Steven Weissman quoted in PV-Tech, April 10, 2012
“Overall incentives are being reduced,” said Weissman. “I think about a patient in intensive care with tubes, wires, everything is hooked up and the doctor comes in and says I think the patient is doing better, let’s yank them all out! That’s not what they’re going to do, they’re going to pull one plug, ramp down one medicine and see what the impacts are.”
Aarti Kohli report cited in The News, April 6, 2012
A new report points out that large numbers of US citizens are also getting caught in the dragnet. A study released by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at UC Berkeley School of Law found evidence of wrongful arrests, detentions and strong indications of racial profiling.
Franklin Zimring cited in The Sydney Morning Herald, April 5, 2012
Professor Zimring concludes that the police, by inhibiting street crime, inhibited crime generally. They took away a milieu. This had the greatest impact on the greatest source of crimes—criminals coming out of prison—who found their old comfort zones were gone.
Susan Schechter quoted in:
–ABA Center for Pro Bono Exchange, Part I, April 4, 2012
The students determine what they want to work on, who they want to partner with and what they want their individual pro bono experience to look like. The more ownership the students have the more they commit to and invest in the outcome of their work.
–ABA Center for Pro Bono Exchange, Part II, April 6, 2012
You have a three year window to work with them, train them and help them find their path. They are eager, hungry and really intelligent. Being able to be a part of their journey, particularly as it relates to providing assistance to those most in need, is really incredible, it is really a gift and an honor.
Mary Ann Mason cited in Inside Higher Ed, April 4, 2012
A study conducted by Mary Ann Mason of the University of California at Berkeley documented that of the 61 members of the Association of American Universities (the top elite research institutions), only 23 percent guaranteed a minimum of six weeks paid leave for postdocs and only 13 percent promised the same to graduate students.
Jason Schultz interviewed on NPR, All Things Considered, April 4, 2012
“Once you start entering into the patent wars, I think it can, in fact, overwhelm your company—even a company like Yahoo.”
Latest round of Yahoo layoffs the most severe
Jason Schultz interviewed on NPR, All Things Considered, April 4, 2012
“Once you start entering into the patent wars, I think it can, in fact, overwhelm your company—even a company like Yahoo.”
Jennifer Granholm writes for POLITICO, April 3, 2012
A person without insurance is arguably a disproportionately oversized player in the marketplace of health care, most likely having more impact on commerce — uncompensated care, debt, bankruptcies, collections, cost shifting — than the person with an insurance policy.
Pamela Samuelson quoted in The Deal Magazine, March 30, 2012
“As enthusiastic as I am about copyright reform, I am not so naïve as to think that there is any realistic chance that a copyright reform effort will be undertaken in the next decade by the Copyright Office, the U.S. Congress, or any other organized group,” wrote Pamela Samuelson, a professor at University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law and a pioneer in digital-copyright law.
Matt Chayt collaborates on report cited in FierceHealthcare, March 30, 2012
Safety-net providers aren’t prepared for the legal and regulatory barriers that come with accountable care organizations, rating their level of readiness as 4.23 on a scale from 1 to 9 (the most ready), according to a survey by the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health and Berkeley Law released this month. Twenty-six providers in Alameda and Orange counties reported challenges with protecting tax-exempt status of participating organizations as a key legal barrier.
John Yoo writes for The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2012
Winning a Senate majority could give Republicans the leverage to moderate Obama’s Supreme Court nominees in a second term. But it cannot override a presidential veto, one sure to greet any bills repealing ObamaCare.