Barry Krisberg quoted in The Washington Post, June 1, 2015
“The study looked at who was committing the violence, who was doing the shooting and when,” said Barry Krisberg. “And it came down to a small number of people. … Violence tends to be concentrated in certain social areas, and most of the people who engage in criminal violence engage people they know, or are related to, and it spreads from generation to generation.”
Stanley Lubman quoted in The New York Times, May 29, 2015
“The ideology is far thinner and holds the attention of the populace far less powerfully than before,” said Stanley Lubman. … “As a result, the Chinese Communist Party needs more institutional support than before, and may need even more. This helps to explain the attention that law has recently been receiving since Xi came to power.”
Jesse Choper quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, May 28, 2015
“Government restrictions have got to be reasonable,” added Professor Jesse Choper. … “They can restrict what (protesters) are carrying, whether it’s a garbage-can lid or weapons of mass destruction,” Choper said. “You can’t hold a peaceful antiwar march on the Bay Bridge in the middle of the afternoon, so I think the burden of proof will be on the city to show these are reasonable restrictions.”
Franklin Zimring quoted in San Jose Mercury News, May 26, 2015
UC Berkeley Professor Frank Zimring, who has written books about America’s crime rate, says ascertaining the root causes of crime is more complicated than many believe. He looked at declining crime rates in the 1990s, for instance, and determined that there was “practically nothing” that could be used to explain crime’s decline during that era. “I ended up calling it ‘criminological astrology,’” Zimring said.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, May 26, 2015
This would all be just another story of an entrenched chief executive who treats the company as his own playground were Gamco not an asset manager, which is a fiduciary to the ordinary people who give Gamco money to invest. Not only is it an asset manager, it is an active one, pressing companies to improve their corporate governance. In other words, Gamco appears to be a shareholder advocate for everyone but itself.
Franklin Zimring quoted in San Jose Mercury News, May 20, 2015
“It is precisely the sort of ironic set of incentives and disincentives that are created by the patchwork nature of medical coverage that we have,” Zimring said. “In the general society, the care that is provided is considerably less generous.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, May 19, 2015
While it may seem like the cure for short-termism, high-vote shares may instead do something else, giving power to a small group of shareholders with odd interests. And whether they exercise that power vengefully or selfishly is an unknown. C’ést la vie.
Russell Robinson quoted in Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2015
“There are a lot of parties involved in putting together a film,” Robinson said. “If they do bring a lawsuit, one of the challenges of plaintiffs in court would be showing who’s responsible for the hiring decision. The studios will do what’s minimally necessary to avoid government scrutiny.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, May 13, 2015
In deal-making, “winning” a proxy contest may not be the triumphant victory that one thinks it could be. For future shareholder activist battles, there are lessons in the way DuPont and Trian both won and lost.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, May 12, 2015
Placement agents have been maligned, banned and even imprisoned. And yet, pension funds continue to use them. Despite various scandals, however, a new study finds that the better agents in the business just might provide value.