Latest Lawsuits Podcast Episodes
What lead to the dismissal charges for Alec Baldwin
Karen Conti - July 14, 2024 22:13 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDamon Cheronis, Chicago attorney, joins Karen Conti to talk about the dismissal of the charges against Alec Baldwin.
What people say on death row
Karen Conti - July 14, 2024 22:13 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDr. Bill Kimberlin, author of “Watch Me Die: Last Words From Death Row“, joins Karen Conti to discuss the book and more!
How lost Purple Hearts get returned to the families of veterans
Karen Conti - July 07, 2024 22:02 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIllinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs joins Karen Conti to talk about returning a Purple Heart to the family of a WWII vet. Michael also talks about how to claim lost money from your family. For more information visit icash.illinoistreasurer.gov.
The 58th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act
Karen Conti - July 07, 2024 22:02 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMatt Topic, partner at Loevy and Loevy, joins Karen Conti in honor of the 58th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act. Marc explains the importance of the act and how he used it to obtain the video in the Laquan McDonald case.
A book about mental health in law enforcement
Karen Conti - July 07, 2024 22:01 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsKevin Donaldson, a retired police officer, joins Karen Conti to talk about his book “Man Are You Crazy” about job stress, PTSD, and more that police officers face.
The effect of the accused Highland Park shooter not changing his plea
Karen Conti - June 30, 2024 22:40 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAttorney Antonio Romanucci, who is representing the Highland Park shooting victims, joins Karen Conti to talk about the accused shooter’s refusal to change his plea this week.
Former New York Police Officers team up to start a podcast
Karen Conti - June 30, 2024 22:39 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDan Murphy, retired New York Police Officers and host of the Gold Shields Podcast, joins Karen to talk about crime, policing, and terrorism.
Why do mass shootings happen?
Karen Conti - June 30, 2024 22:38 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDr. Adam Lankford, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama, joins Karen Conti to talk about who becomes a mass shooter and why it is such a problem in the United States.
Glass Palaces
Sidebar by Courthouse News - June 25, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAll aboard, fair listeners, as we take you on a summer tour of the fascinating world of courthouse architecture and how it shapes our justice system. Can courthouse design impact justice? You’ve joined us right in the middle of America’s greatest era of civics construction. Over the last 30 ye...
An in-depth look at this week’s ruling on barring firearms for domestic abusers
Karen Conti - June 23, 2024 22:33 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDr. Bernadette Meyler, a Law professor at Stanford, joins Karen Conti to talk about this week’s Supreme Court decision to bar domestic violence perpetrators from possessing firearms and how this decision might affect the constitutionality of the law used to convict Hunter Biden. Significance of...
Significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth
Karen Conti - June 23, 2024 22:32 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsChristina Shutt, Director of the Lincoln Library and Museum, joins Karen Conti to explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth.
What to know about DUI law
Karen Conti - June 23, 2024 22:32 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAttorney Sarah Toney joins Karen Conti to talk about DUI law with summer starting this week and the recent arrest of Justin Timberlake for DWI.
What legal rights do you have when a product isn’t as advertised
Karen Conti - June 16, 2024 22:04 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAttorney Spencer Sheehan joins Karen Conti to talk about the recent class action brought against Cold Stone Creamery alleging that their pistachio ice cream does not contain pistachios.
The case against a former DCFS investigator relating to the death of a child
Karen Conti - June 16, 2024 22:02 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPatrick Kenneally, McHenry State’s Attorney, joins Karen Conti to talk about this week’s sentencing and the unprecedented prosecution and conviction against a former DCFS investigator relating to the death of 5-year-old AJ Freund.
John Maher talks funeral news and estate planning
Karen Conti - June 09, 2024 22:03 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJohn Maher, funeral director and estate planning lawyer, joins Karen Conti to talk about a Nebraska woman who was found alive in the funeral home and the 80 families in Central Illinois who are suing a funeral home because the ashes they received were not those of their family members.
What is ‘parental alienation’?
Karen Conti - June 09, 2024 22:03 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDawn Boettger, Family Therapist, joins Karen Conti to talk about parental alienation in light of the child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter filing to change her name to remove Pitt’s name. “Parental alienation” is the systemic bad-mouthing of one parent by the other to destroy the rela...
