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Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation in the Obama administration, discusses how difficult it is for Ukrainian refugees to get into the United States at this time.Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the dueling lawsuits of billionaire Leon Black and former girlfriend Guzel Ganieva.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, profiles Chase Strangio, the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who leads the organization's legal fight for transgender rights.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses Steve Bannon's attempt to use an advice-of-counsel defense in his upcoming trial.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeffrey Kahn, a professor at Southern Methodist University School of Law, discusses Russia detaining WNBA star Brittney Griner on drug trafficking charges and what she faces in the Russian legal system.Laurel Calkins, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how Texas abortion clinics lost a major battle in the fight over the state's abortion ban.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses a hearing into whether Ghislaine Maxwell will get a new trial because a juror did not disclose his childhood sexual abuse during jury selection.Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the U.S. government in its effort to limit disclosure of the surveillance of Muslim communities in Southern California under the state secrets privilege.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court curbing mandatory-minimum sentences in federal gun cases under the three strikes law, with colorful oral arguments using examples of a train robbery by Jesse James and phone calls by a mob boss.Andrew Koppelman, a law professor at Northwestern University, discusses a New York judge ruling that a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit can proceed against Fox News over false claims the network aired about Smartmatic Corp's role in the 2020 election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elections law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and author of the new book, "Cheap Speech," discusses the Supreme Court leaving in place Congressional maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.Former U.S. Attorney for Eastern Michigan, Matthew Schneider, a partner at law firm Honigman LLP, discusses the start of the trial of the four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a jury convicting a Texas militia member, the first person to go on trial over charges stemming from the insurrection.Michael Doyle, a professor at Columbia Law School and Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, discusses the plight of Ukranian refugees and the danger of a new Cold War.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses a federal appellate court reviving a lawsuit claiming that the Apple TV+ show “Servant” infringed a 2013 movie, “The Truth About Emanuel.” Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to reinstate Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual assault and turning away a group of New York City school workers on vaccine mandates.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Michael Kreis, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses a judge temporarily stopping the Texas Governor and the state's child welfare agency from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager for child abuse for providing gender affirmative treatments.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in which justices debated putting new limits on the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions.Chase Kaniecki, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb, discusses how American companies are dealing with the Russian sanctions.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court aggressively filling its calendar with culture-war clashes, taking up fights over abortion, gay rights, guns, affirmative action and voting rights, at the behest of conservative advocates.Olatunde Johnson, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses President Biden's nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the road to her confirmation.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to rejoin the divisive debate over gay and speech rights by taking the case of a website designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses how the Supreme Court justices wrestled with the tangled legal aftermath of the Biden administration rescinding a hot-button Trump-era immigration policy.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Harry Nelson of Nelson Hardiman, the author of "The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain," discusses the verdict finding Eric Kay, a former communications director of the Los Angeles Angels, guilty in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.Jennifer Rodgers, an adjunct professor at NYU Law School, discusses a federal judge's ruling that former President Donald Trump must face lawsuits accusing him of inciting the January 6th U.S. Capitol insurrection.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses why a bid to wrest the copyright for “The Game of Life” away from Hasbro, could affect rights to creations from old board games to comic characters in blockbuster movies.Anthony Lin, Bloomberg Legal Editor, discusses Prince Andrew settling a sex-abuse lawsuit that linked him to Jeffrey Epstein.Christopher Dolmetsch, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a jury verdict against Cantor Fitzgerald’s former global co-head of equities for helping to violate SEC rules on recording commissions on trades.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Michael Weinstein, chair of the white collar criminal practice at Cole Schotz, discusses the testimony of former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner, in the trial of his former subordinate Roger Ng in the 1MDB scandal.Roy Strom, a reporter with Bloomberg Law, discusses litigation funders getting into funding the wrongly convicted.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Liberman, a partner in the matrimonial and family law practice at Blank Rome LLP, discusses coronavirus vaccination battles breaking out in custody cases between divorced or separated parents.Anthony Oncidi, partner and co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department at Proskauer, discusses the passage of a bill that will end forced arbitration at companies for victims of sexual assault and harassment.Siddartha Rao, litigation partner at Romano Law, discusses the allegations former Miami Dolphin's Coach Brian Flores has made against the NFL.