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Bankruptcy law expert Lindsey Simon, a professor at the University of Georgia Law School, discusses the controversial Texas Two-Step bankruptcy and a federal appellate court ruling that Johnson & Johnson can’t use the bankruptcy maneuver to resolve more than 40,000 cancer lawsuits over its baby powder.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg legal reporter Ava Benny-Morrison, discusses the US crackdown on trade-sanction violators turning to the art world as federal prosecutors in New York track down works bought or sold by Russian oligarchs.Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses a jury in San Francisco clearing Elon Musk in a trial where Tesla investors claimed that he defrauded them when he tweeted that he was considering taking the company private and had “funding secured."June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trusts & Estates attorney Sarah Wentz, a partner at Fox Rothschild, discusses Priscilla Presley challenging her late daughter's will, over a recently discovered 2016 document — one that ousted Priscilla and her daughter's former manager as co-trustees of Lisa Marie Presley's trust, replacing them with Lisa Marie's children, Riley and Benjamin Keough.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses French luxury design house Hermès International SA’s trademark trial against digital artist Mason Rothschild for creating and selling “MetaBirkin” NFTs, which depict digital images of the famous Birkin handbag.Josh Lichtenstein, a partner who heads the ERISA fiduciary practice at Ropes & Gray, discusses the US Labor Department facing an unwelcome case of litigation deja vu, as it attempts to implement a climate-friendly retirement investment rule.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A federal appeals court has ruled that J-and-J can't use the bankruptcy of a specially created unit to resolve more than 40-thousand cancer lawsuits over its product.That means the company will most likely need to defend itself against claims that tainted talc in its baby powder causes cancer. For more on the case, June Grasso speaks to Bloomberg intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum. Plus, French luxury designer Hermes filed a federal lawsuit against a digital artist who is selling a Meta-Birkin NFT. The image depicts the famous Birkin handbag covered in cartoonish fur instead of leather.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Edel, Co-Chair of the sports law practice and counsel at Goulston & Storrs, and an instructor in law at Columbia Law School, discusses issues in sports law from the antitrust fight between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour to college athletes now able to get paid for their name, image and likeness.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the trial of two former Fox executives charged with bribing soccer officials to win lucrative broadcast rights to tournaments.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses the charges against five Memphis police officers in the beating death of Tyrie Nichols during a traffic stop.Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the lawsuit by Tesla investors against Elon Musk for those infamous "funding secured" tweets and how Musk's testimony will affect his defense.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School discusses the trial of five Proud Boys, including the former leader of the group, Enrique Tarrio, for seditious conspiracy.Howard Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court revisiting the test for businesses to deny workers’ religious accommodation requests.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Barney, a partner at Finnegan, discusses the Supreme Court's first decision of the term in which the justices denied his client, Navy veteran Adolpho Arellano, the right to file for retroactive disability benefits after the one-year deadline, even though the delay was caused by his service-connected injury.M.C. Sungaila, a partner at the Complex Appellate Litigation Group, discusses the Supreme Court tossing out a case about the scope of the attorney client privilege, saying they shouldn’t have taken it up in the first place.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Justice Department suing to break up Google's ad tech business and the Congressional hearings over the Taylor Swift ticket fiasco.Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a Partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Texas and other Republican-led states suing over a Biden immigration policy again.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the trial where Tesla investors are suing Elon Musk over his now infamous 2018 tweet in which he said he was considering taking the electric-car maker private and had “funding secured.” Kal Raustiala, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the first US copyright lawsuits targeting AI art generators.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the involuntary manslaughter charges that are being filed against actor Alec Baldwin for the shooting of the cinematographer on the set of the Western "Rust" in New Mexico.Securities law expert Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, discusses the turf war between the SEC and the CFTC over which agency will regulate the cryptocurrency industry.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg legal reporter Erik Larson discusses the revelations in former President Trump's deposition in the E. Jean Carroll case accusing him of defamation, and also how a judge and the government is allowing rapper and accused cryptocurrency thief Heather Morgan to commute to a new job, even though she is under house arrest.Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments over whether the US government should be allowed to bring criminal charges against Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses Ketanji Brown Jackson’s new book deal adding to what has become a phenomenon at the Supreme Court: Justices looking to craft their own images and perhaps score a hefty payday along the way.Eric Ruben, a Professor at SMU's Dedman School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to block New York’s new handgun restrictions at this time.David J. Woolf, a Partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, discusses the Federal Trade Commission proposing a ban on non-compete clauses in employment contracts that keep workers from switching jobs — a sweeping rule likely to affect millions of Americans.