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1,591 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 206 ratingsHost June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and legal scholars, analyzing major legal issues and cases in the news. The show examines all aspects of the legal profession, from intellectual property to criminal law, from bankruptcy to securities law, drawing on the deep research tools of BloombergLaw.com.
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Courts Differ on Use of Gender Neutral Pronouns
August 30, 2021 17:54 - 27 minutesHolly Barker, Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Reporter, discusses how federal courts have handled the use of gender neutral pronouns. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses President Biden's choice for Solicitor General, Elizabeth Prelogar, and the upcoming term. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Court Rules Warhol's Prince Series Infringed Photo
August 28, 2021 19:24 - 26 minutesIntellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirming its ruling that artist Andy Warhol's series on rock star Prince infringed the copyright of a photo of the star. Lawrence Gostin, director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, discusses lawsuits over vaccine mandates at colleges and universities. June Grasso hosts Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...
Supreme Court Deals Biden Two Blows in One Week
August 27, 2021 23:37 - 19 minutesNeal Devins, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses the Supreme Court lifting the Biden administration's eviction moratorium, ending protection for millions of people who have fallen behind on their rent during the pandemic. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court ordering the Biden administration to reinstate the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico policy, which forced migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum claims were processed. June G...
Court Fights Over School Mask Mandates
August 24, 2021 19:19 - 32 minutesEric Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the legal challenges to school mask mandates. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito putting a temporary hold on the reinstatement of the Trump administration's remain in Mexico policy. Mario Talerico, a partner at Honigman, discusses his group's efforts to raise money to evacuate Afghan workers from a medical clinic under threat in Afghanistan through the GoFundMe page for Operation We Care: Gl...
Whose Court Is It Now?
August 15, 2021 14:53 - 18 minutesMichael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses his article "Whose Court Is It Now?" and the new court with its 6 member conservative majority. June Grasso hosts Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Are There Too Many Cleveland Guardians Teams?
August 14, 2021 21:14 - 13 minutesTrademark attorney Marsha Gentner of Dykema Gossett discusses the legal implications of the Cleveland Indians baseball team choosing to re-brand itself as the Cleveland Guardians, despite the fact that there is already a Cleveland Guardians roller derby team. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
New Scotus Term: From Abortion Rights to State Secrets
August 13, 2021 22:20 - 39 minutesConstitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term which includes cases on abortion rights, gun rights, the death penalty and state secrets. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the D.C Court of Appeals ordering the release of a West Virginia man accused of taking part in a pepper spray assault on police at the Capitol riots on January 6th. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about yo...
Ex-Tesla Employee Called Racial Slur Wins Rare Award
August 11, 2021 17:52 - 31 minutesEmployment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses Tesla paying more than $1 million to a Black former employee who won a ruling that the company failed to stop his supervisors from calling him a racial slur at the electric-car maker’s northern California plant. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses Congress weighing the first district court expansion since then-Sen. Joe Biden spearheaded the last change decades ago. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about yo...
Unruly Airline Passengers Rarely Face Criminal Charges
August 10, 2021 17:34 - 23 minutesAirplane passengers have done everything from hitting flight attendants in the face to calling in hoax hijacking reports to refusing to wear masks. Alan Levin, Bloomberg News Aviation Reporter, discusses why unruly passengers rarely face criminal charges. David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and host of the "Criminal Injustice" podcast, discusses the Justice Department launching a civil-rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department. June Grasso hosts....
Can Scarlett Johansson Win Against Disney?
August 07, 2021 19:12 - 23 minutesRobert Schwartz, a partner at Quinn Emanuel and co-chair of the Media & Entertainment Industry Practice, discusses Scarlett Johansson's suit against Walt Disney, claiming it broke its promise to release her latest film “Black Widow” only in movie theaters when it made it available for streaming on the Disney+ video service. Anthony Kreis, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the legal problems the new CDC eviction moratorium faces. June Grasso hosts. Learn mo...
The Legal Perils of Andrew Cuomo
August 05, 2021 17:22 - 30 minutesFormer federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the legal peril facing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in light of the New York Attorney General’s report corroborating 11 claims of sexual harassment by Cuomo. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Biden Administration's lawsuit against Texas to block the governor's order allowing state troopers to stop anyone who isn't in law enforcement from transporting migrants along the Texas border. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about y...
