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Feb 21, 2019 • 6min

Covington Student’s Suit Against Washington Post

Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the $250 million lawsuit filed by Nick Sandmann, the student in a viral video wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while facing down a Native American elder, against the Washington Post for the way it covered the encounter. Will the case be difficult to prove? He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 21, 2019 • 8min

Stone Faces Judge After Posting Her Image With Crosshairs

Brad Moss, partner at Mark Zaid discusses the Mueller report and Roger Stone's appearance before a judge who is weighing penalties and possible jail time after Stone posted an Instagram picture of her with an image that looked like rifle-scope crosshairs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 21, 2019 • 7min

UBS Ordered to Pay $5.1 Billion in Tax Fraud Trial

Wayne State University Law School Professor Peter Henning discusses the record 5.1. billion fine against UBS after a Paris court found the bank guilty of helping wealthy French clients stash funds in undeclared Swiss accounts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 20, 2019 • 8min

Thomas Says Court Should Reverse Landmark Libel Case

Geoffrey Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago, discusses Justice Clarence Thomas’s call for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which protects news organizations from most libel suits when they write about public figures. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2019 • 8min

Justice Ginsberg Back on the Bench, Contentious Case Teed Up

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s return to the bench for the first time in two months, and the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the politically divisive clash over whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 15, 2019 • 11min

The Explosion of Opioid Lawsuits

Healthcare attorney, Harry Nelson, discusses opioid litigation and his new book, "The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain." He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 14, 2019 • 7min

Potential Legal Battle Over Trump's Tax Returns

Bloomberg’s June Grasso speaks with University of Virginia Law School Professor George Yin who testified in front of the House Ways and Means Oversight Committee to advise its members on how a legal struggle might play out if Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin blocked the release of President Trump's tax returns. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 14, 2019 • 9min

Senate Intel Leaders Split on Russia Collusion

Syracuse University Law School Professor William Banks discusses comments made by Richard Burr, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee that the investigation had found no evidence of collusion, Senator Mark Warner, the top democrat on the committee disagreed saying the investigation is still ongoing and the committee still had to interview key witnesses. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 12, 2019 • 8min

Wall St Nemesis Joins House Panel Deutsche Bank Probe

Bloomberg Legal reporter Greg Farrell discusses the House Financial Services Committee hiring of Bob Roach, a Senate lawyer with deep experience conducting complex investigations to help run its upcoming probe of Deutsche Bank. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 8, 2019 • 12min

A Century of First Amendment Law

Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, and Geoffrey Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago, discuss their new book, "The Free Speech Century," a collection of essays by some of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars on the evolution of free speech doctrine. They speak to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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