Holly Doremus and Michael Kiparsky write for The Fresno Bee, May 16, 2016
Groundwater provides about one-third to half of the state’s water supply and an essential lifeline when rivers run low during drought. Groundwater mismanagement is distressingly common; with lack of regulation and heavy pumping, overuse has destroyed infrastructure and put farms, communities and ecosystems at risk.
Ethan Elkind co-writes for Capitol Weekly, May 16, 2016
Out of the 9.5 million acres in the stakeholder study area, the groups identified 470,000 acres of ideal, non-controversial land for solar PV development, or roughly 5 percent of the Valley study area. At a generic calculation of 1 megawatt of solar PV production from 5 acres of panels, that means the lands identified could provide 94,000 megawatts of renewable power.
Megan McCracken quoted in The Washington Post, May 13, 2016
“It’s very significant that the pharmaceutical industry is speaking with a unified, singular voice,” McCracken said. “Saying we don’t want our products used this way and actually taking steps to ensure that they aren’t.”
Christopher Hoofnagle quoted by Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2016
“Language like ‘buy now’ confuses the contexts of offline and online purchasing,” Hoofnagle said.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, May 10, 2016
Bill Gates’s Foundation Trust and his personal investment fund are locked in a brutal shareholder dispute in Switzerland over the sale of a controlling interest in the Swiss specialty chemicals maker Sika.
Franklin Zimring quoted in The Washington Post, May 4, 2016
“If you and I are selling drugs on the street, we’re both going to want the best corner, and if we have a conflict about who got there first, we’re not going to put it into arbitration,” Zimring said. “They put a tremendous number of cops in to destroy the public drug markets.”
Sonia Katyal writes for The New York Times, May 4, 2016
Brands and trade symbols are not just pictures. They implicate the very force of identity, which can form and recode itself according to the dynamic pull of public culture. But there are certain marks that remain disparaging by the communities that are targeted by them, and that is precisely why we need the force of law to limit its protection of them.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, May 3, 2016
Mr. Pulte’s interests are divided, as he has hedged his own stock holdings in the company and borrowed heavily against them, leaving one to wonder whether he is acting more in his own interests than the company’s.
Lauren Edelman quoted in The Guardian, May 2, 2016
“We really need more research on what works. All we really know about sexual harassment training is that it protects employers from liability. We don’t know whether it protects employees. We don’t know whether it reduces sexual harassment.”
Mark Gergen quoted in The Daily Californian, April 29, 2016
UC Berkeley law school professor Mark Gergen said punitive damages can easily be equal to the amount of liability the defendants will have to pay, essentially doubling the amount of payment.
“We’re talking about people who have suffered horrible injuries,” Gergen said. “(Punitive damages) are not likely to be covered by liability insurance.”