December
In a Dec. 30 syndicated column about Crawford v. Marion Cty. Election Bd., a Supreme Court case about the validity of a law requiring IDs for voters, Tribune Media Services Cal Thomas referenced Professor Rick Hasen: "Hasen does not believe that the (lower court) decisions reflect a desire to aid one political party over another, but rather a philosophical divide on the question of whether protecting the integrity of the voting process from fraud is of equal or greater value than making sure as many eligible voters as possible take part in the process."
In a Dec. 30 AP story about a voter ID case before the Supreme Court, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "There's more than a little bit of irony in going to the Supreme Court and asking them to rise above partisan politics in election cases.”
A Dec. 30 Palm Beach Post roundup of the year’s notable phrases included a Professor Stan Goldman quote: "It may be as difficult to put a multimillionaire in prison as it is to put a camel through the eye of a needle.”
In a Dec. 28 New York Sun story about a non-profit group’s refusal to comply with a law requiring it to release the names of its donors, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "Everybody has to disclose unless they can claim they'd be subject to harassment.”
In a Dec. 26 Riverside Press-Enterprise story about a wrongly arrested man seeking damages against the city of Riverside, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "It's too bad it happened, but I don't think it's outside the realm of police procedure. From the public's perspective, they want the police to follow through and do their job."
In a Dec. 25 Washington Post story about a Supreme Court case over requiring voter IDs, Professor Rick Hasen was referenced: “’Voter ID laws have become the most politicized. It's in the nation's best interest for the court to resolve it.’"
In a Dec. 23 Bakersfield Californian story about a judge looking into defense attorneys’ conduct, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “I don't begrudge the judge for wanting to get to the heart of it.”
In a Dec. 22 Riverside Press-Enterprise story about a previously incarcerated woman who shook her baby to death, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “It's easy to say in hindsight that this woman needed more monitoring, more psychiatric help. Maybe she even belonged in jail longer for the first offense.”
In a Dec. 20 St. Petersburg Times story about New Jersey’s moratorium on the death penalty, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "Florida is so committed to the death penalty. I think that New Jersey may represent a trend, but not necessarily one that Florida's going to follow."
In a Dec. 18 LA Daily Journal story about a judge’s granting of class-action status in a lawsuit against the LAPD, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “Unquestionably, the court’s decision puts additional pressure on LAPD and the city to settle.”
In a Dec. 17 AP story about Britney Spears’ custody issues, Professor Charlotte Goldberg was quoted: "There is always the possibility of (holding Spears in) contempt of court. After a certain point, when it's repeated behavior, courts become skeptical about that kind of excuse."
In a Dec. 17 Time magazine story about the Fort Dix Conspiracy, Professor Alexandra Natapoff’s congressional testimony on snitching was quoted: "The government's use of criminal informants is largely secretive, unregulated and unaccountable. Informants breed fabrication."
In a Dec. 17 LA Daily Journal story about motions filed in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “All of these efforts are absolutely predictable, and thus far there’s no indication that the defense has the knockout punch.”
In a Dec. 16 San Jose Mercury News story about the ethics of using a false lab report to obtain a conviction, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "On its face, it is reckless. On its face, it is asking for trouble. It questions the credibility of both the prosecutor and the police."
In a Dec. 13 New York Times story about the oscillating viewpoints of a newly appointed Guantanamo tribunal judge, Associate Professor David Glazier was quoted: ''My reaction was, this is pretty amazing, that even the chief judge of the commissions has recognized the horrendous problems of the commission process.”
A Dec. 13 story in The Frontrunner about the conflicting viewpoints of the head judge in Guantanamo credited Associate Professor David Glazier with bringing the judge’s past opinions to light.
In a Dec. 12 LA Times story about an election over control of some of LA’s public schools, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "The Supreme Court has said that most of the time, elections need to be conducted with the one-person, one-vote rule, but there are certain kinds of elections that don't have to comply."
In a Dec. 11 CNN.com story about the re-trial of Phil Spector for murder, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted: “Jurors take this kind of evidence and run with it. If he’s done it before, they think, he’s obviously done it now.”
In a Dec. 11 LA Times story about the Supreme Court’s decision to allow judges more discretion in applying mandatory sentencing in crack cocaine sentences, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "The pendulum has swung back. We had a 30-year experiment trying to tie the hands of judges. In the end, I think the Supreme Court realized that trusting trial judges might not be so bad; we get fairer sentences." She was also quoted on the topic in the LA Daily Journal.
In a Dec. 9 Fresno Bee story about an eminent domain debate, retired Professor Gideon Kanner was quoted: “Public use doesn't mean public use; it means public interest.”
In a Dec. 8 New York Times story about a female member of Barry Bonds’ defense team, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “She's tough. She's disarming. She's a little person in stature but huge in the courtroom. I've watched her against a good lawyer. She ate him up alive. She has confidence because she is prepared. She doesn't play dirty.”
In a Dec. 8 Washington Post story about presidential candidate Ron Paul’s planned use of a blimp for advertising, Professor Rick Hasen was saying that he expects that the FEC will look into whether it is subject to campaign finance regulations.
In a Dec. 7 Sacramento Bee story about proposed changes to the way California presidential delegates are selected, Professor Rick Hasen was cited as saying that it is not clear whether the initiative would be valid in the 2008 presidential race if it passes the same day. He said it would "likely not be effective," but that his interpretation is based on the law stating that an initiative's results are valid one day after it is passed.
In a Dec. 7 Yahoo Sports story about Barry Bonds’ perjury trial, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "The last thing Barry Bonds wants is a trial.”
In a Dec. 5 Detroit News story about proposals to redistribute presidential primaries, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "There will certainly be continued efforts, especially if people get a sense the process doesn't work well in 2008. But I do believe it will be quite difficult on political grounds for any kind of election reform to get through."
On Dec. 4, Professor Stan Goldman appeared on The Today Show to discuss the decision not to file charges against a mother implicated in the MySpace suicide case. “This is still relatively new technology, and it takes a while for the law to catch up with technology,” he said.
On Dec. 3, VoteTrustUSA.com credited Professor Rick Hasen with making public the Eagleton Provisional Ballot Study on his blog.
On Dec. 2, a story in NewsRx.com referenced Associate Professor Lee Petherbridge’s Texas Law Review article, “The Federal Circuit and Patentability: An Empirical Assessment of the Law of Obviousness.”
November
In a Nov. 29 LA Weekly story about the sentencing of fames civil rights attorney Stephen Yagman on tax evasion charges, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “In the end, it became any man’s sentence. I don’t he was treated as the civil rights hero or the court villain.”
In a Nov. 28 Roanoke (VA) Times story about a juvenile charged with sexual assault, Professor Cyn Yamashiro was quoted in reference to studies refuting the effectiveness of incarcerating juvenile: "They found that prosecuting youth as adults in fact increases recidivism.”
On Nov. 28, a Connecticut Post story about challenges to elections referenced Professor Rick Hasen’s law review article, “Beyond the Margin of Litigation: Reforming US Election Administration to Avoid Electoral Meltdown.”
A Nov. 26 Stamford (CT) Advocate story about a police strategy to keep informants from testifying in court cited Professor Alexandra Natapoff’s congressional testimony: "The government's use of criminal informants is largely secretive, unregulated and unaccountable.”’
In a Nov. 24 Politico.com story about relaxed regulations on issue ads during campaigns, Professor Rick Hasen’s blog posting was quoted: “Yes, my friends, sham issue advocacy is coming back in a big way.” A Nov. 20 story in The Hill cited the same posting.
On Nov. 22, Professor Stan Goldman discussed genocide on the Thanksgiving Day broadcast of the Armenia Fund's Tenth International Telethon.
A Nov. 21 Associated Press story about the easing of restrictions on the financing of ads during an election season cited examples of hypothetical issues Professor Rick Hasen presented on his Election Law Blog: "Call Sen. Clinton and tell her to stop coddling illegal aliens and terrorists by supporting the NY driver's license plan" (Clinton had seemed open to considering the plan for New York, but has since rejected the idea). Call Mitt Romney and tell him more of our soldiers shouldn't die in an unnecessary war in Iraq."
In a Nov. 21 Forbes.com story previewing the possible problems with relaxed campaign advertising regulations, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "We're likely to see a lot more attack ads that are run anonymously.”
On Nov. 20, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted in a Santa Clarita Valley (CA) Signal story about election turnout.
