Bloomberg Law

Michele Goodwin, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine and author of “Policing the Womb,” discusses how the coronavirus is adding new ammunition to America’s abortion wars as several states have put in place limits on abortions as non-essential services during the virus, prompting legal challenges. She speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Edward Morrison, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how the coronavirus is threatening to destroy businesses large and small, and that’s got bankruptcy lawyers’ phones ringing off the hook, but what are the limitations of the bankruptcy laws. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School discusses why liberal leaning advocacy and health groups are urging senators to oppose confirming Cory Wilson, the latest Trump pick for one of the most conservative federal appellate courts on grounds that he’d try to undermine Obamacare. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses the Trump administration’s rollback of mileage standards, gutting tougher Obama-era standards that were the federal government’s single most forceful initiative against climate-changing fossil fuel emissions. He speaks to host June GrassoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As President Trump vacillates between threatening to countermand the measures states have taken to contain the coronavirus, and threatening to issue a nationwide stay-at-home order, the question arises: does the President have the power to override a governor’s orders. Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School discusses the issue with host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the invasions into privacy and civil liberties as governments across the world try to fight the pandemic by tracking their citizen’s mobile phones. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The coronavirus is presenting many unique legal problems. Host June Grasso talks to Bloomberg Legal Reporter Erik Larson about the inventive ways estate lawyers are executing wills, to Bloomberg Law Reporter Malathi Nayak about the steps state Attorneys General are taking to combat price gouging and to Bloomberg Law Reporter Madison Alder about how the courts are handling the epidemic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law editor, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision upholding a Kansas law which effectively bars a defendant from asserting an insanity defense. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the implications of sales of stock by senators briefed in January on the coronavirus threat. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terence Ross, a partner at Katten, Muchin, Rosenman discusses a judge throwing out a $2.8 million jury verdict against Katy Perry, ruling that Perry’s hit "Dark Horse" was not a rip off of a Christian rapper’s song, in a victory for Perry and the music industry. He speaks to host June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.