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Ford School’s Paula Lantz leads amicus brief that states 3,500 COVID-19 deaths prevented by Whitmer’s actions

Jun 25, 2020

A distinguished group of Michigan public health experts has filed in several courts an Amicus Curiae brief defending Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders. Represented by lawyers from Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP in New York City, the...

DC circuit appeals court rules in favor of CFPB legitimacy, as argued by Barr et al

Feb 1, 2018

This summer, Ford School Dean Michael Barr served as co-counsel on an amicus brief by leading financial regulation scholars in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The suit, brought by a NJ-based mortgage lender that had been fined...

Barr files amicus brief for financial regulation scholars in Supreme Court case

Jul 5, 2017

Michael Barr joined noted DC appellate attorney Deepak Gupta as co-counsel on a June 27 amicus brief, submitted by financial regulation scholars and former government officials who have worked to prevent violent non-state actors from accessing the...