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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

Abortion Rights in Jeopardy at Supreme Court

Stephen Vladeck, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court taking a case that could result in the court gutting the constitutional right to abortion. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court offering hints of the kind of paradigm shift conservatives have long craved by adding major abortion and gun-rights cases to its docket. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 22, 202126 min

New Criminal Probe of Trump Organization

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the New York Attorney General opening a criminal probe of the Trump Organization. Greg Bordelon, a professor at the University of Maine School of Law, discusses what a last name is worth in a divorce. June Grasso hosts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 20, 202127 min

Son Says 'Parental Insanity' Drove Father to Scam

Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the sentencing of a father in the college admissions scandal and the upcoming trial of 8 parents. Holly Barker, Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Reporter, discusses how dementia takes a toll on aging lawyers. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 15, 202125 min

Voting Curbs Show Supreme Court's Influence

Election law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law, discusses recent voting restrictions passed by Republicans and how they show the long reach of a 2013 Supreme Court ruling. Jonathan Smith, Executive Director of the Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, discusses the federal civil rights charges filed against Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener ...

May 14, 202124 min

Prosecutors Chose the "Hard Way" in Giuliani Raid

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses why prosecutors chose the "hard way" in raiding Rudy Giuliani's apartment. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the federal civil rights charges against Derek Chauvin and the three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 11, 202128 min

Warhol's Prince Series at Second Circuit Again

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses an appeal over the Second Circuit's finding that Andy Warhol infringed the copyright of a photographer in his silkscreens of rock icon Prince. Richard Ausness, a professor at the University of Kentucky Law School discusses the landmark opioid trial in West Virginia. June Grasso hosts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 08, 202121 min

High Stakes Battle: Epic Games v. Apple

Joshua Davis, a professor at the University of San Francisco Law School, discusses Epic Games allegations that Apple's 30% commission on app sales is a violation of antitrust law. Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over drug sentencing laws. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 07, 202131 min

Bipartisanship at Supreme Court Arguments

Andrew Rossman, a partner at Quinn Emanuel discusses a case where a Delaware judge ordered Kohlberg & Co. to complete its private equity purchase of DecoPac Inc., a cake decorating technology company, despite the economic turmoil of the pandemic. Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law who specializes in sentencing policy, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over allowing shorter sentences for lower level drug offenders. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/...

May 06, 202128 min

Biden's Latest Judicial Nominees

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court leaving intact California’s ban on government-funded travel to states it sees as having anti-LGBTQ policies, rejecting Texas’s bid to challenge the policy. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses President Biden's latest judicial nominees. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 04, 202126 min

Cheerleader's Profane Post Tests Speech Rights

First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court justices struggling with a case over a 14-year-old cheerleader’s profane Snapchat rant, that led to her suspension from the team. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the justices agreeing to hear a case involving the right of a defendant to confront witnesses against him/her at trial. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

May 01, 202123 min

Victory for Longtime Immigrants at Supreme Court

Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court giving a victory to longtime immigrants who entered the country illegally but now have strong ties to the community. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses hearings for judicial nominees and how the Biden administration got an early start on vetting potential judicial nominees. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 30, 202125 min

High Court to Decide Right to Carry Guns in Public

Second Amendment expert, Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to use a New York case to consider whether the government must let most people carry a handgun in public for self-defense. First Amendment attorney Jeff Lewis discusses states passing anti-protest laws. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 28, 202122 min

Supreme Court Reverses Trend on Juvenile Justice

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that will make it more likely that people who commit homicides as minors will die in prison. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court deciding to hear a major new Second Amendment case. Joseph Re, a partner at Knobbe Martens and president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, discusses a Supreme Court patent case that pits inventors against their former employers. June Grass...

Apr 27, 202125 min

SCOTUS Guts FTC Power to Recoup Billions for Consumers

Pat Parenteau, Professor of Environmental Law at Vermont Law School, discusses the legal maneuvering of the Biden administration in implementing its environmental agenda. Andrea Matwyshyn, Professor and Associate Dean of Innovation and Technology at Penn State Law School, discusses the Supreme Court slashing the Federal Trade Commissions power to recoup billions of dollars for consumers in court. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 24, 202148 min

What's Next in the Derek Chauvin Case

David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, author of, "A City Divided: Race, Fear and the Law in Police Confrontations" and host of the "Criminal Injustice" podcast, discusses what's ahead in the Derek Chauvin case and the federal investigation into the police department of Minneapolis. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court indicating it will curb green card applications. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Apr 24, 202131 min

