Andrew Bradt quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), Oct. 6, 2015
“It’s not unusual for a potential defendant to be reaching out to potential plaintiffs, either to offer some alternative remedy or recall a product or replace it,” Bradt said.
Ethan Eklind quoted in Los Angeles Times, Oct. 5, 2015
“There’s definitely room for improvement in Los Angeles,” said Ethan Elkind. … “Putting in the infrastructure is just part of the job. Development favorable to transit use has not happened in that many instances. They need to make sure that new growth is focused around transit systems.”
Ethan Elkind quoted in San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Oct. 5, 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. … “Those stations along the Green Line did not score well because you will not have a lot of development when the station is in the middle of a freeway.”
Holly Doremus quoted in The Desert Sun, Oct. 5, 2015
“We have a surprisingly bad handle on how much water actually is used, by whom, at what point, and for what,” said Holly Doremus. … “There are surely unlawful diversions going on.”
Megan McCracken quoted on CNN.com, Oct. 2, 2015
“We see yet again that Oklahoma simply cannot get it right. Less than an hour before the execution the Oklahoma Department of Corrections realizes that it is not prepared to carry out Mr. Glossip’s execution in compliance with its own protocol and the law,” said McCracken.
Jennifer Moreno quoted in U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 1, 2015
“Certainly it raises a lot of the same questions raised by the Lockett execution, which is whether this department is competent to carry out its own procedures,” said Jen Moreno. … “Minutes before the execution is supposed to start, that’s when they realize they don’t have the right drugs?”
Jennifer Moreno quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 1, 2015
Oklahoma’s protocols called for potassium chloride to be used in the scheduled execution of death row inmate Richard Glossip, but the state received potassium acetate instead. … “It’s never been used, and actually doctors and pharmacologists we’re talking to aren’t super familiar with it,” Moreno said. “It’s not a very common drug it seems.”
Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted in The Daily Californian, Sept. 3, 2015
“Incredibly important policy positions are often not filled,” O’Connell said. “I’m worried about the functioning of modern government, which relies heavily on administrative agencies to do its work.”
Megan McCracken cited on FoxNews.com, September 30, 2015
The judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order against the state, but the execution could still go forward Thursday evening if the order is vacated after the hearing, said Megan McCracken … an expert on challenges to lethal injections.
Claudia Polsky quoted in Law360, September 29, 2015
“The proposed regulations are incremental rather than radical, and aim to fix by scalpel what the Legislature has sometimes attempted to do by ax,” she said. “They strike a careful balance between preserving genuinely public-spirited private Prop 65 suits, and reducing the ability of the private bar to use the law as an ATM.”