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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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Trump Refuses to Concede Election
November 11, 2020 03:46 - 34 minutesElection law expert Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, discusses President Trump continuing to press election lawsuits although no evidence of widespread fraud has been found by courts. Employment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses how "love contracts" are going mainstream as employers track office romances. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Will Trump Election Challenges Matter?
November 07, 2020 23:04 - 30 minutesElection law experts Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, and Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, discuss the lawsuits that the Trump campaign has mounted in the battleground states and likely legal challenges to come. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Legal Fights Over Vote Counts
November 06, 2020 04:57 - 31 minutesElection law experts Nate Persily, a professor at Stanford Law School, and Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, discuss the legal challenges the Trump campaign has filed in battleground states. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Cases Where Justice Barrett Could Make a Difference
November 03, 2020 22:49 - 29 minutesConstitutional law expert Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the cases where new Justice Amy Coney Barrett could make a difference from abortion rights to gay rights. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses how Justice Barrett chose her law clerks. Laurel Calkins, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses why a federal judge refused to throw out 127,000 drive-through votes cast in Texas. June Grasso hosts. Lea...
Election Law & Voters Weigh Erasing Slavery Symbols
November 01, 2020 20:30 - 32 minutesElection law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the upcoming election and whether the Supreme Court may get involved. Anne Bailey, a professor of history at the State University of New York at Binghamton, discusses state ballot initiatives that would erase symbols of slavery and slavery amendments. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Is Court-Packing the Answer to a Conservative Court?
October 31, 2020 00:10 - 33 minutesConstitutional Law expert David Pozen, a professor at Columbia Law School, discuses the wide array of options being considered to change the balance on the Supreme Court which now has a 6 to 3 conservative majority. Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses the split Supreme Court decisions on mail-in ballots. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Will Trump Face Prosecution If He Loses the Election?
October 28, 2020 20:58 - 28 minutesFormer federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the lawsuits, both civil and criminal, that President Trump might face when he leaves office. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the revelations from the unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Baseball, Snowballs and Scalia at SCOTUS Arguments
October 27, 2020 01:13 - 15 minutesFormer federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses justices grappling with the original meaning of the word “seizure” in a case where a woman wants to sue police officers for excessive force. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why woman attorneys are finding nontraditional routes to Supreme Court advocacy. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Will the U.S. Break Up Google?
October 24, 2020 02:45 - 35 minutesAntitrust law expert Harry First, a Professor at NYU Law School, discusses the landmark U.S. antitrust suit against Google and its implications. Eric Talley, a Columbia Law School Professor, discusses his podcast series, “Beyond Unprecedented: The Post-Pandemic Economy." June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Did Ed Sheeran Copy Marvin Gaye's Classic Song?
October 22, 2020 23:13 - 29 minutesIntellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the upcoming trial where a jury will decide whether Ed Sheeran copied Marvin Gaye’s 1973 soul classic “Let’s Get It On,” in his hit song "Thinking Out Loud." Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses a new case the Supreme Court will review about whether police can enter a home without a warrant in hot pursuit of someone suspected of committing a misdemeanor. June Grasso hosts. Learn more ab...
Will There be Mini Bush v. Gore Suits Post-Election?
October 21, 2020 02:41 - 30 minutesRebecca Green, a professor at William & Mary Law School and co-director of the Election Law Program, discusses possible post-election litigation. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses The Supreme Court agreeing to hear Trump administration appeals on three cases dealing with immigration policy. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
A Different Way to Rein in the Supreme Court
October 17, 2020 22:05 - 30 minutesSamuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale, discusses a way to shield certain laws from Supreme Court review, jurisdiction stripping, an alternative to court packing and term limits. Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law, discusses Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
How Amy Coney Barrett Could Change the Law
October 16, 2020 23:21 - 34 minutesLeah Litman, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and what they reveal about her judicial philosophy. Samuel Bagenstos, a law professor at the University of Michigan who served in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, discusses how a U.S. inquiry into whether Microsoft Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. broke workplace civil rights laws by seeking to double their ranks...
