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Bloomberg Law

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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.

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Episodes

Why Anti-Asian Hate Crime Is Not Being Charged Enough

Jack McDevitt, a Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and Director of the Institute on Race and Justice, discusses recent Anti-Asian hate crimes and why prosecutors are reluctant to charge hate crimes. Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court considering questions of law and order on Indian reservations. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 25, 202130 min

Partisan Shift in En Banc Appeals Courts Since Trump

Neal Devins, a Professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses his study with Professor Allison Ore Larson, "Weaponizing En Banc," which shows a dramatic spike in partisan splits and partisan reversals when appeals courts sit en banc, since the Trump presidency. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 24, 202116 min

No Right to Pray on the 50-Yard Line for Coach

Rick Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses a 9th Circuit decision that rejects the claims of a high school football coach that he had the right to pray at the 50-yard line immediately after his team’s games. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses how the Biden administration is on track to reverse the government’s position in more cases before the Supreme Court than the Trump administration did during the first full high court term of Tr...

Mar 22, 202124 min

Massive Camera Hack Shows Big Brother Is Watching

Reena Bajowala, a partner at Ice Miller, discusses the legal implications of the recent hack into a massive collection of security camera video at security camera startup Verkada Inc. Former federal prosecutor Michael Zeldin discusses the controversial statute federal prosecutors are using to charge about 60 of the rioters at the January 6th Capitol riots. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 19, 202127 min

Why the IRS Hates These Green Land Tax Breaks

David Voreacos, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, and Tim Lindstrom, a Virginia attorney, discuss the IRS crackdown on syndicated conservation easements which the wealthy use to get tax breaks. Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses Supreme Court arguments later this month on warrantless searches. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 19, 202127 min

Will Jury Hear About George Floyd's Prior Arrest?

Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law in Minneapolis, discusses jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd. Justin Fox, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, discusses why educated men are finding more degrees don't bring more jobs. Erin Mulvaney, Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses five of six women dropping their lawsuit over Jones Day's so called "black box." June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/list...

Mar 19, 202127 min

Mob Lawyer and Giuliani Protege on Trump Defense Team

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the lawyers representing Donald Trump in two separate New York investigations which could lead to a historic prosecution of the former president. Ellen Gilmer, Senior Legal Reporter for Bloomberg Law, discusses the environmental cases coming up at the Supreme Court this term. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 17, 202131 min

Do You Really Own that Digital Music or eBook?

From digital downloads to genetic data, we don't always own the things we think we do. A new book explores the hidden rules of ownership that governments and businesses use to decide who gets what. Host June Grasso talks to Professor Michael Heller of Columbia Law School, one of the co-authors of "MINE! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 15, 202119 min

Workers Can Refuse the J&J Shot For Religious Reasons

Bloomberg Law Reporter Robert Iafolla discusses whether workers can refuse to take Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine on religious grounds because of its use of cloned fetal cells to make the vaccine. Environmental law professor, Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law School, discusses the 12 Republican states suing the Biden administration over its climate agenda in a case centering on the ‘social cost’ of greenhouse gases. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 11, 202129 min

Why Manhattan DA's Race Is Not About Law & Order

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the murder of George Floyd. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado discusses the race to become the next Manhattan district attorney and why the candidates are talking about which crimes they won't prosecute, rather than those they will. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 11, 202131 min

Chief Justice's First Solo High Court Dissent

Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the Supreme Court reviving a campus free speech case even though the Georgia college already gave into student demands over the expression of Christian views, and the first solo dissent by the Chief Justice in his 16 years on the bench. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 10, 202114 min

Supreme Court May Weaken Voting Rights Act

Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses oral arguments where the Supreme Court's conservative justices indicated they would uphold the two Arizona voting restrictions at issue in the case. Federal judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how President Joe Biden can now flip the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 09, 202124 min

Stephen King Copyright Victory and Patent Death Squad

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Stephen King's victory in a copyright infringement lawsuit over his "Dark Tower" series. Susan Decker, Bloomberg News Patent Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court questioning the power of the so-called Patent Death Squad. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 06, 202130 min

Can School Discipline Student for Profane Snapchat?

First amendment law expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses a case before the Supreme Court over whether school officials are barred from disciplining students for their off-campus speech. Constitutional law professor Howard Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Supreme Court cases exploring the power of administrative agencies, a topic of renewed interest among the expanded majority of conservative justices. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.co...

