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Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses how the Biden administration is using executive privilege to keep some documents related to former President Trump, a secret, including Trump's tax returns.Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, discusses the Supreme Court turning down Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.1 billion verdict.Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch rejecting a request from two churches to block a Colorado law.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Environmental law professor, Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law School, discusses how environmental advocates hoping for a complete reversal of Trump-era legal positions have faced a series of disappointments in the first months of the Biden administration.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at New York University Law School, and Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discuss the high stakes Apple-Epic trial.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniel Alonso, a partner at Buckley LLP and former chief assistant district attorney, discusses the Manhattan District Attorney convening a special grand jury in the investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.Joanna Schwartz, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court once again turning down a case involving qualified immunity for police.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brendan Barnes, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for Energy Litigation, discusses how the Dakota Access oil pipeline faces continued threats to its existence, even after surviving another shutdown battle in federal court.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court siding with the government in a dispute centering on immigrants reentering the country after their deportations were based on rules that were later invalidated.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Healthcare attorney Rob Fuller, a partner at Nelson Hardiman, discusses recent CDC guidance on masks and what it means for businesses.Paige Smith, Bloomberg Law Reporter for labor and employment, discusses employers separating vaccinated and unvaccinated workers, for example, by shift or floor.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses the Supreme Court decision bolstering the protection of the home from police search.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses President Joe Biden's latest list of judicial nominees.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Vladeck, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court taking a case that could result in the court gutting the constitutional right to abortion.Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court offering hints of the kind of paradigm shift conservatives have long craved by adding major abortion and gun-rights cases to its docket.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the New York Attorney General opening a criminal probe of the Trump Organization.Greg Bordelon, a professor at the University of Maine School of Law, discusses what a last name is worth in a divorce.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the sentencing of a father in the college admissions scandal and the upcoming trial of 8 parents.Holly Barker, Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Reporter, discusses how dementia takes a toll on aging lawyers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Election law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law, discusses recent voting restrictions passed by Republicans and how they show the long reach of a 2013 Supreme Court ruling.Jonathan Smith, Executive Director of the Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, discusses the federal civil rights charges filed against Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses why prosecutors chose the "hard way" in raiding Rudy Giuliani's apartment.Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the federal civil rights charges against Derek Chauvin and the three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses an appeal over the Second Circuit's finding that Andy Warhol infringed the copyright of a photographer in his silkscreens of rock icon Prince.Richard Ausness, a professor at the University of Kentucky Law School discusses the landmark opioid trial in West Virginia.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joshua Davis, a professor at the University of San Francisco Law School, discusses Epic Games allegations that Apple's 30% commission on app sales is a violation of antitrust law.Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over drug sentencing laws.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rossman, a partner at Quinn Emanuel discusses a case where a Delaware judge ordered Kohlberg & Co. to complete its private equity purchase of DecoPac Inc., a cake decorating technology company, despite the economic turmoil of the pandemic.Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law who specializes in sentencing policy, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over allowing shorter sentences for lower level drug offenders.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court leaving intact California’s ban on government-funded travel to states it sees as having anti-LGBTQ policies, rejecting Texas’s bid to challenge the policy.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses President Biden's latest judicial nominees.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court justices struggling with a case over a 14-year-old cheerleader’s profane Snapchat rant, that led to her suspension from the team.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the justices agreeing to hear a case involving the right of a defendant to confront witnesses against him/her at trial.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court giving a victory to longtime immigrants who entered the country illegally but now have strong ties to the community.Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses hearings for judicial nominees and how the Biden administration got an early start on vetting potential judicial nominees.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Second Amendment expert, Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to use a New York case to consider whether the government must let most people carry a handgun in public for self-defense. First Amendment attorney Jeff Lewis discusses states passing anti-protest laws. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that will make it more likely that people who commit homicides as minors will die in prison.Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court deciding to hear a major new Second Amendment case.Joseph Re, a partner at Knobbe Martens and president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, discusses a Supreme Court patent case that pits inventors against their former employers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, Professor of Environmental Law at Vermont Law School, discusses the legal maneuvering of the Biden administration in implementing its environmental agenda. Andrea Matwyshyn, Professor and Associate Dean of Innovation and Technology at Penn State Law School, discusses the Supreme Court slashing the Federal Trade Commissions power to recoup billions of dollars for consumers in court.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, author of, "A City Divided: Race, Fear and the Law in Police Confrontations" and host of the "Criminal Injustice" podcast, discusses what's ahead in the Derek Chauvin case and the federal investigation into the police department of Minneapolis. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court indicating it will curb green card applications. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, and former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law, discuss the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and the sentencing ahead. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado discusses the latest investigation into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law in Minneapolis, discusses the strategies in the closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the first plea agreement with a founding member of the far-right Oath Keepers group, stemming from the U.S. Capitol riot. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Legal Reporter Laurel Calkins discusses how juries in three small Texas towns have churned out a series of multimillion-dollar verdicts, totaling more than $3.7 billion in patent awards against big tech companies during the pandemic. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law professor Neil Kinkopf of the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the Biden Commission to study changes to the Supreme Court, the legislation to add justices to the court and Justice Stephen Breyer's speech against court packing. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the charges against a former Minnesota police officer for the shooting of a Black motorist in a traffic stop, and the last day of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. Michael Schmidt, vice chair of the Labor & Employment Department at Cozen O'Connor, discusses the legal and practical implications of employees not wanting to return to the office after working remotely. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional law professor Akram Faizer of Lincoln Memorial University, discusses the American Civil Liberties Union’s legal challenge to a South Carolina return-to-work order for state employees. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Erik Larson discusses the federal investigation of U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, on sex trafficking allegations. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shyam Balganesh, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that Google didn’t commit copyright infringement when it used Oracle’s programming code in the Android operating system. Richard Frase, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, discusses the first 9 days of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Securities attorney Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter, Krinsky & Drogan, discusses the latest craze in digital assets, NFT's (non-fungible tokens), and the spectacular prices they've been garnering. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado, discusses the suit for defamation against Netflix by a private equity and real estate executive accused of paying bribes to get his children into Harvard, Stanford and USC, over a documentary about the college admissions cheating scheme. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Andrea Matwyshyn, Associate Dean of Innovation and Technology at Penn State Law, discusses why Facebook is likely to face scrutiny from federal and state regulators, as well as lawsuits from consumers, after data on more than half a billion users became widely available online. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses how the U.S. Solicitor General was snubbed again by the Supreme Court. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matthew Schettenhelm, Bloomberg Intelligence Litigation and Government Analyst, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court allowing the Federal Communications Commission to relax the limits on the ownership of local television and radio stations. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the Supreme Court arguments over the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes. Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein, discusses Supreme Court arguments over a shareholder lawsuit alleging that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. misled investors. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a new tennis players association formed by tennis star Novak Djokovic, not exactly a union, but a group that could negotiate with tournaments for prize money and threaten boycotts when necessary. The goal is to fix the economics of tennis, a sport that forces even elite lower ranked players to take second jobs. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leah Litman, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses President Joe Biden's first slate of judicial nominees, a diverse slate with a wide range of experience. Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law in Minneapolis, discusses the strategies in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the Wall Street law firm that is emerging as a power center in New York during the Biden administration: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Elections law expert, Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa Law School, discusses the law suits challenging the new restrictive voting rules in Georgia. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses Supreme Court arguments over whether police can enter a home without a warrant in order to check on the safety or health of the residents. Bethany Berger, a professor at the University of Connecticut Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments in a case that pits union rights against property rights. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack McDevitt, a Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and Director of the Institute on Race and Justice, discusses recent Anti-Asian hate crimes and why prosecutors are reluctant to charge hate crimes. Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court considering questions of law and order on Indian reservations. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neal Devins, a Professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses his study with Professor Allison Ore Larson, "Weaponizing En Banc," which shows a dramatic spike in partisan splits and partisan reversals when appeals courts sit en banc, since the Trump presidency. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rick Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses a 9th Circuit decision that rejects the claims of a high school football coach that he had the right to pray at the 50-yard line immediately after his team’s games. Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses how the Biden administration is on track to reverse the government’s position in more cases before the Supreme Court than the Trump administration did during the first full high court term of Trump’s presidency. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reena Bajowala, a partner at Ice Miller, discusses the legal implications of the recent hack into a massive collection of security camera video at security camera startup Verkada Inc. Former federal prosecutor Michael Zeldin discusses the controversial statute federal prosecutors are using to charge about 60 of the rioters at the January 6th Capitol riots. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Voreacos, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, and Tim Lindstrom, a Virginia attorney, discuss the IRS crackdown on syndicated conservation easements which the wealthy use to get tax breaks. Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses Supreme Court arguments later this month on warrantless searches. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law in Minneapolis, discusses jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd. Justin Fox, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, discusses why educated men are finding more degrees don't bring more jobs. Erin Mulvaney, Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses five of six women dropping their lawsuit over Jones Day's so called "black box." June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the lawyers representing Donald Trump in two separate New York investigations which could lead to a historic prosecution of the former president. Ellen Gilmer, Senior Legal Reporter for Bloomberg Law, discusses the environmental cases coming up at the Supreme Court this term. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From digital downloads to genetic data, we don't always own the things we think we do. A new book explores the hidden rules of ownership that governments and businesses use to decide who gets what. Host June Grasso talks to Professor Michael Heller of Columbia Law School, one of the co-authors of "MINE! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Law Reporter Robert Iafolla discusses whether workers can refuse to take Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine on religious grounds because of its use of cloned fetal cells to make the vaccine. Environmental law professor, Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law School, discusses the 12 Republican states suing the Biden administration over its climate agenda in a case centering on the ‘social cost’ of greenhouse gases. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the murder of George Floyd. Bloomberg Legal Reporter Patricia Hurtado discusses the race to become the next Manhattan district attorney and why the candidates are talking about which crimes they won't prosecute, rather than those they will. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the Supreme Court reviving a campus free speech case even though the Georgia college already gave into student demands over the expression of Christian views, and the first solo dissent by the Chief Justice in his 16 years on the bench. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses oral arguments where the Supreme Court's conservative justices indicated they would uphold the two Arizona voting restrictions at issue in the case. Federal judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses how President Joe Biden can now flip the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Stephen King's victory in a copyright infringement lawsuit over his "Dark Tower" series. Susan Decker, Bloomberg News Patent Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court questioning the power of the so-called Patent Death Squad. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.