The New York Times, September 9, 2011 by Gerry Shih
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/us/09bccampaign.html
Mr. Ekmen and his wife, Mary Ann Mason, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, attributed the dynamic among the candidates to ranked-choice voting. “They were kind to each other,” Ms. Mason said after the debate. “It’s very hard to figure out the differences if you didn’t know them before.”
Reuters, September 9, 2011 by Mary Slosson
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/09/us-gundlach-tcw-tradesecret-idUSTRE7885OJ20110909
“In the financial services industry, trade secrets relate to some underlying valuation model or algorithm,” said Eric Talley, director of the University of California Berkeley Center for Law, Business, and the Economy. “That’s sometimes quite difficult to prove. These are specifics that are often very confusing even to professional business people and accountants.”
The Daily Californian, September 7, 2011 by Anjuli Sastry
http://www.dailycal.org/2011/09/07/native-american-figure-remembered-at-campus-conference/
“It’s all thanks to California Indians for keeping Ishi’s memory alive for 100 years,” Biestman said. “There’s this institutional dilemma of science versus sanctity—in 2000, the question was ‘who owns the body?’ My question today is ‘who owns the culture?'”
-The Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2011 by John Yoo
http://www.aei.org/article/104085
Individual freedom emerged from the decade stronger than before. The government did not censor the media, sabotage political opposition or mobilize the economy. No dictatorship arose…. Meanwhile, new technologies and social networking have created an expanding space for political activity and organization unlike anything in our history.
-The New York Times, September 7, 2011 by Adam Liptak
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/us/sept-11-reckoning/civil.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=Berkeley&st=nyt
“If you look at it historically,” said Professor Yoo, “you might say, ‘I can’t believe we’re at war,’ when you see how much speech is going on. Civil liberties are far more protected than what we’ve seen in past wars.”
-National Law Journal, September 9, 2011 by Karen Sloan
http://bit.ly/qLqUOP
Yoo said that despite the concerns for civil liberties, political speech and organizing have proliferated. “I think civil liberties have grown in the last 10 years, primarily because the government has stayed out of the way,” he said.
-Legal Week, September 15, 2011 by Tony Mauro
http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/analysis/2108918/impact-affecting-legal-market
“I do not think that the rule of law suffered because of 9/11, though the phrase means different things to different people.” The University of California, Berkeley School of Law professor adds: “We were confronted by a wholly new kind of enemy and our legal system over time responded by adapting wartime principles to it.”
Neon Tommy, September 5, 2011 by Paresh Dave
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2011/09/gay-marriage-issue-returns-california-court
“This court customarily defers to state law,” said Jesse Choper, an expert on federal law at UC Berkeley. “That’s why the 9th Circuit in this case is getting an authoritative decision about whether the proponents of Prop 8 have standing [according to state laws.]”
Carbon Market North America, September 2, 2011 by Dan Farber
http://www.pointcarbon.com/polopoly_fs/1.1575731!CMNA20110902.pdf
Cap and trade may or may not be the ideal approach, but if we cannot afford to delay while we engage in a quixotic quest for the perfect method of reducing emissions.
Data Privacy Monitor, September 2, 2011 by Craig Hoffman
http://www.dataprivacymonitor.com/behavioral-advertising/focus-on-behavioral-advertising-part-2/
The revised business guide should make clear that businesses should honor consumers’ expressed privacy preferences, and that businesses should not use technical means of any kind to circumvent or otherwise make ineffective consumers’ actions taken to protect their privacy.
-The New York Times, September 2, 2011 by The Associated Press
http://bit.ly/n36ZrG
Defense attorney Charles Weisselberg, a University of California-Berkeley law professor, said he was disappointed the decision stopped short of setting his client free…. He also said Bowers is taking the news in stride, trying not to get overly upbeat after years of setbacks. “He’s been tested severely, and he’s handled it with calmness, dignity and good judgment,” Weisselberg said.
-San Francisco Chronicle, September 3, 2011 by Bob Egelko
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/02/BAHJ1KVLME.DTL
Bowers’ lawyers are concerned about the commission’s ability “to address the case fairly and impartially, given its track record,” Charles Weisselberg, a UC Berkeley law professor and an attorney for the inmate, said Friday. “But we’re very grateful that Mr. Bowers has another opportunity for release,” he added.
San Francisco Chronicle, September 2, 2011 by Joe Garofoli
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-09-02/news/30104442_1_government-contract-liberals-president-obama
UC Berkeley law Professor John Yoo, writing recently in a legal journal published by the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said the order “opens the door for retaliation against those not supporting the administration politically.”
The Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2011 by Stanley Lubman
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/09/01/with-proposed-law-change-china-is-threatening-to-legalize-repression/
A draft of the revised law, posted (in Chinese) Tuesday on the website of the National People’s Congress, confirms what many rights advocates had previously feared: That China plans to legalize the secret and illegal detentions that have previously been carried out in violation of existing law.