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.
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School. dicusses the Supreme Court giving environmentalists a partial win on the scope of the Clean Water Act, ruling that the law applies to some pollution discharges that don’t go directly into a major body of water. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the problems, big, small and ridiculous, that have popped up as courts practice social distancing to manage the pandemic. Also, Martin Shkreli, the infamous “Pharma Bro,” is asking a federal judge to release him early from prison, saying he’s been conducting research into developing a cure for Covid-19. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School, discusses the Supreme Court Superfund cleanup decision that split the victory among the landowners of Montana, the Atlantic Richfield Co. and the Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the high court’s decision giving environmentalists a partial win on the scope of the Clean Water Act and a ruling that the Constitution requires a unanimous jury to convict defendants of ser...
Katharina Pistor, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the free e-book entitled, "Law in the Time of COVID-19," that she and other law professors at Columbia just published. The book contains insights and information on the most pressing legal issues the pandemic has raised across a wide range of topics from bankruptcy to privacy. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Trump’s executive order temporarily halting the issuance of certain green cards in what he described as a bid to limit competition for jobs as the U.S. takes steps toward reopening the economy. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Benjamin Zipursky, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses the lawsuits that stores, restaurants and theaters may face from sick customers and workers when they reopen after the coronavirus shutdowns. James Brudney, also a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses the lawsuit by a union representing New York nurses against Montefiore Medical Center and Westchester Medical Center for failing to safeguard the nurses and their families. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/liste...
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the legal issues with states using antibody testing to decide who can return to work during the coronavirus pandemic. Olivia Carville, Bloomberg Reporter, discusses hospitals monitoring the social media posts of doctors and nurses. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court for the first time hearing arguments by telephone and allowing live audio broadcasts, bowing to the coronavirus outbreak. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter discusses a second break with tradition by the court in one week. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law School, discusses lawsuits challenging the Michigan Governor’s ban on residents traveling to second homes as a measure to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the power of governors versus the power of the president. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how the virus-caused backlog threatens to put courts already short of judges, and considered ‘judicial emergencies,’ in a bind. Professor Joshua Blackman, of the South Texas College of Law, discusses how a new Kentucky judge, Justin Walker, President Trump’s nominee for the D.C. Circuit, wrote a decision that sounded more like a sermon, attracting attention beyond just Kentucky. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystud...
Government-imposed lockdowns have shuttered stores across the country, leading chains like the Cheescake Factory to stop paying the rent. Andrew Rossman, a partner at Quinn Emanuel, discusses the threat of a ripple effect across the real estate sector. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richard Garnett, a Professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, discusses some pastors opening their church doors in defiance of governor’s stay-at-home orders, and whether religious freedoms trump public safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg Law Editor Jordan Rubin discusses how President Trump’s quest to resume federal executions got a boost from his two appointees on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week, as the court upended an injunction that had halted the Justice Department’s attempts to carry out the death penalty. Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses Trump’s nomination of Kentucky federal judge Justin R. Walker, who was previously given a "Not Qualified" ra...
Michele Goodwin, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine and author of “Policing the Womb,” discusses how the coronavirus is adding new ammunition to America’s abortion wars as several states have put in place limits on abortions as non-essential services during the virus, prompting legal challenges. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Edward Morrison, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how the coronavirus is threatening to destroy businesses large and small, and that’s got bankruptcy lawyers’ phones ringing off the hook, but what are the limitations of the bankruptcy laws. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School discusses why liberal leaning advocacy and health groups are urging senators to oppose confirming Cory Wilson, the latest Trump pick for one of the most conservative federal appellate courts on grounds that he’d try to undermine Obamacare. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses the Trump administration’s rollback of mileage standards, gutting tougher Obama-era standards that were the federal government’s single most forceful initiative against climate-changing fossil fuel emissions. He speaks to host June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As President Trump vacillates between threatening to countermand the measures states have taken to contain the coronavirus, and threatening to issue a nationwide stay-at-home order, the question arises: does the President have the power to override a governor’s orders. Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School discusses the issue with host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the invasions into privacy and civil liberties as governments across the world try to fight the pandemic by tracking their citizen’s mobile phones. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The coronavirus is presenting many unique legal problems. Host June Grasso talks to Bloomberg Legal Reporter Erik Larson about the inventive ways estate lawyers are executing wills, to Bloomberg Law Reporter Malathi Nayak about the steps state Attorneys General are taking to combat price gouging and to Bloomberg Law Reporter Madison Alder about how the courts are handling the epidemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law editor, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision upholding a Kansas law which effectively bars a defendant from asserting an insanity defense. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the implications of sales of stock by senators briefed in January on the coronavirus threat. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Terence Ross, a partner at Katten, Muchin, Rosenman discusses a judge throwing out a $2.8 million jury verdict against Katy Perry, ruling that Perry’s hit "Dark Horse" was not a rip off of a Christian rapper’s song, in a victory for Perry and the music industry. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Did a fearful jury issue a sham verdict in less than 8 hours because the jurors were afraid to deliberate during the coronavirus pandemic? David Voreacos, Bloomberg Projects Reporter discusses the defense claim with host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a lecturer at Columbia Law School, discusses Harvey Weinstein’s sentence to 23 years in prison for sexual assault, a sentence so harsh it drew audible gasps in the courtroom when the judge announced it. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Intellectual property litigator, Terrence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the en banc decision by 11 judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, that Led Zeppelin did not steal part of its 1971 classic "Stairway to Heaven." He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling, bolstering the power of states to prosecute undocumented immigrants and other immigration cases the court heard this week. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor, Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses the Supreme Court throwing out two lawsuits by families of Mexican teenagers who were fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in cross-border shootings in 2010 and 2012. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Peter Jeffrey, Bloomberg News Legal Editor, discusses the lawsuits that have already been filed because of the coronavirus and those that may be filed due to disrupted supply chains, forced quarantines and other effects of the virus. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Chief Justice John Roberts extraordinary rebuke of Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer for making “threatening” statements about two justices during an abortion-rights rally outside the court. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
