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.
Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the $250 million lawsuit filed by Nick Sandmann, the student in a viral video wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while facing down a Native American elder, against the Washington Post for the way it covered the encounter. Will the case be difficult to prove? He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brad Moss, partner at Mark Zaid discusses the Mueller report and Roger Stone's appearance before a judge who is weighing penalties and possible jail time after Stone posted an Instagram picture of her with an image that looked like rifle-scope crosshairs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wayne State University Law School Professor Peter Henning discusses the record 5.1. billion fine against UBS after a Paris court found the bank guilty of helping wealthy French clients stash funds in undeclared Swiss accounts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoffrey Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago, discusses Justice Clarence Thomas’s call for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which protects news organizations from most libel suits when they write about public figures. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s return to the bench for the first time in two months, and the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the politically divisive clash over whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Healthcare attorney, Harry Nelson, discusses opioid litigation and his new book, "The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain." He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg’s June Grasso speaks with University of Virginia Law School Professor George Yin who testified in front of the House Ways and Means Oversight Committee to advise its members on how a legal struggle might play out if Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin blocked the release of President Trump's tax returns. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Syracuse University Law School Professor William Banks discusses comments made by Richard Burr, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee that the investigation had found no evidence of collusion, Senator Mark Warner, the top democrat on the committee disagreed saying the investigation is still ongoing and the committee still had to interview key witnesses. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Bloomberg Legal reporter Greg Farrell discusses the House Financial Services Committee hiring of Bob Roach, a Senate lawyer with deep experience conducting complex investigations to help run its upcoming probe of Deutsche Bank. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, and Geoffrey Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago, discuss their new book, "The Free Speech Century," a collection of essays by some of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars on the evolution of free speech doctrine. They speak to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor and head of the white collar criminal investigations practice at McCarter & English discusses allegations made by Jeff Bezos that he was blackmailed by American Media Inc. Federal prosecutors are reviewing if the company violated an earlier non-prosecution agreement the publisher struck last year in New York over its illegal aid to the Trump campaign. 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 divided U.S. Supreme Court blocking Louisiana from requiring abortion doctors to get admitting privileges at a local hospital, and the implications of Chief Justice John Roberts joining the court’s liberals in the majority. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, special counsel at Lowenstein Sandler, discusses the House Intelligence Committee’s move under Chairman Adam Schiff, to investigate whether foreign governments or individuals had improper leverage over the president or his business interests. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Legal Editor Peter Blumberg discusses lawsuits and accusations against Uber and how under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber has been driven to clean up its act making an IPO likely this year. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel Lyons, Law Professor at Boston College Law School discusses round 4 in the fight over the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Legal Editor, discusses the damage to the justice system caused by the month-long shutdown including the loss of critical intelligence in drug, gang and terror investigations. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jennifer Rie, Senior Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence discusses timing for a federal judge’s ruling in the trial that pits the Federal Trade Commission against Qualcomm over its alleged monopolist business practices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Mintz, former federal prosecutor and head of the white collar criminal investigations practice at McCarter & English discusses the Mueller investigation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses the criminal charges against Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest technology company, alleging it stole trade secrets from an American rival and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran. He speaks to 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 dropping at least five names previously put forward by President Barack Obama, as well as a number of appellate and district court nominees from California, New York, and Illinois, from his new list of judicial nominees. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
KC Johnson, a professor at Brooklyn College, discusses a federal lawsuit by Rhode Island public school students and parents against the state for failing to carry out its constitutional responsibility to prepare students to be good citizens. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the charges against longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone and the likelihood of Stone cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School and author of "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America," discusses the Supreme Court’s considering gun rights for the first time in almost a decade, agreeing to hear a challenge to New York City rules on transporting handguns. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joel Reidenberg, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses Facebook’s repeated privacy scandals and whether the company will face a record fine from the Federal Trade Commission. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses how a divided U.S. Supreme Court cleared President Donald Trump’s administration to start barring most transgender people from serving in the armed forces. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses why an unprecedented number of books, movies, art and music entered the public domain this year and what that means. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Intellectual property attorney Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the lawsuit by Denise Shull, claiming the performance coach at fictional hedge fund Axe Capital on Showtime’s "Billions," is an “unauthorized rip-off." He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses the novel tactics federal prosecutors are using in litigating trade secret theft cases involving Chinese companies. He talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Keith Miller. a professor at Drake University Law School, discusses a U.S. Justice Department opinion that says a federal law bars all internet gambling involving interstate transactions, reversing its position from 2011. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses how Intel’s chief strategy officer, Aicha Evans, scored points during her cross-examination in the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Qualcomm. She speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
