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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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Oct 6, 2021 • 41min
Cruz Campaign Finance Challenge Heads to Supreme Court
Campaign finance expert Meredith McGehee discusses Republican Senator Ted Cruz’s challenge to federal campaign finance rules that the Supreme Court will review.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Biden's recent judicial nominations and why he's moving so fast.Anat Alon-Beck, a professor at Case Western Reserve Law School, discusses Citibank trying to get an appeals court to fix its $500 million dollar error.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 2, 2021 • 12min
College Athletes Could Unionize Under a New NLRB Memo
Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses a memo from the top lawyer at the NLRB which could open the door to college athletes unionizing.Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses a trial where Tesla is being sued by a factory worker for racial discrimination.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 1, 2021 • 19min
Legal Fight Over NFT of Jay-Z's Debut Album
Securities attorney Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, discusses Jay-Z and Rock-A-Fella Records legal fight with Damon Dash over the auctioning of the copyright to Jay-Z’s debut album, "Reasonable Doubt," as an NFT, which represents ownership of a digital object on a blockchain. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Caleb Melby discusses the UAE royals, including the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, who were referenced but not named in the indictment of billionaire Tom Barrack.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 30, 2021 • 28min
NYC School Vaccine Mandate Given Green Light
Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Hastings College of Law who specializes in vaccine policy, discusses the legal challenges New York is facing over its vaccine mandates.Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English and a former federal prosecutor, discusses millionaire Robert Durst's appeal of his murder conviction.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 28, 2021 • 50min
Immigration Chaos at the Border
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Biden administration's handling of the migrant camp that formed in Del Rio, Texas and what's ahead for the Haitian migrants.Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the ramifications of the decision in the Apple-Epic Games antitrust case.Election law expert Elizabeth Howard, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, discusses the Arizona audit and audits planned in other states.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 24, 2021 • 33min
A Preview of the Supreme Court's Upcoming Term (Podcast)
We preview the upcoming docket for the U.S. Supreme Court featuring interviews with:Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court ReporterKimberly Robinson, Bloomberg Government Supreme Court ReporterRick Davis, Bloomberg Politics ContributorJeanne Sheehan Zaino, Bloomberg Politics ContributorHosted by Bloomberg's Nathan Hager. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 17, 2021 • 20min
A Suit Over SiriusXM's Promotional Rates
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Sep 16, 2021 • 29min
Are Geofence Warrants Sweeping Up Your Cellphone Data?
Ari Ezra Waldman, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University Law School, discusses the spike in police use of geofence warrants to get location records for all mobile devices within a virtual perimeter. His new book is, "Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data and Corporate Power."June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 14, 2021 • 26min
Biden's Rush to Appoint Judges
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Joe Biden's latest judicial nominations and the rush to confirm judges.Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein who represents consumers in an antitrust action against Apple, discusses the recent ruling in the year long battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sep 13, 2021 • 29min
College Scandal Trial and VIP Admissions List
Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the first trial of parents arrested in the "Varsity Blues" sting for allegedly paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their kids into elite universities. The parents may introduce a spreadsheet kept by USC officials that classified some applicants as a “VIP” because their families made major donations to the school or had some kind of connection. Zyg Plater, a professor at Boston College Law School, discusses the delisting of the snail darter from the endangered species act -- the little Tennessee fish whose case made it all the way to the Supreme Court.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