A Nov. 18 blog posting on Concurring Opinions referenced the law review article “The Dirty Little Secrets about Pay-to-Stay” by Professor Laurie Levenson and Loyola student Mary Gordon.
In a Nov. 16 LA Times story about an investigation into Barry Bonds’s use of steroids, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "They need to show that he knew darn well that he was using steroids and not just some kind of exotic cream." She was quoted on the same topic in the Nov. 17 edition.
In a Nov. 16 OC Register story about corruption charges against OC Sheriff Mike Carona, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted.
In a Nov. 16 LA Times story about a disciplined OC judge, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “When you see a continuing course of behavior, at some point the commission will get fed up.”
In a Nov. 15 Baltimore Sun story about an analysis of a church’s finances for a civil lawsuit, Professor John Nockleby was quoted: "A multimillion-dollar award for emotional distress would not be warranted for this kind of thing. And the judge would almost certainly find ways and reasons for reducing it."
In a Nov. 15 LA Times story about informants testifying against O.J. Simpson in his kidnapping and armed robbery case, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "This could be a battle royale come trial because the prosecution's witnesses are so dirty. Even people who don't like O.J. might dislike the witnesses more."
In a Nov. 14 Roll Call story about the Millionaire’s Amendment to cap personal donations to a campaign, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted.
In a Nov. 13 LA Times story about nonprofit organizations’ use of campaign ads, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "It is fluid as to where the money is going. But there is every incentive to spend more this time….Just as the fear of a filibuster-proof Senate could be motivating corporations to spend more, the possibility of a filibuster-proof Senate could be tantalizing for unions."
On Nov. 13, the LA Times published Professor Yxta Maya Murray’s review of the book Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans and Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America.
On Nov. 13, the Justice newspaper referenced Associate Professor Cesare Romano’s participation in a roundtable of The International Judge: An Introduction to the Men and Women Who Decide the World's Cases at Brandeis University’s International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life.
In a Nov. 9 Riverside Press Enterprise story about a gang of 14 people charged in a multiple killing, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "It's a little bit of a stretch. It is an interesting application of the law. Just the sheer number of defendants is going to present some issues."
On Nov. 6, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted in a US News & World Report story about the fluctuating presidential primary schedule.
On Nov. 6, Professor Dan Schechter talked about corporate bankruptcy issues on KNX-1070 AM’s Money 101.
In a Nov. 5 Chicago Sun-Times story about the lengthy trial of a judge, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “Six months? That’s not even in the ballpark of exceptionally long trials.”
In a Nov. 6 LA Daily Journal story about Nicaraguan farm workers awarded $3.3 million for chemical exposure, Professor John Nockleby was quoted: “This will certainly encourage other people to pursue these claims.”
On Nov. 5, Professor Rick Hasen was referenced in George F. Will’s Newsweek column about the embattled presidential primary process.
On Nov. 5, Adjunct Professor Brian Walton was interviewed on KCRW’s Which Way, LA? about the Writers Guild of America strike.
In a Nov. 5 LA Daily Journal story about Merck’s agreement to settle Vioxx cases, Professor Georgene Vairo was quoted: “This is most likely a win for everybody.”
In a Nov. 4 LA Times story about a corruption probe of California Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "My guess is plenty is going on behind the scenes."
In the November issue of The National Jurist, Professor Theodore Seto was quoted extensively on his analysis of the US News & World Report law school rankings system.
In a Nov. 3 story in The New York Times about a California proposition to change the way the state’s electoral votes are counted, Professor Rick Hasen said: "It is an exceedingly difficult constitutional question. There are arguments on both sides, and it's not clear how the courts will resolve it. ... The bottom line is, this is not an easy question. For Democrats to say, of course this isn't constitutional, and for Republicans to say, of course this is constitutional, is just spin."
On Nov. 2, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted in a Sacramento Bee story about Democrats’ challenge to a proposal that would change how California’s electoral votes are counted.
In a Nov. 1 AP story about a 10-year-old accused of starting a portion of the Southern California wildfires, Clinical Professor Cyn Yamashiro was quoted: "They'd have to prove that at 10 years old he really appreciated what the risk of playing with matches would have been. It's difficult to prosecute him under that theory."
On Nov. 1, Professor Rick Hasen’s opinion of the Colbert candidacy was referenced in the LA Times.
On Nov. 1, Professor Stan Goldman was interviewed about a juvenile accused of arson on KFI-AM’s John & Ken Show.
October
On Oct. 31, Clinical Professor Cyn Yamashiro appeared on USC’s Annenberg TV to discuss a juvenile accused of starting one of the Southern California wildfires.
In an Oct. 30 edition of Slate’s “Explainer” column about right of publicity claims regarding celebrity likenesses, Professor Jay Dougherty was credited with providing expertise.
On Oct. 30, Professor Stan Goldman was interviewed about plea deals made by O.J. Simpson’s co-defendants on the KFI-AM’s John & Ken Show.
In an Oct. 30 Sacramento Bee story about extending term limits for California legislators, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted as saying that while the measure “may have been written to provide a specific rule for current members, it does not appear, on its face, to limit already termed out legislators” from returning to the Assembly.
On Oct. 28, Professors Katherine Pratt, Jennifer Kowal and Daniel Martin published The Virtual Tax Library: A Comparison of Five Electronic Tax Research Platforms.
On Oct. 25, Time magazine ran Professor Dan Lazaroff’s letter to the editor on the Supreme Court’s affect on Big Business: “David Von Drehle's article was provocative and interesting, but I believe it is erroneous to assert that "the court's ideology is playing a dwindling role in the lives of Americans." This observation ignores the significant role the Roberts Court has assumed in shaping federal antitrust, labor and securities law. Big Business may be benefiting from the court's rulings at the expense of consumers, workers and small investors. Decisions on pocketbook issues may not make headlines or create strong emotional reactions, but they may ultimately have a greater impact on the average American than the more high-profile cases to which Von Drehle referred. Thus, I must respectfully dissent.”
On Oct. 23, Professor Rick Hasen was referenced in a Slate “Explainer” column answering “Is Stephen Colbert Breaking the Law?”
In an Oct. 20 AP story about a delayed verdict in the case of a Muslim charity charged with funding terrorists, Professor Laurie Levenson said: "I think the reason they sealed the verdict, rather than substitute a new judge, is that if questions are raised regarding the verdict, the new judge won't be in a good position to answer them. Taking a verdict can be more than just reading it. Legal questions can arise, as well as the timing of future proceedings."
In an Oct. 19 New York Times story negotiations between the WGA and producers, Adjunct Professor Brian Walton was quoted: “You can’t make an agreement sitting across from each other in that huge room; you just can’t.”
In an Oct. 18 AP story about Hawaii-based soldiers facing Iraqi murder charges, Associate Professor David Glazier was quoted: "How do they know which civilian is the innocent worker or farmer and which one is the suicide bomber?"
On Oct. 16, the LA Daily Journal published Professor Stan Goldman’s op-ed, “Finding the Words.” In it, he wrote: “The idea and application of genocidal offenses is as old as history itself. Throughout the centuries, those of superior might have often attempted to rid themselves of the ‘other.’ These ‘others’ might be a different tribe or people of a different creed living in their midst or the entire people of a conquered city-state.”
In an Oct. 16 AP story about co-defendants testifying against O.J. Simpson, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “It's a defense lawyer's dream to cross-examine these witnesses. You can put someone up before a firing squad and the squad members can start shooting at each other." She was also quoted in an LA Times story: "O.J. is the big fish, and I think prosecutors are trying to line up everybody to point the finger at him."
On Oct. 16, Professor Laurie Levenson appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America to discuss the OJ case: “It doesn't really matter under the law whether O.J. Simpson himself held the gun. The key issue is, did he know that there was going to be force used, that there would be a gun there?”
On Oct. 16, Professor Theodore Seto was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition about the IRS’s denial of a sex change surgery as a medical procedure: "The IRS is arguing that gender-reassignment surgery is really no different, conceptually, from a tummy tuck or a Botox injection.”
On Oct. 16, Professor Dan Lazaroff was quoted in the LA Times about an antitrust lawsuit filed by the New York Rangers against the NHL.
On Oct. 15, The Bond Buyer reported that Adjunct Professor Dean Weiner received an award for distinguished service from the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
In an Oct. 14 AP story about a review of deaths at a juvenile boot camp, Professor Laurie Levenson said: "This is the very type of case you would expect the Justice Department to take a very close look at, just like the Rodney King case.”
