Pamela Samuelson cited by Daily Journal (registration required), March 28, 2018
Pamela Samuelson … said that the biggest implication of the ruling is that it will now be more difficult for companies that want to use parts or all of another firm’s APIs to do so in independent written code without infringing copyright.
Daniel Farber quoted by E&E News, March 28, 2018
“State court is going to be open to the idea of doing something that’s kind of unprecedented,” Farber said. “It’s going to be hard to get the [U.S.] Supreme Court to be activist on the climate change issue.”
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, March 27, 2018
In case after case, the court has said that police officers cannot be held liable for the use of excessive force because they did not engage in behavior that “every” reasonable officer would believe to be unconstitutional. All of this contributes to the problem of police violence. So much needs to be done so the list of victims does not continue to grow.
Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, March 27, 2018
The United States Senate should reject the nomination of Gina Haspel to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency because her of role in running an illegal “black site prison” in Thailand where torture occurred and for participating in the destruction of documents about it.
Pamela Samuelson quoted by The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2018
The decision will have a “broad chilling effect” on software development for startups, said Pamela Samuelson. … She expects a flood of new lawsuits over the unauthorized use of APIs, as well as raft of cease-and-desist letters from big tech firms seeking licensing fees to use their APIs.
Melissa Murray quoted by Jezebel, March 26, 2018
“I think it’s patently absurd for New York’s human rights commission to be focusing on The Wing when we’ve had, over the last six months, numerous complaints about workplaces being absolutely hostile to women in terms of pervasive and endemic sexual harassment,” she said.
Ethan Elkind quoted by Fox 2 KTVU, March 26, 2018
“It’s really tragic. We should be providing homes for students. They have a heavy burden in terms of the tuition that they’re paying,” said Elkind.
Steven Davidoff Solomon co-writes for Washington Examiner, March 25, 2018
Emails uncovered during the litigation point to a coordinated action led by organizers of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, working alongside Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the worldwide anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
Franklin Zimring quoted by The Daily Californian, March 23, 2018
According to Zimring, recent statistics provided by the U.S. government were off by nearly 50 percent when compared to the research done by him and his colleagues. He indicated that this may have to do with the supposed lobbying influence of the National Rifle Association, or NRA, and other gun rights activists.
Daniel Farber quoted by E&E, Climatewire, March 21, 2018
Most or all of the major oil corporations have now acknowledged the reality of climate change and the need for government action (though who knows how serious they are about that),” he said. “So it would be hard for them to take a contrary view in this litigation. Getting them to say the same thing in court will be kind of a victory for the plaintiffs even if nothing else goes their way.”