Professor Stanley Brand quoted in PolitiFact story

CARLISLE, Pa.—Professor Stanley Brand, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government at Penn State Dickinson Law, provided comments to PolitiFact on the consequences of the government’s premature announcement of suspects in criminal investigations, which can lead to compensable damages to those harmed.

You can read the article, titled “Trump's posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known,” by clicking here.

Professor Stanley M. Brand is the On-site Director of Dickinson Law’s Semester-in-Washington D.C. Program. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C. He is the former General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives and chief legal officer responsible for representing the House, its members, officers, and employees in connection with legal procedures and challenges to the conduct of their official activities; former Senior Counsel in Akin Gump’s litigation practice in Washington, D.C.; and Vice President, National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (the governing body of minor league baseball). He is a co-author, with Professor Lance Cole, of a casebook on Congressional Investigations. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C.