Jennifer Urban, Brianna Schofield and Joe Karaganis study cited in The Washington Post, March 29, 2016
Karaganis, Urban and Schofield find that the vast majority of all sites still use humans to do this sort of processing. But among large social networks, search engines and file-hosts—in other words, the ones that get the most complaints—it’s increasingly common to rely on automated triage-and-escalation systems, similar to the ones used by third-party rights-enforcement organizations.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, March 29, 2016
There is no doubt that Valeant has taken a major hit. The crisis has crushed its previous business model of raising prices and making acquisitions. This has left it a company in transition. … but wherever it goes from here, one can’t ignore the business it already has—with billions of dollars in earnings.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, March 24, 2016
Starboard Value’s announcement that it has nominated a full slate of directors to replace the Yahoo board means one thing: The race is on to sell Yahoo.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, March 23, 2016
A Valeant director can be removed only by shareholders either acting at the annual meeting or by special resolution. And so Valeant is stuck, at least until its next annual meeting, which is likely to be in May.
Susan Gluss quoted in The Daily Californian, March 22, 2016
On March 16, members of Berkeley Law staff addressed a signed letter to the search committee in which they expressed their wish to have their “voices heard in the search for an interim and permanent dean.” The letter was signed by 75 members of Berkeley Law staff, though more staff members are continuing to add their signatures, Gluss said.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, March 22, 2016
The acquisition raises all sorts of issues about takeovers and the responsibility to look out for the company itself.
Eric Stover quoted in Yahoo! News, March 22, 2016
“Courts are backwards looking. They look at the facts and adjudicate individual responsibility. They’re not designed as social engineering institutions,” said Stover.
Talha Syed quoted in Contra Costa Times, March 22, 2016
“The sooner it’s out there for others to look at, the more the genie’s out of the bottle in terms of people opening it up and tinkering with it,” said UC Berkeley law school professor Talha Syed, an intellectual property expert. “It makes no sense from a competitive point of view to have the article circulating so that other firms can learn from it and can take advantage of it before you’re making money from it.”
Melissa Murray writes for The New York Times, Room for Debate, March 19, 2016
Term-limited justices might aspire to other political offices, or positions in business, and these post-term aspirations might shape their judicial decision-making on the court. For all its problems, life tenure was intended to insulate judges — and their decisions — from these pressures.
Melissa Murray writes for The New York Times, March 19, 2016
In a term-limited environment, justices might feel immediate pressure to identify and enact a distinct interpretative approach, stymieing the deliberative and organic growth that lengthier tenures could afford.