Ted Mermin writes for Balkinization, October 17, 2014
Public health and government have what supermarket tabloids refer to as a “complicated relationship.” One of the reasons for the complexity is that government has a habit of governing idealized persons, while the people being governed have an equally strong tendency to behave in ways that are not ideal.
Ian Haney López writes for Moyers and Company, October 17, 2014
It seems that those spreading panic about Ebola, ISIS and the southern border hope that their new rhetoric will reinvigorate an old tactic: racial dog whistling. It has never been bigotry amid politicians that drives this, so much as the cold calculation that stimulating racial panic can win votes.
Steven Davidoff Solomon, Thomas Krishnan and CNV Krishnan study quoted in JD Journal, October 16, 2014
“Top plaintiffs’ law firms do engage in more vigorous litigation and produce statistically significantly superior results,” the study said. “Adjusting for … selection bias, we still find that topmost 5 law firms file more documents, have fewer cases dismissed, win more procedural motions and obtain more substantive settlements.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, October 16, 2014
By issuing out stock, Facebook is paying billions more than it needed to. Had it paid cash, Facebook would have frozen the amount paid and saved its shareholders money.
Richard Rothstein report cited in The Washington Post, October 15, 2014
The most thorough account yet of these deep roots to Ferguson’s unrest comes from Richard Rothstein, who details in a new paper … the devastating complicity of public policy in segregating communities, alienating blacks, and reinforcing in whites the idea that blacks make inferior neighbors.
Richard Rothstein writes for Economic Policy Institute, October 15, 2014
No doubt, private prejudice and suburbanites’ desire for homogenous affluent environments contributed to segregation in St. Louis and other metropolitan areas. … But a more powerful cause of metropolitan segregation in St. Louis and nationwide has been the explicit intents of federal, state, and local governments to create racially segregated metropolises.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, October 14, 2014
Shareholder activism can be a positive force and certainly companies should listen to case. … But as companies run in fear to reorganize themselves, one has to wonder if fear alone is a good way to run corporate America.
Aaron Edlin and Rebecca Haw report cited in Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2014
“The Sherman Act’s greatest accomplishment has been to make cartels per se illegal and relatively scarce, unless the cartel is managed by a professional licensing board,” wrote UC Berkeley law professor Aaron Edlin and Vanderbilt University law professor Rebecca Haw.
Mary Ann Mason quoted in The Daily Californian, October 12, 2014
“Nationally, it’s a disaster,” she said. “Very few institutions have a policy in place for protecting pregnant students.”
John Yoo interviewed on WSJ Live, October 13, 2014
“If he wants to ruin the last two years of his presidency, I couldn’t think of a better way to do it, which is to bring the worst terrorist leaders … and house them in the United States somewhere. … If they come into the United States, they’re going to have the same rights as the … everyday criminals in the United States, but everyday American citizens, too.”