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Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the FBI's investigation into Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and how it has failed to produce one conviction at trial.Kenneth Gross, Senior Political Law Counsel and Consultant at Akin Gump, discusses the many investigations and lawsuits former President Donald Trump is facing.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenmann, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over whether Andy Warhol's silkscreen series of Prince infringed the copyright of a photographer.Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why the Solicitor General's Office remains a pipeline for diversity in Supreme Court oral arguments.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses a case where, whether a Texas death-row inmate gets DNA testing, will hinge on a technical ruling by the US Supreme Court about statutes of limitations.Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a Professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the high stakes seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over the pork industry's challenge to a new California law requiring the humane treatment of pigs, asking whether it might open the way for other states to try to impose their moral values beyond their borders.Shyam Balganesh, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the copyright clash over Andy Warhol's silkscreens of Prince.Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses a $125 million settlement agreement between nonprofits and the US government over PACER charges.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Kantrowitz, an expert in student loans and financial aid, discusses the legal challenges to President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program.Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, an expert in the judiciary, discusses federal appeals court Judge James Ho’s decision to boycott recent graduates from Yale Law School when hiring clerks.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maryland Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, the attorney for Adnan Syed whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial," discusses Syed's release after serving more than two decades in prison for murder and his fight to prove his innocence.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest circuit court ruling which leaves Dreamers in limbo once again.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elections law expert Richard Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s conservative wing considering limiting the creation of majority-Black voting districts in a new blow to the Voting Rights Act.Former Naval officer James Barney, a partner at Finnegan, makes his Supreme Court debut arguing for a fellow veteran seeking retroactive disability benefits.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 Supreme Court jumping into the politically fraught debate over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, discusses Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's first week on the court and how she emerged as an active, forceful questioner. Environmental law professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law School, discusses how some of the conservative justices signaled interest in limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses how Amazon and the five largest US publishing houses are free for now of antitrust litigation over claims they manipulated online book and e-book markets.Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses former President Donald Trump asking the US Supreme Court to intervene in the fight over government papers seized at his Mar-a-Lago home.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Elon Musk's latest move, a reversal of course, saying he will go through with the deal for Twitter on the original terms of the agreement.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the trial of Trump ally Tom Barrack, charged with acting as an agent of the United Arab Emirates in trying to influence US policy.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg legal reporter Joel Rosenblatt discusses lawsuits attempting to place responsibility for the dangers of social media on the companies that run the most popular platforms.Securities law attorney Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, discusses Wall Street Banks being hit with more than $2 billion in penalties for failing to monitor employees’ communications on unauthorized messaging apps.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Ross, a professor at George Washington University Law School, discusses whether the First Amendment protects lawyers who lie.Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the overhaul of the Electoral Count Act.Adam Cooke, counsel with Hogal Lovells, discusses new class action lawsuits over website-browsing surveillance.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses the upcoming term of the Supreme Court and whether it will be as controversial as the last term.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst Jennifer Rie discusses the government taking American Airlines Group and JetBlue Airways to court to break up their partnership.Elora Mukherjee, the Director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, discusses the lawsuit over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard.Bankruptcy attorney Jonathan Pasternak, a partner at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, discusses Johnson & Johnson's strategy in placing a unit in bankruptcy to deal with more than 40,000 cancer lawsuits.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National Security law expert Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the dispute about the classified documents seized from former President Trump's Florida estate by the FBI and why Trump lost at the 11th Circuit.First Amendment law expert Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses Yeshiva University temporarily suspending all undergraduate club activities after the US Supreme Court refused to step into a legal fight over recognition of a campus LGBTQ student group.Bloomberg Law reporter Chris Strohm discusses the Justice Department cracking down on corporate crime by encouraging compapnies to own up to misconduct.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the New York Attorney General suing former President Donald Trump and three of his children for allegedly inflating the value of his real estate company’s assets, the culmination of a years-long investigation.First Amendment law expert Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses the Texas and Florida laws regulating social media that may come before the Supreme Court.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Immigration law expert Jack Chin, a Professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses Florida Governor Ron DeSantis chartering flights to send about 50 undocumented immigrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard.Second Amendment law expert Andrew Willinger, Executive Director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law, discusses a ruling which could become a blueprint for challenging New York’s concealed-carry law.