Elisabeth Semel quoted in Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2014
Elisabeth Semel … said it was impossible to predict what the 9th Circuit might do. She said the Supreme Court has not directly addressed the issues raised by Carney. “The court has rejected delay as a viable 8th Amendment challenge in some cases, yes, but it hasn’t done so definitively.”
john a. powell quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, August 21, 2014
“There’s reason to be concerned about how fair of a trial you could get in Missouri,” powell said, citing McCulloch’s pro-police statements during the protests. A federal trial, he said, would draw jurors from a larger and more racially diverse area and would help to “restore public confidence.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, August 21, 2014
Family Dollar appears to view the world as dollar stores with only a few competitors, while Dollar General is trying to make it about convenience stores and the like. And while the success of the deal depends on that, for now Family Dollar sees too much risk.
Catherine Crump quoted in Ars Technica, August 20, 2014
“It’s too soon to tell what impact Tye’s disclosure will ultimately have on the government’s surveillance practices,” Catherine Crump … told Ars. “People are far more likely to heed his oblique warnings because of the groundwork done by other whistleblowers.”
john a. powell interviewed on Democracy Now, August 19, 2014
“I think we actually should have a real systematic look at policing in the United States. We should make police accountable to their community. We should actually bring some of the stuff we’re learning about implicit bias into the discourse, so we move beyond ‘Is it racism? Is it not?’ And we should actually have a real conversation about race and what it means in the 21st century.”
Barry Krisberg quoted in Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2014
Krisberg said stopping the early releases would require a fundamental change in California’s criminal justice system. Just “shifting the location of incarceration” from prisons to jails doesn’t change much, he said.
Bruce Budner quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), August 8, 2014
Bruce Budner, a professor at UC Berkeley School of Law who has experience suing law firms, said such complaints are very uncommon. “I haven’t heard of a class action against a law firm in this type of situation.”
David Carrillo quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), August 7, 2014
“The distinction is whether you take a more mechanical view of the judicial function, where the political consequences are irrelevant,” he said. “On the other side is a realistic concern about the broader impact that may flow from a decision.”
Carla Shapreau writes for The OREL Foundation, August 2014
Name by name, this diminutive yet chilling red-lined Nazi-era artifact [the AKM blacklist] was a prelude to evolving persecution in Austria for those in the musical world.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, August 13, 2014
The unsolicited offer by the Cutrale Group and the Safra Group for Chiquita Brands International highlights the problems that tax inversions can create for American companies themselves in their mad dash abroad.