Bloomberg Law

Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein discusses s federal judge questioning Facebook Inc.’s $550 million settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit, asking whether that was really a lot of money. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses how the doors at federal courthouses around the nation are slowly starting to swing open with the convening of socially distanced grand juries. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual Property Litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses how filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and Apple defeated claims that their Apple TV+ show “Servant” rips off a 2013 film with a similar premise, “The Truth About Emanuel." June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that U.S. Bank NA won’t have to face a lawsuit challenging steep losses to its pension plan, because the plan participants who filed suit have nothing to gain or lose through the case. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, a partner at Steptoe & Johnson, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the oversight board responsible for resolving Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, rejecting a bondholder challenge. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, of Lowenstein Sandler, discusses the new charges against the four police officers in the death of George Floyd and how difficult it will be to get a conviction. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses President Trump’s threat to send military troops into states and whether he has the authority under the law. Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the latest twists in the case of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor at Columbia Law School and a leading scholar of critical race theory, discusses the protests in response to the killing of George Floyd while in police custody. Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and a constitutional law expert, discusses the Supreme Court rejecting a call by a California church to block restrictions on worship services during the coronavirus outbreak. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Stambleck, a partner at matrimonial firm, Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, discusses the likely spike in divorces in the U.S. after the pandemic. In China divorces hit record high numbers in several cities as couples emerged from weeks of government-mandated shutdowns. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses President Trump unleashing an executive order targeting social media companies like Twitter that have drawn his wrath. Election law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the challenges election officials have with just weeks left to ensure that their states can handle a surge of mail-in votes in November in the face of fierce opposition from Trump. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, giving up a 14-month fight and pleading guilty to paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California as phony crew stars. Erik Gordon, a professor at the Ross School of Business, discusses reported verbal agreements to resolve tens of thousands of cancer lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.