In an Oct. 13 News-Virginian story about a prosecutor pursuing obscenity cases, Professor William Araiza said: "My sense, it would be incredibly difficult in Los Angeles, but in Virginia you might get a conviction.”
In an Oct. 13 Riverside Press-Enterprise story about the percentage of Riverside County defendants opting for trials over plea deals, Professor Laurie Levenson said that district attorneys "have enormous discretion about who to charge, what to charge, and whether to make a deal. The system is built on the ideal that not only is there discretion available, but that DAs will properly exercise it."
In an Oct. 11 San Jose Mercury News story about California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez sharing an LA home with a top fundraiser, Professor Rick Hasen said: "The potential for conflict of interest is going to be there, but I don't think you can necessarily tar a legislator with improper action simply because there is some connection between them, a spouse or a friend. The ethical question is whether there was ... some kind of sweetheart deal on the rent or a possible quid pro quo."
On Oct. 11, the Federal Civil Practice Bulletin announced that Professor Allan Ides posted his article, Bell Atlantic and the Principle of Substantive Sufficiency Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure, on the Social Science Research Network.
In an Oct. 10 LA Daily Journal story about a negligence claim dropped in a pesticide sterility case, Professor John Nockleby said dropped claims are “not at all uncommon.”
In an Oct. 10 LA Daily Journal profile of her move from heading the Disability Rights Legal Center to Washington, DC’s Office of Disability Rights, DRLC Director Eve Hill said: “The district has not had a coordinated approach to disability issues. People with disabilities can’t count on consistency.”
On Oct. 9 LA Times story about a prosecutor pursuing a small pornography producer, Professor Laurie Levenson said prosecutors are "(P)icking off the low-hanging fruit. What does this accomplish? That is the question. These cases take a lot of prosecutorial resources."
On Oct. 8, the First Amendment Center published Professor William Araiza’s opinion piece, “Morse v. Frederick: History, Policy and Temptation.” In it, he wrote: “The issues raised by Justice Thomas’ concurrence suggest that one should be wary of a justice’s use of history to reach conclusions consistent with his policy preferences. This is especially true when that historical examination purports to find in the common law absolutist answers rather than the nuanced, fact-intensive results characteristic of classic common-law adjudication. This is not to say that Justice Thomas’ method is a sham, or is applied in less than good faith. But the issues raised above suggest that a method as fraught with complexity as originalism should be approached with humility and a recognition of the temptation posed by black-and-white answers to difficult questions."
On Oct. 5 Tampa Tribune story about the Democratic National Committee’s refusal to let the Florida Democratic delegation participate in the national convention, Professor Rick Hasen said: "This does not actually exclude anyone from voting on the basis of race ... it's not as though they [the DNC] is trying to become a white-only party, as they [some political parties] have in the past in the South.”
In an Oct. 5 LA Times story about an investigation into an alleged policy officer competition over bookings, Professor Laurie Levenson said: “Officers can have all the wrong motives, but they’re still legal stops as long as there were objective facts to support reasonable suspicion or probably cause.”
On Oct. 4, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted in a New York Times story about Florida Senator Bill Nelson suing the Democratic National Committee for refusing to seat the state’s delegates at the party’s national convention.
On Oct. 4, DRLC Director Eve Hill was cited in an LA Times story about lawsuits targeting companies whose Web sites do not comply with ADA guidelines.
On Oct. 3, Professor Rick Hasen was referenced in an Indiana Lawyer story about a state voter ID law.
On Oct. 2, the LA Daily Journal published a photo of Dean David Burcham ’84 along with honorees Mark P. Robinson ’72, senior partner, Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, and Thomas Jerome Nolan. ’75, co-chair, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s West Coast litigation practice.
In an Oct. 1 Roll Call story about a Supreme Court case challenging Washington’s primary system, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: “This case is the latest in a series of cases the Supreme Court has heard where there’s a conflict between the way a state wants to run primaries and the way the parties want those nominations to be. In places like Washington and California, people are not as associated with parties and they want more choice. They want moderation.”
In an Oct. 1 story in the State Net Capitol Journal, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted as saying that the partisan over voter ID laws extends to the judiciary.
September
In an Oct. 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story on the increased likelihood that prosecutors will pursue the death penalty in cases involving a slain police officer, Professor Samuel Pillsbury was quoted: "Anytime a police officer is a victim absolutely everything on the law enforcement side gets ratcheted up. There are a great deal more resources put into the investigation. Lab work gets done right away. Officers are pulled off other cases. Interrogations are handled differently. It's an attack on the system itself, so everyone in the system, especially prosecutors, takes it seriously."
Professor Richard Hasen was frequently quoted in stories about the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a challenge to an Indiana voter ID law:
In an Oct. 1 BBC News story, Hasen was quoted: "It all comes down to how closely the court will scrutinize the evidence supporting the law - and it's an open question as to what the court's going to do.”
In a Sept. 28 editorial in the Fort Wayne, IN Journal Gazette, Hasen’s Washington Post op-ed was cited: “By hearing the Indiana case, the Supreme Court can help lower courts escape this divide by providing clear guidance on how to balance competing claims about voter fraud and disenfranchisement. The court can also use the case to reaffirm the importance of the right to vote.”
On Sept. 26, Hasen was quoted in a Washington Post story on the Supreme Court’s acceptance.
In a Sept. 26 story in USA Today, Hasen was quoted: “Voter ID laws have been mired in partisan politics, and the court can now clarify how to balance concerns over voter fraud with potential disenfranchisement of poor voters.”
In a Sept. 26 Indianapolis Star story, Hasen was quoted: “With the 2008 election around the corner, the fewer disputes we have over the rules, the better. We don't want to be in the situation of another razor-thin election with a big question mark over whose vote is going to be counted."
In a Sept. 25 Chicago Tribune story, Hasen was quoted: "When it comes to election administration in close partisan elections, knowing the rules of the game in advance works to everyone's benefit.”
In a Sept. 24 column in the New York Times, Hasen was quoted: “There has been a lot of talk about fraud but very little evidence.”
On Sept. 19, the Washington Post printed Hasen’s op-ed on the voter ID case. In it, he wrote: “At a private conference next Monday, the Supreme Court will consider whether to hear a challenge to Indiana’s new law requiring voters to show photographic identification at the polls. The court should take the case, both to correct a troubling partisan divide among lower-court judges over the constitutionality of such laws and to reject a pernicious opinion by federal Judge Richard A. Posner that belittles the right to vote.”
On Oct. 1, Associate Professor Kathleen Kim discussed the human trafficking movie Trade on KPFA-FM.
In a Sept. 30 Asian Journal story about Asian Americans supporting same-sex unions, Professor Bruce Chang was quoted: “Asian Americans have fought hard to achieve marriage equality that was denied to us on the basis of race.”
Professor Laurie Levenson was frequently quoted in stories about the Phil Spector murder trial:
In a Sept. 30 Copley News Service story, Levenson was quoted: The district attorney's "batting average is really low when it comes to the really big ones," referring to the Spector mistrial.
In a Sept. 27 Bloomberg News story, Levenson was quoted: "They will learn from the jurors, what worked and what didn't and they will retool their case accordingly," referring to the prosecution.
In a Sept. 22 AP story, Levenson was quoted: ``The jurors are not having a knee jerk response to these instructions. If the modified instructions were so coercive you would expect the jury to come back immediately and say, 'The judge wants us to convict. We will.'”
On Sept. 20, Levenson was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition. “In fact, there are a lot of other ways you can prove murder” besides the method described in a specific jury instruction, she said. “So by withdrawing that, [Judge Fidler] gives more opportunities for a conviction."
On Sept. 20, she was quoted in an LA Times story about the altering of jury instructions.
On Sept. 19, she was quoted in an LA Times story about the possibility of giving the Spector jury the authority to consider the lesser included charge of manslaughter.
On Sept. 28, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in a San Luis Obispo Tribune story about a sheriff accused of illegally bugging a subordinate. “There is some vagueness in the statute,” Levenson said.
Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in multiple stories about kidnapping and armed robbery charges against O.J. Simpson:
On Sept. 28, Professor Laurie Levenson’s op-ed on the Simpson case appeared in the LA Daily Journal.
On Sept. 19, Levenson discussed the Simpson case on KCRW’s Which Way, LA?
On Sept. 16, Levenson discussed the O.J. Simpson case on the CBS Evening News.
In a Sept. 19 Chicago Tribune story, Levenson was quoted: "This is a lot for him to fight, and this time he has no Dream Team to see him through this minefield," referring to the legal team that defended him during his murder.
