Holly Doremus quoted by The Sacramento Bee, Dec. 12, 2016
“It remains to be seen the extent to which (California law) gets swept by the wayside,” said Holly Doremus, an expert on water law at UC Berkeley. “I think it will lead to litigation over these kinds of issues.”
Megan McCracken quoted by Associated Press, Dec. 11, 2016
Virginia added midazolam to its drug protocol in 2014 but has not yet used it. Megan McCracken … said Virginia would be the first state she knows of to use compounded midazolam to execute an inmate.
David Gamage writes for The San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 11, 2016
It can be quite easy for administrators at California’s public universities to breach agreements without suffering consequences, because public employees often face significant obstacles in enforcing employment contracts, whether or not that seems fair.
Pamela Samuelson writes for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 11, 2016
If faculty members, in particular, get smarter about copyright and publishing contracts, universities may be able to make their research more widely available. … Such dissemination serves universities’ teaching and research missions, and the interests of scholars who write to have an impact on their students, their fields of study, and the larger society.
Holly Doremus quoted by Los Angeles Times, Dec. 9, 2016
Supporters may say it doesn’t change the Endangered Species Act, but “I think that’s probably not exactly true when they’re this prescriptive. It probably is going to override” the act’s rules, said Holly Doremus. … Doremus said other parts of the new policy were contradictory and could spawn a barrage of lawsuits. “It is awfully messy. There will be a lot of litigation,” she predicted.
Jill Adams quoted by Vice.com, Dec. 9, 2016
Part of the mission for the SIA Legal Team, Adams explains, is “to work toward a future in which everyone has legal and actual access to self-directed and provider-directed options, when they’re choosing the setting, the method, the companion, and the timing of the abortion that’s right for them.”
David Carrillo cited by Northern California Record, Dec. 8, 2016
The FPPC has worked much of this year with experts, including University of California law students under the direction of UC-Berkeley’s David A. Carrillo, FPPC communications director Jay Wierenga said. … Carrillo is founder of UC-Berkeley School of Law’s California Constitution Center and is recognized as one of only a handful of scholars who study the California Constitution.
Michael Kiparsky quoted by Bohemian.com, Dec. 7, 2016
Up until last year, when the law went into effect, groundwater could generally be pumped with impunity. “It was in essence a race to the bottom,” says Michael Kiparsky, director of UC Berkeley School of Law’s Wheeler Water Institute.
Andrew Bradt quoted by The Globe and Mail, Dec. 7, 2016
Andrew Bradt … noted the U.S. Supreme Court has held punitive damages should be no more than 10 times compensatory damages. The $1.041-billion award was mainly punitive, with just $32-million in compensatory damages. Bradt said the final award could be even lower than $320-million, since the high court has also said punitive damages awards should be closely tied to plaintiffs’ injuries rather than as a broader deterrent.
Bruce Budner quoted by The Press Democrat, Dec. 7, 2016
“Lawyers are in a position to subtly — or not so subtly — exert undue influence over clients,” said Bruce Budner, who teaches ethics at UC Berkeley School of Law. “It’s very hard to establish when this has taken place. So it’s better to have a bright line that the bar can enforce and prosecute.”