Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, January 27, 2015
DuPont is a 200-year-old company with a $65 billion market value and more than 58,000 employees. Trian is only its fifth-largest shareholder, according to Standard & Poor’s CapitalIQ. But just because a company is big does not necessarily mean that an activist will not strike.
Laurel Fletcher and Eric Stover write for San Francisco Chronicle, January 27, 2015
Justice requires more than shutting down Guantanamo. It means accepting responsibility for the torture and illegal acts that we, as a nation, committed against detainees held there and in secret CIA “black sites” around the world.
Jesse Choper quoted in Montgomery Advertiser, January 26, 2015
Jesse Choper, a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, agreed, saying that if Granade’s decision stood, and if a probate judge refused to grant a marriage license to a couple, “it seems to me they’re in violation of their oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution.”
Megan McCracken quoted by CNN, January 24, 2015
“What’s at issue here is the use of midazolam and whether it is at all appropriate for execution,” said McCracken. “There have only been three executions where the prisoner was not paralyzed after the administration of mid and all three went horribly awry, raising serious concerns about the drug and whether it allows humane execution.”
Jonathan Simon quoted in San Francisco Gate, January 24, 2015
“A society that places a value on public demonstrations, of which civil disobedience will be a part, should be cautious about going down that road” of requiring protesters to pay financial costs, Simon said. “Every demonstration will have very disruptive effects on business,” generally covered by insurance.
Barry Krisberg quoted in Voice of OC, January 23, 2015
“If we really want to prosecute gangs we should prosecute gangs with the criminal justice system or even more importantly invest in prevention or intervention.”
Ethan Elkind quoted on Phys.org, January 23, 2015
“Facilitating access to energy and market data—which can now be anonymized and aggregated without compromising customer privacy—can enable a host of more efficient and cleaner energy solutions, while also making it more economical for California to reach Gov. Brown’s climate change goals.”
Jill Adams and Jessica Arons write for Ms., January 22, 2015
It is because of the court’s quick retreat in McRae from its own precedent in Roe that the debate around abortion rights has lingered for so long, flaring up with every new federal and state limit and every lawsuit challenging them. In short, it is largely because of McRae that Roe is no longer a reality for so many women and, frankly, hasn’t been for years.
Peter Menell quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), January 21, 2015
“This decision creates a clear pathway for better information to enter the record in patent cases and for more sound claim construction decisions,” Menell said. “Many district judges have not taken expert testimony on the record, nor have they provided detailed explanations for why they construe a claim one way or another.”
Andrew Bradt interviewed by Bloomberg BNA, January 21, 2015
Given how the high court has treated MDLs “in the past, as a collection of individual cases consolidated for pretrial and not a complete consolidation like a class action, the result was inevitable,” he said.