Bloomberg Law

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.