In a Sept. 18 Baltimore Sun story, Levenson was quoted: "People somehow feel invested in O.J.'s life," she said. "Either you hope the system catches up with him, or it's 'run, O.J., run.'"
In a Sept. 17 USA Today story, Levenson was quoted about the Simpson case.
On Sept. 19, Professor Robert Benson was quoted in an LA Daily Journal story about a crusade to protect the Ballona wetlands in West LA.
In a Sept. 17 New York Sun story about a candidate for attorney general, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted.
Professor Stan Goldman was quoted in multiple stories about the ongoing kidnapping and armed robbery charges brought against O.J. Simpson:
On Sept. 27, Goldman discussed the Simpson case on ABC’s Good Morning America.
On Sept. 27, Goldman discussed the Simpson case on WSJS-FM in North Carolina.
On Sept. 16., Goldman discussed the Simpson case on MSNBC and the Fox News Channel.
On Sept. 15, Goldman discussed the Simpson case on KNBC radio in St. Louis.
Professor Stan Goldman was a frequent source of commentary on the Phil Spector murder trial:
On Oct. 1, he discussed the case on the Fox News Channel.
In a Sept. 26 New York Post story about the Spector mistrial, he was quoted: "No I’m not shocked by this. This has always been ripe for a hung trial. You had a good, strong circumstantial case by the DA and the defense put on a decent science case. You’d figure jurors would be persuaded by either side."
In a Sept. 27 Reuters story, he was quoted: "The defense had a certain amount of scientific evidence and there was some considerable doubt.”
On Sept. 20, Goldman was quoted in an AP story about the unorthodox way in which jury instructions were handled. "The judge gave the prosecution everything they wanted and some things they didn't even ask for," he said. "He has in some respect turned the defense team's case potentially against them. All of the defense experts said she fired the gun."
On Sept. 19, Goldman discussed the case on MSNBC.
On Sept. 17, Goldman appeared as a guest on MSNBC’s Live with Dan Abrams.
On Sept. 10, Goldman discussed the Spector jury deliberations on Court TV and Fox News Radio.
On Sept. 6, Goldman discussed the Spector trial on ABC.com.
In a Sept. 4 Copley News Service story, Goldman was quoted: “Anything that takes your mind off of Phil Spector is good for the defense, because to know, know, know him is to hate, hate, hate him,” paraphrasing lyrics to a song Spector produced.
On Sept. 1, Goldman was quoted in a Financial Times story on the impact of Spector’s celebrity factor on the trial.
In a Sept. 27 ABC News story about lurid pictures seized from singer Elton John, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "Generally, the provocative poses have to be extreme to get a prosecutor's attention.”
In a Sept. 26 New York Post story about the DUI arrest of actor Kiefer Sutherland, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted.
On Sept. 25, Professor Richard Hasen’s op-ed on a proposed change to the California electoral college voting process ran in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
In a Sept. 24 Wall Street Journal story about the job market for attorneys, Dean David Burcham was quoted as saying that for most students, Loyola “turned out to be a good investment."
On Sept. 24, Professor Ellen Aprill was quoted in the LA Times about the closing of an investigation of a Pasadena church on charges that a politically charged sermon violated its tax-exempt status. She also discussed the case on KCRW-FM’s Which Way, LA?
In a Sept. 22 story in the San Jose Mercury News about a settlement over a pipeline blast, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "What they're saying here is that it was more than just an accident, but some moral culpability and there should be a stigma on this company.”
On Sept. 22, Adjunct Professor Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein was quoted in an LA Times story about Yom Kippur.
In a Sept. 20 LA Times story about the indictment of a top class-action lawyer, Professor Laurie Levenson was called him "the one you want to have your picture taken with."
In a Sept. 20 San Jose Mercury News story about proposed changes to the primary system, Professor Richard Hasen was quoted: "That power to set the time for the general election should extend to the power to set the time for the nomination of candidates as well.”
On Sept. 20, Professor Gary Williams discussed the Jena Six case on USC Annenberg TV.
On Sept. 19, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in an OC Register story about molestation charges that may have never been investigated.
In a Sept. 14 LA Times story about the University of California Irvine’s swift about-face on hiring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted.
In a Sept. 12 AP story, she was quoted: "This is such a colossal blunder at the infant stages of this law school.”
In a Sept. 14 story in the Costa Mesa Pilot about the abrupt firing then re-hiring of Erwin Chemerinsky as dean of the forthcoming University of California Irvine Law School, Professor William Araiza was quoted: “I suspect it’ll be harder to attract top-flight faculty when you have this kind of egg on your face. I would ask myself what the working environment would be like with this happening.”
On Sept. 14, Professor Jay Dougherty was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about the proliferation of Baby Boomer bands.
On Sept. 11, Professor Richard Hasen was quoted in an PBS Online NewsHour story about fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu.
On Sept. 10, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in a City News Service story about a suspect who withdrew his guilty plea in connection with the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case.
In a Sept. 8 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story about an allegedly corrupt detective, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted: "They're always saying about criminal defendants, 'Where there's smoke, there's fire.' Why is it any less true for police officers?"
On Sept. 7, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in an LA Times story about using blogs to track down pedophiles.
On Sept. 4, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in a CNN story about how Phil Spector’s appearance could affect the outcome of his trial.
On Sept. 4, Professor Laurie Levenson was interviewed on KPCC-89.3 FM about the city of Los Angeles’ settlements for an alleged May Day police brutality incident.
In a Sept. 4 FirstAmendmentCenter.org story about campaign finance reform, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: “I think Senator McCain views the potential for corruption of government officials from large campaign contributions and spending as so great that it justifies some limits on the role of money in politics. He views such limits as consistent with his interpretation of the First Amendment.”
On Sept. 2, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in an LA Times story about Israeli charity accused of links to Hamas.
On Sept. 1, Professor Richard Hasen was quoted in an LA Times story about disgraced political donor Norman Hsu.
On Sept.1 , Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in Los Angeles magazine story about the fading media spotlight on the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case.
August
Professor Stan Goldman commented for several outlets on the Phil Spector trial:
In an August 28 LA Times story on the resignation of Spector attorney Bruce Cutler, Goldman said: "The word has been that he wasn't even participating in brainstorming sessions. So I can't imagine things being too much different without him. The question is: Could Cutler have stolen some of the prosecution's thunder by also raising emotional issues for the jury? And the second thing you may miss with him gone is how it will be interpreted by the jury."
In an August 16 LA Times story about the prosecution’s attempts to undermine an expert in the Spector trial, Goldman said: "If they see Jackson as basically attacking her integrity and the integrity of her husband, it could very well be dangerous.”
Goldman appeared on Court TV to discuss the Spector trial on August 1, July 20, July 12, the week of July 2 and May 31.
On July 21, Goldman discussed the Spector trial on the Mike Walker show on KABC-790 AM.
On May 30, Goldman was quoted in a Copley News Service story about the credibility of a star expert's testimony in the Spector trial.
In a May 14 LA Times story testimony from four women who said that Spector threatened them, Goldman said: "It would hurt the prosecution if there was one woman or two; the problem for the defense is there are four."
In a May 11 CourtTV.com story on character evidence against Spector, Goldman said: “Jurors take this kind of evidence and run with it. If he's done it before, they think, he's obviously done it now. He's now defending five cases—the four [women] and what he's actually charged with.”
On June 21, Goldman appeared on Court TV to discuss the Spector trial.
In a June 13 LA Times story on DNA evidence suggesting sexual contact between Phil Spector and his alleged victim, Goldman said: "Anything that takes the jury away from the theory neatly laid out by the prosecution helps the defense…the DA could argue [any intimate contact] was under the threat of being shot."
In an August 28 story in the Roanoke Times on the impact of hung juries, Professor Victor Gold said: “"The reason it's fairly rare is that most cases don't go to trial unless the prosecutor is fairly confident that the prosecutor can obtain a conviction.”
In an August 26 story in the San Diego Union-Tribune on Congress’s authority to regulate the presidential primary process, Professor Rick Hasen said: “It's somewhat of an open question. The constitutional issues are untested.”
On August 26, the Chicago Tribune published Associate Professor Lauren Willis’s op-ed on the growing mortgage crunch, “Illusions of home ownership; Sorting through the mortgage muddle.” She wrote: “How should we protect our communities and our economy? Start by prohibiting lending to consumers at teaser rates, originating mortgages without full income documentation and by rating securities backed by risky mortgages as if they were safe investments."