Barrett Avoids Slips at Confirmation Hearings
October 15, 2020 03:14 - 31 minutesHarold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the first two days of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the approach of Judge Barrett to the confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Will the Liberal Justices Find New Alliances?
October 13, 2020 00:54 - 25 minutesAndrew Crespo,a Harvard Law School professor, discusses how Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves the court's three remaining liberals looking for new alliances. Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses how two conservative justices used the court's rejection of an appeal, to complain that the court's 2015 same-sex marriage ruling threatens religious liberty. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork...
Former Solicitor General Garre on New SCOTUS Term
October 10, 2020 21:47 - 20 minutesFormer United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins Supreme Court and Appellate Practice, discusses the Supreme Court's new term including cases on Obamacare, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, religious rights versus gay rights, robo texting and Nazi-looted art. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
How to Structure Green New Deal Finance
October 10, 2020 18:18 - 18 minutesRobert Hockett, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses his new book, "Financing the Green New Deal: A Plan of Action and Renewal." June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Behind the Statements of the President's Doctor
October 07, 2020 20:49 - 28 minutesHealthcare attorney Harry Nelson, Managing Partner of Nelson Hardiman, discusses President Trump's doctor releasing misleading information about the president’s health and the implications of the HIPPA privacy laws. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the lawsuits over the elections that are going down to the wire. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Election Lawsuits Going Down to the Wire
October 07, 2020 00:28 - 19 minutesElections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how judges are largely rejecting efforts by President Trump’s campaign to restrict voting by mail during the pandemic, but new lawsuits and appeals by the GOP are dragging out the legal fights, adding uncertainty to the election. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Conservatives Step Up Attack on Affirmative Action
October 02, 2020 21:23 - 28 minutesAudrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims PLC, discusses why conservatives see their best shot in decades to get rid of race in college admissions. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court putting a clash over undocumented immigrants and the census on a fast track, at the Trump administration's request. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
How the Tax Laws Helped Trump
October 02, 2020 17:55 - 33 minutesMichael Graetz, a professor at Columbia Law School and author of the new book, "The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It," discusses the revelations about President Trump's tax returns. Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, discusses the legal cases around the sale of TikTok. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Will Theranos Ex-CEO Play the Victim at Trial?
September 29, 2020 23:39 - 29 minutesAnne Coughlin, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School who specializes in feminist jurisprudence, discusses Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, exploring whether she can beat fraud charges by asking jurors to delve into her psychological state. Maaren Shah, the head of the art litigation practice at Quinn Emanuel, discusses the long-running battle over the legacy and work of sculptor Robert Indiana, and the agreement between her client, the Morgan Art Foundation and the no...
How the Law Will Change with a More Conservative Court
September 27, 2020 17:18 - 34 minutesA Supreme Court with a 6 member conservative majority could change the law on abortion rights, Obamacare, gun rights, affirmative action, voting rights and religious rights, just to name a few areas. Host June Grasso discusses the changes ahead with constitutional law scholars Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School and Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
RBG The Feminist Icon and Legal Trailblazer
September 25, 2020 01:10 - 31 minutesRuth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer in women's rights, the second female justice on the Supreme Court and a cultural icon. Constitutional Law Professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School discusses Ginsburg's legacy. Virginia Solicitor General Toby Heytens discusses his days as Ginsburg's law clerk. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
From Tents to Smoke Machines: Restarting Jury Trials
September 22, 2020 14:51 - 28 minutesMadison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses how judges are using unconventional methods to restart jury trials, as their caseloads pile up. Michael Gerrard, the founder and faculty director of Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, discusses actions a Biden administration could take to reverse the climate deregulation carried out by the Trump administration. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
LVMH Leaves Tiffany at Altar & $900 Million Bank Error
September 19, 2020 19:41 - 19 minutesAndrew Rossman, a partner at Quinn Emanuel, discusses the legal battle between LVMH and Tiffany & Co., as the maker of Louis Vuitton bags tries to pull out of a $16 billion agreement to buy the jewelry brand. Anat Alon-Beck, a professor at Case Western Reserve School of Law, discusses an employee error that caused Citigroup Inc. to mistakenly pay out more than $900 million of its own money to a group of lenders expecting an interest payment on behalf of Revlon Inc. June Grasso hosts. Learn m...
