation Finds It Broke Loan Rules For Low-income Buyers" on Oct. 12, 2007.


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October 16, 2007
Noah Hall  was quoted by Dan Egan in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an article titled "A water query from out West: Hopeful's interest in Great Lakes renews call for compact," on Oct. 5, 2007.


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October 12, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Karen Gullo on Bloomberg.com in an article titled "Brocade Legal Bills Outpace Profits in Options Cases (Update 3)," on Oct. 10, 2007.


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October 12, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Paul Davies and Chad Bray in the Wall Street Journal in an article titled "KPMG Trial, Pared in Scope, Nears After Stormy Prologue," on Oct. 12, 2007.


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October 12, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Paul Egan in the Detroit News in an article titled "Terrorism prosecutor now is defendant," on Oct. 8, 2007.


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October 8, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted in the Metrotimes in an article titled "Ferguson's Conflictions" on Oct. 6, 2007.


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October 8, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Von Thomas Fromm, Katja Wilke and Und Jennifer Lachman in the Financial Times Deutschland in an October 2007 article titled "Siemens zahlt 201 Mio. Euro Strafe."


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October 8, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Ramon Bracamontes in the El Paso Times in an article titled "More assets likely seized in ongoing FBI inquiry" on Sept. 30, 2007.


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October 8, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Jason Trahan in The Dallas Morning News in an article titled "More Moving Holy Land testimony gives way to dull data" on Sept. 24, 2007.


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October 8, 2007
Stephen Calkins  was quoted by Cecile Kohrs Lindell on the TheDeal.com in an article titled "Fed, state dispute energy merger" on Oct. 1, 2007.


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October 4, 2007
Robert Sedler  Distinguished Professor Robert Sedler was quoted in The Detroit Free Press in an article by Robin Erb titled "Reid to leave WSU in spring" on Sept. 27, 2007.


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September 28, 2007
Peter Hammer  was quoted by Liane Kufchock on Bloomberg.com in a post titled "Yahoo Asks Court to Dismiss Chinese Dissident's Torture Case," on Aug. 28, 2007.


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September 25, 2007
Stephen Calkins  was on Channel 4's 11 p.m. newscast on Sept. 17, 2007, commenting on a pending "do not fax" lawsuit.



September 18, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted in an article by Sue Reisinger in Corporate Counsel Magazine's October 2007 issue in an article titled "Doctor's Orders.


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September 18, 2007
Michael McIntyre  was quoted in a Wall Street Journal Online blog post by Amir Efrati titled "Tax Profs: Bill Belichick Can Deduct His $500,000 Fine" on Sept. 17, 2007.


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September 18, 2007
Robert Sedler  was quoted in a story by David Ashenfelter and Joe Swickard in the Detroit Free Press titled "Having few Detroiters on a jury is not that unusual" on Sept. 12, 2007.


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September 13, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Kristen Hays in the Houston Chronicle in a story titled "Enron's Skilling asks court to throw out all his convictions" on Sept. 8, 2007.


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September 12, 2007
Noah Hall  was recently quoted by Dan Egan in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a story titled "BP backpedals on increasing lake pollution: Oil company far from biggest threat to water on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007.


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August 28, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted by Pamela A. MacLean in an article titled "Lawyers 'Fly Blind' on Options Penalties" on www.law.com on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007.


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August 24, 2007
Kingsley Browne   was quoted in the current issue of Psychology Today in an article by Alan S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa called "Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature" on the subject of sexual harassment.


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August 22, 2007
Lance Gable  was quoted by Joe Snapper in The Saginaw News in a story titled "Plaintiff Wins Suit, $1.8 M" on Aug. 4, 2007.


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August 22, 2007
Stephen Calkins  was a guest on the Minnesota Public Radio program, "Midmorning," on Aug. 21, 2007.


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August 21, 2007
John Mogk  wrote an article, "Aftermath eclipses Detroit's riots," that was featured in the July 25, 2007 edition of The Detroit News (detnews.com).


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August 21, 2007
John Mogk  wrote an article, "City must take action to prevent blight," that was featured in the Aug. 12, 2007 edition of the Detroit Free Press (freep.com).


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August 21, 2007
Peter Henning  was recently quoted in the Houston Chronicle regarding the decision of the Solicitor General's office to file a friend of the court brief in the Supreme Court case that will be heard in October about the scope of liability under the federal securities laws.


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August 17, 2007
Frank Wu  was highlighted in the Detroit Legal News on Monday, July 30, 2007.


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August 2, 2007
Stephen Calkins  a former General Counsel to the Federal Trade Commission,
shared thoughts about the Commission's challenge to the Whole Foods/Wild
Oats proposed merger on NPR's Morning Edition.


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July 31, 2007
Dana Roach Thompson  was mentioned in the Michigan Chronicle as having established an expanded transactional clinic called the Small Business Enterprises and Nonprofit Corporations Clinic to offer free legal service to small businesses.


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July 31, 2007
Peter Henning  was quoted in the Financial Executive magazine.
The article concerns shareholder derivative lawsuits over stock option backdating.


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July 30, 2007
Stephen Calkins  was quoted on msnbc.com regarding Whole Foods's proposed merger.


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July 26, 2007
Michael McIntyre  was quoted in the New York Times on the use of the flawed transfer-pricing rules by the pharmaceutical companies to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.


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July 26, 2007
John Mogk  In an op-ed piece, Professor Mogk contends that it wasn't the 1967 riot that caused the destruction of Detroit neighborhoods so much as what occurred thereafter. He cites a number of factors, including a lengthy teachers strike in 1973, ill-conceived federal neighborhood rebuilding policies that led to abuses, and neighborhood opposition to building auto plants that would help stimulate the city's economy, among others.


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July 26, 2007
Robert Sedler  was quoted in the Detroit Free Press and on msnbc.com regarding the City of Plymouth and its decision to reverse the ordinance that bans anyone from running for office who has not been a taxpaying property owner in the city for at least two years.


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July 26, 2007
Robert Sedler  spoke about the importance of the states in the American constitutional systems and about some significant features of the Michigan Constitution of 1963. A picture of the event is available at


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July 26, 2007
Robert Sedler  In an AP report on the Sixth Circuit decision in the surveillance case, Professor Robert Sedler gave the opinion that since the Bush administration has stopped warrantless surveillance, it is unlikely that the case will go any further.


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July 26, 2007