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| Likely Religion Win & Crypto Free Ride | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:31:21 | |
Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and Founding Director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments in which the justices seem likely to side with Catholic Charities in a state tax fight. James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School and an expert in securities law, discusses the Trump administration dropping enforcement actions involving cryptocurrencies. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Musk's Role Ruled Unconstitutional & Birthright Citizenship | 19 Mar 2025 | 00:34:40 | |
Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses a judge’s ruling that Elon Musk likely exercised unconstitutional power in orchestrating the Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the US Agency for International Development. Federal courts and jurisdiction expert Amanda Frost, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, discusses the Trump administration’s appeal to the Supreme Court on its order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Menendez Brothers, Chokehold Trial & Suit Over 'Romeo & Juliet' Scene | 26 Oct 2024 | 00:38:05 | |
Los Angeles Trial Attorney Dave Ring, a partner at Taylor & Ring, discusses the LA District Attorney’s recommendation that the Menendez brothers be resentenced. Criminal defense attorney Jeremy Saland, discusses the trial of a Marine veteran for the subway chokehold death of a homeless man. Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the stars of the 1968 film “Romeo & Juliet” filing a lawsuit over the underage nude scene. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Supreme Court Tosses Out ’Bridgegate’ Convictions | 08 May 2020 | 00:30:21 | |
Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the Supreme Court decision throwing out the convictions of two allies of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the Bridgegate scandal. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the confirmation hearing for President Trump’s controversial nominee to the second highest court in the country. Joe Brennan, a professor at Vermont Law School, discusses how college students, kicked off campus by the coronavirus, have sued more than 50 schools. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Chief Judge Asks for Investigation Into Judicial Vacancy | 07 May 2020 | 00:13:51 | |
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit requested that the Chief Justice of the United States, assign another circuit to look into a complaint filed by the group Demand Justice, following reports that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had been contacting appeals court judges nominated by Republican presidents to encourage them to retire. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Georgia Can’t Hide Law Behind a Paywall | 06 May 2020 | 00:08:06 | |
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision that Georgia cannot hide its annotated legal code behind a paywall, a decision heralded by public access advocates. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Supreme Court Deals Setback to Gun-Rights Advocates | 02 May 2020 | 00:14:18 | |
Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School and a Second Amendment expert, discusses the Supreme Court dropping a clash over New York City handgun-transportation restrictions, saying the city had made the issues in the case moot by changing the law to give residents more freedom to travel with their weapons. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| High Court Rules on $12 Billion in Obamacare Payments | 01 May 2020 | 00:07:46 | |
Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that federal government must abide by a pledge to pay insurers $12 billion to cover some of the losses they incurred providing risky policies under Obamacare. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Trump Faces Test of Power in Rare En Banc Hearing | 30 Apr 2020 | 00:12:33 | |
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses a case that will help determine how much power the president and his successors can wield, stemming from House Democrats’ subpoena of former White House counsel Donald McGahn. Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, discusses legal challenges to governors’ stay-at-home orders. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Behind Supreme Court’s Clean Water Decision | 30 Apr 2020 | 00:16:58 | |
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School. dicusses the Supreme Court giving environmentalists a partial win on the scope of the Clean Water Act, ruling that the law applies to some pollution discharges that don’t go directly into a major body of water. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Shirtless Lawyers, Barking Dogs in Virtual Courtrooms | 28 Apr 2020 | 00:17:02 | |
Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the problems, big, small and ridiculous, that have popped up as courts practice social distancing to manage the pandemic. Also, Martin Shkreli, the infamous “Pharma Bro,” is asking a federal judge to release him early from prison, saying he’s been conducting research into developing a cure for Covid-19. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Environmentalists Get Partial Wins at Supreme Court | 26 Apr 2020 | 00:19:25 | |
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School, discusses the Supreme Court Superfund cleanup decision that split the victory among the landowners of Montana, the Atlantic Richfield Co. and the Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the high court’s decision giving environmentalists a partial win on the scope of the Clean Water Act and a ruling that the Constitution requires a unanimous jury to convict defendants of serious crimes, overturning a decades-old precedent and highlighting deep divides among the justices over adherence to their past rulings. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Law in the Time of Covid-19 | 23 Apr 2020 | 00:15:44 | |
Katharina Pistor, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the free e-book entitled, "Law in the Time of COVID-19," that she and other law professors at Columbia just published. The book contains insights and information on the most pressing legal issues the pandemic has raised across a wide range of topics from bankruptcy to privacy. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Menendez Brothers to Be Resentenced & Musk Gets Warned | 25 Oct 2024 | 00:39:32 | |
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| Extent of Trump’s Order Suspending Immigration | 23 Apr 2020 | 00:14:15 | |