In an August 26 NY Daily News story on possible civil lawsuits against Lindsay Lohan, Professor Laurie Levenson said: “The public wants to exact its pound of flesh, and if the criminal justice system doesn't do it, they often will. Think of O.J. Simpson, who was hit with a $33 million civil judgment."
In an August 25 Riverside Press-Enterprise story on civil charges stemming from a hate crime, Professor John Nockleby was referenced as saying that to be liable, the defendants had to be aware of the hate group enterprise, including encouraging the behavior or promoting it.
In an August 24 AP story on celebrities serving a small amount of their jail sentences, Professor Laurie Levenson said: "The answer is there are too many bad girls and not enough cells. The scariest thing is that the secret is out that there is no deterrence.”
On August 23, Professor Stan Goldman appeared on MSNBC’s Live with Dan Abrams to discuss Lindsay Lohan’s sentencing. During the interview, he said Lindsay “(D)idn’t serve any jail time, I’m sure, in 82 minutes. I can’t even figure out why it took 82 minutes. They literally go in and go through the booking process, and then they get released because the reality is in the jail system, for these misdemeanors, it’s so overcrowded in LA County, you take these short sentences. You literally just go through the booking process and you’re out the back door.”
In an August 22 story in the LA Times about a stagnating lawsuit accusing Inglewood police officers of rape, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "These cases take some time to wind their way through the system because there is a constant prioritization of investigations. On the federal side, the priority is terrorism cases, and in the DA's office they have other types of crimes--murder, serial violent offender--that are the priority."
In an August 22 Washington Post story comparing divergent opinions of the Supreme Court’s ruling in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Professor Rick Hasen and his Election Law Blog were referenced.
In an August 17 USA Today story about the conviction of Jose Padilla on terrorism charges, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "They (the government) had made him out to be Public Enemy No. 1. They had to go forward. But like a lot of these terrorism cases, there seems to be more smoke than fire when it was presented."
In an August 17 AP story on self-professed pedophile Jack McClellan, Professor Laurie Levenson said: "There is no law against someone making you feel uncomfortable. There's a line to cross, and I don't think he has yet."
On August 16, the San Francisco Chronicle ran Professor Alexandra Natapoff’s op-ed on snitching, “Kathryn Johnston paid price for police reliance on snitches.” She wrote: “Congress should require states as well as federal agencies to collect general data on the use of criminal informants to reveal the true extent, costs and benefits of this important yet dangerous practice. Congress should also establish better controls on informant witnesses, and more accountability for police and prosecutors. Only with public accountability and better regulation can we hope to prevent future tragedies.”
On August 15, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in the LA Times on whether witnesses were spared murder charges in exchange for their testimony: "The fact that nothing has happened to these guys for all these years at least creates the suggestion that the prosecution has been doing them a favor.The defense ought to be able to at least explore that."
On August 15, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in a story on the incarceration of a self-proclaimed pedophile. "He is obviously not a good person. Preventive detention, however, is not part of the law.”
On August 14, a paper by Professors Karl Manheim and Allan Ides was cited in column in the Port Huron, MI Times Herald: “'The Unitary Executive’ reviews the history and implications of this concept. Unitary executive theory is not a legacy from the Founding Fathers. They recognized a distinction between executive power and administrative power. The president's executive powers were provided for in the language of the Constitution.”
In an August 13 LA Times story on a possible ethics violation related to prosecutorial conduct in a 2006 Long Beach hate crime, Professor Gary Williams was quoted: "A lawyer making a representation like this should reasonably investigate whether these facts are true. If it could be shown that she had seen the police reports and still made these representations--that's an ethical violation."
In an August 13 London Guardian story about the high profile of Phil Spector’s murder case, Professor Laurie Levenson said: "This case has been like the B-movies that Lana Clarkson starred in. It's a celebrity case because it's the only one around right now but there's just not that much interest. Spector can't get attention even at the centre of a murder case. He's not O.J. or Michael Jackson, he's not even Robert Blake."
In an August 10 OC Register story about a man seeking to stop paying alimony to his ex-wife after she entered into a domestic partnership with a woman, Professor Charlotte Goldberg said: "There already have been a couple of cases that have said a domestic partnership is not exactly the same as the marriage though they have many of the same rights as marriage.”
In an August 10 San Diego Union-Tribune story about the decision to drop murder charges against two Marines accused of killing Iraqi civilians, Associate Professor David Glazier was quoted: "Of greatest concern to me are the general's statements about the difficulty of combating the insurgency, which despite his other words about America's commitment to following the law of war could be read as excusing excesses on the Marines' part.”
In an August 8 story in the Boston Globe about illegal home loans and lack of mortgage regulation, Associate Professor Lauren Willis was quoted: "I really don't think it's a party-specific problem or an administration-specific problem. It is a problem in general."
In an August 8 Atlanta Journal-Constitution story about a $63 billion lawsuit filed against Michael Vick, Professor Stan Goldman said: “You see frivolous celebrity-driven cases all the time, and there are consequences. Legal fees are very expensive. And you have to respond to the suit; if you don't, you'll be in default and lose. Sometimes, these cases turn out to be a needless expense just at a time when the celebrity doesn't need it. There are responses, however, because filing a frivolous lawsuit is typically a violation of an attorney's canon of ethics for the attorney suing the celebrity."
On August 7, the LA Times published Professor Rick Hasen’s op-ed, “A vote of confidence; Debra Bowen did the right thing in decertifying electronic ballot boxes.” He wrote: “Is California Secretary of State Debra Bowen an out-of-control state official whose unwarranted fear about the security of electronic voting machines caused her to make a rash decision Friday to decertify voting systems in 39 counties and send California's presidential primary into turmoil? In truth, Bowen is neither the overzealous bureaucrat that county election officials have painted her as, nor is she the savior of American democracy, as some voting reform advocates have claimed. Instead, she has made a reasonable decision about how to reform the state's system for conducting elections, in light of voters' concerns about the security of electronic voting equipment and given the system of overlapping federal, state and local control of federal elections.”
On August 4, Professor John Nockleby was a guest on Thomas A. Girardi’s "Champions of Justice" on KRLA-FM.
In an August 1 story in The Bond Buyer about the controversy surrounding the patenting of tax strategies, Professor Ellen Aprill said: "This has been an issue for a while.”
July
On August 1, Adjunct Professor Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein’s column “Noah Feldman and the Fear of Being Different” appeared in the Jewish Press. In it, he wrote: “We must confidently know ourselves–and convey to others–an overarching reality about traditional Jews: We are a legal community..”
On July 25, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted in a NY Post story about Lindsay Lohan’s most recent arrest on charges of driving under the influence and drug possession. "At 0.08, that's close enough to the legal limit that she could go to trial and try to beat that," he said. "If she got past that one, and then she pleads to this one, then this one would be her first DUI and she could avoid jail time. She just can't go 0 [for] 2."
In a July 20 Associated Press story about a House Judiciary Committee hearing on confidential informants, Associate Professor Alexandra Natapoff was quoted: "The government's use of criminal informants is largely secretive, unregulated and unaccountable.”
On July 20, Associate Professor David Glazier did an interview about the sentencing for a Marine for an Iraq killing on KNX-1070 AM.
On July 19, Congressional Quarterly ran the transcript of Associate Professor Alexandra Natapoff’s House Judiciary Committee testimony on criminal snitching: “The government's use of criminal informants is largely secretive, unregulated and unaccountable. This is especially true in connection with street crime and urban drug enforcement."
In a July 19 story in London’s Daily Telegraph about the burden on the defense in the Phil Spector murder case, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "They have been trying to make the case she [Clarkson] was suicidal and I think it's been uneven. Certainly she had financial difficulties and she was off-and-on depressed, but I'm not sure it quite makes the case yet that she went over to a total stranger's house, borrowed his gun and killed herself.”
In a July 19 story that appeared in the OC Register and on the United Press International wire service about drug evidence thrown out of court because of questionable search procedures, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted: "The Fourth Amendment is not a technicality; it's a rule of law. If you look at it that they got the drugs off the street, it's a big win. But they did it in such a way that it might cost them the prosecution."
On July 18, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted in an LA Daily News story about a judge’s validation of a ballot measure that included adding a third term for city officials and an ethics-reform measure. “I have no doubt the reason this passed was that it was bundled. If the term limits (extension) were put on the ballot, it probably wouldn't pass. But the California Constitution doesn't prevent local government from putting items on the ballot with more than one subject.''