The Life, Death and Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 19, 2020 12:30 - 34 minutesShe was just the second woman justice on the Supreme Court. Her 27 years on the bench was marked by a tireless fight to advance the rights of women. She built a record as one of the most liberal justices, supporting gay rights, abortion rights, and restrictions on the death penalty. Now, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87. Ginsburg passed due to complications from pancreatic cancer...surrounded by her family at her home in Washington. On this podcast, we examine the life and legacy...
Separating Church and State
September 18, 2020 01:28 - 18 minutesErwin Chemerinsky, Dean at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, discusses his new book, "The Religion Clauses: The Case for Separating Church and State," and how the Supreme Court's First Amendment law concerning religion is likely to change in the years ahead. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Christian Art Fight Fueled by Litigation Finance
September 16, 2020 23:22 - 22 minutesRoy Strom, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses how litigation finance is fueling the lawsuit of artist Akiane Kramarik who gained fame as a 9-year-old on the Oprah Winfrey show, against Art & SoulWorks, her licensing arm for more than a decade. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Trump's new additions to his list of possible Supreme Court nominees. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Is the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Racist?
September 12, 2020 19:51 - 29 minutesMechele Dickerson, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and an early researcher on race and bankruptcy, discusses why Black debtors file for bankruptcy disproportionately more than other racial groups, yet get less permanent relief. Employment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses what a Biden Administration could mean for employers and employees. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
DOJ Wants to Take Over Trump Defamation Defense
September 11, 2020 21:55 - 24 minutesErik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the Justice Department's unusual move to take over the defense of President Trump in a defamation suit tied to a rape claim. Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses why state prosecutors dropped the murder indictment against Curtis Flowers, a Black man tried six times in Mississippi for a quadruple murder. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Did Postal Chief Violate Campaign Finance Laws?
September 09, 2020 22:31 - 31 minutesCampaign finance law expert Meredith McGehee, the executive director of Issue One, which advocates for stronger campaign finance laws, discusses the allegations that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pressured his former employees to donate money to Republican political candidates and then reimbursed them using company money. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a federal judge ordering the U.S. Census Bureau to stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in...
Can Employers Watch Drug Testing?
September 06, 2020 22:15 - 27 minutesEmployment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that employees required to take an employer-watched urine test, didn't have a claim for invasion of privacy. Erin Mulvaney, Bloomberg Law Senior Reporter, discusses employees filing suits over denial of Covid-19 leaves. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Trump 2, House 1 in McGahn Subpoena Fight
September 04, 2020 22:15 - 32 minutesNeil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the third ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals over the House of Representatives lawsuit seeking to subpoena former White House Counsel Don McGahn. Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School, discusses California's 100th lawsuit against the Trump administration. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Former Black Franchisees Sue McDonald's
September 02, 2020 23:56 - 28 minutesEric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the lawsuit against McDonald's by more than 50 Black former franchisees who say they were driven out of business after being pushed by the company to set up shop in crime-ridden areas. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the continuing legal saga of former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, after a federal appeals court declined to order the dismissal of the case against him. ...
Extradition Fight of Men Accused of Ghosn Escape
September 01, 2020 00:10 - 18 minutesMark Ramseyer, a professor at Harvard Law School, discusses the fight against extradition to Japan of two American men who are wanted there on charges that they smuggled former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country in a box last year in his daring escape. Bloomberg's David McLaughlin discusses the decision by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to fight charges by the U.S. of conspiring with competitors to raise prices for generic drugs. June Grasso hosts. Learn more abo...