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Trump’s executive order temporarily halting the issuance of certain green cards in what he described as a bid to limit competition for jobs as the U.S. takes steps toward reopening the economy. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| When Businesses Reopen, The Lawsuits Begin | 21 Apr 2020 | 00:16:41 | |
Benjamin Zipursky, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses the lawsuits that stores, restaurants and theaters may face from sick customers and workers when they reopen after the coronavirus shutdowns. James Brudney, also a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses the lawsuit by a union representing New York nurses against Montefiore Medical Center and Westchester Medical Center for failing to safeguard the nurses and their families. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Coronavirus Antibody Testing Raises Legal Issues | 20 Apr 2020 | 00:13:41 | |
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the legal issues with states using antibody testing to decide who can return to work during the coronavirus pandemic. Olivia Carville, Bloomberg Reporter, discusses hospitals monitoring the social media posts of doctors and nurses. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The Supreme Court Bows to Crisis and Breaks Tradition | 18 Apr 2020 | 00:17:26 | |
Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court for the first time hearing arguments by telephone and allowing live audio broadcasts, bowing to the coronavirus outbreak. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter discusses a second break with tradition by the court in one week. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Can Governors Stop You From Going to Vacation Homes? | 17 Apr 2020 | 00:19:54 | |
David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law School, discusses lawsuits challenging the Michigan Governor’s ban on residents traveling to second homes as a measure to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the power of governors versus the power of the president. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Federal Trial Courts Face Post-Pandemic Crisis | 17 Apr 2020 | 00:25:04 | |
Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how the virus-caused backlog threatens to put courts already short of judges, and considered ‘judicial emergencies,’ in a bind. Professor Joshua Blackman, of the South Texas College of Law, discusses how a new Kentucky judge, Justin Walker, President Trump’s nominee for the D.C. Circuit, wrote a decision that sounded more like a sermon, attracting attention beyond just Kentucky. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| When Commercial Tenants Refuse to Pay the Rent | 15 Apr 2020 | 00:16:47 | |
Government-imposed lockdowns have shuttered stores across the country, leading chains like the Cheescake Factory to stop paying the rent. Andrew Rossman, a partner at Quinn Emanuel, discusses the threat of a ripple effect across the real estate sector. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Can Pastors Defy Stay-at-Home Orders? | 10 Apr 2020 | 00:11:09 | |
Richard Garnett, a Professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, discusses some pastors opening their church doors in defiance of governor’s stay-at-home orders, and whether religious freedoms trump public safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Trump-Appointed Judges Give President Execution Win | 10 Apr 2020 | 00:12:11 | |
Bloomberg Law Editor Jordan Rubin discusses how President Trump’s quest to resume federal executions got a boost from his two appointees on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week, as the court upended an injunction that had halted the Justice Department’s attempts to carry out the death penalty. Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses Trump’s nomination of Kentucky federal judge Justin R. Walker, who was previously given a "Not Qualified" rating by The American Bar Association, for an upcoming vacancy at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, often regarded as the second-highest court in the land. They speak to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| America’s Abortion Wars Escalate With Coronavirus | 08 Apr 2020 | 00:11:56 | |
Michele Goodwin, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine and author of “Policing the Womb,” discusses how the coronavirus is adding new ammunition to America’s abortion wars as several states have put in place limits on abortions as non-essential services during the virus, prompting legal challenges. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Subway Chokehold Trial & Courts Face Security Risks | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:30:10 | |
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| Bankruptcy Lawyers’ Phones Are Ringing Off the Hook | 05 Apr 2020 | 00:16:48 | |
Edward Morrison, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how the coronavirus is threatening to destroy businesses large and small, and that’s got bankruptcy lawyers’ phones ringing off the hook, but what are the limitations of the bankruptcy laws. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Trump Judicial Pick Might Undermine Obamacare | 04 Apr 2020 | 00:13:57 | |
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School discusses why liberal leaning advocacy and health groups are urging senators to oppose confirming Cory Wilson, the latest Trump pick for one of the most conservative federal appellate courts on grounds that he’d try to undermine Obamacare. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Trump Rollback of Rules Guts Obama Climate Legacy | 03 Apr 2020 | 00:12:03 | |
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses the Trump administration’s rollback of mileage standards, gutting tougher Obama-era standards that were the federal government’s single most forceful initiative against climate-changing fossil fuel emissions. He speaks to host June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Who’s the Boss: President Trump or the Governors? | 02 Apr 2020 | 00:08:03 | |
As President Trump vacillates between threatening to countermand the measures states have taken to contain the coronavirus, and threatening to issue a nationwide stay-at-home order, the question arises: does the President have the power to override a governor’s orders. Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School discusses the issue with host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Governments Tracking Your Movements During Pandemic | 01 Apr 2020 | 00:10:32 | |
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the invasions into privacy and civil liberties as governments across the world try to fight the pandemic by tracking their citizen’s mobile phones. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Signing Wills on the Hood of a Porsche | 27 Mar 2020 | 00:18:14 | |
