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Expert analysis on legal issues and cases in the news. Host June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars on the legal stories making news and shaping the world.
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Jan 24, 2022 • 30min
Legal Trouble for Efforts to Fight Climate Change
Pat Parenteau, a professor at the University of Vermont Law School, discusses how the Supreme Court's decisions undercutting the so-called administrative state signal trouble ahead for the EPA's efforts to address climate change.Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses why antitrust enforcer's efforts to toughen merger reviews, could be problematic for Microsoft's Activision deal.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 21, 2022 • 12min
Boston Christian Flag Argument Falls Flat
First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments over Boston refusing to allow a conservative Christian organization to fly a flag in front of city hall.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 21, 2022 • 21min
Trump Loses at the Supreme Court Again
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court rejecting former President Trump’s bid to block the release of his White House papers on grounds of executive privilege.Richard Briffault, a Professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Court signaling interest in rolling back campaign-finance restrictions in a clash stemming from Republican Senator Ted Cruz’s 2018 re-election campaign.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 20, 2022 • 31min
Lawsuit Over College Admissions and the Praying Coach
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the antitrust lawsuit against 16 elite universities for allegedly conspiring to manipulate the admissions system to hold down financial aid for students and benefit wealthy applicants.First Amendment law expert, Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses the Supreme Court taking the case of the high school football coach who wants to pray with his players on the 50-yard line after games.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 16, 2022 • 35min
'Tiger King' Accused of Swiping Movie Clips
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the copyright infringement lawsuit over the use of two short clips from the movie "Ace Ventura 2" in the hit Netflix series "Tiger King."Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a federal judge ruling that the lawsuit accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing a teenage girl decades ago, will go forward.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses judicial nominations ahead this year.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 15, 2022 • 26min
Vaccine Mandate Blocked and Texas Abortion Law
Robert Field, Professor of Law and Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, discusses the Supreme Court blocking President Biden's vaccine mandate for employees.Leah Litman, Professor at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses contentious oral arguments at the Fifth Circuit over the Texas abortion law, the strictest in the country.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 14, 2022 • 32min
Juror Revelations Could Overturn Maxwell Conviction
Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the possibility that the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell will be overturned because of the revelations of a juror.Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court hearings on the detention of unauthorized immigrants seeking asylum.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 12, 2022 • 24min
Inside the Trial of Elizabeth Holmes
Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, who was found guilty of criminal fraud for her role in building the blood-testing startup Theranos, her testimony and her possible sentence.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the challenges ahead for judicial nominations in President Biden's second year in officeJune Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 8, 2022 • 34min
Will There Be a Criminal Referral of Trump?
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the possibility the House Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection, may make a criminal referral of former President Trump to the Justice Department.Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a lecturer at Columbia Law School, discusses Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. fighting subpoenas by the New York Attorney General.Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the civil lawsuits filed against Trump over the insurrection.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 7, 2022 • 26min
Biden's Judicial Nominations Will Get Trickier
Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the progress President Joe Biden has made in diversifying the federal bench and the challenges ahead in his second year in office.Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Chief Justice stressing the independence of the judiciary in his annual year-end report.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


