Judicial ethics expert Arthur Hellman, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, discusses allegations that 95-year-old Judge Pauline Newman is unfit to serve on the bench. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court’s consideration of when the government can deport legal immigrants convicted of certain crimes. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 19, 2023•32 min
National security law expert Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman charged with stealing classified materials. Securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision allowing defendants to challenge the SEC and FTC’s constitutional authority in federal district court. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 19, 2023•31 min
Victoria Nourse, a professor at Georgetown Law School, discusses Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg suing US Representative Jim Jordan over his interference in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump. Steven Lubet, a professor at Northwestern School of Law, discusses Justice Clarence Thomas’ unreported luxury trips paid for by a Republican billionaire donor. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 17, 2023•21 min
David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law School and an expert on constitutional law, discusses the Pro Publica reports on Justice Clarence Thomas going on lavish vacations paid for by a Republican billionaire donor for two decades and a property deal with the same donor. Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and an expert on separation of powers discusses the Supreme Court refusing to take the appeal of environmental activist Steven Donziger. June Grasso hosts. See omnys...
Apr 15, 2023•25 min
Katherine Franke, Director of Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, discusses the Supreme Court allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl to continue competing on her middle school track team. Susan Scafidi, Director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, discusses laws banning drag shows. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 13, 2023•30 min
Reproductive rights expert Mary Ziegler, a professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses conflicting decisions on the most commonly used abortion medication. Anthony Oncidi, co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department at Proskauer Rose, discusses the roller coaster verdicts in a Tesla racial harassment case. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 12, 2023•37 min
Michael Moore, a partner at Moore Hall and the former US Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, discusses the charges Trump is facing in New York and elsewhere. David Korzenik, a partner at Miller Korzenik Sommers Rayman, discusses the trial in Dominion Voting Systems $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 11, 2023•34 min
Professor Joshua Kastenberg of the University of New Mexico Law School, a former prosecutor and judge in the US Air Force, discusses Trump’s not guilty plea and what’s ahead. Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg National Political Reporter, discusses liberals getting the majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 06, 2023•25 min
Lawrence Gostin, Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health at Georgetown University, discusses a Texas judge’s decision invalidating the Affordable Care Act requirement that private health insurers fully cover preventive health screenings at no cost to patients. Appellate attorney Steven Klepper, a principal at Kramon & Graham, discusses the Appellate Court of Maryland reinstating Adnan Syed’s conviction. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
Apr 04, 2023•30 min
Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses Supreme Court arguments over the admission of a co-defendant’s confession. Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson of Nelson Hardiman, discusses the landmark trial of Juul and Altria for marketing of products to youth. Sid Rao, a partner at Romano Law, discusses appellate court ruling that Madison Square Garden can stop attorneys who are suing the company from attending events. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for...
Apr 03, 2023•29 min
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, discusses the unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments on the constitutionality of a law used to punish those who encourage illegal immigration. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 02, 2023•28 min
Victoria Nourse, a professor at Georgetown Law School and former Chief Counsel to then Vice President Joe Biden, discusses a judge ordering former Vice President Mike Pence to testify at the grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6th insurrection. Securities law expert Anthony Sabino of Sabino & Sabino, discusses the CFTC suing the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. for allegedly breaking trading and derivatives rules. June Gra...
Apr 01, 2023•36 min
Donald Trump was indicted in New York for directing hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, a historic event in American law and politics that is certain to divide an already polarized society and electorate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson of Nelson Hardiman, discusses the first trial of Juul and Altria Group over the marketing of vaping products to young audiences. Michael Gerrard, founder and faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, discusses an upcoming trial where Montana kids are suing the state over climate change. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 29, 2023•26 min
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in a trademark clash over a chewable dog toy that mimics the iconic Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle, only with poop jokes. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 28, 2023•17 min
Professor Joshua Kastenberg of the University of New Mexico Law School, a former prosecutor and judge in the US Air Force, discusses Trump losing a critical court battle to keep legal details secret from the Special Counsel investigating his possible mishandling of classified information and obstruction of justice. Securities law expert Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, discusses Supreme Court arguments over Coinbase Global's efforts to push two lawsuits into arbitration. Ju...
