Bloomberg Law

National Security lawyer Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the Trump administration seeking an emergency restraining order to stop the publication of a tell-all book by John Bolton, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses PG&E Corp. pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, admitting in a California courtroom that the bankrupt utility killed 84 people after its equipment ignited the deadliest wildfire in state history. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samuel Estreicher, a professor at New York University law school and director of its Center for Labor and Employment Law, discusses the legal risks employers are wrestling with in getting workers back on the job while the pandemic is still spreading. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses a federal appeals court hearing on the U.S. Justice Department’s request to drop the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses a string of courtroom defeats for President Trump because federal agencies have not adequately considered the consequences to a warming planet. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that has come under fire because it protects police against civil lawsuits for the violation of constitutional rights. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a federal judge ordering that ICE agents cannot arrest undocumented immigrants at New York state courthouses. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merrick Rossein, a professor at the City University of New York School of Law, discusses how businesses are taking steps to support their workers during protests against police brutality, while also retaining the legal right to fire workers who participate if they disagree with their actions. Christopher Opfer, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how two former Obama civil rights lawyers "switched sides." June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein discusses s federal judge questioning Facebook Inc.’s $550 million settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit, asking whether that was really a lot of money. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses how the doors at federal courthouses around the nation are slowly starting to swing open with the convening of socially distanced grand juries. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual Property Litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses how filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and Apple defeated claims that their Apple TV+ show “Servant” rips off a 2013 film with a similar premise, “The Truth About Emanuel." June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that U.S. Bank NA won’t have to face a lawsuit challenging steep losses to its pension plan, because the plan participants who filed suit have nothing to gain or lose through the case. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The former Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, a partner at Steptoe & Johnson, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the oversight board responsible for resolving Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, rejecting a bondholder challenge. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.