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Aug 13, 2021 • 38min

New Scotus Term: From Abortion Rights to State Secrets

Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term which includes cases on abortion rights, gun rights, the death penalty and state secrets.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the D.C Court of Appeals ordering the release of a West Virginia man accused of taking part in a pepper spray assault on police at the Capitol riots on January 6th.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 11, 2021 • 30min

Ex-Tesla Employee Called Racial Slur Wins Rare Award

Employment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses Tesla paying more than $1 million to a Black former employee who won a ruling that the company failed to stop his supervisors from calling him a racial slur at the electric-car maker’s northern California plant.Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses Congress weighing the first district court expansion since then-Sen. Joe Biden spearheaded the last change decades ago.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 10, 2021 • 21min

Unruly Airline Passengers Rarely Face Criminal Charges

Airplane passengers have done everything from hitting flight attendants in the face to calling in hoax hijacking reports to refusing to wear masks. Alan Levin, Bloomberg News Aviation Reporter, discusses why unruly passengers rarely face criminal charges.David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and host of the "Criminal Injustice" podcast, discusses the Justice Department launching a civil-rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 7, 2021 • 22min

Can Scarlett Johansson Win Against Disney?

Robert Schwartz, a partner at Quinn Emanuel and co-chair of the Media & Entertainment Industry Practice, discusses Scarlett Johansson's suit against Walt Disney, claiming it broke its promise to release her latest film “Black Widow” only in movie theaters when it made it available for streaming on the Disney+ video service.Anthony Kreis, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the legal problems the new CDC eviction moratorium faces.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 5, 2021 • 29min

The Legal Perils of Andrew Cuomo

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the legal peril facing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in light of the New York Attorney General’s report corroborating 11 claims of sexual harassment by Cuomo.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Biden Administration's lawsuit against Texas to block the governor's order allowing state troopers to stop anyone who isn't in law enforcement from transporting migrants along the Texas border.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 4, 2021 • 26min

How the Rich Get Bail

Darryl Brown, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses bail, a part of the criminal justice system, where deals are often made behind closed doors, and which critics say favors the rich.William Banks, a professor at Syracuse University College of Law, discusses two recent moves by the Biden Justice Department, issuing a memo calling for the release of former President Trump's tax returns and releasing handwritten notes showing Trump urging former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to back claims of voter fraud.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 3, 2021 • 27min

Private Judges and the Jolie-Pitt Custody Battle

Christopher Melcher of Walzer Melcher, discusses a victory for Angelina Jolie in her divorce battle with Brad Pitt, with a California appeals court agreeing with her that the private judge deciding who gets custody of their minor children, should be disqualified.Madison Alder, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses progressive groups looking to the next Supreme Court term—in which the justices will take up cases involving abortion, guns and possibly affirmative action—to fire up the base in advance of the 2022 congressional midterms.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Aug 1, 2021 • 23min

Chardonnay-Under-the-Sea Goes a Bit Too Far Legally

Emily Dooley, Bloomberg Law Staff Correspondent, discusses how a diver, a surfer, a winemaker, and a Frenchman who sunk wine storage cages off the coast of Santa Barbara in an attempt to create the world’s first members-only underwater wine cellar and club, ran into legal troubles.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how Matthew Grimes went from Tom Barrack's intern to his protege to his co-defendant.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 31, 2021 • 29min

Justice Dept. Won't Defend Republican Representative

Constitutional law professor Stephen Vladeck of the University of Texas Law School, discusses the U.S. Justice Department refusing to defend Republican Representative Mo Brooks in a lawsuit alleging that he helped incite the deadly January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, a decision that might mean the department also won’t help protect former President Donald Trump.Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses a federal judge dismissing a lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin that attacked its consideration of race in admissions.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jul 29, 2021 • 32min

Tiffany and Costco Settle Over Fake 'Tiffany' Rings

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses why Tiffany settled an eight-year lawsuit with Costco over copyright infringement and counterfeiting after the wholesaler sold a generic diamond ring bearing the “Tiffany” name. Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Carey Dunne who spent decades at the top of the New York legal profession, leaving his elite law firm to find the biggest case of his career -- investigating former President Donald Trump and his company.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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