Why Insider Trading Ensnares Them All
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Oct 15, 2019•13 min
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Trump Loses Document Standoff at Appellate Court
Neil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses President Trump’s loss in the first major case at the federal appeals court level over his document standoff with the House. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 14, 2019•9 min
Ramifications for Giuliani After Ukraine Allies' Arrests
Former federal prosecutor, Robert Mintz, discusses how Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s attorney, is being scrutinized by federal investigators for his financial dealings following the indictment of two of his associates for violating campaign finance laws, according to Bloomberg sources... a dramatic development for a man who made his reputation as a crusading prosecutor. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Oct 11, 2019•8 min
Purdue, Sacklers Facing Fight Over Evading Lawsuits
Jay Westbrook, a professor at the University of Texas, discusses why 25 states are opposing the request by Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the billionaire Sackler family, to use bankruptcy to dodge litigation over the drug maker’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 10, 2019•9 min
Justices Appear Divided in Gay Rights Cases
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over whether federal anti-discrimination law protects gay and transgender employees. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 09, 2019•10 min
Former U.S. Solicitor General Garre on New Term
Former U.S. Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, discusses the controversial cases facing the Supreme Court in the new term. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 07, 2019•12 min
Music Industry Watching ’Stairway to Heaven’ Appeal
Intellectual property attorney Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the en banc hearing at the Ninth Circuit over whether Led Zeppelin should face a retrial over allegations of copyright infringement. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 03, 2019•9 min
Harvard’s Tribe on Why Impeachment Is Necessary
Constitutional scholar and Harvard Law Professor, Laurence Tribe, explains why the impeachment of President Trump is warranted and the path the House should take in drafting articles of impeachment. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 01, 2019•8 min
Judges Block New Trump Immigration Policies
David Bier, Immigration Policy Analyst with the Cato Institute, discusses decisions on Friday in which federal court judges in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, put a hold on Trump immigration policies. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 30, 2019•8 min
Trump Demands To Meet Anonymous Whistle-blower
Mark Zaid Partner Brad Moss discusses the latest legal developmentswith the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump and his demand to meet the anonymous whistle-blower. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 30, 2019•8 min
Complaint Offers Roadmap For Trump Impeachment Probe
University of North Carolina School of Law Professor Michael Gerhardt discusses the complaint by a CIA whistleblower alleging that multiple government officials where alarmed about President Trump’s conversation with Ukraine’s leader and the efforts at the White House to lock down records of the call. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 27, 2019•8 min
The Impeachment Inquiry and the Phone Call Driving It
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, explains the impeachment process and the importance of the rough transcript of the phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian President that is now at the center of Democrats’ impeachment probe. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 25, 2019•7 min
What Happens When a Whistleblower Files A Complaint?
Fordham Law School Professor Andrew Kent discusses the legal process when a whistleblower comes forward with an anonymous complaint and what Congress has the authority to do to regarding the complaint that President Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate one of the president’s main political opponents, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 23, 2019•9 min
California’s Odds to Regain Power Over Auto Emissions
Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law School, discusses California and 22 other states, suing to prevent President Trump from stripping the state of its power to set limits on auto emissions of greenhouse gases that are stricter than those of the national government. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 23, 2019•8 min
Composers See Tsunami of Copyright Infringement Suits
Bloomberg News Senior reporter for Projects and Investigations Vernon Silver discusses the "Composers Breakfast Club" comprised of Hollywood music makers who recently met at a private club on the beach in Malibu, California to discuss a major concern- the flood of copyright infringement lawsuits with hefty verdicts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 20, 2019•9 min
Trump Revokes California’s Power Over Emissions
Michael Gerrard, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the ramifications of the Trump administration’s decision to stop California from setting its own emission standards for cars and trucks. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 20, 2019•9 min
Lewandowski Defiant at Trump Obstruction Hearing