In a July 15 story in the LA Times story about a dispute between LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and District Attorney Steve Cooley, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "The city attorneys want to be respected and the DAs want to be in charge. Sometimes they rub up against each other. I think the problem here is that there's not very good communication between the two offices."
On July 13, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted on President Bush’s selection of Thomas O’Brien to be the US attorney for LA. "It would have been a showdown with Feinstein if they didn't go with the committee choice," she said. "It's a good choice- excellent lawyer, career prosecutor, respected in the office and doesn't have Washington baggage.” She was quoted in a similar story in the LA Daily Journal.
On July 12, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in an LA Times story about a California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice symposium on prosecutorial misconduct held at the Loyola Law School campus. On her research into how district attorney's offices deal with prosecutorial misconduct, she said her project had been hampered by "at least an informal agreement among many district attorney's offices not to cooperate. There was a great deal of suspicion." She was quoted in a similar stories in the San Jose Mercury News and LA Daily Journal.
On July 12, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted in a Copley News Service story about a former defense attorney’s testimony that the defense team may have withheld evidence. "If the jury is very pro-prosecution, they may think that the defense is hiding evidence. If they're willing to think that, they were never going to vote not guilty anyway."
In a July 10 Bloomberg News story that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer about an attorney who agreed to testify in a case that accuses his firm of giving kickbacks to plaintiffs, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "This will shake up the investigation.”
On July 9, Professor Rick Hasen’s blog entry was cited in a Congressional Quarterly story that appeared on the New York Times Web site on the Supreme Court’s new, more skeptical view of campaign finance regulation. The decision in Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC, he wrote, “has revealed the Roberts Court, as I have feared, as moving firmly into the deregulationist camp.”
On July 7, Professors Laurie Levenson and Cyn Yamashiro were quoted in a Dallas Morning News story about a failed teen rape case. "The fact that it's 'he said, she said' doesn't, in my mind, mean you have to drop the case," said Levenson. "Many rape cases lack independent witnesses and boil down to the word of one side against the other," Yamashiro said.
In a July 6 LA Daily News story about LA Fire Department discrimination lawsuits, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “Each case has to rest on its own facts. But it does give more of a financial incentive to pursue these lawsuits. It sure provides a huge incentive for the Los Angeles Fire Department to settle cases if they can. ... A big verdict does tend to shake things up.''
In a July 6 story on MSNBC.com story about Marines alleged to have killed unarmed captives in Iraq, Associate Professor David Glazier was quoted: “Someone who has been taken into custody, they become protected under the law of war, no matter how egregiously they have behaved. They can only be shot subject to the sentence of a validly conducted trial.”
On July 2, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted in an LA Times story about the prosecution’s questioning of a defense expert. "Some of Jackson's cross-examination bordered on being dangerously foolish.
In a July 2 Indianapolis Star story about the attorney representing Wisconsin Right to Life in its highly publicized Supreme Court battle over campaign finance restrictions, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "He's a dynamo, one of the most tenacious lawyers I've ever seen.”
On July 1, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in Editor & Publisher magazine about a tribute to veteran AP legal reporter Linda Deutsch. Deutsch is "amazing, because she actually stays objective,” said Levenson. She also takes in the whole scene.”
June
Professor Allan Ides was interviewed on KMOX-AM's Mark Reardon Show on the Supreme Court's decision in Morse v. Frederick, or the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case.
On June 26, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted in several stories on the Supreme Court’s opinion in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life.
Hasen was interviewed on the case on NPR's Morning Edition.
In an Associated Press story, Hasen said: “I don't think [Chief] Justice Roberts is naïve. He knows full well that the test that the court has articulated today will lead to a great deal of corporation and union funded election advertising.''
Hasen was interviewed on KPCC-89.3 FM’s Patt Morrison Show regarding the impact of the court’s decision.
In Legal Times, Hasen was quoted: ''We've come full circle to the regime before McCain-Feingold.
Professor Stan Goldman was a frequent source of commentary regarding the untimely prison release and return of Paris Hilton on charges of driving on a suspended license.
On June 26, Goldman was quoted in the LA Times on Hilton's release from prison.
On June 11, Goldman appeared on MSNBC’s Scarborough Country and said that the judge “made the choice to give her 45 days. And in the jail system, as I said last Friday, in the jail system, she`d be out by now.”
In a June 9 LA Times story, Goldman was quoted: "For decades, where [inmates] were housed and how they were housed was up to the Sheriff's Department. Now that all may change, thanks to, of all people, Paris Hilton."
In a June 9 New York Post story, Goldman was quoted: "I've never seen anyone released on house arrest and sent back to jail without violating any of the orders. It's not that unusual for someone to be released early."
On June 8, Goldman was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered. He said: “This really does, sort of, overturn a tradition that's been around for decades and decades, and that is that once you're out of the courtroom and you're into the jail, what happens to you is sort of within the jurisdiction of the sheriff. And if the sheriff feels it's appropriate to have somebody released on house arrest, they get released. And here, because it's such a high-profile case something that's different has happened. And I'm wondering whether this is going to have the odd effect of changing procedures in LA for decades to come.”
In a May 7 NY Post story about Paris Hilton’s likely jail sentence, Goldman was quoted: “Two weeks is a reasonable estimate of what she'll serve."
Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted extensively on the Paris Hilton case:
In a June 25 People magazine story, Levenson was quoted: "This is insane, it's off the charts.”
In a June 22 LA Times story about the impact of Paris Hilton’s sentencing on routine cases, Levenson was quoted: "Celebrity cases by definition are different from the run-of-the-mill cases. I wouldn't expect judges to be doing this on a regular basis."
In a June 22 LA Times story about the impact of Paris Hilton’s sentencing on routine cases, Levenson was quoted: "Celebrity cases by definition are different from the run-of-the-mill cases. I wouldn't expect judges to be doing this on a regular basis."
In a June 9 story in the New York Times, Levenson was quoted: “She's a pawn in a turf fight right now. It backfired against her because she's a celebrity. She got a harsher sentence because she was a celebrity. And then when her lawyer found a way out of jail, there was too much public attention for it to sit well with the court.”
On June 9, Levenson appeared on the NBC Nightly News. “You have the city attorney saying that `the sheriffs did this without our permission.' You have the sheriff saying `this is our call where she does her time,' and you have the judge saying, `Nobody's listening to me.'”
On June 8, Levenson appeared on the NBC Nightly News. “In LA, we've had a series of cases involving what we call celebrity justice, the rich and famous appearing to get a much better deal than the rest of the people,” she said.
In a June 8 USA Today story, Levenson was quoted as saying that Hilton "got the same arrangement that someone else rich and famous would have received."
In a June 8 story in the Baltimore Sun, Levenson was quoted: "Is there inequality in the criminal justice system? That's a given. Was this the wrong way to handle Paris Hilton? The answer is not necessarily."
In a May 13 story in the British Independent, Levenson said: “Until recently, there is no doubt that stars got treated better by the courts than ordinary people. But people out here are now tired of celebrity justice. Judges are bending over backwards to make sure they don't get special treatment."
In a May 11 LA Times story, Levenson was quoted "Half the time in jail will still be a significant wake-up call for her. Twenty-four hours might be enough. Those minutes can seem like hours."
On June 22, Associate Professor David Glazier was interviewed about the possible closing of the Guantanamo detention center on KPCC-FM’s AirTalk.
On June 21, Associate Professor Michael Waterstone was quoted in an LA Daily Journal in a story about the securing of additional rights for the blind. "Other lawyers should study what they're doing and replicate it. They're a great example of advocates getting things done without litigation."
In a June 16 Riverside Press-Enterprise story about a strike force assigned to eliminate a backlog of cases, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "The public's the winner here. I give a lot of credit to the chief justice for stepping in to assist with this."
Professor Rick Hasen commented in several media outlets on the demise of the American Center for Voting Rights:
On June 14, Hasen was quoted in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story about a Republican operative distancing himself from the American Center for Voting Rights. “It's a question mark, and Hearne is the one to answer it," he said.
On June 6, Hasen was interviewed about the demise of the American Center for Voting Rights on NPR’s Morning Edition. “Their scam was to put out propaganda and they put out tons of it suggesting that there was a massive Democratic voter fraud epidemic,” he said.
On May 30, Hasen discussed the demise of the American Center for Voting Rights on Air America Radio's Rachel Maddow Show.