How the Rich Get Bail
August 04, 2021 16:51 - 28 minutesDarryl Brown, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses bail, a part of the criminal justice system, where deals are often made behind closed doors, and which critics say favors the rich. William Banks, a professor at Syracuse University College of Law, discusses two recent moves by the Biden Justice Department, issuing a memo calling for the release of former President Trump's tax returns and releasing handwritten notes showing Trump urging former Acting Attorney Gen...
Private Judges and the Jolie-Pitt Custody Battle
August 03, 2021 22:41 - 28 minutesChristopher Melcher of Walzer Melcher, discusses a victory for Angelina Jolie in her divorce battle with Brad Pitt, with a California appeals court agreeing with her that the private judge deciding who gets custody of their minor children, should be disqualified. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses progressive groups looking to the next Supreme Court term—in which the justices will take up cases involving abortion, guns and possibly affirmative action—to fire up the base in adv...
Chardonnay-Under-the-Sea Goes a Bit Too Far Legally
August 01, 2021 18:51 - 24 minutesEmily Dooley, Bloomberg Law Staff Correspondent, discusses how a diver, a surfer, a winemaker, and a Frenchman who sunk wine storage cages off the coast of Santa Barbara in an attempt to create the world’s first members-only underwater wine cellar and club, ran into legal troubles. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how Matthew Grimes went from Tom Barrack's intern to his protege to his co-defendant. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheart...
Justice Dept. Won't Defend Republican Representative
July 31, 2021 17:55 - 30 minutesConstitutional law professor Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas Law School, discusses the U.S. Justice Department refusing to defend Republican Representative Mo Brooks in a lawsuit alleging that he helped incite the deadly January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, a decision that might mean the department also won’t help protect former President Donald Trump. Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses a federal judge dismissing a lawsuit ag...
Tiffany and Costco Settle Over Fake 'Tiffany' Rings
July 29, 2021 15:39 - 34 minutesIntellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses why Tiffany settled an eight-year lawsuit with Costco over copyright infringement and counterfeiting after the wholesaler sold a generic diamond ring bearing the “Tiffany” name. Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Carey Dunne who spent decades at the top of the New York legal profession, leaving his elite law firm to find the biggest case of his career -- investigating former President ...
Trump Ally Barrack Charged With Illegal Lobbying
July 27, 2021 14:50 - 24 minutesFormer federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the charges against Trump ally Tom Barrack, the founder of investment firm Colony Capital, that he illegally lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates and lied to the FBI about it. Michael Gerrard, a professor at Columbia Law School and faculty director of Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, discusses his article for Bloomberg Law, "Killer Heat Waves Warrant F...
First Prison Sentence From Capitol Riot
July 23, 2021 20:56 - 32 minutesFormer federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the first prison term resulting from the Capitol riot and defenses being raised. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the implications of a Texas federal judge ruling that DACA is illegal. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
What Happens When a Country Breaks EU Law?
July 22, 2021 15:46 - 36 minutesRonan McCrea, Professor of Constitutional and European Law at University College London, discusses EU Law and the current controversy with Hungary and Poland. Erin Mulvaney, Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses office culture wars escalating as workers balk at return-to-office mandates. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Sacha Baron Cohen Wins Again Over Prank Interview
July 20, 2021 18:59 - 22 minutesMary Anne Pazanowski, Senior Legal Reporter for Bloomberg Law, discusses how comedian Sacha Baron Cohen won a lawsuit brought by former judge Roy Moore over Cohen’s use of an alleged pedophile detector during an interview...one of several lawsuits Cohen has won over prank interviews. Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Biden's recent judicial nominations. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Advantage Business at the Supreme Court
July 18, 2021 17:56 - 24 minutesJonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses business wins and losses at the Supreme Court this past term. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, discusses the persistent gender gap at the lectern of the court with male advocates outnumbering female advocates 125 to 28 in the most recent term. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Elon Musk Stars in His Own Courtroom Drama
July 17, 2021 19:26 - 24 minutesChris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses Elon Musk's testimony in a Delaware trial over Tesla’s 2016 takeover of SolarCity, continuing to argue that the purchase was a sound decision and that it wasn’t done to benefit himself instead of shareholders. Evan Starr, an assistant professor of management and organization at the University of Maryland, discusses President Joe Biden calling on the FTC to ban or limit employee noncompetes as part of a broad executive order. June Grasso hos...
