Episodes
Eric Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a jury convicting a Texas militia member, the first person to go on trial over charges stemming from the insurrection. Michael Doyle, a professor at Columbia Law School and Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, discusses the plight of Ukranian refugees and the danger of a new Cold War. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 03/10/22
Published 03/08/22
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses a federal appellate court reviving a lawsuit claiming that the Apple TV+ show “Servant” infringed a 2013 movie, “The Truth About Emanuel.”  Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to reinstate Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual assault and turning away a group of New York City school workers on vaccine mandates. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your...
Published 03/08/22
Anthony Michael Kreis, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses a judge temporarily stopping the Texas Governor and the state's child welfare agency from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager for child abuse for providing gender affirmative treatments. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 03/05/22
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in which justices debated putting new limits on the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions. Chase Kaniecki, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb, discusses how American companies are dealing with the Russian sanctions. June Grasso hosts Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 03/04/22
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court aggressively filling its calendar with culture-war clashes, taking up fights over abortion, gay rights, guns, affirmative action and voting rights, at the behest of conservative advocates. Olatunde Johnson, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses President Biden's nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the road to her confirmation. June Grasso hosts. Learn...
Published 03/01/22
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to rejoin the divisive debate over gay and speech rights by taking the case of a website designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from designing wedding websites for same-sex couples. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses how the Supreme Court justices wrestled with the tangled legal aftermath of the Biden administration rescinding a hot-button Trump-era...
Published 02/28/22
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Published 02/26/22
Harry Nelson of Nelson Hardiman, the author of "The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain," discusses the verdict finding Eric Kay, a former communications director of the Los Angeles Angels, guilty in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Jennifer Rodgers, an adjunct professor at NYU Law School, discusses a federal judge's ruling that former President Donald Trump must face lawsuits accusing him of inciting the January 6th U.S. Capitol...
Published 02/26/22
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses why a bid to wrest the copyright for “The Game of Life” away from Hasbro, could affect rights to creations from old board games to comic characters in blockbuster movies. Anthony Lin, Bloomberg Legal Editor, discusses Prince Andrew settling a sex-abuse lawsuit that linked him to Jeffrey Epstein. Christopher Dolmetsch, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a jury verdict against Cantor Fitzgerald’s...
Published 02/23/22
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Published 02/19/22
Michael Weinstein, chair of the white collar criminal practice at Cole Schotz, discusses the testimony of former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner, in the trial of his former subordinate Roger Ng in the 1MDB scandal. Roy Strom, a reporter with Bloomberg Law, discusses litigation funders getting into funding the wrongly convicted. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/18/22
Lois Liberman, a partner in the matrimonial and family law practice at Blank Rome LLP, discusses coronavirus vaccination battles breaking out in custody cases between divorced or separated parents. Anthony Oncidi, partner and co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department at Proskauer, discusses the passage of a bill that will end forced arbitration at companies for victims of sexual assault and harassment. Siddartha Rao, litigation partner at Romano Law, discusses the allegations...
Published 02/16/22
Jonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng over his alleged role in a scheme to loot billions from the Malaysian fund known as 1MDB. Rebecca Green, a professor and co-director of the Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School, discusses the Supreme Court dealing a blow to minority voting rights. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/14/22
Martin Edel, Co-Chair of the Sports Law Practice at Goulston & Storrs, discusses the lawsuit former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores filed against the NFL and three teams alleging racist hiring practices. Jeannine Bell, a professor of law at Indiana University, discusses the hate crimes trial of the three men already convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/12/22
Gautam Hans, a professor at Vanderbilt Law School, discusses Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, suing the New York Times for defamation. Anne Lofaso, a law professor at West Virginia University, discusses a lawsuit connected to President Joe Biden’s unprecedented Inauguration Day firing of the federal labor board’s top lawyer. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/10/22
Ross Guberman, a legal writing coach who has taught classes for new federal judges since 2012, discusses some circuit judges calling out colleagues in snarky tones in opinions, reflecting polarized politics. Elections law expert Rebecca Green, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses Alabama's appeal to the Supreme Court over the order to redraw its congressional map. Mary-Christine Sungaila, who leads the appellate practice at Buchalter, discusses a Supreme Court case this...
Published 02/07/22
Healthcare law expert Harry Nelson of Nelson Hardiman discusses the historic $590 million dollar settlement Native American tribes have reached over the toll of opioids with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the country's three largest drug distribution companies. Susan Decker, Bloomberg Patents Reporter, discusses the way sports franchises like the Washington Commanders, resort to extreme measures to keep interlopers at bay ahead of a name change.  June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your...
Published 02/04/22
Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the trial of California lawyer Michael Avenatti for stealing $300,000 from his former client, adult film star Stormy Daniels and his cross-examination of Daniels. Matthew Schettenhelm, Bloomberg Intelligence Litigation and Government Analyst, discusses the multiple data-privacy legal risks that Facebook and Google are facing. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/01/22
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the request for a special grand jury by the Georgia prosecutor who's investigating whether former President Donald Trump broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to throw out Joe Biden's presidential election victory. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the controversy surrounding new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his memo forswearing the prosecutions of certain...
Published 01/30/22
Constitutional law expert Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the legacy of Justice Stephen Breyer and how the court may change after his retirement. Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to decide how its landmark McGirt ruling applies to state prosecutions of non-Indians. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 01/29/22
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down from the Supreme Court. Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, discusses the Supreme Court taking up two affirmative action cases which could change the law. Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the latest whipsaw for school districts in New York over mask mandates. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices...
Published 01/27/22
Pat Parenteau, a professor at the University of Vermont Law School, discusses how the Supreme Court's decisions undercutting the so-called administrative state signal trouble ahead for the EPA's efforts to address climate change. Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses why antitrust enforcer's efforts to toughen merger reviews, could be problematic for Microsoft's Activision deal. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at...
Published 01/24/22
First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments over Boston refusing to allow a conservative Christian organization to fly a flag in front of city hall. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 01/21/22
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court rejecting former President Trump’s bid to block the release of his White House papers on grounds of executive privilege. Richard Briffault, a Professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Court signaling interest in rolling back campaign-finance restrictions in a clash stemming from Republican Senator Ted Cruz’s 2018 re-election campaign. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at...
Published 01/21/22