Mar 24, 2023•31 min
Bloomberg legal reporter Greg Farrell discusses how former Trump fixer Michael Cohen may be about to get the role he’s been auditioning for since 2018: witness for the prosecution against his old boss, Donald Trump. Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, discusses why younger federal judges are leaving the bench for lucrative positions at law firms. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 23, 2023•32 min
Ezra Rosser, a professor at the American University Washington College of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over what steps, if any, the federal government must take to help the Navajo Nation deal with a water crisis that leaves 30 percent of its people without running water. Ava Benny-Morrison discusses a federal judge throwing out the majority of the claims made against JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank in proposed class action suits filed by a victim of Jeffrey Epstein identified onl...
Mar 21, 2023•25 min
International criminal law expert Patrick Keenan, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, discusses the International Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ava Benny-Morrison, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co, accusing it of supporting Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 20, 2023•27 min
Constitutional law expert Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the growing problem of plaintiffs hand-picking the specific district judge who hears their lawsuit, as illustrated by the Texas case where anti-abortion groups trying to block the sales of an abortion pill, chose a conservative judge in Amarillo. Securities litigator Anthony Sabino, co-founder of Sabino & Sabino and a professor of law at St John's University, discusses the investigations a...
Mar 17, 2023•33 min
Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses signs that the Manhattan District Attorney will be bringing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. Jim Baer, president of CMBG Advisors, discusses the latest in the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Joel Johnston, a partner at Hall Estill, discusses the EPA planning the first rules on forever chemicals in drinking water. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
Mar 16, 2023•41 min
Trademark law expert Willajeanne McLean, a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, discusses a federal appeals court ruling that the word gruyère is generic, and makers of gruyère cheese can use that label no matter where the cheese is produced. Domenic Romano, founder and managing partner of Romano Law, and Daniel Braverman, employment law partner, discuss the lawsuit against Tiger Woods by his ex-girlfriend seeking 30 million dollars. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/lis...
Mar 15, 2023•20 min
Trademark law expert Willajeanne McLean, a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, discusses a federal appeals court ruling that the word gruyère is generic, and makers of gruyère cheese can use that label no matter where the cheese is produced. Domenic Romano, founder and managing partner of Romano Law, and Daniel Braverman, employment law partner, discuss the lawsuit against Tiger Woods by his ex-girlfriend seeking 30 million dollars. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/lis...
Mar 15, 2023•20 min
Business law professor Eric Talley of Columbia Law School, discusses the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the fears of a full-blown banking crisis. Business law professor Steven Bank of UCLA Law School, discusses FIFA and US Soccer facing renewed antitrust litigation challenging their policy of banning foreign teams from playing official matches on American soil. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 14, 2023•33 min
Securities law expert Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, discusses Grayscale Investments’s lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission over its bid to create an ETF. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses Special Counsel Jack Smith's attempt to use the crime fraud exception to get testimony from one of former President Trump's attorneys. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 14, 2023•26 min
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses the US government suing to block JetBlue's acquisition of Spirit Airlines. James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses an appeals court reviving an SEC insider trading case. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 09, 2023•31 min
Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh and possible appellate issues. Bloomberg legal reporter Chris Dolmetsch discusses how Sam Bankman-Fried faces the culmination of a tense standoff with the judge in his criminal fraud case over his communications and technology while out on bail. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 09, 2023•32 min
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, discusses New Jersey asking the Supreme Court to let it walk away from its pact with New York establishing the Waterfront Commission. Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court asking for a new round of briefing in a closely watched election-law case. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 07, 2023•24 min
David Super, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, discusses the impact of the grand jury foreperson in the Georgia investigation of Donald Trump, commenting to a number of media outlets about the jury’s recommendations. David Voreacos, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses Trump hiring CardiB's lawyer, Drew Findling, also known as the #BillionDollarLawyer, to represent him in the Georgia investigation. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 06, 2023•24 min
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over President Joe Biden's plan to slash the student debt of more than 40 million people. Allen Denson, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, discusses the Supreme Court deciding to take a case challenging the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 03, 2023•33 min