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John E. Jones III, retired federal judge and college president, offers a judicial perspective on civility and risks of personal attacks on judges. Harry Nelson, health care attorney, explains legal fights over RFK Jr.'s attempted reshaping of vaccine advisory bodies and a judge’s injunction halting changes. They discuss judicial conduct, politicization of courts, and legal limits on altering vaccine policy.

Timothy Brightbill, a partner and co-chair of the international trade practice at Wiley Rein, discusses lawsuits over refunds for the $170 billion collected in tariffs. Then Bloomberg legal reporter Patricia Hurtado, discusses federal prosecutors trying to drop criminal convictions for bribery reached by a jury in FIFA cases. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

International law expert Kal Raustiala a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the legality of the war in Iran. Then antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the states resuming the antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation. And business law expert, Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses wagering on the Iran war. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

International law expert Kal Raustiala, a professor at UCLA Law School and director of the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations, discusses the legality of the Iran war under US and international law. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Trump administration asking the Supreme Court to allow it to revoke temporary protected status for Haitians and the first appellate test of President Trump’s $100,000 fee for H1-B visas. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Talley, Columbia Law business professor and co-host of Beyond Unprecedented, studies markets and regulatory issues including prediction platforms. He discusses how Polymarket-style contracts work. He explains suspicious large wagers around a possible US strike on Iran and the regulatory, investigative, and cross-border challenges those markets raise.

Bloomberg's Jef Feeley breaks down Elon Musk's investor fraud trial, which claims he manipulated Twitter's stock price in 2022 in order to get a better deal. Bloomberg News antitrust reporter Leah Nylen joins to discuss the Live Nation antitrust trial that is just getting underway in New York. And Martin Edel, co-chair of the Sports Law Practice at Goulston & Storrs and an adjunct professor at Columbia Law, discusses MLB's longstanding antitrust exemption, which just survived a new challenge.Featuring special guest host Amy Morris, in for June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr talks about why big oil companies, including Exxon Mobil, are looking to the Supreme Court to block them from lawsuits over climate change. Bloomberg News health reporter Jessica Nix breaks down the legal action that 15 states, led by California and Arizona, are taking against US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his overhaul of US vaccine policy for children. And, Justin Daniels, shareholder at Baker Donelson, discusses his piece for Bloomberg Law on why the social media addiction trial could serve as the template for how tort law can be used to rein in big tech.Featuring special guest host Amy Morris, in for June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Townsend, international trade lawyer, explains the Supreme Court ruling that curtailed presidential tariff power. Alan Spears, cultural resources director, describes efforts to stop removal of slavery, Native, LGBTQ and climate history from parks. Pat Parenteau, environmental law professor, outlines lawsuits challenging the EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding.

Professor Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown Law discusses a federal judge ordering a slavery exhibit to be restored after it was removed by the Trump administration.  Then Professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses the first lawsuits over the EPA's revocation of a major climate finding.  And Bloomberg Legal Reporter Madlin Mekelburg discusses Mark Zuckerberg's testimony at the first social media addiction trial.  June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.