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual Property Litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenmann, discusses the latest lawsuit against Netflix, this time by Rachel Williams, a former friend of Anna Sorokin, for her depiction as a backstabbing freeloader in the popular docudrama "Inventing Anna."June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Ziegler, a Professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses how fetal personhood, the concept of granting legal rights to the unborn at conception or a couple of months after, is shaping into the next battleground in the fight over abortion rights in the US.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how even before the toppling of Roe v. Wade, the prosecution of women suspected of purposefully or accidentally ending a pregnancy was on the rise.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Talley, a Professor at Columbia Law School, discusses a federal appeals court saving Citigroup from an epic mistake that became the talk of Wall Street.Ben Penn, a Justice Department Reporter for Bloomberg Law, discusses why the temporary leader of the Justice Department’s largest litigating division is outlasting his expected tenure without becoming a target of the left or right.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law scholar Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Chief Justice John Roberts expressing concerns about attacks on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.Michael Moore, the former United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia and a partner at Moore Hall, discusses the threat to former President Trump from the Fulton County District Attorney's investigation into criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

National security law expert Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the legal complications of Judge Aileen Cannon ordering a special master to review thousands of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last month.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the Manhattan District Attorney charging former Trump strategist Steve Bannon with money-laundering and conspiracy for allegedly defrauding contributors to a fund to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Reporter Chris Strohm discusses why we’re not likely to see any charges against former President Donald Trump until after the mid-term elections. Bloomberg Law Legal Reporter Holly Barker joins to talk about when old, racists laws can be wiped off the books. William Haun, Senior Council at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, discusses Yeshiva University’s fight to shut down an LGBT student group on campus, and how the latest clash over gay rights and the free exercise of religion might play out. Hosts: Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Robinson Producer: Nick Falco See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Reporter Zoe Tillman discusses a new court filing from the DOJ on documents seized from the home of former President Donald Trump. William Buzbee, Law Professor at Georgetown University, joins to talk about a water dispute in Idaho. Elizabeth Nash, Principal Policy Associate for States Issues with the Guttmacher Institute, discusses states' abortion policies and how quickly the abortion landscape is changing across the country. Hosts: Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr Producer: Jack Halsted See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Law Reporter Andrea Vittorio discusses the experiences technology companies are promising in the Metaverse and the privacy pitfalls that could come with its user data collection.Stephen Vladeck, University of Texas at Austin Law professor, joins to talk about the Supreme Court's shadow docket and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s refusal to block New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.Jef Feeley, Legal Reporter for Bloomberg News, discusses Elon Musk and his fight to get out of the $44 billion Twitter deal.Hosts: Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Robinson Producer: Jack HalstedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angelica Peebles, Health Reporter for Bloomberg News, discusses the lawsuit Moderna filed against Pfizer over Covid-19 vaccine technology. Jake Faleschini, Legal Director for State Courts at Alliance for Justice Action Fund, joins to talk about state supreme court judicial races and which courts could flip from Republican to Democrat control or vice versa. Jennifer Levi, director of GLAD's Transgender Rights Project, discusses a recent federal appeals court decision that's expected to give transgender workers broader legal protections. Hosts: Greg Stohr and Lydia Wheeler Producer: Jack HalstedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Reporter Neil Weinberg discusses a loophole in U.S. tax law that may be helping Americans hide money from the IRS offshore. Georgetown University Law Professor Josh Chafetz talks about Sen. Lindsey Graham’s fight to avoid testifying before a Georgia grand jury and whether the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution protects his calls to the Georgia Secretary of State. Law Professor at Georgia State University College of Law, Eric Segall discusses who could potentially challenge President Biden’s student loan forgiveness package. Hosts: Lydia Wheeler and Greg Stohr Producer: Sara LivezeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Weare, Civil Rights Attorney and President and Founder of Equally American, discusses efforts to get the DOJ to change positions on a series of cases that critics say make residents of U.S. territories second-class citizens. Neil Volz, Deputy Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, talks about voter fraud prosecutions in Florida and the importance of voting restoration. Leah Nylen, Bloomberg News reporter covering the Federal Trade Commision, discusses the case of a new whistleblower complaint at Twitter. Hosts: Kimberly Robinson and Greg Stohr Producer: Sara LivezeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hon. Alberto Gonzales, former U.S. Attorney General, discusses the FBI affidavit that justified the search on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.Former Federal Judge, and current Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, Michael McConnell discusses 303 Creative v. Elenis, a case that pits a Colorado state anti-discrimination law meant to protect same-sex couples against free speech rights.Hosts: Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler Producer: Sara Livezey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, discusses the sharp rise in book bans and the record-setting number of challenges to remove books from schools or libraries.James Park, a Professor at UCLA Law School and author of, "The Valuation Treadmill: How Securities Fraud Threatens the Integrity of Public Companies," discusses how federal prosecutors toppled the world's most powerful gold trader.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, discusses a judge's decision that portions of the FBI affidavit used to secure a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, should be unsealed.Elizabeth Wydra, President of the Constitutional Accountability Center, discusses Rudy Giuliani's appearance before a Georgia special grand jury for six hours as part of a criminal probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.Greg Farrell, Bloomberg News Investigative Reporter, discusses the implications of longtime Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg pleading guilty to tax fraud charges.