David Carrillo writes for the California Supreme Court Historical Society, Spring/Summer 2013
State judicial systems have not been studied to the same degree as the federal judicial system, and to date, there has been little sustained effort to study the California Constitution. Thus, when significant issues of state constitutional law arise, neither practitioners nor the courts have ready access to a comprehensive body of legal scholarship on California constitutional provisions.
Jennifer Urban and Samuelson Clinic brief cited in Groklaw, May 31, 2013
Amici’s shared interest in this case is in preserving the deliberate balance Congress and the courts have established for software copyright, including longstanding limits on copyrightability that enable innovation by fostering interoperability and competition.
Alan Auerbach writes for The New York Times, Room for Debate, May 30, 2013
Our corporate tax is showing its age…. The fundamental problem is our reliance on the concepts of residence, or where a company is located, and source, or where the company’s assets and production activities are located. These concepts may have worked reasonably well in the 1930s, but they do not hold up when confronting a multinational company with global operations.
Daniel Farber quoted in San Francisco Business Times, May 28, 2013
It’s always the same story when the EPA rolls out new regulations, says Dan Farber, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, law school. “Just fill in the blanks, and you can save yourself the trouble of reading newspaper accounts about any new EPA action,” Farber says, providing readers with a template under the headline “New EPA Regulations Spark Controversy.”
Paul Schwartz quoted in Bloomberg BNA, May 27, 2013 (registration required)
It is “interesting that privacy is going to be looked at under the rubric of e-commerce,” Paul Schwartz, University of California Berkeley School of Law professor and co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, told BNA…. The discussion about privacy will likely “become [ ] part of a larger e-commerce discussion” and thus will be a “much bigger discussion with different regulators,” he explained.
Allison Davenport interviewed by America’s Radio News Network, Mid-Day Edition, May 24, 2013
“It is a comprehensive bill that addresses all aspects of immigration policy in the country, including increased border enforcement; a path to legalization for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. today; and an expedited pass for legalization of agricultural workers and undocumented youth know as ‘Dreamers.'”
Andrew Guzman quoted in Men’s Health, May 24, 2013
“Eventually, in this century, a very large share of [glaciers and snowpack] will shrink to the point of no longer being of value as water-storage tools. For the first time in human history you have cut off that water supply, or at least dramatically diminished its value. More flooding in wet periods. More drought in dry periods. California’s going to have a water crisis by 2050.”
Barry Krisberg quoted in Daily Journal, May 23, 2013 (registration required)
“It opens up scrutiny to county facilities, which is badly needed,” said Barry Krisberg, senior fellow at UC Berkeley School of Law’s Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy. “I mean, essentially these are largely unregulated practices.”
Stephen Sugarman writes for RedefinED, May 23, 2013
I have written an article about tax credit school scholarship plans that will be published in the Journal of Law and Education… Put simply, funded by state tax credits, these plans enable low- and modest-income families to send their children to private schools in grades K-12.
Eric Talley writes for Daily Journal, May 22, 2013 (registration required)
While the market for new lawyers has certainly improved, the landscape awaiting them has changed in a number of important respects. The market is most promising for entering lawyers who have developed an appropriate skill set, and who are less in need of rudimentary training while on the job.