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.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal to the Supreme Court. Reproductive rights expert Mary Ziegler, a professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses Planned Parenthood’s win against the Trump administration efforts to defund it. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Anne Joseph O’Connell, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses the controversy over Alina Habba, Trump’s personal lawyer picked to lead the US Attorney’s Office in New Jersey. Maia Spoto, Bloomberg Law Los Angeles Court’s Correspondent, discusses the mass exodus from the LA US Attorney’s office. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Trump administration suing sanctuary cities and denying visas to the Venezuelan Little League team. Liam Knox, Bloomberg education reporter, discusses conservative Christopher Rufo and his quest to change higher education. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Retired federal judge Andre Davis, a member of Keep Our Republic’s Article III Coalition, discusses the Trump administration’s unprecedented lawsuit against all the federal judges on the Maryland bench. Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Texas redistricting plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Ninth Circuit oral arguments with the judges finding problems with the jury’s verdict that artist Kat Von D’s tattoo did not infringe a copyrighted photo of jazz legend Miles Davis. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses the second in command at the Justice Department going to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted former girlfriend. Michael Gerrard, Director of Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, discusses the International Court of Justice’s landmark climate decision. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former New York prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, Of Counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversing the murder and kidnapping conviction in the Etan Patz case. Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Texas Republicans plans to redistrict to gain more seats in the midterms. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Defamation attorney Jeff Lewis discusses President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal. Jodie Ferise, a partner in the higher education practice at Church Church Hittle & Antrim, discusses Harvard’s legal battle over the Trump administration’s $2.6 billion freeze of federal research funding. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the Trump administration’s request to open the grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein case. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest immigration law issues. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June Grasso talks to the legal experts about the top stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Samuel Siegel, Senior Counsel at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law, discusses their lawsuit, on behalf of CASA, against the Trump administration over the revocation of temporary protected status for Afghans. Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses Democrats storming out of the hearing over the controversial nomination of former Trump criminal lawyer Emil Bove to the Third Circuit. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Antitrust expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the FTC and Justice Department clearing 3 deals worth more than $63 billion during the last week of June. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law scholar David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court granting all of President Trump’s 15 emergency applications since April, including allowing him to dismantle the Education Department. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Professor Cary Coglianese who directs the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s program on regulation, discusses the way federal courts are getting around the Supreme Court’s decision limiting nationwide injunctions. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Trump’s slow start with judiciary appointments. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June Grasso speaks to Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and Susan Scafidi, a professor at Fordham Law School, about the top legal stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Susan Scafidi, a professor at Fordham Law School and director of the Fashion Law Institute, discusses Lululemon suing Costco, accusing it of copying its designs. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law expert Jonathan Adler, a Professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses the Supreme Court allowing President Trump to begin massive layoffs and a judge blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Ben Penn, Senior Justice Department Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses how DOJ leadership ordered prosecutors to reach a lenient deal with Puerto Rico’s former governor and a billionaire banker. Rebecca Rainey, Senior Labor Department Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses t...
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the stats in the Supreme Court’s latest term and the court giving President Trump the okay to fire workers in 19 federal departments and agencies. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the trial in Boston over the Trump administration’s policy of targeting non-citizen students who are involved in pro-Palestinian protests on campus. Tax expert Alex Raskolnikov, professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the winners and losers of Trump’s tax bill. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School, discusses the Supreme Court cases this term that weakened protections for the environment. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses what’s next for Sean “Diddy” Combs. Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, analyzes the Supreme Court’s term. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses why a jury acquitted Sean “Diddy” Combs of the most serious charges against him. Kenneth Marcus, founder and CEO of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, discusses the Trump administration’s latest legal front against Harvard University. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the Supreme Court term which included a number of victories for President Donald Trump and losses for LGBTQ rights. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the jury in the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial saying they are deadlocked on the top charge. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the immigration law issues in the courts today from birthright citizenship to procedures for deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members. Defamation lawyer Jeff Lewis discusses California Governor Gavin Newsom suing Fox News for defamation. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court limiting judge’s use of nationwide injunctions. First Amendment law expert Caroline Mala Corbin, discusses the Supreme Court bolstering the rights of religious parents. Christopher Berry, the Executive Director of the Nonhuman Rights Project, discusses a New York judge ruling that dogs are part of the family. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Immigration law expert Lina Baroudi, discusses the Trump administration suing all the federal district judges in Maryland. Bloomberg law reporter Tiana Headley discusses why Republican-appointed judges are not retiring during this second Trump administration. Securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the SEC reviewing changes in trade monitoring. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Elora Mukherjee, a professor at Columbia Law School and director of the school’s Immigrants Rights Clinic, discusses the Supreme Court decision allowing quick deportations of noncitizens to third countries. Suzanne Monyak, Bloomberg Law judiciary reporter, discusses the confirmation hearings for Emil Bove to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. June Grasso hosts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former prosecutor and judge in the US Air Force, discusses whether the President Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, required consultation with Congress. Healthcare attorney Harry Nelson, a partner at Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, discusses the third anniversary of the Dobbs decision which took away the constitutional right to abortion. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest immigration cases from widespread arrests at courthouses to sanctuary cities fighting the Trump administration. Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Trump’s judicial picks. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kate Redburn, a professor at Columbia Law School and an expert in the law of gender, sexuality and religion, discusses the Supreme Court upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care for minors. Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses the jury acquitting Karen Read of murder charges. Entertainment attorney Ron Bienstock, a partner at Scarinci Hollenbeck, discusses Shaquille O’Neal settling a lawsuit over his FTX endorsements for $1.8 million. June Grasso hosts. See...