Mar 05, 202129 min

Role Reversal as Ghosn's Smugglers Taken Back to Japan

David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the extradition to Japan of the father and son accused of engineering the daring escape of Carlos Ghosn from Japan. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter discusses the push to have President Biden nominate judges who are public defenders or civil rights lawyers. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 04, 202130 min

Police Reform in the Biden Administration

Jeffrey Fagan, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the immigration challenges facing the Biden administration. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 03, 202131 min

Water War Between Florida and Georgia at High Court

Ryan Rowberry, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the bitter dispute that oystermen in Florida and farmers in Georgia have been locked in for decades ...a battle that is now at the Supreme Court. Erin Mulvaney, Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses big grocery store chains wielding largely untested legal arguments to fight hazard pay hikes related to Covid-19. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 01, 202122 min

Can Police Chase You Into Your Home for Minor Crimes?

Former federal prosecutor Michael Zeldin discusses Supreme Court justices questioning whether the distinction between felonies and misdemeanors should matter for officers pursuing suspects into homes without warrants. Bloomberg Law Editor Jordan Rubin discusses a potential history-making case to test DNA that could turn on a single word. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 27, 202119 min

Supreme Court Slams the Door on Trump

Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court turning away former President Trump on disclosure of his taxes and rejecting eight appeals to overturn the results of the presidential election. Ellen Gilmer, Senior Legal Reporter for Bloomberg Law, discusses whether consumers can sue when the power goes out. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 27, 202122 min

Airport Officials Can Search Your Mobile Phones

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses the First Circuit Court of Appeals upholding U.S. border security officials’ ability to search travelers’ mobile phones and other digital devices without a warrant. Peter Jeffrey, Bloomberg News Legal Editor, discusses drunken driving charges being dismissed against rock star Bruce Springsteen and the battle of the exercise bikes. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 26, 202118 min

The Next United States Attorney General

The former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, a partner at Honigman discusses the confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee, Judge Merrick Garland. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit filed against MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Lindell by Dominion Voting Systems. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 24, 202120 min

Finders Keepers in Citibank's $500 Million Mistake

Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a judge's ruling that asset managers for Revlon lenders do not have to return half a billion dollars Citibank mistakenly sent to them, due to employee error. Adam Abensohn, a partner at Quinn Emanuel, the law firm representing the winning investment firms, discusses the decision. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 20, 202114 min

Trump Facing Criminal Charges and a Lawsuit by NAACP

Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses a Democratic member of Congress suing former President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, claiming they conspired to incite the January 6th Capitol riot in violation of a law enacted to combat the Ku Klux Klan. Clark Cunningham, a law professor at Georgia State University, discusses the criminal investigation by a Georgia district attorney into Trump's attempts to interfere in the presidential election in th...

Feb 19, 202129 min

Newest Justice Shows Independent Streak

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Editor, discusses newest justice, Amy Coney Barrett, joining the Supreme Court’s Democratic appointees to block Alabama from executing an inmate without his pastor in the chamber. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses why allowing cameras in courtrooms, establishing term limits for Supreme Court justices, or slowly adding lower court judges are ways a bipartisan commission appointed by President Joe Biden could recommend reshaping the judiciary. June Grasso...

Feb 18, 202123 min

Will Supreme Court Expand Religious Rights?

Rick Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses a divided U.S. Supreme Court ordering California to let indoor church services resume. Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the case for the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 13, 202131 min

Billion Dollar Revenge of the Voting Machines

Jonathan Peters, Media Law Professor at the University of Georgia, discusses Fox News' motion to dismiss the defamation lawsuit against it filed by voting-technology firm Smartmatic Corp. Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg News Cybersecurity Reporter, discusses the background of the Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuits. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 13, 202128 min

Manafort Is In the Clear Because of Double Jeopardy

Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, discusses why former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort can’t be prosecuted by New York for the same offenses for which he received a presidential pardon. Former federal prosecutor Michael Zeldin, discusses the opening arguments in the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 12, 202131 min

Line Between Lawyering and Complicity in Trump Taxes

Christopher Opfer, Bloomberg Law Team Leader for the Business of Law, discusses how a court order forcing some of Donald Trump’s former top tax lawyers to give thousands of documents to investigators shows the risk attorneys face when their own actions go under a microscope. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the second impeachment trial of Trump. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 11, 202127 min

High School Coach Wants to Pray on the 50-Yard Line

Caroline Mala Corbin, a Professor at the University of Miami School of Law, discusses the case of a high school football coach who says he has the right to pray at the 50-yard line after games. Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses President Joe Biden’s Justice Department dropping a Trump administration lawsuit accusing Yale University of discrimination in admissions. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 09, 202123 min

Nazi-Era Art Claims From Holocaust Heirs Turned Away

M.C Sungaila, the chair of the appellate practice at Buchalter, discusses the Supreme Court's ruling that heirs of Jewish art dealers cannot sue at this time in U.S. courts to recover a collection of medieval relics sold to the Nazis for a third of their value during World War II. Lydia Wheeler, Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses vaccine shortages and the possibility of lawsuits over shortages. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Feb 06, 202125 min
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