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Ep. 329: The Pro Say Podcast Says Goodbye
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - December 21, 2023 22:18 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsOn our last Pro Say episode of 2023, we're also sad to report that it is the final episode of the show. Join the hosts as we take a walk down memory lane to remember our best pop culture moments, biggest news stories, and most memorable guests from the podcast. We’re joined by a special guest and...
Ep. 328: Google’s Antitrust Woes Linger With An Epic Defeat
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - December 15, 2023 22:17 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsEpic Games prevailed in its closely watched antitrust trial against Google this week, convincing a California federal jury that Google’s app store functions as an illegal monopoly that jacks up prices for app developers and smothers competition. This week on Pro Say we sift through the huge defea...
Ep. 327: Justices Consider The Reach Of Mass Tort Immunity
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - December 08, 2023 23:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsAs Purdue Pharma looks to exit bankruptcy, a key part of its proposed reorganization plan has made its way to the Supreme Court: a deal by which the Sackler family pays $6 billion in exchange for a shield from future opioid crisis claims. Joining Pro Say this week is Law360 senior bankruptcy repo...
Ep. 326: DOJ Keeps Losing Antitrust Labor Cases. Why?
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - December 01, 2023 22:42 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe Justice Department’s years long push to use antitrust laws to crack down on wage suppression and “no poach” agreements appears to be slowing down, as the department quietly dropped a case against a United Healthcare unit earlier this month, marking the latest in a series of losses and retreat...
Ep. 325: THANKSGIVING SPECIAL - A Plate Full Of Offbeat News
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - November 22, 2023 18:25 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe Pro Say crew convenes to give thanks for all the unusual legal news that made us laugh this year. Join us for our annual tradition of revisiting the best of our offbeat segments, including a look at a woman who tried to get paid a reward from Lady Gaga despite involvement in dognapping the po...
Ep. 324: What The High Court’s Ethics Code Leaves Out
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - November 18, 2023 00:07 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsAfter intense public scrutiny over ethics, the U.S. Supreme Court released its first-ever code of conduct governing the behavior of the justices. The justices claim the new code codifies what they have long been doing and should dispel public misunderstandings about judicial ethics. But does it d...
Ep. 323: At Trial, SBF Was His Own Worst Enemy
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - November 09, 2023 22:12 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsLast week’s conviction of cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried was fueled in part by the FTX founder’s unusual decision to take the stand in his own defense. It was an ambitious gambit that did not pay off, as Bankman-Fried now faces decades in prison for his crimes. Joining Pro Say this we...
Ep. 322: Meet The Lawyers Who Took On White Supremacy
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - November 03, 2023 23:24 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, seized the nation’s attention as a gathering of white nationalists opposing the removal of a Confederate statue soon turned deadly. What came next was a years-long legal fight to hold the rally’s organizers accountable for the violence,...
Ep. 321: State AGs Fight Your Kid's Facebook Addiction
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - October 27, 2023 22:41 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThis week saw 41 U.S. states and the District of Columbia launch an all-out legal blitz against Meta, alleging that the tech giant is using addictive features to get kids hooked onto Facebook and Instagram. This week on Pro Say, the hosts break down the particulars of the suit, and how it fits in...
Ep. 320: The Secret Meeting That Could Unravel A Murder Case
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - October 20, 2023 22:21 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsA secret conversation held in an empty courtroom has raised ethics questions for a judge, his clerk and a local attorney. And it may lead to a manslaughter conviction being tossed. On this week’s episode of Pro Say we’re joined by Marco Poggio who fills us in on this twisty legal drama. Elsewhere...
Ep. 319: Are ‘Junk Fees’ Headed For The Trash?
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - October 13, 2023 22:42 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe Federal Trade Commission is moving ahead with a proposal to crack down on what are commonly called “junk fees,” the often-obscured extra charges applied to concert tickets, hotel bookings and other purchases, that can cost customers upwards of $80 million per year. Joining Pro Say this week i...
Ep. 318: Crypto Fraud On Trial: The U.S. vs. SBF
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - October 06, 2023 22:29 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe criminal fraud trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is underway in Manhattan, with prosecutors making the case that SBF looted billions of dollars from the crypto exchange before its ultimate collapse last year. Joining Pro Say this week is Law360 New York courts reporter Rachel Scharf, who...
Ep. 317: Pro Say’s Supreme Court Cheat Sheet
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - September 29, 2023 23:50 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe Supreme Court justices return to the bench on Monday for a new term that’s shaping up to be an impactful one, with issues ranging from gun ownership rights in domestic violence cases, to the legality of administrative courts and the First Amendment implications of public officials blocking cr...
Ep. 316: The Fishing Case That Could Reel In Chevron
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - September 22, 2023 22:40 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsA dispute over a relatively obscure fishing industry rule is attracting considerable buzz ahead of the upcoming Supreme Court term, as the justices will consider whether to overturn their decades-old precedent providing leeway to federal regulators. The so-called Chevron deference requires courts...
Ep. 315: How A 'Cruel And Unusual' Felon Voting Ban Fell Apart
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - September 15, 2023 23:34 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsA remarkable Fifth Circuit opinion recently concluded that Mississippi’s permanent ban on voting rights for convicted felons is cruel and unusual punishment that violates the Constitution. The ruling energized a growing nationwide advocacy movement against felon disenfranchisement, but it’s not w...
