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.
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, discusses today’s Supreme Court arguments over partisan gerrymandering and conservative justices questioning whether judges should be able to toss out politically gerrymandered voting districts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former FBI Assistant Director Greg Brower discusses the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report that found no evidence that the president or his campaign colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 election. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses why a federal judge said there is still an impediment to President Trump’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military and the ongoing litigation over the issue. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
University of Michigan Law School Professor Erik Gordon discusses the verdict against Bayer by a second jury over claims that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer. The trial now moves to a second phase to determine the company’s liability and damages. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal public defender, James Cohen, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses whether any of the wealthy parents charged in the U.S. college admissions scandal will have to serve time in jail. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News legal reporter Andrew Harris discusses the contentious appelate court hearing over the lawsuit by Democratic attorneys general that claim President Trump is violating the emoluments clause of the constitution when he profits from foreign and domestic government visitors at his luxury hotel in Washington DC. He speaks to Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harold Krent, Dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses court packing, or expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Democrats say the court is becoming politicized and they are increasingly looking to court packing as a solution. He speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses how the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, bolstered the government’s power to detain immigrants who are facing deportation because of crimes they committed, siding with the Trump administration in a clash with implications for so-called sanctuary cities. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News technology reporter, Gerrit de Vynck, discusses how Facebook’s legal troubles are multiplying from subpoenas in a federal criminal investigation to calls for the breakup of the tech giant. 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 how the Third Circuit Court of Appeals because the first federal appeals court to "flip" control under President Trump to a majority of Republican appointees, a big step in the drive by the president and his Senate allies to remake the judiciary with conservatives. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richard Briffault, Professor at Columbia Law School discusses congressional testimony from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross about his decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Democrats in Congress criticized the move as political effort aimed at discouraging the participation of immigrants and non-citizens. He spoke with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor, Jeffrey Cramer, managing director at the Berkeley Research Group, discusses how President Trump’s legal troubles are hitting close to home in New York where law enforcement is ratcheting up civil and criminal investigations that are beyond the president’s federal control. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse, of Theodora Oringher PC, discusses the sweeping criminal conspiracy in which wealthy parents -- including celebrities, a top mergers attorney and a venture-capital CEO -- are alleged to have paid bribes to get their kids into elite colleges and the wiretapped evidence. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brad Moss, Partner at Mark Zaid discusses Paul Manafort's 7 1/2 year federal prison sentence and new charges brought by New York state prosecutors raising the prospect of a third criminal conviction for Trump’s one-time campaign manager. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cornell University Law School Professor Robert Hockett discusses how federal regulators’ efforts to revamp post-crisis constraints on big banks are running into problems, due to missteps by the regulators. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Mintz, former federal prosecutor and Partner at McCarter & English discusses efforts by Roger Stone's lawyers to convince a judge they didn’t mean to mislead her when they failed to tell her about a new introduction to a book Stone wrote. The judge, Amy Berman Jackson previously issued a gag order in his criminal case. He speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steven Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses the testimony of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito before the House Appropriations subcommittee, a rare unscripted dialogue about everything from the hiring of minority law clerks to televising the court’s oral arguments. He talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for Anti-trust Litigation discusses Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up giant tech companies and the FCC pause of its review of T-Mobile's proposed purchase of Sprint Corp. She speaks with 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 at "full steam," and Chief Justice John Roberts showing a new willingness to side with the Supreme Court’s liberal wing, putting any conservative legal revolution on hold. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Josh Douglas, a professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law, discusses why North Carolina election officials have set a new election in the 9th Congressional District in North Carolina and concerns for the Presidential election in 2020. 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 the Republican-led Senate accelerating the pace of confirming President Trump’s appeals court nominees and the opposition from a coalition of 200 civil rights organizations to the confirmation of Allison Jones Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 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 how Huawei Technologies Co., no longer content with defending itself against U.S. accusations of espionage and bank fraud, is taking the initiative with a full-blown legal offensive. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg's June Grasso speaks to former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore about the sweeping request from the House Judiciary Committee for documents from more than 60 people and entities related to President Donald Trump, including the White House, the Trump Organization and the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Justice Department Reporter Chris Strohm discusses the sweeping demands Monday by House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler for information from scores of people on topics including the Trump administration’s activities, the president’s business dealings and his potential ties to Russia. He spoke to Bloomberg's Peter Barnes and Bob Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses Chief Justice John Roberts recent willingness to side with the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing after the divisive confirmation fight over Justice Brett Kavanaugh. He speaks with Bloomberg's Peter Barnes and Bob Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Harris, Bloomberg News Legal Reporter, discusses how the testimony of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former attorney, suggested that Trump and top executives of the Trump Organization may have been involved in white-collar crimes. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses AT&T beating back a second attempt by the U.S. to undo its purchase of Time Warner, cementing an $85 billion deal to help it compete with Netflix. She talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor and a partner at McCarter & English, discusses upcoming sentencings of Paul Manafort, and New York prosecutors putting a criminal case together against Manafort in case he receives a presidential pardon. He talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cornell University Law School Professor Robert Hockett discusses the lawsuit by the city of Philadelphia against seven of the largest Wall Street investment banks accusing them of costing local governments billions of dollars by colluding to fix the prices on floating-rate bonds issued to finance public works. He speaks to Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
John Quinn, one of the top trial attorneys in the country and the founder of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, discusses his role as General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the legal challenges behind the Oscars. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