The coronavirus is presenting many unique legal problems. Host June Grasso talks to Bloomberg Legal Reporter Erik Larson about the inventive ways estate lawyers are executing wills, to Bloomberg Law Reporter Malathi Nayak about the steps state Attorneys General are taking to combat price gouging and to Bloomberg Law Reporter Madison Alder about how the courts are handling the epidemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Supreme Court Allows States to Bar Insanity Defenses | 26 Mar 2020 | 00:10:44 | |
Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law editor, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision upholding a Kansas law which effectively bars a defendant from asserting an insanity defense. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Senators' Stock Sales Raise Insider Trading Concerns | 25 Mar 2020 | 00:13:35 | |
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the implications of sales of stock by senators briefed in January on the coronavirus threat. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Judge Tosses a $2.8 Million Verdict Against Katy Perry | 23 Mar 2020 | 00:10:54 | |
Terence Ross, a partner at Katten, Muchin, Rosenman discusses a judge throwing out a $2.8 million jury verdict against Katy Perry, ruling that Perry’s hit "Dark Horse" was not a rip off of a Christian rapper’s song, in a victory for Perry and the music industry. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Defendant Says Coronavirus Led to Guilty Verdict | 20 Mar 2020 | 00:07:59 | |
Did a fearful jury issue a sham verdict in less than 8 hours because the jurors were afraid to deliberate during the coronavirus pandemic? David Voreacos, Bloomberg Projects Reporter discusses the defense claim with host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| NBA Facing Video Privacy Suit, Judges & NLRB | 22 Oct 2024 | 00:33:13 | |
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| Weinstein Sentence Draws Gasps in Courtroom | 11 Mar 2020 | 00:08:25 | |
Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a lecturer at Columbia Law School, discusses Harvey Weinstein’s sentence to 23 years in prison for sexual assault, a sentence so harsh it drew audible gasps in the courtroom when the judge announced it. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Led Zeppelin Wins ’Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case | 10 Mar 2020 | 00:07:22 | |
Intellectual property litigator, Terrence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the en banc decision by 11 judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, that Led Zeppelin did not steal part of its 1971 classic "Stairway to Heaven." He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| High Court Backs State Prosecution of Immigrants | 06 Mar 2020 | 00:16:38 | |
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling, bolstering the power of states to prosecute undocumented immigrants and other immigration cases the court heard this week. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Court Denies Families of Cross-Border Shooting Victims | 06 Mar 2020 | 00:10:55 | |
Former federal prosecutor, Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses the Supreme Court throwing out two lawsuits by families of Mexican teenagers who were fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in cross-border shootings in 2010 and 2012. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Coronavirus is Fertile Ground for Lawsuits | 06 Mar 2020 | 00:07:53 | |
Peter Jeffrey, Bloomberg News Legal Editor, discusses the lawsuits that have already been filed because of the coronavirus and those that may be filed due to disrupted supply chains, forced quarantines and other effects of the virus. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Chief Justice Chastises Senator Schumer | 06 Mar 2020 | 00:06:32 | |
Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Chief Justice John Roberts extraordinary rebuke of Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer for making “threatening” statements about two justices during an abortion-rights rally outside the court. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Supreme Court Appears Divided in Abortion Case | 05 Mar 2020 | 00:17:08 | |
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses oral arguments in the Supreme Court’s first abortion case in four years, with Chief Justice John Roberts sending few clues about how he will cast his pivotal vote. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Will the Supreme Court Limit the SEC and the CFPB? | 05 Mar 2020 | 00:13:38 | |
John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School, discuses two cases the Supreme Court heard this week on whether to limit the powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The Numbers Are On Sotomayor’s Side | 28 Feb 2020 | 00:17:47 | |
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses President Trump calling on Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse themselves from future cases involving him, after Sotomayor wrote in a dissent that the Trump administration has been seeking emergency stays in an unprecedented number of cases, a claim supported by the numbers. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| An Explosive Supreme Court Term Ahead | 28 Feb 2020 | 00:15:58 | |
Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, discusses the second half of the Supreme Court’s current term which will be chock-full of high-profile arguments and blockbuster opinions in controversial cases. She speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Musk's Voter Giveaway & Law Firm Bets on Lawsuits | 22 Oct 2024 | 00:29:36 | |
Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Elon Musk’s one million dollar voter giveaway. Roy Strom, Bloomberg Law senior reporter, discusses a law firm with a unique way of choosing cases. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Court Appears to Back Pipeline Under Appalachian Trail | 28 Feb 2020 | 00:16:35 | |
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses oral arguments in which a majority of Supreme Court justices seemed supportive of a crucial permit for the planned $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will cross under the Appalachian Trail. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Will Roger Stone Get a New Trial? | 28 Feb 2020 | 00:13:47 | |
Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses Roger Stone’s push to get a new trial based on claims of jury bias. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Court Takes Case That Could Enhance Religious Rights | 26 Feb 2020 | 00:14:47 | |
Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Supreme Court accepting a major new religious-rights case, agreeing to decide whether Catholic Social Services can be excluded from Philadelphia’s foster-care system because the group won’t place children with same-sex couples. He speaks to host June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||