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.
Bobby Schwartz, a partner at Quinn Emanuel, discusses the lawsuit by a pair of Fox studios alleging that Netflix illegally induced two executives to break their contracts and the implications for the industry. He talks to 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 oral arguments in a novel climate change lawsuit by 21 young Americans who allege that climate change violates their constitutional rights. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Professor Douglas Berman discusses the government’s 5-4 win in a criminal sentencing case that could have the effect of keeping defendants locked up longer. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined the conservatives in the majority and Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the liberals in the minority. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter discusses the push to reopen the census citizenship question case after a new claim emerged that a Republican redistricting consultant influenced the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. 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 implications of the U.S Supreme Court leaving intact the insider-trading conviction of former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager Mathew Martoma, rejecting an appeal that could have undercut efforts to clean up Wall Street. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark Zaid Partner Brad Moss discusses potential impeachment proceedings against President Trump and the release of a transcript of a message from President Trump’s lawyer John Dowd. Dowd asked asked for a “heads up” from former national Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s attorney as Flynn was poised to enter a cooperation agreement with prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst Jennifer Rie discusses U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies divvying up the investigations of the tech giants and the outlines of investigations of Google and Amazon. She talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses new evidence about the source and motivation behind the Trump administration’s addition of a question on citizenship to the 2020 census that could affect a highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling in the case. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. 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 Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s remarks after almost a two-year vow of silence to say that he couldn’t reach a conclusion on whether President Donald Trump had obstructed justice. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
University of Michigan Law School Professor Erik Gordon discusses the state of Oklahoma’s opioid liability lawsuit against Johnson and Johnson. The state is alleging Johnson and Johnson’s greed for more sales of its addictive opioid painkillers helped create a deadly epidemic in the state that claimed thousands of lives. The lawsuit is the first to go to trial after other drugmakers, Teva Pharmaceutical and Purdue Pharma LP agreed to pay millions to settle Oklahoma lawsuits. He speaks to Bloombe...
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the Supreme Court ruling that left in place a block on an Indiana law that barred abortions based on race, sex or disability, but made the first move toward giving states more power to regulate abortion. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fordham Law School Professor Andrew Kent discusses the new charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that allege he violated the espionage act by conspiring to obtain and disclose classified information. The escalation of the charges has reignited a debate over whether the U.S. is punishing Assange for activities protected by the First Amendment. He speaks to Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Robert Mintz, head of the white collar criminal investigations practice at McCarter & English spoke about a federal judge’s decision in New York to reject President Donald Trump’s request to keep his banks from producing financial records to lawmakers. 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 why Ariana Grande, Louis C.K. and other performers have taken steps recently to restrict concert photography rights and shield jokes and whether these moves are enforceable. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harry First, a professor at New York University Law School, discusses a federal judge’s ruling that Qualcomm Inc. violated antitrust law by abusing its dominant position in the market for cellphone chips to exact excessive licensing fees from phone makers and suppress competition. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for Anti-trust Litigation, discusses why the DOJ is said to lean against approving a T-Mobile takeover of Sprint. She speaks with host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen Vladeck, Professor in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses the legal position taken when the White House moved to block Former White House Counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress. He speaks with host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg news National Political Correspondent, discusses how Democrats are attempting to turn the Supreme Court into a campaign issue, as they confront President Donald Trump’s success at reshaping the federal judiciary. 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 the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court deferring acting on two Indiana cases putting restrictions on abortions. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Trump’s proposal to overhaul the immigration system and the problems with many of the concepts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David Bissinger, a partner at Bissinger, Oshman & Williams LLP, discusses the European Union fining five banks a total of $1.2 billion for colluding on foreign-exchange trading strategies with traders running two cartels in online chatrooms with colorful names like "Essex Express n’ the Jimmy," "Three Way Banana Split" and "Semi Grumpy Old Men." He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses why the third multi-million dollar verdict against Bayer over its Roundup weedkiller is putting pressure on the company to settle thousands of similar claims that the company’s glyphosate-based herbicide causes cancer. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses how the justices have deferred action this term on cases involving some of the country’s most polarizing issues, like abortion and deportation. 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 the first court hearing over congressional subpoenas seeking President Trump’s financial documents, this hearing specifically to determine whether the House Oversight and Reform Committee can obtain financial records from President Donald Trump’s longtime accountants. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
South Texas College of Law Professor Josh Blackman discusses the Trump administration plan to limit the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions. At a speech to the conservative Federalist society, Vice President Mike Pence said the administration will take the issue to the Supreme Court. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark Rifkin, a managing partner at Wolf Haldenstein who represents consumers in an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, discusses why the Supreme Court has ruled that consumers can go ahead with the suit accusing Apple of using its market dominance to artificially inflate prices at its App Store. He talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harvard Law Professor, Elizabeth Bartholet, discusses the controversy at Harvard University over Harvard Law Professor Ronald Sullivan, a renowned defense attorney, joining Harvey Weinstein’s defense team. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for Anti-trust Litigation discusses the latest anti-trust news including Spotify's request for the European Union to investigate Apple for abuse of a dominant position and the Department of Justice's approval of the CVS-Aetna deal. She speaks to Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses the legal challenges to a Georgia law banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Tax reporter Laura Davison discusses Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's refusal to release President Donald Trump’s personal and business tax returns, setting up what could become one of the biggest legal showdowns between the president and a Congress seeking to investigate him. She speaks to Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
