Roxanna Altholz interviewed by The New York Times, Sept. 10, 2016
“It’s crazy,” said Roxanna Altholz, the associate director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, who represents the Henríquezes. “These individuals are the worst of the worst. They are drug lords and war criminals. Why should they be getting any benefits?”
Robert P. Bartlett III and Justin McCrary paper cited by Seeking Alpha, Sept. 8, 2016
Robert P. Bartlett III and Justin McCrary used data from the Securities Information Processors (SIPs) to look at reporting lags and the question whether fast traders can and do profitably exploit stale quotes. The proposition that they do pick off stale quotes is one of the theses of Michael Lewis’ 2014 book, Flash Boys.
Eric Biber quoted by KALW-FM, Sept. 6, 2016
“One of the concerns is that if people cut trees instead of letting the beetles kill the trees, in the long run that may actually interfere with the ability of these forests and these pine species to adapt to the future of climate change,” says U.C. Berkeley environmental law professor Eric Biber.
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Sept. 6, 2016
Here is a vote that will determine the course of Mr. Musk’s empire, yet we are in the dark about the deliberations of the shareholders casting their votes.
Franklin Zimring quoted by Los Angeles Times, Sept. 5, 2016
Although prosecutors generally do not file charges without enough evidence to prove them, other factors might come into play, Zimring said. “The prosecutor might take cases which have an enormous amount of publicity or an enormously attractive victim or an enormously vulnerable and important defendant.”
Robert Bartlett and Justin McCrary study cited by Barron’s, Sept. 3, 2016
The study, by Robert Bartlett and Justin McCrary, scoured 385 million stock trades and 6.2 billion price quotes for signs that high-tech scalawags routinely front-run the rest of us by exploiting faster access to stock quotes. Contrary to Lewis’ scare story, the pair found that slow or fast quotes made no difference in pricing 97% of the trades. And on the remaining trades, the pricing differences actually favored the slow trader.
Daniel Rubinfeld quoted by The Mercury News, Sept. 3, 2016
“I don’t see any of this as nefarious,” said former U.S. Department of Justice chief economist Daniel Rubinfeld…. “It’s changing times. Companies are battling each other on many more fronts than they used to.”
Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, Sept. 2, 2016
The lawyers have grabbed control of the merger between Tesla Motors and SolarCity. They are blanketing the deal with legal process to try to smooth over the conflict of interest stemming from Elon Musk’s ownership interest in both companies. But will it be enough?
Ethan Elkind hosts KALW-FM, August 29, 2016
“This November, Californians will decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. Polls show support for the measure hovering around 55%. If Prop 64 passes, how will it impact us in California? … Will more people start using? Will we have more impaired drivers on the road? Will passage of Prop 64 put the illegal pot trade out of business in California, or will it expand alongside the new marketplace?”
Ian Haney López quoted by The Chicago Reporter, August 29, 2016
Dog whistle politics is not the introduction of race into American politics. It’s been there for 250 years. Rather, it’s a recasting of race in American politics in the form of coded language.