Is the Hunter Biden trial unconstitutional?
Karen Conti - June 09, 2024 22:02 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDr. Stephen Halbrook, one of the country’s foremost 2nd Amendment experts, joins Karen Conti to talk about the Hunter Biden gun trial. Is the law that is being used to prosecute him unconstitutional?
Shopping for the Perfect Court
Sidebar by Courthouse News - June 04, 2024 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn the past few years, there’s been an explosion of nationwide injunctions coming from single-judge divisions in the federal court system. These judges were handpicked by the people filing these lawsuits. You may have heard of one: U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. With Kacsmaryk’s rulings...
What right do you have when trip plans go awry
Karen Conti - June 02, 2024 21:56 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJeffrey Ment, an expert in travel law, joins Karen Conti to talk about legal issues when it comes to planning trips and changes that are coming.
An update on the Christopher Columbus statue
Karen Conti - June 02, 2024 21:55 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLouis Rago, President of the Italian American Human Relations Foundation, joins Karen Conti to talk about the Christopher Columbus statues and the status of their removal.
What rights do women have with in vitro fertilization
Karen Conti - May 12, 2024 21:55 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsNidhi Desai, reproductive rights attorney, joins Karen Conti to talk about in vitro fertilization and what rights women have. Later on, Nidhi talks about adoption and how that process works.
Mother’s place in the workforce
Karen Conti - May 12, 2024 21:55 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsAndie Kramer, lawyer, gender bias expert, and author of Beyond Bias: The PATH to End Gender Inequality at Work, joins Karen Conti to talk about mothers in the workplace in honor of today being Mother’s Day.
How are women treated in family law?
Karen Conti - May 12, 2024 21:54 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJudge Grace Dickler, former presiding judge of Domestic Relations Court in Cook County, joins Karen Conti to talk about how women are treated in family law court regarding children.
Real Lawsuits of 'Real Housewives'
Sidebar by Courthouse News - May 07, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsReceipts. Proof. Timeline. Screenshots. What fuels the flames of drama in episodes of Bravo’s hugely successful “Real Housewives” franchise can also come into play off the screen when current and former reality stars duke it out in court against in each other and their former producers and emp...
John Jay Wiley tells you what it’s like to be a police officer
Karen Conti - May 05, 2024 22:08 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsJohn Jay Wiley, a retired Baltimore Police officer, joins Karen Conti with next week being National Police Week. Jay talks about who should be a police officer and what it is like to be one. Jay is also the host of the popular podcast, “Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.”
Why is jury selection important?
Karen Conti - May 05, 2024 22:07 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDave Zehner, from Zehner Trial Consulting, joins Karen Conti to talk about jury selection and how it relates to former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Dave also talks about how juries are different post-OJ Simpson.
Copyright Conundrum
Sidebar by Courthouse News - April 16, 2024 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWould you believe us if we told you copyright law is the biggest regulation on free speech in the United States? When you exercise your First Amendment right to paint a picture or write the next great American novel, your speech belongs to you. No one can take it and pass it off as their own. ...
20: Camp Lejeune Administrative Claim Deadline is August 10, 2024
Failed Hips and Harmful Drugs - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsI am Clay Hodges, an attorney based in Raleigh, North Carolina. For the past 20 years, I have been representing individuals injured by defective products, problematic medications, and toxic exposures. Today, I am following up on the Camp Lejeune toxic water litigation. If you, one of your fam...
Is it legal to steal a joke?
Karen Conti - April 14, 2024 21:51 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCarl Unegbu, lawyer and author of Comedy Goes to Court: When People Stop Laughing and Start Fighting, joins Karen Conti to discuss the legality of comedy, and if a joke can be ‘stolen.’
The Serial Killer’s Apprentice: How a killer can be created
Karen Conti - April 14, 2024 21:43 ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTracy Ullman and Dr. Katherine Ramsland, authors of The Serial Killer’s Apprentice, join Karen Conti to discuss the case of murderer Dean Corll, how he went about creating an ‘apprentice,’ and the idea of a ‘temporary psychopath.’
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