In a June 14 Roll Call story about a Federal Election Commission confirmation hearing, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "The macro question is whether Democrats want to upset this tacit agreement to just approve each party's nominees for the sake of making a point about an unrelated controversy. What do [Democrats] hang their hat on: his management style or more how he handled this anonymous law review article?"
In a June 14 Santa Clarita Valley Signal story about planned hospital expansion, Professor Arnold Siegel was quoted: “"If the perception is that the planning department is going to give this former director's clients less scrutiny or be preferential to him, that would be a problem.”
On June 12, Professor Stan Goldman appeared on Court TV to discuss the misconduct charges against prosecutor Mike Nifong in the Duke lacrosse team rape case.
In a June 7 LA Times story about the possibility of trying a teen as an adult, Clinical Professor Cyn Yamashiro was quoted: "Up until Proposition 21 passed, if you wanted to see juveniles prosecuted in the adult system, they had to first go through Juvenile Court. But Prop. 21 gave that authority to prosecutors, and that was a huge event."
In a June 7 LA Times story about Anthony Pellicano’s renewed challenge of the FBI search that netted incriminating tapes of phone calls, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "This is a key moment in this case. It comes down to whether the defense can show that it was deliberately or recklessly false as opposed to just sloppy police work. You don't win these motions just because the police made a mistake."
In a June 5 New York Times story about charges dismissed against two Guantanamo detainees, Associate Professor David Glazier was quoted: ''All the individuals that the government wants to charge will have to go through the CSRT (combat status review tribunal) process again.”
In a June 1 story in the LA Times about the resignation of an attorney facing an indictment, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted as saying "that he wants to separate himself from the firm or the firm wants to separate from him.”
May
A May 31 story on Slate.com referenced Professor Rick Hasen’s Election Law Blog: “Professor Rick Hasen of Loyola Law School, who wrote earlier this month about voter fraud, is my personal voting-law guru. (Everyone needs one.) When I asked him whether the mainstream media were making a mistake in blowing off the vote-caging story, he said Goodling's mention of it ‘makes me suspect that there's something there worth investigating by the MSM, even if you don't buy into the grand conspiracy theories.’”
In a May 31 story in LA Weekly about the attorney representing civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “"He is loyal to one person only -- and that's his client."
On May 30, Professor Charlotte Goldberg discussed cohabitation agreements on KNX-1070 AM's Money 101.
On May 30, Associate Professor Michael Waterstone's op-ed on the Supreme Court's decision in favor of parents of disabled children in Winkelman v. Parma City School District ran in the LA Daily Journal.
In a May 14 Washington Post story about the White House pressure on US attorneys to pursue voter fraud cases, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: "There's no question that Karl Rove and other political operatives" urged Justice officials to apply pressure on US attorneys to pursue voter-fraud allegations in parts of the country that were critical to the GOP.
Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted extensively in stories about the Phil Spector murder trial:
In a May 14 LA Times story about the potential damaging effects of witness testimony in the Phil Spector murder trial, Levenson was quoted: “What was done in the past is still not enough to convict.”
In an April 30 story in the LA Times about the defense’s reaction to the prosecution’s witnesses, Levenson was quoted as saying that the challenge for the defense will be to "neutralize the [women] without attacking too vigorously."
On April 28, Levenson appeared in a CBS Early Show. She said: “The real problem for the defense is, does any of this really add up? Here you have Phil Spector who has this history of being violent with women, particularly when he's drunk. He meets this woman, it's a first date, she goes over to his house and ends up shooting herself? It doesn't really make that much sense and that's what the prosecutors are betting on.”
In an April 25 story in the LA Times about the impact of Phil Spector’s celebrity on the jury in his murder trial, she said: "Star-struck jurors have a track record they can follow. When there are acquittals, they appear on the morning shows; they're flown to New York. O.J. had a party for jurors; Michael Jackson invited them to the ranch.”
In a May 14 San Diego Union-Tribune story about Mark Geragos’s defense of a contractor accused of bribing Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, Professor Laurie Levenson said: “It was entirely safe because it was a prepared statement. Mark feels very comfortable and very confident in dealing with the media. He feels you have to win a trial both in and out of court, and as long as he's controlling the statement, there's really no downside.”
In a May 11 story in the LA Daily Journal about class actions against insurance companies over the fees assessed when a car owner pays the policy premium on a monthly basis, Associate Professor Lauren Willis was quoted: "This case highlights an emerging problem with many consumer financial products today - a lack of true price competition. [Companies] take advantage of the fact that consumers do not consider these fees when they are shopping for the best price."
In a May 9 story about the Federal Election Commission’s state of flux in the Boston Globe, Professor Rick Hasen said: "There is a problem when there is a lot of turnover, because there is a learning curve associated with what's going on. It's certainly a problem to have a lot of new commissioners coming in just as the 2008 election comes up."
In a May 8 AP story about Marines charged in the Haditha killings, Associate Professor David Glazier was quoted: “It is invalid of them to argue that they didn’t have an obligation to dig further unless a general officer told them to. If you have a suspicious circumstance, then you have a professional duty to ensure it was accurately reported. They could have breached those responsibilities even if ultimately the lower-ranking individuals are found not to have committed a crime.”
In a May 8 story in the Washington Post about a US attorney candidate allowed to bypass the vetting process, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “The question is: Did this one go beyond that? Did this open the door for someone they otherwise wouldn't have taken?"
In a May 4 story about an attorney’s motion to dismiss fraud charges against him, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “If you have a judge expressing skepticism, that helps the defense.”
In a May 1 story in the LA Times about closed-door sessions in the battle over the movie Sahara, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "This judge needs a little reminder of the First Amendment. In no circumstances should every hearing be held in secret."
April
In an April 29 story in the New York Times about pay-for-stay prison, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted: “''The prisoners who are charged with nonviolent crimes and typically have no record are not in the best position to handle themselves in the general county facility.”
In an April 26 segment on snitching on Anderson Cooper 360, Associate Professor Alexandra Natapoff was quoted: The core of the problem is not the lack of a witness protection program, but the relationship between communities and the police in the first instance. When people trust the police, they're going to turn to the police.”
Professor Richard Hasen was quoted on FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life:
In an April 26 Madison, WI Capital Times story about FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Hasen was cited agreeing “that the key issue before the court involved creating a more definitive test for deciding whether an ad qualifies for an exemption.”
In an April 25 USA Today story about the campaign-finance issues entangled in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Hasen was quoted: "There may now be a majority that believes the First Amendment trumps government concerns about the distorting effect of corporate wealth in an election.”
In an April 25 LA Times story about a ruling barring unconstitutional searches in downtown LA, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: “It's an important decision. It sort of resolves an argument percolating out there, that ... the LAPD would have permission to stop anybody."
In an April 22 story in the San Diego Union-Tribune on the behavior of NFL players, Professor Dan Lazaroff was quoted: "There are different cultures instilled by teams, where teams expect players to instill a certain public appearance. You don't see many Yankee players (in baseball) getting into much trouble, do you?"
In an April 21 story in the Dallas Morning News about a judge’s reference to the Virginia Tech shootings in a bail determination, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "I don't think most judges would have been that explicit about it. I think there are judges across the country re-evaluating their decisions. I think the only difference here is she put it on the record."
On April 20, Professor Charlotte Goldberg was a guest in a segment about the Alec Baldwin-Kim Basinger custody battle on KNX-1070 AM’s Money 101.
In an April 19 story in the LA Daily Journal about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Watters v. Wachovia, Associate Professor Lauren Willis was quoted: “Robust state enforcement activity is necessary because federal banking agencies are not adequately pursuing consumer complaints.”
In an April 19 story in the GlobeSt.com about the Supreme Court case Watters v. Wachovia, Associate Professor Lauren Willis was quoted: “Until recently, the OCC had announced only one action against a federally chartered lender or subsidiary for mortgage lending abuses, although it doubled that number earlier this month. The agency obtained $100,000 in the first action and $14 million in the second,” she says.
In an April 18 USA Today story about taxpayers’ refusal to fund campaigns, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted as saying that the public-financing system "hasn't kept pace. It would be political suicide to accept public financing as a presidential candidate today."
In an April 12 story in the Virginian-Pilot about the possibility of the Duke lacrosse players filing a lawsuit against their accuser, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted: "There's no question they've got a lawsuit against her if she's brought false charges against them, which may be even more easily provable than actions against Nifong."
In an April 12 story in the New York Times about a panel’s lack of findings indicating or prevalence of voter-fraud, Professor Rick Hasen was quoted: “If they found a single case of a conspiracy to affect the outcome of a Congressional election or a statewide election, that would be significant. But what we see is isolated, small-scale activities that often have not shown any kind of criminal intent.''