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National security law expert Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents in President Biden's home and former office.Appellate attorney M.C. Sungaila of Buckalter discusses the Supreme Court's consideration of a broadening of the attorney-client privilege relating to communications that involve both law and business.Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the restart of Biden judicial nominations.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses new measures announced by President Biden to try to curb the influx of migrants at the Southern Border.Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the controversies and investigations into New York Republican Congressman George Santos.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noa Ben Asher, a professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, discusses the 11th Circuit ruling that a Florida school board didn’t violate transgender high school student Drew Adams’ equal protection rights when it banned him from using the boys' bathrooms.Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses how conservative states challenging the Biden administration have found their preferred venue and an ideal judge in a rural Louisiana farming parish.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School, discusses the flood of lawsuits over the climate claims of food and beverage companies.California attorney Jeff Lewis of Jeff Lewis Law, discusses law firm Proskauer Rose suing its former Chief Operating Officer alleging that Jonathan O'Brien stole a slew of confidential information from the firmJune Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law professor Steve Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Chief Justice's Annual Report and his analysis of it in his weekly newsletter, "One First," which you can subscribe to at stevevladeck.substack.com.Jason Little, Counsel at Farrell Fritz, discusses New York's recreational cannabis industry and the fast changing rules as the first dispensaries open.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses cases coming up in 2023 at the Supreme Court, from a challenge to President Biden's student loan program, to a possible reckoning for social media companies, to the Navaho Nation's fight over water rights.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Elon Musk's pledge to appoint a new CEO to take over Twitter and other challenges facing the social media platform. Harry Nelson, the founder of Nelson Hardiman, discusses the move to legalize “magic mushrooms” and other psychedelic drugs. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, special counsel at Lowenstein Sandler, discusses the Jan. 6 committee referring former president Trump to the Justice Department for criminal charges.Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, discusses why the court is off to a historically slow start this term.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leon Fresco, a Partner at Holland & Knight and former head of the DOJ's Office of Immigration Litigation, discusses the legal fight over Title 42's pandemic-era border restrictions, and Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocking its scheduled ending.Kyle Jahner, Correspondent for Bloomberg Law, discusses how major brands protect their trademarks.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fred Cate, a law professor and vice president of research at Indiana University, discusses the novel lawsuits by Indiana against TikTok over the app's potential risks to young users' well-being and concerns about data sharing with China.Elora Mukherjee, the Director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, discusses the ending of Title 42.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti, a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, discusses the criminal charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.Securities law expert Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin, discusses the SEC and CFTC cases against Bankman Fried.Business restructuring expert Jim Baer, president of CMBG Advisors, discusses the bankruptcy of FTX.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the FTC going to court to try to block Meta Platforms from buying a virtual reality startup.Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter discusses a New York law opening the way to a flood of sex-abuse suits.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal reporter, discusses two of Donald Trump’s companies being convicted of criminal tax fraud, and why the former president was not charged. Isaiah Poritz, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the music industry cracking down on brand owners and influencers using unlicensed songs in TikTok videos. 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's conservative justices hinting at support for a Colorado website designer who says she has a constitutional right to create websites only for opposite-sex weddings.Dan Papscun, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the FTC's focus in Kroger's $24.6 billion aquisition of Albertsons.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over a far-reaching constitutional argument that would give state legislatures, near-exclusive authority over federal elections.Bloomberg Legal Reporter Laurel Calkins discusses the trial of a former Harvard fencing coach and a telecom CEO over charges that they corrupted the admissions process in a case with echoes of the “Varsity Blues” scandal.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenmann, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a trademark lawsuit over a chewable dog toy designed to mimic the iconic Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle.Kenneth Gross, Senior Political Law Counsel and Consultant at Akin Gump, discusses former President Donald Trump's comments calling to suspend the Constitution over baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments over President Joe Biden’s effort to shift the government’s deportation priorities.Shane Seppinni, founder of Seppini LLP, discusses FTX investors suing celebrities like Larry David and Tom Brady alleging they lured unsophisticated investors into the FTX debacle with their commercials for the company.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the convictions of the leader of the Oath Keepers and a top lieutenant of seditious conspiracy and whether prosecutions of Trump allies will be next.Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses his article, "Will the Supreme Court Respect the Respect for Marriage Act?"June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reproductive rights expert Mary Ziegler, a professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses anti-abortion activists next line of attack on abortion rights, and the allegations that Justice Samuel Alito leaked the outcome of a landmark case involving religious liberties and contraceptives.Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, discusses former President Donald Trump's losing record at the court as a private citizen.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katherine Franke, Director of Columbia Law School's Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, discusses the same-sex marriage bill.Leon Fresco, a Partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest push by Texas over immigration.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bankrupty attorney Jonathan Shenson, a partner at Greenberg Glusker, discusses the bankruptcy of FTX, once the world’s second biggest crypto-exchange, following a stunningly swift collapse that has sparked the unwinding of Sam Bankman-Fried’s erstwhile crypto empire.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the appointment of an independent special counsel to oversee the Justice Departmentn's criminal investigations related to former President Donald Trump.Anne Coughlin, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, discusses the 11 year prison sentence given to Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors out of millions of dollars for her blood testing startup Theranos.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Goldman, a Professor at Santa Clara University Law School and Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses the largest multi-state privacy settlement in US history, with Google paying $391.5 million to 40 states over its controversial location-tracking practices.Elliot Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the multiple lawsuits filed against President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joanna Schwartz, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses her new book, "Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable." June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Elon Musk's testimony in a trial over his unprecedented $55 billion dollar pay package at Tesla.J. Edward Moreno, employment discrimination reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses how a Trump appointee on the EEOC Commission is initiating targeted discrimination probes against at least three companies who are providing their employees with abortion travel benefits.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justin Wise, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses how secret videos brought down Kyle Roche, a rising legal star in the crypto field, offering a window into what can be the cutthroat nature of a fledgling trillion-dollar industry.Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses judges dismissing two civil cases against former president Donald Trump, a fraud lawsuit by Mary Trump, his niece, and a retaliation lawsuit by his former attorney, Michael Cohen.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the procedural maze Arizona put up against a death penalty inmate, blocking relief at every turn.Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, discusses whether the Supreme Court will bar affirmative action in college admissions.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over challenges to affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard College. Paulette Granberry Russell, president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, discusses the importance of diversity and affirmative action in colleges and universities.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses a judge blocking Penguin Random House’s $2.18 billion acquisition of rival book publisher Simon & Schuster.Bloomberg Politics contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, a professor of political science at Iona College, discusses issues in the upcoming election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the ramifications of Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses a win by Republicans in Pennsylvania over mail-in ballots.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenmann, discusses lawsuits over the copyright in tattoos including the case where a tatto artist won against World Wrestling Entertainment and a video game maker over the depiction of wrestler Randy Orton’s tattoos in video games.Divorce attorney Chris Melcher, a partner at Walzer Melcher & Yoda, discusses the divorce of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Douglas Berman, a professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, discusses whether Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can form a new majority in some criminal cases.Nicholas Koffroth, a bankruptcy attorney with Fox Rothschild, discusses whether Alex Jones will be forced to pay the more than one billion dollars in verdicts against him for his lies that the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Senior Legal Reporter, discusses the criminal tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization, that threatens to reveal the inner workings of the real estate empire.Randy Beck, a Professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, discusses Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's legal battle to quash a subpoena for him to testify in the Georgia criminal investigation into the 2016 presidential election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zak Kurtz who founded the law firm Sneaker & Streetwear Legal Services, discusses the intellectual property rights at stake in the breakup between Adidas and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.Anne Dana, a partner at King & Spalding, discusses New York City's pay transparency law, a growing trend in states and cities.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anne Marie Lofaso, a law professor at the West Virginia University College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to take a case that could have overturned a series of early 20th century rulings, the so-called Insular Cases, that have been called racist, even by some justices.Ambassador Robert Holleyman, the president and CEO of Crowell & Moring International, discusses the impact of the UK's new prime minister Rishi Sunak on US-UK trade relations.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the implications of the guilty verdict in the case of Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola.Labor law expert Kate Andrias, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the rise of unions and a recent defamation lawsuit filed by pro-union Starbucks workers against the company.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.