Lawsuits Over Building Collapse
July 15, 2021 15:10 - 31 minutesDavid Prager, a managing director and head of the U.S. Restructuring Advisory practice at Kroll, discusses the lawsuits that have been filed over the building collapse in Surfside, Florida, Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Joe Biden moving to upend decades of policy on migrants seeking asylum. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Trump's Revenge Lawsuit
July 13, 2021 16:52 - 24 minutesJim Dempsey of the UC Berkeley School of Law, discusses the lawsuit former President Trump filed against Facebook, Twitter, and Google over their decisions to suspend or ban him from using their platforms. David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses why thousands of federal prisoners released to home confinement, are dreading the end of the pandemic. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Where's the New Center of the Court?
July 10, 2021 21:08 - 15 minutesConstitutional law professor Josh Blackman of the South Texas College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court's latest term and the influence of the new 6 to 3 conservative majority. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Why Marilyn Monroe Is a Counterfeiter's Best Friend
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The Supreme Court Shifts to the Right
July 08, 2021 01:30 - 33 minutesStephen Vladeck, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's term with its new conservative majority. Greg Farrell, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses former President Donald Trump's legal peril. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Unprecedented Criminal Case Against Trump Org.
July 05, 2021 18:34 - 35 minutesFormer federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, discusses the unprecedented criminal case against former President Donald Trump’s company and its CFO. Elections expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court upholding two Arizona voting restrictions, limiting the reach of the Voting Rights Act in a decision down ideological lines. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastne...
Transgender Student Wins Civil Rights Battle
July 04, 2021 17:42 - 28 minutesKatherine Franke, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to question the rights of transgender students to use school bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, rejecting an appeal in a long-running civil rights battle. Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses why Facebook's antitrust win is likely short-lived. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Supreme Court Rules Against Unions Again
July 02, 2021 01:20 - 31 minutesLeon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that certain immigrants awaiting a decision on whether they can stay in the U.S. because they fear torture at home, must be detained while their cases work their way through the system. Bethany Berger, a professor at the University of Connecticut Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling against unions on a decades-old regulation that gives union organizers access to agricultural company land for part of the y...
America's 'Trumpiest' Lawyer
June 29, 2021 23:59 - 32 minutesDavid Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who is fighting the Biden administration, past securities charges, and corruption allegations from his own former staff. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how President Joe Biden has confirmed more judicial nominees than any other President since Richard Nixon at this point in the first year of his presidency. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choice...
Profane Cheerleader Post Wins Protection
June 27, 2021 18:42 - 30 minutesFirst Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that a public high school violated the Constitution when it punished a 14-year-old cheerleader for a profane Snapchat rant. Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington discusses the Supreme Court ruling that police can’t automatically pursue fleeing misdemeanor suspects into homes without warrants. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihe...
Student Athletes Score Unanimous Win Over NCAA
June 26, 2021 19:42 - 23 minutesAudrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's decision clearing the way for greater compensation for student-athletes. Jonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the Supreme Court dealing a blow to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac investors in their challenge to the government’s collection of more than $100 billion in profits from the mortgage giants. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choice...
High Court Gives Goldman A New Chance to Stop Lawsuit
June 25, 2021 00:12 - 27 minutesSecurities litigator Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein, discusses the Supreme Court giving Goldman Sachs Group a new chance to stop a lawsuit that accuses the company of misleading shareholders by masking conflicts of interest in mortgage-backed securities it sold. Constitutional law professor Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the justices handing down mixed rulings in narrow wins for the left and right, perhaps showing the newest two justices ar...
Religious Rights Win Out in Clash With Gay Rights
June 19, 2021 19:12 - 35 minutesConstitutional law professor Steve Sanders of Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court decision that Philadelphia violated the Constitution by excluding a Catholic charity from the city’s foster-care program because the group wouldn’t help place children with same-sex couples. Brandon Barnes, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses a ruling by a federal judge in Louisiana blocking the Biden administration's pause on the sale of new oil and gas...
Obamacare Saved at Supreme Court Again
June 18, 2021 22:52 - 21 minutesConstitutional law professor Neil Kinkopf of the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court rejecting the latest Republican attack on Obamacare. Affirmative action expert Susan Sturm, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court asking the Biden Administration to weigh in on whether it should take on a challenge to Harvard College’s use of race as an admissions factor. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at http...
Father-Son Duo Plead to Dramatic Escape of Ghosn
June 17, 2021 22:42 - 27 minutesErik Feldman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses the American father-son duo charged with orchestrating former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape from Japan, pleading guilty in a Tokyo court. Securities attorney Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter, Krinsky & Drogan, discusses why the SEC is being urged to tread carefully as it considers toughening rules that allow corporate executives to regularly unload stock through scheduling plans. Robert Iafolla,...
