Franklin Zimring quoted in Times-Standard, May 24, 2012
Part of the problem, Zimring said, is the victim-offender distinction is blurred in this case because it was a single-vehicle accident…. “You could just as easily charge the driver with attempted suicide,” Zimring said. “If there’s malice here, there’s also malice unto himself.”
Jennifer Moreno quoted in The Associated Press, May 24, 2012
Jen Moreno … said the ruling sets precedent for all states within the 9th Circuit and that the non-complying states would likely be forced to change their policies if they were challenged in federal court. Moreno said the process of inserting the IVs is the most crucial part of lethal injection because, if it is done incorrectly, the rest of the execution can go awry.
Eric Talley and Robert Bartlett quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, May 23, 2012
“If I can demonstrate that something was false, I don’t have to also demonstrate that they should have known it was false,” said Eric Talley.
But by one reading of that rule, investment banks could share analysts’ guidance with clients before the date of the IPO, UC Berkeley assistant law professor Robert Bartlett said. Given these issues, it may turn out that Morgan Stanley and Facebook violated the spirit but not the letter of securities rules, Bartlett said.
Robert MacCoun quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, May 23, 2012
Some states may legalize marijuana soon, perhaps as early as this November, says Robert MacCoun…. That means it is time to consider shifting the debate from legalization to consideration of how it should be done. “For example, if we tax and regulate, should we tax by weight or should we tax by THC content to discourage the most potent products?” he asks.
Steven Weissman report cited in Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2012
More than bragging rights are at stake: California’s solar industry has created 26,000 jobs, or 1 in 4 solar jobs nationwide, according to a recent study by the UC Berkeley law school.
Kenneth Bamberger quoted in RG-Box News, May 23, 2012
“The work of Hanno Müller in Steinbach and of Helma Kilian in Gambach is critical in the fulfillment of the promise: that the lesson of the Holocaust must never be forgotten and that we never go back to the path of such brutality and hatred.”
Barry Krisberg quoted on WVEC-TV, May 22, 2012
Krisberg says there are better options like probation or electronic bracelets and that expensive jail cells should be saved for more violent offenders. “We want them punished, but we want them punished in a smart way.”
Nancy Lemon cited in The Recorder, May 22, 2012
Legal ethics experts say that the conversation between Manning, who is accused of killing her husband after what she says were years of domestic abuse, and Lemon, a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law who specializes in domestic abuse, should never have been recorded at all, let alone used as evidence in a trial.
Jesse Choper quoted in The Salinas Californian, May 21, 2012
“If this city event is singling out religion and/or religious teaching for favorable treatment, then I think there would be a strong argument to be made that what they are doing is unconstitutional,” Choper said.
Russell Robinson quoted in The Daily Beast, May 21, 2012
That’s why this case is “potentially groundbreaking,” said Berkeley professor and entertainment lawyer Russell Robinson. “Courts have consistently rejected customer-preference arguments. But because of issues of creative freedom, the entertainment industry operates untethered to the rules of antidiscrimination law,” he said.