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.
‘Mission accomplished’ for UN war crimes court?
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.
Google pounces on pawn shop to get its unreleased-edition of Google Glass back
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.”
Supreme Court term limits would create their own problems
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.
Could term limits ease fights over Supreme Court nominees?
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.
Apple v. FBI: Just one battle in the ‘Design Wars’
Deirdre Mulligan and Kenneth Bamberger write for Law.com, March 18, 2016
These wars will determine how American society weighs, layers and protects a range of important priorities, including privacy, national security, consumer security, free speech, intellectual property, and innovation.
Demonstrating that socially impactful investing can be profitable
Susan Mac Cormac interviewed by Daily Journal (registration required), March 16, 2016
“That’s my specialty,” Mac Cormac added of her urge to combine rigorous business procedures with loftier goals. “I view Imprint as an extension of philanthropy—the question is how to move a lot of money and still ensure there’s impact.”
The financial alchemy that’s choking SunEdison
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, March 15, 2016
If SunEdison enters into bankruptcy, the autopsy will no doubt reveal a suicide, finding the solar energy company done in by financial engineering that was too clever and by a failure of its executives and investment bankers to remember the lessons of the financial crisis.
CA’s June primary could be decisive in GOP presidential race
Bertrall Ross interviewed by ABC 7 News, March 15, 2016
“You’ll see the call to consolidate around one candidate and that likely will be Ted Cruz, which is a bit ironic because the establishment didn’t see Ted Cruz that favorably before this nomination fight,” said Bertrall Ross.
In human rights reporting, the perils of too much information
Keith Hiatt quoted in Columbia Journal Review, March 14, 2016
“I think journalists sometimes get really excited about these technologies, because when they observe something in a refugee context or a human rights crisis, they want to call attention to the issue,” says Hiatt. “In so many contexts that is exactly right, but in a conflict zone, calling attention to someone’s suffering may get them killed, as it can inadvertently give someone away.”