Ian Haney López interviewed for The Washington Post, Nov. 10, 2015
“The university president fails to understand the circumstances the students are contending with and essentially dismisses them or, until his resignation, his obligation to listen to them and address them because the students did not ask nicely, they were not dressed in their Sunday best.”
Andrea Roth quoted in The Guardian, Nov. 9, 2015
“It is the type of creative sentence that in one sense seems a great reform move because it allows people to serve time while keeping their jobs, thus promoting re-entry and life stability,” said Andrea Roth. … “One would hope, however, that all defendants, and not just sheriff’s deputies, would get the benefit of such creative sentencing practices.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon quoted in The Recorder (registration required), Nov. 6, 2015
“He is giving plaintiffs the benefit of the doubt in almost every circumstance,” Solomon said.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2015
Walgreens is required to make certain dispositions, but we don’t know what they are. This is arguably material information, and the failure to publicly disclose it seems to me to be skirting the line on the securities law requirements.
James Dempsey quoted in Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 2015
“The Holy Grail of TV advertising has been to figure out who’s watching and match it with their behavior,” said James Dempsey. … “This seems to do that.”
Bruce Budner quoted in The Recorder (registration required), Nov. 4, 2015
Large firm conflict systems usually involve inputting “a pretty robust set of information” to make sure firms don’t “unwittingly take on conflicting representations,” Budner added. “But there’s no perfect system for detecting every conflict.”
Taeku Lee quoted in The New York Times, Nov. 4, 2015
“Today’s Asian Americans are not only liberal on the expected issues like health care reform, immigration reform, and educational reform, but they also seem to espouse liberal views across a wide range of unexpected issue areas like environmental politics, affirmative action, and the like.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Nov. 4, 2015
The same shareholders who repeatedly assert that they care about corporate governance and are for a shareholder voice do not seem to care about that voice at the initial offering stage. Perhaps this says a lot about how much shareholders value their vote, and it may be very little.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Nov. 3, 2015
The S.E.C. will now require that when a company is acquired by or acquires another company, there must be a separate vote for each corporate governance change put in place by the deal.
Mary Ann Mason cited in Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 30, 2015
Mary Ann Mason of the University of California at Berkeley has written extensively about the trials faced by postdoctoral (and professorial) mothers. She notes that women pay a baby penalty. Men don’t. In fact, they often get a baby boost.