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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.”
Ethan Elkind writes for Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2016
In the case of the Gold Line, we’ve brought expensive train technology to a generally low-density area that could be more economically served by bus rapid transit or commuter buses running in the right-of-way.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2016
Mr. Zhu has criticized the common practice of using televised confessions, which are used “to humiliate human rights advocates, lawyers” and others as part of the current crackdown launched by President Xi Jinping. Dozens of televised confessions have recently been broadcast before court proceedings by persons detained for stirring up trouble, corruption and endangering state secrets.
Ethan Elkind interviewed by KPCC-FM, March 11, 2016
Agencies around the country have turned more and more to sales tax measures to fund projects as federal and state sources for transit construction have dried up. “It’s definitely not the best way to run the rodeo,” said Elkind. “The problem is there aren’t a lot of great sources of funding out there, so this self-help approach is really the best.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, March 10, 2016
The risks around the deal have increased. Energy Transfer’s stock has plummeted, and executives at the company are searching for a way out.
Paul Fogel quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), March 10, 2016
Paul D. Fogel, a partner at Reed Smith LLP, said archived videos will give him more source material to teach his “Appellate Advocacy” course at UC Berkeley School of Law. … “It’ll give me lots to choose from for teaching purposes, Fogel said. It’ll be a good civics lesson for high school students.”