The Sacramento Bee, June 16, 2009 by Bobby Caina Calvan
http://www.sacbee.com/business/story/1952806.html
Jacob Hacker, a Berkeley law professor, envisions “modest” payroll taxes, perhaps about 5 percent to 6 percent, to pay for an insurance fund if a company does not directly provide health insurance.
The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2009 by Mark Whitehouse
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124509802628416217.html#printMode
With both the U.S. and the U.K. still digging their way out of recession, it’s too early to say exactly what choices they’ll make…. It includes cutting investment in infrastructure such as new hospitals, increasing retirement ages, rationing medical services, accepting long-term boosts in tax rates—and, on a smaller scale, figuring out how much the government should spend on matters of national pride such as the Olympics. “Are people going to be happy? No, but they have unrealistic expectations,” says Alan Auerbach, a professor and expert on fiscal policy.
Associated Press, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/americas/2009/06/18/212780/American-to.htm
American lawyer James Pooley was chosen Tuesday to lead the World Intellectual Property Agency’s patent division…. The position is one of the most important within the agency, which generates most of its income from patent registration fees and is the only U.N. body to run a profit. Pooley is an adjunct law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and an intellectual-property lawyer at Morrison and Foerster in Palo Alto.
Business Week, June 14, 2009 by Jane Sasseen
http://www.businessweek.com/print/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2009/db20090614_627879.htm
“The Administration has put forth several principles for executive compensation that should be followed, but people have understood these principles for a long time,” says Jesse Fried, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and co-author of Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation. “It can’t hurt to have the Treasury Secretary repeat them, though mere repetition is not that helpful. Unless the balance of power between shareholders and executives shifts, I don’t see any change coming.”
The New York Times, June 13, 2009 by John Schwartz
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/us/politics/14yoo.html?_r=2&scp=7&sq=Berkeley&st=nyt
Mr. Yoo, now a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, did not respond to an e-mail message seeking comment, but in a column he wrote about the suit last year in The Wall Street Journal, he said, “The legal system should not be used as a bludgeon against individuals targeted by political activists to impose policy preferences they have failed to implement via the ballot box.”
The Oakland Tribune, June 13, 2009 by Paul T. Rosynsky
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_12584866
“It seems to me the judge’s comments will be relevant in carrying out that assessment but they will not be by themselves dispositive,” said David Sklansky, a professor of law at UC Berkeley. “Whether a statement by a judge will weigh particularly heavier with potential jurors will be something that will be open to debate by the lawyers on both sides.”
Computer World, June 11, 2009 by Michael Fitzgerald
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=D14C9B49-1A64-6A71-CEBB8DE087527FB6
People also ask for photos or videos to be removed from social networking sites, says Deirdre Mulligan…. Individuals and communities have balked at the way Google Maps’ Street View exposes location information. Meanwhile, a 2008 Harris Interactive poll found that 60 percent of Americans were uneasy about having Web content customized for them based on their usage patterns.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 11, 2009 by Aisha Sultan
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/998EF1A4F78B6B55862575D200026198?OpenDocument
“Under U.S. law, permission is needed before an image or likeness is used in an advertisement,” said Chris Hoofnagle…. It would be a simple case here: “You approach the company and say, ‘Where is my money?'” he said.
Los Angeles Times, June 11, 2009 by Laurel Fletcher and Eric Stover
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-fletcher11-2009jun11,0,3628694.story
As the U.S. prepares to close Guantanamo, it also needs to plan for post-release services to help detainees reintegrate into their communities. U.S.-supported programs should provide former detainees with job training and psychological support and help them secure stable employment. Such programs are very much in our interest. By helping to re-anchor released detainees in their communities, we will reduce the risk of terrorist attacks against the United States.
Charlie Rose, June 10, 2009 by Charlie Rose
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10376
“What he’s proposed is actually a fairly modest change from the current policy. He would cut back on tax benefits for people with incomes over $250,000, that’s a start. He would raise money through the cap-and-trade proposal for energy, that is a second step. Of course we’ve been discussing the fact that congress is probably not going to pass them. Those two things together are really just a modest first step. They don’t represent even a small fraction of the adjustment to the tax system that we would need to make a serious effort at bringing our fiscal policy back into line.”