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Host June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and legal scholars, analyzing major legal issues and cases in the news. The show examines all aspects of the legal profession, from intellectual property to criminal law, from bankruptcy to securities law, drawing on the deep research tools of BloombergLaw.com.
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Mar 14, 2023 • 33min
Behind the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
Business law professor Eric Talley of Columbia Law School, discusses the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the fears of a full-blown banking crisis.Business law professor Steven Bank of UCLA Law School, discusses FIFA and US Soccer facing renewed antitrust litigation challenging their policy of banning foreign teams from playing official matches on American soil.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 14, 2023 • 26min
The Case the Crypto World Is Watching
Securities law expert Robert Heim, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, discusses Grayscale Investments’s lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission over its bid to create an ETF.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses Special Counsel Jack Smith's attempt to use the crime fraud exception to get testimony from one of former President Trump's attorneys.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 9, 2023 • 31min
US Sues to Stop JetBlue From Buying Spirit
Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses the US government suing to block JetBlue's acquisition of Spirit Airlines.James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses an appeals court reviving an SEC insider trading case.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 9, 2023 • 32min
Does Alex Murdaugh Have a Chance on Appeal?
Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh and possible appellate issues.Bloomberg legal reporter Chris Dolmetsch discusses how Sam Bankman-Fried faces the culmination of a tense standoff with the judge in his criminal fraud case over his communications and technology while out on bail.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 7, 2023 • 24min
New Jersey Gives New York Its Walking Papers
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, discusses New Jersey asking the Supreme Court to let it walk away from its pact with New York establishing the Waterfront Commission.Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court asking for a new round of briefing in a closely watched election-law case.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 6, 2023 • 24min
Georgia Probe & Trump Hires Cardi B's Lawyer
David Super, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, discusses the impact of the grand jury foreperson in the Georgia investigation of Donald Trump, commenting to a number of media outlets about the jury’s recommendations.David Voreacos, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses Trump hiring CardiB's lawyer, Drew Findling, also known as the #BillionDollarLawyer, to represent him in the Georgia investigation.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 3, 2023 • 33min
Showdown Over Biden's Student-Loan Relief
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over President Joe Biden's plan to slash the student debt of more than 40 million people.Allen Denson, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, discusses the Supreme Court deciding to take a case challenging the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 28, 2023 • 28min
Transgender Youth Care Targeted
Sasha Buchert, senior attorney at Lambda Legal, discusses lawmakers in more than two dozen states weighing legislation that aims to restrict or ban access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, prompting legal challenges from LGBTQ rights groups that allege the bills are discriminatory.James Shreve, a partner at Thompson Coburn LLP, discusses the Illinois Supreme Court ruling that claims under the Biometric Information Privacy Act, accrue at each violation, opening up businesses to massive damages.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 27, 2023 • 28min
Section 230 Challenge; Astley Sues Over Voice Theft
Eric Goldman, a Professor at Santa Clara University Law School and Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over when social media companies can be held responsible for aiding terrorism.Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses 80s pop star Rick Astley suing rapper Yung Gravy for mimicking his voice from his hit "Never Gonna Give You Up."June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 24, 2023 • 30min
Revealing Fox News Texts; Baldwin Charges Reduced
Douglas Mirell, a partner at Greenberg Glusker, discusses Dominion Voting Systems filing for summary judgment against Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corporation, in its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit.Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, discusses the prosecution dropping the fire arms enhancement in its case against Alec Baldwin.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.