Trump DOJ Secret Subpoenas Crossed Line
June 15, 2021 22:07 - 29 minutesNational security law expert William Banks, a professor at Syracuse University College of Law, discusses the controversy over revelations the Justice Department under former President Donald Trump had secretly subpoenaed records from House Democrats, former White House counsel Don McGahn and members of the media. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the race to be Manhattan’s next top prosecutor. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcas...
Must Tennis Accommodate Naomi Osaka?
June 12, 2021 18:42 - 27 minutesRuth Colker, a professor of constitutional law and disability discrimination at Ohio State University, discusses whether sports organizations should have to give their star athletes, like tennis star Naomi Osaka, modifications or reasonable accommodations for mental health reasons. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson discusses the Supreme Court decisions that the court will rule on before the end of the term in June. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastn...
Sedition Hunters: Amateur Sleuths in Online Manhunt
June 12, 2021 00:01 - 29 minutesDavid Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how amateur internet sleuths have turned the insurrection on January 6th into the ultimate online manhunt. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Biden's judicial nominations. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Workers Sue Over Vaccine Mandates
June 11, 2021 00:46 - 27 minutesErik Feldman, a University of Pennsylvania professor of law, health policy, and medical ethics, discusses some of the lawsuits brought by workers against employers who are requiring them to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the Biden administration’s decision to defend Donald Trump in a defamation suit. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Battle Over Gun Rights Escalates
June 08, 2021 22:14 - 32 minutesSecond Amendment expert Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses a federal judge overturning California's 32-year ban on assault weapons, in a ruling comparing the AR-15 rifle to a Swiss Army knife. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court unanimously ruling that people who entered the U.S. illegally can’t seek permanent residency even though they now have temporary legal status. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-...
It May Be the Trial of the Year
June 05, 2021 22:36 - 16 minutesAnne Coughlin, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School who specializes in feminist jurisprudence, discusses the August trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct blood testing company Theranos, and possible defenses. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
The Exorbitant Bonuses Law Firms Are Paying
June 05, 2021 22:30 - 19 minutesMeghan Tribe, Bloomberg Law Correspondent, and Summer Eberhard, West Coast-based managing director at legal recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa, discuss the hot market for young corporate lawyers and the exhorbitant bonuses law firms are paying to retain and attract associates. Richard Ausness, a professor at the University of Kentucky Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's refusal to hear Johnson & Johnson's appeal from a $2.1 billion verdict. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-cho...
Why Is Biden Protecting Trump's Tax Returns?
June 04, 2021 22:10 - 29 minutesHarold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses how the Biden administration is using executive privilege to keep some documents related to former President Trump, a secret, including Trump's tax returns. Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, discusses the Supreme Court turning down Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.1 billion verdict. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch ...
Environmentalists Are Disappointed in Biden
June 02, 2021 23:04 - 18 minutesEnvironmental law professor, Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law School, discusses how environmental advocates hoping for a complete reversal of Trump-era legal positions have faced a series of disappointments in the first months of the Biden administration. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Apple May Lose Its Epic Trial
May 30, 2021 21:33 - 25 minutesAntitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at New York University Law School, and Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discuss the high stakes Apple-Epic trial. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Will Donald Trump Be Indicted by Grand Jury?
May 28, 2021 23:31 - 35 minutesDaniel Alonso, a partner at Buckley LLP and former chief assistant district attorney, discusses the Manhattan District Attorney convening a special grand jury in the investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. Joanna Schwartz, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court once again turning down a case involving qualified immunity for police. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Dakota Access Pipeline Still Faces Threats
May 26, 2021 20:36 - 31 minutesBrendan Barnes, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for Energy Litigation, discusses how the Dakota Access oil pipeline faces continued threats to its existence, even after surviving another shutdown battle in federal court. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court siding with the government in a dispute centering on immigrants reentering the country after their deportations were based on rules that were later invalidated. June Grasso hosts Learn more about y...
Can Employers Segregate Unvaccinated Workers?
May 25, 2021 19:10 - 28 minutesHealthcare attorney Rob Fuller, a partner at Nelson Hardiman, discusses recent CDC guidance on masks and what it means for businesses. Paige Smith, Bloomberg Law Reporter for labor and employment, discusses employers separating vaccinated and unvaccinated workers, for example, by shift or floor. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com