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.
Frank Bowman, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, discusses the presidential pardon power and whether President Trump can pardon himself. Mark Ustin, a partner at Farrell Fritz, discusses the decisions states face on how to manage the pandemic and how to distribute a vaccine. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses musician Eddy Grant’s lawsuit claiming that the Trump campaign used his 1983 hit “Electric Avenue” in a video attack ad against Joe Biden without permission and Neil Young's lawsuit alleging that the Trump campaign played his songs at rallies without permission. Antitrust expert Sam Weinstein, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the landmark antitrust case against Google. June Grasso hosts. ...
Brandon Garrett, a professor at Duke Law School, discusses why President-elect Joe Biden’s Justice Department is likely to ramp up corporate crime enforcement, putting Wall Street firms and corporate executives under greater scrutiny. Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses Harvard University's appellate court win and why the battle over affirmative action is far from over. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses Justice Amy Coney Barrett's first week on the bench and why many female appellate litigators are saying that President-elect Joe Biden should choose a woman to be the U.S. Solicitor General. Kyle Trygstad, Bloomberg Law Politics Editor, discusses the strategies at play in the Georgia Senate Runoffs. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses the Trump administration's efforts to rush through environmental rules that could handicap the Biden administration. Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the latest efforts by the Trump administration to challenge the election results. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Trump's efforts to get more federal judges confirmed during the lame duck sess...
Chris Opfer, Bloomberg Law Team Leader for the Business of Law, discusses why law firms have pulled out of representing President Trump in his post-election legal battles. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Trump's resumption of his most successful priority as president, the appointment of federal judges. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments on the fate of the Affordable Care Act that provides health-insurance to 20 million people, and why it is likely that there are enough votes to uphold the law. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses Supreme Court arguments in a case that could let a Catholic charity refuse to work with same-sex couples when helping to place foster children in Philadelphia. David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a surge of lawsuits by parents who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic, alleging their employers discriminated against them for taking care of their kids when schools closed. June Grasso hosts. See...
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court's oral arguments over the government sending out defective notices to appear to longtime undocumented immigrants. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the latest lawsuits by President Trump to stop states from certifying the election results. Christopher Opfer, Bloomberg Law Team Leader for the Business of Law, discusses Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, de...
Election law expert Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, discusses President Trump continuing to press election lawsuits although no evidence of widespread fraud has been found by courts. Employment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses how "love contracts" are going mainstream as employers track office romances. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Election law experts Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, and Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, discuss the lawsuits that the Trump campaign has mounted in the battleground states and likely legal challenges to come. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Election law experts Nate Persily, a professor at Stanford Law School, and Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, discuss the legal challenges the Trump campaign has filed in battleground states. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law expert Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the cases where new Justice Amy Coney Barrett could make a difference from abortion rights to gay rights. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses how Justice Barrett chose her law clerks. Laurel Calkins, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses why a federal judge refused to throw out 127,000 drive-through votes cast in Texas. June Grasso hosts. See omny...
Election law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the upcoming election and whether the Supreme Court may get involved. Anne Bailey, a professor of history at the State University of New York at Binghamton, discusses state ballot initiatives that would erase symbols of slavery and slavery amendments. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional Law expert David Pozen, a professor at Columbia Law School, discuses the wide array of options being considered to change the balance on the Supreme Court which now has a 6 to 3 conservative majority. Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses the split Supreme Court decisions on mail-in ballots. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the lawsuits, both civil and criminal, that President Trump might face when he leaves office. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the revelations from the unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses justices grappling with the original meaning of the word “seizure” in a case where a woman wants to sue police officers for excessive force. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why woman attorneys are finding nontraditional routes to Supreme Court advocacy. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a Professor at NYU Law School, discusses the landmark U.S. antitrust suit against Google and its implications. Eric Talley, a Columbia Law School Professor, discusses his podcast series, “Beyond Unprecedented: The Post-Pandemic Economy." June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the upcoming trial where a jury will decide whether Ed Sheeran copied Marvin Gaye’s 1973 soul classic “Let’s Get It On,” in his hit song "Thinking Out Loud." Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses a new case the Supreme Court will review about whether police can enter a home without a warrant in hot pursuit of someone suspected of committing a misdemeanor. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com...
Rebecca Green, a professor at William & Mary Law School and co-director of the Election Law Program, discusses possible post-election litigation. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses The Supreme Court agreeing to hear Trump administration appeals on three cases dealing with immigration policy. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Samuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale, discusses a way to shield certain laws from Supreme Court review, jurisdiction stripping, an alternative to court packing and term limits. Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law, discusses Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leah Litman, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and what they reveal about her judicial philosophy. Samuel Bagenstos, a law professor at the University of Michigan who served in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, discusses how a U.S. inquiry into whether Microsoft Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. broke workplace civil rights laws by seeking to double their rank...
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the first two days of the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the approach of Judge Barrett to the confirmation hearings. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Crespo,a Harvard Law School professor, discusses how Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves the court's three remaining liberals looking for new alliances. Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses how two conservative justices used the court's rejection of an appeal, to complain that the court's 2015 same-sex marriage ruling threatens religious liberty. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins Supreme Court and Appellate Practice, discusses the Supreme Court's new term including cases on Obamacare, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, religious rights versus gay rights, robo texting and Nazi-looted art. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses his new book, "Financing the Green New Deal: A Plan of Action and Renewal." June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, Managing Partner of Nelson Hardiman, discusses President Trump's doctor releasing misleading information about the president’s health and the implications of the HIPPA privacy laws. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the lawsuits over the elections that are going down to the wire. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how judges are largely rejecting efforts by President Trump’s campaign to restrict voting by mail during the pandemic, but new lawsuits and appeals by the GOP are dragging out the legal fights, adding uncertainty to the election. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims PLC, discusses why conservatives see their best shot in decades to get rid of race in college admissions. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court putting a clash over undocumented immigrants and the census on a fast track, at the Trump administration's request. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Michael Graetz, a professor at Columbia Law School and author of the new book, "The Wolf at the Door: The Menace of Economic Insecurity and How to Fight It," discusses the revelations about President Trump's tax returns. Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, discusses the legal cases around the sale of TikTok. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
