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ICYMI: Faculty Publications, Media Mentions, and Faculty & Staff Activities

Widely recognized for its intellectual diversity and originality, the faculty at Colorado Law encompasses an array of prominent legal scholars who are widely cited, both in academia and throughout the national media landscape. We invite you to catch up on the latest faculty publications and media mentions with this weekly roundup.

Faculty Publications 

Jonathan Skinner-Thompson, Air Permit Adjudications (SSRN.com, 78 U.C. L. J.). 

Blake Reid, Separation of Copyright Powers,49 Seattle Univ. L. Rev. Online 269, 16 Seattle J. Tech., Env’t & Innovation L. 374 (2026). 

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Nolwenn Buhler, Diane Tober, & Jennifer Hendricks, Genetics, Epigenetics, and Genomes in Collaborative Reproduction, in Exploring Reproduction: Anthropological Perspectives  (Maya Unnithan et al eds., 2026). 

Justin Deystone, Law & Political Economy, or Legal Theory & Capitalism?, LPE Project (May 14, 2026)(featuring Law and Contemporary Problems publications including Foreword Part 1 (with Jedediah Britton-Purdy), 88 Law and Contemporary Problems i (2025); Foreword Part 2 (with Jedediah Britton-Purdy), 88 Law & Contemp. Probs. i (2026); & Law as a Form of Life: On Capitalism and Critical Theory, 88 Law & Contemp. Probs. 137 (2026)). 

Media Mentions 

[Mark Squillace], Julia Jacobo, Water Supplies Along Colorado River Basin in Peril, Experts Say, ABC News (May 20, 2026). 

[Doug Spencer], Joedy McCreary, The Same Dark Money Groups Keep Turning Up in Redistricting Fights, Open Secrets.org (May 13, 2026). 

[Scott Skinner-Thompson], Karen Raforth, Outsources, KGNU News (May 11, 2026). 

[Ann Lipton], Paul Cobler, Companies Moving Their Legal Homes to Texas is Good PR, but don't Expect Many New Jobs, Texas Tribune (May 12, 2026). 

Craig Anderson, The Ben & Jerry's and Unilever Governance Fallout and Lessons for M&A Lawyers, Daily Journal (May 17, 2026)(reprints include Los Angeles Times). 

Adrienne Roberts, What a Court Filing Reveals About U-M's $20 Million OpenAI Bet, Detroit Free Press (May 17, 2026)(reprints include USA Today). 

Sean O'Kane, How Elon Musk Will Increase His Power Through the SpaceX IPO, TechCrunch (May 21, 2026). 

Becky Peterson, Musk Set to Keep Firm Control of SpaceX After It Goes Public, Wall Street Journal (May 22, 2026)(Register for your free WSJ account using your CU email by following the directions here). 

[Anne Castle, GWC], Ian James, A Dire 'Math Problem' on the Colorado River and Wholly Inaccurate Responses, LA Times (May 14, 2026). 

[Jonathon Booth], Seth Klamann, Nick Coltrain, & Sam Tabachnik, Gov. Jared Polis Reduces Tina Peters' Sentence, Says She Will be Released June 1, Denver Post (May 15, 2026). 

Faculty and Staff Activities 

GWC's Chris Winter, Doug Kenney, Anne Castle, & Daniel Anderson(speakers), GWC Conference on the Colorado River (upcoming, June 4-5, 2026). 

Harry Surden (speaker) Improving Reliability in Legal Artificial Intelligence, LLM X Law Conference: Trusting AI in High-Stakes Legal Domain  (upcoming, Cambridge, June 27, 2026). 

Ann Lipton, Business Law Prof Blog posts available here. 

Jeff Mahoney, Council of Institutional Investors (May 20, 2026), Shareholder Primacy (with Mike Levin, Apple podcasts link). 

Lakshman Guruswamy (presenter), The Demise of International Treaties: The Future of Sustainable Development & Environmental Governance, SRP Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators (Phoenix, May 15, 2026). 

Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns, & Money, blog posts available here. 

[Frederic Bloom], Five CU Faculty Join Ranks of President's Teaching Scholars, CU Connections (May 14, 2026).