Jonathan Simon quoted in Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2013
Jonathan Simon, a law professor at UC Berkeley, said the Supreme Court could lighten the pressure by giving the state more time to meet the population cap. He noted the high court backed the limit only narrowly, in a 5-4 vote. “Will Justice Kennedy look at the progress … and say good enough?” Simon said, referring to the judge usually considered the court’s swing vote. “Quite possibly.”
Jayni Hein and Michael Kiparsky’s CLEE report cited in Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2013
“Hydraulic fracturing presents risks to our environment and human health, and must be properly regulated and controlled. This report identifies several areas where the state’s knowledge base and existing regulatory scheme are deficient,” the authors wrote.
Jayni Hein quoted in EnergyWire, April 11, 2013(registration required)
Study co-author Jayni Foley Hein said the research was prompted by increased attention on the prospect of large-scale hydraulic fracturing in California’s much-hyped Monterey Shale. “We’re witnessing this potentially alarming increase in fracking in the state,” said Hein, executive director of Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment. “Given these projections, how should the state be forward-looking to regulate fracking?”
Jason Schultz interviewed by National Public Radio, Morning Edition, April 11, 2013
Jason Schultz, a law professor … said that the ruling may kill off the used-book and record stores of the digital age. “There is a lot of value both economic and social that we get from having secondary markets,” he told me.
Stephen Sugarman quoted in The New York Times, April 11, 2013
“When these health care professionals are on the job, there is no immunity and they of course can be sued for malpractice,” said Stephen Sugarman…. “Suppose the woman was in fine health and in the facility dining room and was clearly choking?” he said. “Would it be O.K. for the staff just to ignore her even if they knew how to do the Heimlich? I don’t think so.”
Holly Doremus quoted in American Public Media, Marketplace, April 11, 2013
“The idea is that the people who were using the water first, they get the first call on the water that there is,” explains Holly Doremus, an environmental law professor at UC Berkeley.
Joan Hollinger quoted in Family In Law, April 11, 2013
“I am most concerned about the disruptive consequences for women and children involved in private adoptive placements if the Court were to uphold the South Carolina ruling. I’ve already put in a pitch for expeditious child-centered resolutions of contested cases and more open adoptions that would not eviscerate children’s ties to their original families.”
Kenneth Bamberger quoted in jWeekly, April 11, 2013
Bamberger says he and supporters of the institute are looking ahead to collaborations with various academic departments at U.C. Berkeley and to forging relationships between U.C. Berkeley and Israeli universities. “We are at a crucial turning point,” said Bamberger. “At this moment our capacity is expanding considerably. There is a lot of appetite for Jewish learning.”
Christopher Kutz quoted in Daily Journal, April 10, 2013 (registration required)
Christopher Kutz, a legal ethics expert who teaches at UC Berkeley School of Law, said it’s not ideal for state Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves. But it’s better than the alternative, he said. “The alternative is justices voting in cases in which they have a financial interest.”
David Sklansky quoted in San Jose Mercury News, April 8, 2013
“Why should Bel Air residents vote for higher taxes to pay for policing throughout Los Angeles, when they can—and do—hire private patrols for their own neighborhood?” wrote David A. Sklansky, a professor at UC Berkeley Law School in Private Police and Democracy. “Private policing easily can become part of the “secession of the successful.”