In an April 12 story in the Riverside Press-Enterprise about a new death-penalty policy, Professor Samuel Pillsbury was quoted: "This is about as careful a process as you can construct. You are listening to all the most important players and listening to them right from the beginning, before the decision is made."
On April 11, Professor Victor Gold discussed President George Bush's lame-duck status on Public Radio International’s To The Point.
Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted on the controversy over the firing of eight US attorneys:
In an April 9 story in the National Law Journal about potential difficulties in searching for new US attorneys, Levenson said: "It is nerve-wracking, and it will be difficult. They won't be sure who to get approval from or what their priorities are. There's always some disruption. But this is greater disruption because of what has happened."
In a March 14 San Francisco Chronicle story, Levenson was quoted: "What comes to everybody's mind is the Saturday Night Massacre, the president not liking what an independent prosecutor is supposed to do and firing him.”
In the April 11 San Diego Union-Tribune, on a fifth woman tapped to testify that Phil Spector threatened her, Professor Stan Goldman said: “There's no question that if (Robitaille's account) were the only one, the impact could be minimal. But five separate instances are potentially disastrous for any defense case.”
Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in several stories on the Phil Spector murder trial:
In an April 6 AP story, Levenson said: "The prosecution is going to try and get in every piece of evidence they can on Spector's 'intent.'"
In a March People magazine story, Levenson said: “"I just think he lives in his own world. This is his image. He likes to make a statement. It gives him an identity, and he likes attention.”
In a March 19 story on the AP wire, Levenson said: "The defense may want music fans who have an appreciation for Phil Spector's mark on music history. But there won't be many of those in the jury pool, not even in Tinseltown."
In a March 19 story in USA Today Levenson said: “"We don't know exactly what the defense is going to be, but there are lots of issues. Who pulled the trigger? What was Spector's mindset and mental state at the time? Did the gun malfunction? Was it human error?"
In a March 17 story in the London Guardian Levenson was quoted: "It is another celebrity trial, but we've had so many that have been more notable. Spector is definitely on the second tier. In any other town this would be big news, but this is Hollywood. There's no shortage of celebrities that are getting arrested in this town."
In a March 16 Financial Times story Levenson said: “"In the O.J. case the lawyers were showboating and the judge lost control of the situation. Los Angeles has been suffering from an O.J. hangover."
In an April 5 Christian Science Monitor story about the recent pet food recall, Adjunct Professor Sonia Waisman was quoted: "I'm not sure that realistically there will be much change after this. Government agencies are generally understaffed already with much to oversee in the human food chain."
In an April 2 Oklahoman story about neighborhood rifts over dogs, Professor Mary Culbert was quoted about dispute resolution.
In an April 1 Charlotte Observer about a state bill requiring that women view an ultrasound before an abortion, Professor Brietta Clark said the rule was "designed to be more unreasonable and uncomfortable ... a tool used solely to provoke an emotional response. It’s always very mushy."
March
In a March 29 LA Times story about a lawsuit over jailhouse informants, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted as saying that if the prosecutors "had behaved reprehensibly and intentionally hid evidence...they could not be sued. But if they were just bad administrators they can be sued."
In a March 27 LA Daily Journal story about a protective ordered granted to Anthony Pellicano’s ex-girlfriend, Professor Laurie Levenson was cited, saying that the battle over the order was unusual.
In a March 26 LA Times story about alleged FBI mishandling of investigations into cruise-ship crimes, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted: "You have limited resources and you put those in your highest priority. If you're in California, at the top of the list is going to be immigration, terrorism, political corruption and narcotics. Sometimes there's also the mentality that the victim can sue in civil court. It doesn't leave the victim without remedies."
In a March 21 story in the LA Times about the anonymous posting of Internet campaign ads, Professor Richard Hasen was quoted: “We're now in an era of cheap speech. When the speech is cheap, some of the interests behind disclosure are not there."
In a March 21 LA Times story about a controversial recount in an Orange County election, Professor Richard Hasen was quoted: "The election code is mammoth. The election code is full of contradictions."
A March 18 story in the San Diego Union-Tribune about the San Diego Diocese bankruptcy filing referenced an article by Professor Georgene Vairo.
In a March 16 op-ed published in the LA Daily Journal about the 150th anniversary of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, Professor Allan Ides wrote: “This month marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of Dred Scott, a decision infamous for it disregard of justice and for it apparent indifference toward the consequences likely to follow from its broad pronouncements.”
On March 11, Professor Dan Schechter appeared on NPR’s Weekend Edition to the discuss the bankruptcy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego: “Just as if there's a police agency who has a rouge cop, and they then persuade another agency to take the cop on board and then that policeman engages in further misconduct, the second agency would make a claim against the first for failure to disclose the actual propensities of this employee.” On Feb. 28, he was quoted in a Riverside Press Enterprise story on the same subject. "It's conceivable that settlements could be reached without trial," he said.
On March 4, Associate Professor Cesare Romano appeared on Fox 11 on “E-gold,” an online currency.
On March 3, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in the LA Times on refiled murder charges against a USC student. "They're hoping to get another judge who will take a more generous view of the evidence," she said.
On March 1, Professor Allan Ides was quoted by the Riverside Press Enterprise on a woman cited for swearing: "It was very unlikely the charge could have stood against the First Amendment," he said. "The state does not have the right to excise certain words from the language, no matter how offensive people think those words are."
February
On Feb. 23, Professor Charlotte Goldberg appeared on KNX-070 AM’s Money 101 to discuss custody issues surrounding the children of Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith. She returned on Feb. 29 to answer listeners' questions about child custody.
On Feb. 22, Professor Mary Culbert was quoted in the LA Times on canine disputes: "The dog owner sees the pet as a family member; the dogless neighbor sees the dog as a dog -- with everything that brings, meaning noise and mess."
On Feb. 22, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in the LA Times on a proposed law that would ban dumping patients on the street. "There are no easy answers. It's such a complex issue that everyone must work to solve."
On Feb. 20, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted in the Fresno Bee on the sentencing of convicted murderer James Fagone: "They're saying, 'We followed the law, but we have enough of a conscience to do something about the punishment.'”
On Feb. 19, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in a New York Daily News story about the custody battle between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. "Shaving your head is bizarre, but it's not illegal," she said.
On Feb. 19, Associate Professor Cesare Romano was quoted in an International Justice Tribune story about Microsoft’s sponsorship of a UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal. "If you want to open the doors to private funding, just put a few degrees of separation between the donor and budget," he said.
On Feb. 17, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in a LA Times story about the demeanor of the judge presiding over the Phil Spector murder trial. She called his decision to allow cameras in the courtroom "a sign judges are more confident they can control their courtrooms. We're finally getting past the OJ syndrome."
Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted extensively on the controversy surrounding the firing of eight US attorneys.
-On Feb. 26, Professor Laurie Levenson appeared on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer: “Big red flags are going on as to whether they’re politicizing these US attorneys' offices or trying to centralize power back in Washington,” she said. “It’s just a question mark, because it’s so different from what’s been done before.”
-On Feb. 16, Professor Laurie Levenson was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the appointment of a new US attorney for Northern California. "The proof will be in the pudding," Levenson said. "If (Schools) is someone they intend to nominate, they should let it be known. They should let the office know whether this is the caretaker or the new boss."
-On Feb. 12, she was quoted in a Buffalo (NY) News story. The firings are "having a devastating effect on the morale of assistant US attorneys,” she said.
-On Feb. 11, she was quoted in a San Bernardino County Sun story about the departure of the US attorney in LA. "I don't think she was forced out. She left because she has three kids to support. People were wondering when she would leave."
-On Feb. 7, she was quoted in an LA Times story: "There's at least a strong perception by those in and outside of the United States attorney's office that this is not business as usual," she said.
-On Feb. 6, she was quoted in a McClatchy Newspapers story: "The job of the US attorney should not be a political prize. There's too much at stake for the district and the people who work in that office."
On Feb. 6, Levenson’s testimony on prosecutorial independence before the Committee on Senate Judiciary was published in Congressional Quarterly. “As a former assistant United States attorney who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations, I am deeply concerned about the recent firings of qualified and demonstrably capable United States attorneys and their replacement with individuals who lack the traditional qualifications for the position,” she said.
On Feb. 16, Professor Stan Goldman was quoted in a Fresno Bee story about a former DA who agreed t