Jill Adams interviewed for WFYI, Oct. 7, 2015
“This will have the compound effects of exacerbating poverty, increasing surveillance of all pregnant people, and ensnaring in the criminal justice system those suffering from unintended pregnancy loss–all of which will disproportionately harm immigrants, people of color, and low-income communities.”
Ethan Elkind interviewed on KQED-FM, Oct. 9, 2015
“If you look at what the bill does contain, it actually gets us most of the way to that 50 percent petroleum reduction. It does it by encouraging more electric vehicle usage through a pretty aggressive set of targets and goals that would enable utilities in particular to help develop charging infrastructures—so that more people can buy and drive electric vehicles and charge them outside of the home.”
Alan Auerbach cited in The Daily Californian, Oct. 8, 2015
Alan Auerbach … said the study didn’t account for the potential shift of soda purchases from Berkeley to Oakland in response to the tax.
Megan McCracken quoted in The New York Times, Oct. 8, 2015
“Even if the transactions between states do not comply with law, there is no recourse for death-sentenced prisoners,” said Megan McCracken. … “Over the years, we have seen states obtain drugs for execution in ways that clearly do not comply with legal and regulatory frameworks.”
Ethan Elkind cited in Dispatch Times, Oct. 7, 2015
Pulling down Southern California’s overall grade was the Green Line stretching along the 105 Freeway from Norwalk to Redondo Beach, said Ethan Elkind.
Stanley Lubman writes for The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 7, 2015
One prominent example is the oxymoron of “harmonious demolition,” which refers to removal by local governments of houses targeted for sale to developers. When local governments decide to expropriate land occupied by residents, they must obtain their agreement, but the result is often far from harmonious.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, October 7, 2015
Call it the hostile “nudge.” Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $104 billion offer to acquire SABMiller is all about trying to nudge SABMiller into accepting the deal without Anheuser-Busch InBev having to go into full-fledged hostile bid mode.
Ethan Elkind quoted in The Daily Californian, Oct. 7, 2015
Ethan Elkind — lead analyst for the report … described the Downtown Berkeley station as an example of a “good, successful area” because of the heavy foot traffic in and around the station and its proximity to amenities.
Christopher Kutz op-ed cited in Life of the Law, Oct. 6, 2015
Kutz took data from the U.S. Justice Department and crunched the numbers. He says police in the U.S. make about three times more stops than officers in Spain, France, or England. And yet, the United States has almost double the number of fatal car crashes, meaning the roads in the U.S. aren’t any safer.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Oct. 6, 2015
Delaware’s courts have put the sometimes questionable roles of investment banks in merger deals firmly in their cross hairs. But are the courts going too far? The latest case is a lawsuit against Bank of America Merrill Lynch over Signet’s $1.4 billion buyout of the Zale Corporation.