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Jay Westbrook, a professor at the University of Texas, discusses why 25 states are opposing the request by Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the billionaire Sackler family, to use bankruptcy to dodge litigation over the drug maker’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over whether federal anti-discrimination law protects gay and transgender employees. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former U.S. Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, discusses the controversial cases facing the Supreme Court in the new term. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property attorney Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the en banc hearing at the Ninth Circuit over whether Led Zeppelin should face a retrial over allegations of copyright infringement. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constitutional scholar and Harvard Law Professor, Laurence Tribe, explains why the impeachment of President Trump is warranted and the path the House should take in drafting articles of impeachment. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Bier, Immigration Policy Analyst with the Cato Institute, discusses decisions on Friday in which federal court judges in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, put a hold on Trump immigration policies. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Zaid Partner Brad Moss discusses the latest legal developmentswith the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump and his demand to meet the anonymous whistle-blower. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

University of North Carolina School of Law Professor Michael Gerhardt discusses the complaint by a CIA whistleblower alleging that multiple government officials where alarmed about President Trump’s conversation with Ukraine’s leader and the efforts at the White House to lock down records of the call. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, explains the impeachment process and the importance of the rough transcript of the phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian President that is now at the center of Democrats’ impeachment probe. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fordham Law School Professor Andrew Kent discusses the legal process when a whistleblower comes forward with an anonymous complaint and what Congress has the authority to do to regarding the complaint that President Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate one of the president’s main political opponents, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law School, discusses California and 22 other states, suing to prevent President Trump from stripping the state of its power to set limits on auto emissions of greenhouse gases that are stricter than those of the national government. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Senior reporter for Projects and Investigations Vernon Silver discusses the "Composers Breakfast Club" comprised of Hollywood music makers who recently met at a private club on the beach in Malibu, California to discuss a major concern- the flood of copyright infringement lawsuits with hefty verdicts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Gerrard, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the ramifications of the Trump administration’s decision to stop California from setting its own emission standards for cars and trucks. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brad Moss, partner at Mark Zaid, discusses congressional testimony from President Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski who defiantly refused to answer most questions from House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler in a combative hearing focused on presidential obstruction of justice and abuse of power. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses how Felicity Huffman’s two week sentence for rigging her daughter’s entrance-exam scores in the college admissions scandal, sets the floor, the minimum, for the sentences for other parents who pleaded guilty in the scandal. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law and author of the book “Presidential Powers," Harold Krent discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision to clear the Trump administration to enforce a new rule designed to sharply limit who can apply for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Columbia School of Law Professor John Coffee discusses the lawsuit by New York and a half dozen other states who are suing the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations they watered down a final regulation intended to protect broker-dealer customers from conflicts of interest. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Loyola University School of Law Professor Spencer Waller discusses the investigation by attorney generals from 48 states into whether Google’s advertising practices violate antitrust laws. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses Raj Rajaratnam, the mastermind of one of the largest hedge-fund insider-trading rings in U.S. history, and why he’s out of prison two years early. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rick Su, a professor at the Univeristy of North Carolina Law School, discusses a federal judge pressing government lawyers on whether the Trump administration skirted rule-making requirements when it adopted new expedited-removal procedures for undocumented immigrants, questioning whether the policy itself was crafted with care or by “ouija board.” He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News cybersecurity reporter Kartikay Mehrotra discusses the late bid by Google and its industry allies to water down the first major data-privacy law in the U.S., seeking to carve out exemptions for digital advertising, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg and people familiar with the negotiations. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harry First, a professor of antitrust law at NYU Law School, discusses the intensifying scrutiny by state law enforcement officers of possible anti-competitive behavior by Facebook and Google, as New York announces a bipartisan coalition of states investigating possible antitrust violations by Facebook. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School, describes real estate heir Robert Durst’s attempt to hamstring prosecutors with claims that the murder case against him is tainted by corrupt ties between police and the creators of the 2015 HBO documentary that triggered his arrest. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses a record fine for a children’s privacy case: Google’s YouTube agreed to pay a $170 million fine and limit ads on kids’ videos to settle claims that the company violated children’s privacy laws. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr disccusses the letter Senate Republicans sent to the Supreme Court accusing five Democratic colleagues of threatening the court with political retribution in an extraordinary clash over what is set to be the court’s first case on gun rights in a decade. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News investigative reporter Polly Mosendz discusses the Trump administration policy change affecting a small number of U.S. military personnel and government employees serving overseas who will no longer be automatically granted citizenship for children they’ve adopted while abroad. She speaks to Bloomberg’s Bob Moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Legal Reporter Chris Dolmetsch discusses the confirmation by Deutsche Bank that it has the tax returns requested by U.S. lawmakers seeking financial information for President Donald Trump and his family. He speaks to Bloomberg’s Bob Moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Legal reporter Jef Feeley discusses the ruling by an Oklahoma judge who ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to the state for compensation for the public-health crisis spawned by opioid painkillers. He speaks to Bloomberg’s Bob Moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter Kimberly Robinson discusses the potential challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court to laws prohibiting members of the Electoral College from voting their conscience rather than the presidential candidate who won their state. She also discusses the health scare of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who was successfully treated for a malignant tumor on her pancreas. She speaks to Bloomberg’s Bob Moon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wayne State University Law School Professor and former SEC senior attorney Peter Henning discusses investment advisor Raymond Lucia’s legal saga with the Securities and Exchange Commission over his allegedly misleading buckets of money retirement presentations. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Steve Sanders discusses the rift between the Justice Department and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over discrimination cases, which is a rare occurrence, but now increasingly common in the Trump era. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cornell University Law School Professor Robert Hockett discusses the Trump administration’s changes to the Volker rule which seeks to provide lenders a much clearer picture of which trades are prohibited, giving them confidence to engage in transactions without fear of violating Volcker. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Federal prosecutor and Senior Attorney at Theodora Oringher, George Newhouse discusses the manslaughter trial of Michael Drejka. Drejka is accused of fatally shooting Markeis McGlockton and the case ignited a national debate over Florida’s stand your ground law. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Legal reporter Kartikay Mehrotra discusses the effort by officials in Illinois to protect the integrity of the U.S. presidential election. Security experts are furiously working at the Illinois Board of Elections headquarters in Springfield to prevent a replay of 2016, when Russian hackers breached the state’s voter registration rolls. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, discusses why a growing number of law firms are setting up new Supreme Court practices, even though the number of cases the court takes has hit historical lows in recent terms. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, explains the immigration basics that everyone should know in order to understand the complex issues about immigration that seem to be in the news almost daily. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles Warren, chair of the environmental practice at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Frankel, discusses the lawsuit by a group of 28 U.S. states and cities to block the Trump administration’s “clean energy” plan, alleging it is an industry giveaway that will reverse progress in addressing climate change and prolong the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vermont Law School Professor Pat Parenteau discusses proposed changes by the Trump administration to the Endangered Species Act, the landmark law that has protected fish, plants and wildlife since it was signed into law by President Richard Nixon. The changes will profoundly weaken the act. Polar bears, seals, whooping cranes and beluga whales are some of the animals that are at risk. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First Amendment expert and University of Notre Dame Law School Professor Richard Garnett discusses a federal appeals court ruling allowing a Pennsylvania county to continue to display a memorial cross on its seal. This is the first test of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent decision on the role of religion in a pluralistic society. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses the lawsuit accusing Facebook Inc, of gathering and storing biometric data without consent and potentially exposing the company to billions of dollars in damages. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Susan Decker, Bloomberg News patent reporter, discusses how courts are cracking down on pornography producers and sellers filing thousands of lawsuits against people for downloading and trading racy films on home computers. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property attorney Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses a jury’s decision that Katy Pery, her collaborators and her record label owe the writers of a Christian rap song $2.78 million for copying their song in her hit, "Dark Horse." He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses a possible second amendment showdown as the Supreme Court is set to decide this month whether to hear a challenge to New York City rules that sharply limited where licensed handguns could be taken while locked and unloaded. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump Conservative Picks Reshape Court For DecadesUniversity of Richmond School of Law Professor Carl Tobias discusses the 13 new federal judges confirmed to the bench by the Senate before they left for August recess, bringing the total number of Trump appointees to 144, allowing President Trump to reshape the court with conservatives for decades to come. He speaks to Bloomberg's June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland and Knight and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation discusses a D.C. ruling that struck down President Trump’s attempt last year to limit asylum only to people who cross into the United States at official entry points along the southern border. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mississippi hasn’t elected a black official statewide in more than 130 years. Rick Pildes, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses a lawsuit targeting Mississippi’s 1890 constitution as expressly crafted to stop African Americans from getting elected. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Legal Editor, discusses how America’s Secret Drug War unfolded over the struggle to curb synthetic drugs and how two film producers could spend the rest of their lives in prison for selling synthetic drugs they swear were legal. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law discusses Arizona’s lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, to return billions of dollars they allegedly siphoned from the company. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter Kimberly Robinson discusses the end of the first Supreme Court term with its strengthened conservative majority. Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding votes in two 5-4 cases, handing high-profile wins to both conservatives and liberals. She speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses why a divided Supreme Court cleared President Trump’s administration to start using disputed Pentagon funds to construct more than 100 miles of fencing along the Mexican border. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.