Derek Chauvin Murder Conviction and Sentencing

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, and former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law, discuss the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and the sentencing ahead. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado discusses the latest investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 22, 202120 min

Closing Arguments in the Derek Chauvin Murder Trial

Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law in Minneapolis, discusses the strategies in the closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the first plea agreement with a founding member of the far-right Oath Keepers group, stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 20, 202128 min

Small Town Texas Juries Hit Big Tech With Huge Awards

Bloomberg Legal Reporter Laurel Calkins discusses how juries in three small Texas towns have churned out a series of multimillion-dollar verdicts, totaling more than $3.7 billion in patent awards against big tech companies during the pandemic. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 17, 202114 min

Legislation Introduced to Pack the Court

Constitutional law professor Neil Kinkopf of the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the Biden Commission to study changes to the Supreme Court, the legislation to add justices to the court and Justice Stephen Breyer's speech against court packing. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 16, 202122 min

Can You Be Fired for Not Returning to the Office?

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the charges against a former Minnesota police officer for the shooting of a Black motorist in a traffic stop, and the last day of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. Michael Schmidt, vice chair of the Labor & Employment Department at Cozen O'Connor, discusses the legal and practical implications of employees not wanting to return to the office after working remotely. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Apr 15, 202126 min

Matt Gaetz Vows to Fight as Investigation Grows

Constitutional law professor Akram Faizer of Lincoln Memorial University, discusses the American Civil Liberties Union’s legal challenge to a South Carolina return-to-work order for state employees. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Erik Larson discusses the federal investigation of U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, on sex trafficking allegations. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 14, 202125 min

Google Wins Decade-Long Copyright Battle With Oracle

Shyam Balganesh, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that Google didn’t commit copyright infringement when it used Oracle’s programming code in the Android operating system. Richard Frase, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, discusses the first 9 days of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 10, 202135 min

NFTs and Why They're So Hot

Securities attorney Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter, Krinsky & Drogan, discusses the latest craze in digital assets, NFT's (non-fungible tokens), and the spectacular prices they've been garnering. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado, discusses the suit for defamation against Netflix by a private equity and real estate executive accused of paying bribes to get his children into Harvard, Stanford and USC, over a documentary about the college admissions cheating scheme. June Grasso hosts...

Apr 09, 202125 min

Facebook Data Dump Likely to Bring Lawsuits

Professor Andrea Matwyshyn, Associate Dean of Innovation and Technology at Penn State Law, discusses why Facebook is likely to face scrutiny from federal and state regulators, as well as lawsuits from consumers, after data on more than half a billion users became widely available online. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses how the U.S. Solicitor General was snubbed again by the Supreme Court. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Apr 08, 202130 min

SCOTUS Allows FCC to Relax Media Ownership Rules

Matthew Schettenhelm, Bloomberg Intelligence Litigation and Government Analyst, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court allowing the Federal Communications Commission to relax the limits on the ownership of local television and radio stations. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 07, 202117 min

NCAA Fight Over Athlete Compensation Is Toss-Up

Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the Supreme Court arguments over the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes. Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein, discusses Supreme Court arguments over a shareholder lawsuit alleging that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. misled investors. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 03, 202127 min

Offensive Lob by Djokovic-Led Players Group in Tennis

David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a new tennis players association formed by tennis star Novak Djokovic, not exactly a union, but a group that could negotiate with tournaments for prize money and threaten boycotts when necessary. The goal is to fix the economics of tennis, a sport that forces even elite lower ranked players to take second jobs. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 01, 202117 min

Biden's First Court Picks to Diversify Judiciary

Leah Litman, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses President Joe Biden's first slate of judicial nominees, a diverse slate with a wide range of experience. Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law in Minneapolis, discusses the strategies in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 01, 202127 min

The Most Powerful Law Firm in the Biden Era

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the Wall Street law firm that is emerging as a power center in New York during the Biden administration: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Elections law expert, Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa Law School, discusses the law suits challenging the new restrictive voting rules in Georgia. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 29, 202130 min

Can Police Enter a Home to Check on Safety?

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses Supreme Court arguments over whether police can enter a home without a warrant in order to check on the safety or health of the residents. Bethany Berger, a professor at the University of Connecticut Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments in a case that pits union rights against property rights. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Mar 26, 202124 min
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