Ep. 314: What Is A Monopoly? Google It
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - September 08, 2023 21:24 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsA landmark trial kicks off next week with the federal government squaring off against tech giant Google. The government says Google has abused its power over online searches to smother competition. On this week's episode of Pro Say, we're joined by Law360 senior antitrust reporter Bryan Koenig to...
Ep. 313: From BigLaw To The Bachelorette
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - September 01, 2023 21:09 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsAfter more than six years of quiet obsession over the attorneys and other legal pros who appear on The Bachelor and Bachelorette, Pro Say brings you an exclusive interview with one such contestant. We’re joined this week by Mayer Brown associate James Pierce, who was one of roughly two dozen suit...
Ep. 312: As Maui Burns, Power Companies Land In Court
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - August 25, 2023 21:45 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsLawsuits accusing Hawaii’s power companies of negligence have already started to trickle in following one of the deadliest wildfires in history that ravaged Maui and killed more than 100 people, and legal experts believe that hundreds if not thousands more may follow. On this week’s episode of Pr...
Ep. 311: An Alleged Predator At GMU Law
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - August 18, 2023 22:54 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsTwo women lawyers told Law360 that former Federal Trade Commission member and George Mason University law professor Joshua D. Wright abused his power in order to engage them in sexual activity. On this week's Pro Say podcast we discuss details of the alleged misconduct that began while they were ...
Ep. 310: The Power Of Court Compels You
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - August 11, 2023 22:20 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsWhat began with a simple court order for Southwest Airlines to issue a statement vowing to uphold the religious protections in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act has escalated to a bitter feud in Texas federal court, where a judge has sanctioned three of the company’s attorneys with an edict to un...
Ep. 309: Pressure Points In The Case Against Trump
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - August 04, 2023 21:52 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe latest criminal indictment against Donald Trump paints a detailed picture of the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election by spreading misinformation and pressuring state and federal officials to break the law. The four counts brought by special counsel Jack Smi...
Ep. 308: Biden’s Asylum Restrictions Got Tossed. What Now?
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - July 28, 2023 22:15 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThis week saw a California federal judge block the Biden administration’s attempt to place new restrictions on asylum seekers, ruling that the White House cannot curtail where and how migrants fearing persecution in their home countries can seek shelter in the U.S. Joining Pro Say this week is La...
Ep. 307: Courts Wade Into Online ‘Disinformation’ Battle
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - July 21, 2023 22:12 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe Biden administration’s efforts to combat “disinformation” online by coordinating with tech giants have long been the subject of partisan sniping, but are now at the center of a testy legal battle that has already yielded a number of twists and turns. First came a 155-page ruling from a Texas ...
Ep. 306: Microsoft Levels Up In Merger Game Against FTC
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - July 14, 2023 21:35 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsMicrosoft, the maker of XBox, and Activision Blizzard, creator of Call of Duty, cleared an early stage this week in the multilevel game of getting their $68.7 billion dollar merger approved. The gaming giants saw a California federal judge refuse the Federal Trade Commissions’ move to block the m...
Ep. 305: United Or Divided? A Podcast Roundtable On The High Court
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - July 06, 2023 20:23 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsAnother U.S. Supreme Court season is in the books, and while the final week of opinions featured some supermajority holdings along party lines on divisive issues like affirmative action and gay rights, we also saw a number of decisions with unexpected lineups on issues like voting rights and reli...
Ep. 304: Want The Sabbath Off? High Court Makes It Easier
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - June 30, 2023 23:09 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsAmong its flurry of blockbuster end-of-term decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an Evangelical postal worker who objected to working on Sundays due to religious reasons. The high court held that the Third Circuit shouldn’t have found that the USPS lawfully denied the worker’s ...
Ep. 303: Tennessee’s AG On Drag Shows, Guns And Climate
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - June 23, 2023 23:03 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsTennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has had a busy first year as the Volunteer State’s top legal officer. A keynote speaker at this year’s Burton Awards, which recognize excellence in the law, Skrmetti joined Pro Say to talk about his defense of anti-drag show legislation, gun rights and...
Ep. 302: The Trump Indictment’s Legal X Factors
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - June 16, 2023 23:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsFormer President Donald Trump has once again been indicted, this time by a special federal prosecutor honing in on Trump’s stashing of sensitive documents after he left office. This week on Pro Say, the hosts break down the charges against Trump and shine a light on two men who figure to loom lar...
Ep. 301: Golf’s Big Truce Isn’t Out Of The Woods Yet
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - June 09, 2023 23:25 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsThe bitter legal dispute that has swallowed up the golf world for the past year vanished in a flash this week, as the PGA Tour and its Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf rolled out a blockbuster agreement to join forces. The union would create a new golf organization, the exact shape of which is still t...
Ep. 300: A Texas-Sized Impeachment Gambit
Law360's Pro Say - News & Analysis on Law and the Legal Industry - June 02, 2023 22:25 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 389 ratingsAlready impeached over a raft of ethics violations, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is expected to pursue an unusual legal argument to exonerate himself in the state senate: that voters knew about his purported misdeeds and voted him into office anyway. The so-called “voter forgiveness” doctrin...
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