Trump Asks High Court to Let Him Block Twitter Critics
August 30, 2020 19:44 - 13 minutesFirst Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Justice Department asking the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling prohibiting President Donald Trump from blocking users from his personal Twitter account. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Legal Assault on the Post Office Changes
August 29, 2020 22:58 - 12 minutesElections law expert Nathaniel Persily, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses the third multistate lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over major changes to postal service operations that the states fear will hinder mail-in voting during the November election. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
TikTok's Lawsuit Over Trump Ban
August 28, 2020 18:19 - 13 minutesJames Dempsey, executive director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses TikTok filing a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from enacting a ban on the fast-growing social media network, as it negotiates a sale of its U.S. assets. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Court Overturns Scott Peterson's Death Sentence
August 27, 2020 01:37 - 10 minutesProfessor John Blume of Cornell Law School, the Director of the Cornell Death Penalty Project, discusses why the California Supreme Court overturned Scott Peterson's 2005 death sentence for the murder of his wife and unborn child. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Chaos in the Criminal Courts
August 14, 2020 04:26 - 32 minutesJordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses the many issues criminal trial lawyers are having during the pandemic, from not being able to confer adequately with their clients to potentially skewed jury pools. Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Democrat's win in a court fight over the testimony of former White House counsel Donald McGahn. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
False Concerns About Mail-In Voting
August 13, 2020 23:46 - 31 minutesElections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the challenges ahead in the 2020 election and what states are trying to do now to ensure mail-in balloting is successful. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the skeptical en banc panel former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn faced at the D.C Circuit Court of Appeals. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Will New York Dissolve the NRA?
August 13, 2020 22:22 - 29 minutesSecond Amendment expert, Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the New York Attorney General's lawsuit to dissolve the NRA. Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses Qualcomm's victory at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Trump Administration is Soft on White Collar Crime
August 11, 2020 23:50 - 35 minutesJohn Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School and author of the new book, “Corporate Crime and Punishment: The Crisis of Underenforcement,” discusses how the prosecution of white collar crime has dropped 30% under President Trump, as well as a drop in fines on corporations. Matt Dallek, a professor at Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, discusses whether Trump’s pandemic relief orders are likely to face legal challenges. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about you...
Supreme Court Leaks Show Justice's Maneuvers
August 10, 2020 23:32 - 30 minutesStephen Vladeck, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas Law School, discusses an extraordinary breach of the Supreme Court's rules of confidentiality and what it revealed about the inner workings of the court. Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses why the Supreme Court hasn’t shown much willingness during the Covid pandemic to second-guess emergency orders issued by public officials. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your...
2020 Election is a Legal Logjam
August 07, 2020 21:30 - 20 minutesElection law expert Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, discusses why the 2020 election is on track to be the most litigated in U.S. history, with lawsuits pending in 42 states and D.C. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
New Concerns About Accuracy of the Census
August 06, 2020 21:37 - 32 minutesLeon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses new concerns about the 2020 Census. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Trump's upcoming list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court. Christopher Dolmetsch, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how a bail hearing for the teenager accused in the Twitter hack, got hacked. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
N.Y. Prosecutor Suggests Fraud Part of Trump Inquiry
August 05, 2020 20:56 - 31 minutesFormer federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. suggesting his office may be investigating potential bank and insurance fraud by President Trump and the Trump Organization, as it seeks access to the president’s tax returns and other financial records. Bloomberg Law Reporter Madison Alder discusses Judge Esther Salas calling for more security for federal judges after a shooter killed her son and wounded her husban...
Ghislaine Maxwell Fights to Stop Document Release
August 04, 2020 21:29 - 30 minutesBloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado discusses some revelations in newly unsealed documents in the Ghislaine Maxwell case and her attempts to block her deposition from 2016 from being revealed. Robert Bloom, a professor at Boston College Law School, discusses a federal appeals court throwing out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Bias in Jury Selection Addressed in Bill
August 04, 2020 01:46 - 13 minutesFormer federal prosecutor Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School, discusses why prosecutors and judges are resisting a proposal working its way through the California Legislature to require transparency around juror strikes in the nation’s largest state justice system, to address concerns of racial, gender, and other bias. June Grasso hosts. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com