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng over his alleged role in a scheme to loot billions from the Malaysian fund known as 1MDB.Rebecca Green, a professor and co-director of the Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School, discusses the Supreme Court dealing a blow to minority voting rights.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Edel, Co-Chair of the Sports Law Practice at Goulston & Storrs, discusses the lawsuit former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores filed against the NFL and three teams alleging racist hiring practices.Jeannine Bell, a professor of law at Indiana University, discusses the hate crimes trial of the three men already convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gautam Hans, a professor at Vanderbilt Law School, discusses Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, suing the New York Times for defamation.Anne Lofaso, a law professor at West Virginia University, discusses a lawsuit connected to President Joe Biden’s unprecedented Inauguration Day firing of the federal labor board’s top lawyer.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ross Guberman, a legal writing coach who has taught classes for new federal judges since 2012, discusses some circuit judges calling out colleagues in snarky tones in opinions, reflecting polarized politics.Elections law expert Rebecca Green, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses Alabama's appeal to the Supreme Court over the order to redraw its congressional map.Mary-Christine Sungaila, who leads the appellate practice at Buchalter, discusses a Supreme Court case this term over Nazi-looted art.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Healthcare law expert Harry Nelson of Nelson Hardiman discusses the historic $590 million dollar settlement Native American tribes have reached over the toll of opioids with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the country's three largest drug distribution companies.Susan Decker, Bloomberg Patents Reporter, discusses the way sports franchises like the Washington Commanders, resort to extreme measures to keep interlopers at bay ahead of a name change. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the trial of California lawyer Michael Avenatti for stealing $300,000 from his former client, adult film star Stormy Daniels and his cross-examination of Daniels.Matthew Schettenhelm, Bloomberg Intelligence Litigation and Government Analyst, discusses the multiple data-privacy legal risks that Facebook and Google are facing.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the request for a special grand jury by the Georgia prosecutor who's investigating whether former President Donald Trump broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to throw out Joe Biden's presidential election victory.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the controversy surrounding new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his memo forswearing the prosecutions of certain crimes.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 legacy of Justice Stephen Breyer and how the court may change after his retirement.Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to decide how its landmark McGirt ruling applies to state prosecutions of non-Indians.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down from the Supreme Court.Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, discusses the Supreme Court taking up two affirmative action cases which could change the law.Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the latest whipsaw for school districts in New York over mask mandates.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor at the University of Vermont Law School, discusses how the Supreme Court's decisions undercutting the so-called administrative state signal trouble ahead for the EPA's efforts to address climate change.Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses why antitrust enforcer's efforts to toughen merger reviews, could be problematic for Microsoft's Activision deal.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments over Boston refusing to allow a conservative Christian organization to fly a flag in front of city hall.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court rejecting former President Trump’s bid to block the release of his White House papers on grounds of executive privilege.Richard Briffault, a Professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Court signaling interest in rolling back campaign-finance restrictions in a clash stemming from Republican Senator Ted Cruz’s 2018 re-election campaign.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the antitrust lawsuit against 16 elite universities for allegedly conspiring to manipulate the admissions system to hold down financial aid for students and benefit wealthy applicants.First Amendment law expert, Caroline Mala Corbin, a professor at the University of Miami Law School, discusses the Supreme Court taking the case of the high school football coach who wants to pray with his players on the 50-yard line after games.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the copyright infringement lawsuit over the use of two short clips from the movie "Ace Ventura 2" in the hit Netflix series "Tiger King."Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a federal judge ruling that the lawsuit accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing a teenage girl decades ago, will go forward.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses judicial nominations ahead this year.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Field, Professor of Law and Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, discusses the Supreme Court blocking President Biden's vaccine mandate for employees.Leah Litman, Professor at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses contentious oral arguments at the Fifth Circuit over the Texas abortion law, the strictest in the country.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the possibility that the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell will be overturned because of the revelations of a juror.Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court hearings on the detention of unauthorized immigrants seeking asylum.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, who was found guilty of criminal fraud for her role in building the blood-testing startup Theranos, her testimony and her possible sentence.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the challenges ahead for judicial nominations in President Biden's second year in officeJune Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the possibility the House Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection, may make a criminal referral of former President Trump to the Justice Department.Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a lecturer at Columbia Law School, discusses Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. fighting subpoenas by the New York Attorney General.Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the civil lawsuits filed against Trump over the insurrection.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the progress President Joe Biden has made in diversifying the federal bench and the challenges ahead in his second year in office.Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Chief Justice stressing the independence of the judiciary in his annual year-end report.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court's blockbuster docket for 2022 that begins with arguments on President Biden's vaccine mandates.Michael Zeldin, former federal prosecutor, discusses the New York Attorney General subpoenas of Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law and former public defender, discusses the parallels and differences between the trials of former police officers Derek Chauvin and Kim Potter.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell for engaging in a 10-year sex-trafficking scheme with Jeffrey Epstein.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host June Grasso discusses the critical Supreme Court decisions in 2021 involving Obamacare, gay rights, voting rights, student athletes, and free speech with Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr and Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The top legal ethics headlines of 2021 and cybersecurity concerns as we head into 2022. Bloomberg Industry Group legal reporter Melissa Heelan and Veronica Glick, partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office and a member of the firm’s National Security and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practices, are guests. Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cyberattacks are set to continue into next year with ransomware threatening many businesses. Brandon Van Grack, partner and co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s National Security and Global Risk + Crisis Management groups, talks about growing cybercrime threats. Andrew Schwartz, professor of law at University of Colorado, talks about the Denver Broncos and 'Rights of First Refusal.' Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lawsuit filed in 2020 claims that Google tracks users even as they’re browsing in incognito mode, Now, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai will have to face hours of questioning in a California court. Andrea Vittorio, Senior Reporter with the Bloomberg Industry Group, reports on that story. Kai H.E. Liekefett, a co-chair of Sidley Austin LLP’s Shareholder Activism and Corporate Defense practice and a partner in its New York office, discusses Starboard, GoDaddy, and activist investors. Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

December marks twenty years since energy-trading giant Enron filed for bankruptcy. Ed Hirs of the University of Houston details the company's rise and malpractice. Leslie Caldwell, a partner with the law firm Latham & Watkins and who also led a team of investigators and prosecutors in the US Justice Department’s Enron Task Force, discusses investigating Enron. Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the House holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress and whether the Justice Department will prosecute him.Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses Washington D.C. suing the far right groups, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, over their role in the January 6th Capitol riots.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Swift Can't 'Shake Off' Lawsuit (Podcast)Source: Bloomberg, 34:52Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the case against pop star Taylor Swift where two songwriters claim that she ripped off some of the phrases in her hit song, "Shake It Off,"Securities law expert John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Justice Department's investigation into short selling by hedge funds and research firms.Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law, discusses the prosecution's case against Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright in a traffic stop.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Sepper, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court leaving in force Texas' six-week abortion ban, allowing abortion providers to press only a narrow part of their challenge. William Banks, a professor at Syracuse University College of Law, discusses the District of Columbia suing the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers right-wing groups for allegedly conspiring to terrorize the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Hastings College of Law who specializes in vaccine policy, discusses the Supreme Court leaving in place New York’s requirement that health-care workers be vaccinated against Covid-19, with no religious exemptions.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the prosecution's case against Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex-trafficking trial which included the testimony of four women who allege the British socialite lured them into abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Supreme Court signaling in a Maine case that it is poised to strengthen the rights of parents to use public dollars to pay tuition at faith-based schools. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the latest news with President Joe Biden's judicial nominations.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lance Koonce, a partner at Klaris Law, discusses Miramax suing filmmaker Quentin Tarantino over the sale of NFTs from the cult classic "Pulp Fiction."Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Second Circuit arguments over former President Trump's efforts to scuttle a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who claims Trump raped her two decades ago. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court arguments over noncitizens challenging administrative decisions in federal court.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Ziegler, a professor at Florida State University School of Law, discusses whether the Supreme Court is likely to reverse Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling on abortion rights.Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses why the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed skeptical about former President Trump's claim to executive privilege over documents subpoenaed by the House Committee investigating the Capitol riot.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.