Brad Moss, partner at Mark Zaid, discusses congressional testimony from President Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski who defiantly refused to answer most questions from House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler in a combative hearing focused on presidential obstruction of justice and abuse of power. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 18, 2019•8 min
Huffman’s Sentence Sets the Floor for Other Parent's Sentences
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses how Felicity Huffman’s two week sentence for rigging her daughter’s entrance-exam scores in the college admissions scandal, sets the floor, the minimum, for the sentences for other parents who pleaded guilty in the scandal. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 16, 2019•7 min
SCOTUS Clears Trump Rule To Curb Asylum Bids
Dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law and author of the book “Presidential Powers," Harold Krent discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision to clear the Trump administration to enforce a new rule designed to sharply limit who can apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 13, 2019•8 min
States Sue SEC Over Watered Down Broker-Dealer Rule
Columbia School of Law Professor John Coffee discusses the lawsuit by New York and a half dozen other states who are suing the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations they watered down a final regulation intended to protect broker-dealer customers from conflicts of interest. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 11, 2019•8 min
Google’s Ad Practices Draw Bipartisan Antitrust Probe
Loyola University School of Law Professor Spencer Waller discusses the investigation by attorney generals from 48 states into whether Google’s advertising practices violate antitrust laws. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 10, 2019•8 min
Mastermind of Insider Trading Ring Leaves Prison Early
Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses Raj Rajaratnam, the mastermind of one of the largest hedge-fund insider-trading rings in U.S. history, and why he’s out of prison two years early. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 10, 2019•8 min
Judge Questions ’Ouija Board’ Process for Rapid Deportation
Rick Su, a professor at the Univeristy of North Carolina Law School, discusses a federal judge pressing government lawyers on whether the Trump administration skirted rule-making requirements when it adopted new expedited-removal procedures for undocumented immigrants, questioning whether the policy itself was crafted with care or by “ouija board.” He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 09, 2019•8 min
Google Backs Industry Bid To Protect Targeted Ads
Bloomberg News cybersecurity reporter Kartikay Mehrotra discusses the late bid by Google and its industry allies to water down the first major data-privacy law in the U.S., seeking to carve out exemptions for digital advertising, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg and people familiar with the negotiations. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 09, 2019•9 min
Facebook Braces for Antitrust Investigation by States
Harry First, a professor of antitrust law at NYU Law School, discusses the intensifying scrutiny by state law enforcement officers of possible anti-competitive behavior by Facebook and Google, as New York announces a bipartisan coalition of states investigating possible antitrust violations by Facebook. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 06, 2019•7 min
Durst Says ’Jinx’ Filmmakers Collaborated with Police
Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School, describes real estate heir Robert Durst’s attempt to hamstring prosecutors with claims that the murder case against him is tainted by corrupt ties between police and the creators of the 2015 HBO documentary that triggered his arrest. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 05, 2019•10 min
YouTube to Pay Record Fine in Children’s Privacy Case
Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses a record fine for a children’s privacy case: Google’s YouTube agreed to pay a $170 million fine and limit ads on kids’ videos to settle claims that the company violated children’s privacy laws. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 04, 2019•7 min
McConnell Tells SCOTUS Not to Be ‘Cowed’ by Democrats
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr disccusses the letter Senate Republicans sent to the Supreme Court accusing five Democratic colleagues of threatening the court with political retribution in an extraordinary clash over what is set to be the court’s first case on gun rights in a decade. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 30, 2019•7 min
Trump Tightens Policy On Overseas Adoptions
Bloomberg News investigative reporter Polly Mosendz discusses the Trump administration policy change affecting a small number of U.S. military personnel and government employees serving overseas who will no longer be automatically granted citizenship for children they’ve adopted while abroad. She speaks to Bloomberg’s Bob Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 29, 2019•7 min
Deutsche Bank Has Tax Returns Sought by Democrats
Bloomberg News Legal Reporter Chris Dolmetsch discusses the confirmation by Deutsche Bank that it has the tax returns requested by U.S. lawmakers seeking financial information for President Donald Trump and his family. He speaks to Bloomberg’s Bob Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 28, 2019•7 min
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