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.
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst, discusses U.S. antitrust enforcers broadening their scrutiny of Amazon beyond its retail operations to include its massive cloud-computing business, according to Bloomberg sources. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leah Litman, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the testimony of four law professors on impeachment and the drafting of articles of impeachment against Trump. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Supreme Court Last Hope For Trump to Hide Tax Records (Podcast) Neil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses a federal appellate court decision ordering two major banks to hand over a wide range of President Trump’s financial records to Congress -- the third appellate loss for Trump in his quest to keep his financial records secret. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Vermont Law School Professor Pat Parenteau, discusses a major environmental cleanup case where about 100 Montana landowners claim Atlantic Richfield Co. is responsible for removing the lead and arsenic deposited on their properties through decades of copper smelting operations. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso about the Supreme Court oral arguments today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses oral arguments in which Supreme Court justices weighed tossing out a New York City firearms case, a move that would dash the hopes of gun-rights advocates. 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 record pace of reshaping the federal appellate courts with conservative jurists but his failure to appoint enough district court judges, leading to judicial emergencies in blue states. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the implications of the ruling by a D.C. federal judge rejecting President Trump’s claims of broad presidential immunity and ordering former White House Counsel Donald McGahn, to appear before Congress. 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 General Motors’ racketeering lawsuit against rival Fiat Chrysler, that for the first time implicates late Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne in a years-long corruption scheme that already has landed car executives and labor leaders in jail. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the Supreme Court taking up an appeal from Google in its multibillion-dollar clash with Oracle that has divided Silicon Valley and President Trump asking the justices to step in to block subpoenas for his financial records. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the last week of the public hearings in the impeachment inquiry and what’s ahead. 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 the oral arguments in which the conservative Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to let President Trump cancel the DACA program that shields almost 700,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation in a case with broad political and humanitarian ramifications. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Legal Reporter, Edvard Pettersson, discusses Juul Labs Inc. being sued by New York and California for allegedly targeting teenagers in advertisements for e-cigarettes and making misleading statements about nicotine content in vaping products. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses some of the controversial cases coming up at the Supreme Court this term. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Divorce attorney Monica Mazzei, a partner at Sideman Bancroft, discusses the spike in prenuptial agreements for millennials and young entrepreneurs, who want to keep possible future windfalls to themselves. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses why Supreme Court justices seemed conflicted over the reach of the Clean Water Act during arguments in a clash over treated wastewater that environmentalists say is damaging a coral reef off Hawaii. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law editor, discusses Supreme Court arguments over a Kansas man’s claim that police violated the Fourth Amendment when they pulled him over after finding that the registered owner’s license was revoked, without the officer doing anything more, like trying to verify the driver’s identity first. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law, discusses another setback for President Trump in his effort to guard his tax returns as a federal appeals court refuses to block the Manhattan district attorney’s subpoena to his accountants for tax records. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, putting on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas. 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, discusses the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstating a lawsuit by two songwriters alleging that Taylor Swift’s 2014 hit "Shake It Off" illegally ripped off the lyrics of the 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play.” He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School, discusses a landmark $1.6 billion climate change lawsuit in which New York claims that Exxon deceived shareholders about its climate change accounting, using the state’s powerful Martin Act. 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 a sophisticated, international insider trading, which allegedly made tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits, and with a cast of characters reminiscent of the cast of the "Ocean’s 11" movie. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Susan Scafidi, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses Peleton Interactive’s growing list of intellectual property court battles, as it looks to defend its turf against competitors. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses Washington Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling that the House impeachment inquiry is valid and ordering the U.S. Justice Department to turn over grand-jury materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report to Congress. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the argument of lawyers for President Trump at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan that he has absolute immunity from criminal investigation while in office and that a grand jury subpoena for years of his tax returns should be blocked. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the prosecution strategy in ratcheting up the pressure on parents who refuse to plead guilty in the college admissions scandal by adding new charges. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Erik Gordon, a professor at the Ross School of Business, discusses how $50 billion in settlement offers by drugmakers and distributors has sparked a fight between state attorneys general and thousands of local governments over how much the pharmaceutical industry should pay for its role in creating the U.S. opioid epidemic. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Kent, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses a decision by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider a Maryland and D.C. lawsuit accusing President Trump of enriching himself in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clauses, in a rare en banc hearing before 15 judges. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brandon Barnes, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst discusses whether the Supreme Court will decide to greenlight proceedings in state courts for several cases in which state and local government officials are trying to hold oil companies accountable for their role in climate change. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University Law School, discusses how federal courts in California are lowering the bar for consumers to bring privacy suits against the big tech giants. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in a case that could bolster the power of states to prosecute undocumented immigrants for identity theft if they use someone else’s Social Security number to apply for a job. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
