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.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Dec. 7, 2016
Certainly the question when a target is faced with a MAC is, why take the risk? Why engage in litigation where you are basically arguing about how bad the company is? In most cases this dynamic works toward settlement.
Andrew Bradt quoted by PharmaLive, Dec. 7, 2016
Andrew Bradt, a professor at University of California Berkeley School of Law, 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.
Steven Davidoff Solomon co-writes for The New York Times, Dec. 6, 2016
There is a potentially cleaner way of handling the conflict, though one that the president-elect would very likely eschew, and that is to sell the Trump Organization entirely. It isn’t as potentially difficult as it sounds, as the company is largely a hodgepodge of office buildings, condominiums, golf courses, a global brand-licensing business and even a winery.
Charles Weisselberg quoted by Daily Journal (registration required), Dec. 6, 2016
Charles Weisselberg … who argued to the high court on behalf of Macabeo, said a ruling for the government would have eroded privacy rights for millions of Californians. “Officers cannot simply search anyone stopped for any infraction,” Weisselberg said. “The state was arguing that probable cause for arrest justifies a full search.”
Ethan Elkind quoted by The Mercury News: SiliconBeat, Dec. 6, 2016
“As these technologies get cheaper and more distributed, people, especially large entities like big companies, can go out on their own and actually divorce themselves from the grid,” Elkind said. “That’s probably something we’re going to see more of in the future.”