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.
Thomas Wolf, Counsel with the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, discusses a federal judge blocking the Trump Administration’s plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. He talks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the latest New York Times report that, in 2017, law enforcement officials began investigating whether President Trump had been working on behalf of Russia against U.S. interests. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell University Law School, discusses a $4.7 billion jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson in July over its iconic baby powder -- the sixtth largest ever in a product defect case, and why J&J may pay far less than that, or even nothing. He talks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, special counsel at Lowenstein Sandler, discusses the implications of the potentially explosive testimony of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, before the House Oversight Committee on February 7th. He talks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richard Revesz, a professor at NYU Law School and director of the Institute for Policy Integrity, discusses how Democratic attorneys general, riding a blue wave into office, may do a U-turn on lawsuits brought by their Republican predecessors - many of which challenge tighter federal environmental regulations. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses why an accidental disclosure in papers filed by the defense team of former Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, provides the best evidence revealed to date in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the supreme court’s refusal to hear legendary actress Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit over the portrayal of her in the FX Network’s drama, “Feud: Bette and Joan.” He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Neil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses a federal appeals court handing President Donald Trump his first victory in the effort to ban many transgender Americans from serving in the military, lifting a lower court’s injunction against the new policy. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harold Kent, dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses President Trump’s threat to declare a national emergency to build a wall at the southern border. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, discusses Chief Justice John Roberts’ year-end report and the controversies of 2018 that it did not address. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg columnist Joe Nocera discusses how Japanese prosecutors have repeatedly extended the detention of Carlos Ghosn, former Nissan Motor Co. chairman, and the implications. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses the criminal charges, including murder and manslaughter, that PG&E Corp. could face in connection with the wildfires last year in California that killed 86 people. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Charles Warren, chair of the environmental practice at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Frankel, discusses the latest move by the Trump administration to reverse Obama era environmental policies. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a dramatic shift in the way it measures the benefits of federal rules limiting mercury pollution from power plants. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the coming year at the Supreme Court and whether Chief Justice John Roberts will steer the court away from controversial cases. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court’s recent refusal to hear appeals from two states seeking to cut off Medicaid payments to their local Planned Parenthood chapters. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project, discusses its legal strategy to get Happy the elephant, who has been living alone at the Bronx Zoo for more than a decade, transferred to an elephant sanctuary. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Carl Tobias, a Professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses President Trump’s record pace in appointing conservative judges and how several circuit courts of appeals are in striking distance of having seats flipped to a majority of Republican appointees. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Priya Raghavan, counsel at the Brennan Center’s Justice Program, discusses the criminal justice overhaul passed by the Senate in a bipartisan vote. She speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the startling turn of events in a Washington federal court after a judge rebuked former national security adviser, Michael Flynn at his sentencing hearing. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Timothy Jost, a professor at Washington and Lee School of Law, discusses the ramifications of a Texas federal judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. He talks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso about why he thinks the ruling will be reversed on appeal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brandon Barnes, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses how the shotgun strategy of environmentalists to stop pipelines in courts across the country, is working. He talks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In a victory for record labels, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that purchasers of digital music files cannot resell them through a virtual marketplace. Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the case with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh cast the pivotal vote as the Supreme Court rejected appeals from two states seeking to cut off Medicaid payments to their local Planned Parenthood chapters. Neil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the implications of the justices leaving the lower court opinions in place. He talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the prosecution’s sentencing memo in Michael Cohen’s case and the implications for President Trump. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, School of Law, discusses the allegations of election fraud that have left North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional district seat in limbo. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nicholas Economides, a professor at NYU Stern School of Business, discusses the Justice Department’s uphill climb to convince a federal appeals court to undo AT&T Inc.’s takeover of Time Warner Inc. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses Michael Cohen’s plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, where the former Trump lawyer admitted that he lied to Congress about President Trump’s business plans in Moscow. Plus, Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, discusses President Trump’s continued complaints about the ninth circuit court of appeals. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses president Trump’s recent comments about the Mueller investigation amid new revelations about former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Plus, Harold Krent, dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses his book “Presidential Powers” and President Trump’s relationship with U.S. courts. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, discusses oral arguments in a Supreme Court case that accuses Apple of using its market dominance to artificially inflate prices on the App Store. He speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