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 National Labor Relations Board officials prosecuting Whole Foods over its firing workers for wearing Black Lives Matters apparel.Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses current antitrust cases including whether the Federal Trade Commission can stop Meta from buying the virtual reality company Within.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Warrington Parker, a partner at Crowell & Moring LLP, discusses Vanessa Bryant suing Los Angeles County saying her privacy was invaded when sheriff’s deputies and firefighters shared photos from the site of a helicopter crash where NBA star Kobe Bryant and their daughter were killed.First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the rise in book bans.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Wydra, President of the Constitutional Accountability Center, discusses how the legacy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, the champion of originalism, lives on in the current court's decisions.Robert Clarida, who heads the intellectual property practice at Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt, discusses musician Kelis’ claim that she wasn’t properly credited on Beyoncé's new album “Renaissance.”June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Netflix suing the creators of "The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album Live in Concert” for copyright and trademark infringement.Chris Marr, Senior Correspondent for Bloomberg Law, discusses 18 states passing CROWN Acts, laws banning race-related hair discrimination.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law expert Kimberly Wehle, a Professor at the University of Baltimore Law School, discusses Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocking foreign leaders who criticized his opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion.Antitrust law expert Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Justice Department suing to block Penguin Random House, the biggest US book publisher, from buying Simon & Schuster, the fourth largest for $2.8 billion.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how Jonathan Mitchell, the Republican former solicitor general of Texas known for the extreme law that bans nearly all abortion in the state, is now behind a lawsuit that may make it harder to get groundbreaking drugs that prevent HIV infection.Mary Ziegler, a Professor at UC Davis Law School, discusses the Justice Department suing Idaho over its restrictive abortion ban.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge David Katz of the Superior Court of New Jersey, the President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, discusses the impact of the pandemic on the juvenile and family courts and initiatives of the judicial organization.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barbara Perry, a Presidential and Supreme Court scholar at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, discusses why Justice Brett Kavanaugh has by far the Supreme Court's worst net-favorability rating.Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses why many inside traders risk their huge Wall Street paychecks for little gain.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Park, a Professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the 20th anniversary of the landmark Sarbanes Oxley Act and his new book: "The Valuation Treadmill: How Securities Fraud Threatens the Integrity of Public Companies," which describes the pressure on public companies to commit securities fraud.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the Justice Department using a grand jury in Washington to investigate efforts by former President Donald Trump and his inner circle to create false electors and overturn the 2020 election.James Park, a Professor at UCLA Law School, and Chris Dolmetsch, a Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discuss the indictment of a former US Congressman, a former Goldman Sachs banker and a former FBI trainee, for insider trading.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katherine Franke, a Professor at Columbia Law School and Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, discusses the importance of passing the Respect for Marriage Act to protect same-sex marriage.Thad Wilson, a Partner at King & Spalding, discusses the uncharted territory of crypto lender bankruptcies.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Kevin O'Brien, a partner with Ford O'Brien Landy LLP, discusses whether the January 6th Committee has introduced enough evidence to get the Justice Department to indict former President Donald Trump.Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses why immigrants are taking their cases to court in record numbers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Moore, the former United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia and a partner at Moore Hall, discusses the ramping up of the Fulton County District Attorney's investigation into criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election.Securities law expert James Cox, a Professor at Duke Law School, and Bloomberg Precious Metals Reporter Eddie Spence, discuss the trial of three former big hitters of the gold market at JP Morgan Chase for spoofing.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 the dangers of the Supreme Court's shadow docket, orders issued on an emergency basis without explanation, growing in size and significance.Business law expert Eric Talley, a Professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the implications of Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk being put on a fast track.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law at NYU Law School, discusses longtime Trump advisor Steve Bannon going on trial for criminal contempt for defying a subpoena from the January 6th committee, after a judge eliminated most of his defenses.Jeffrey Kahn, a Professor at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, discusses basketball star Brittney Griner's trial on drug charges in Russia.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Twitter suing Elon Musk after he abandoned the $44 billion deal for the company.Former federal prosecutor Kevin O'Brien, a partner at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, discusses the hearings of the January 6th committee, and the possibility of an indictment of former President Trump.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the pressure to speed up judicial nominations.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Voreacos, Bloomberg Senior Legal Reporter, discusses the IRS seizing Christina Fisher's champion show horse 10 days before her wedding where she planned to ride him -- because of the indictment of Fisher's father.Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Investigative Reporter for the legal enforcement team, discusses the $50 million lawsuit filed against Bill Hwang and Archegos Capital Management, by former Archegos managing director Brendan Sullivan.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 controversial decisions this term, and the upcoming term which promises to be just as contentious with decisions on affirmative action, gay rights, and elections.Second Amendment law expert Andrew Willinger, Executive Director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law, discusses New York's new gun legislation passed after the Supreme Court invalidated its century old law.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.