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(Toronto, Aug. 2, 2011) Two University of Toronto Faculty of Law professors argue that academics who ‘lend’ their names, and receive substantial credit as guest authors of medical and scientific articles ghostwritten by industry writers, should be charged with professional and academic misconduct and fraud, even if the articles contain factually correct information.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel was a member of a panel on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin that discussed "Five Questions About 9/11" (Sept. 9, 2011) to mark of the 10th anniversary of the attack.

Watch the video on the TVO website.

Prof. Mohammade Fadel has written a commentary in Foreign Policy magazine's The Middle East Channel arguing that Egypt's reformers should focus on economic issues first ("Why Egyptian progressives should be chanting 'economy first'", July 18, 2011).

Read the full article on the Foreign Policy website.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Ed Morgan looks at the legal issues involved in the attempt by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas to have the United Nations declare his country a state. He suggests it could have some unexpected results ("The surprise factor of Palestinian sovereignty," September 21, 2011).

Read the full commentary.