Bloomberg Law

Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over challenges to affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard College. Paulette Granberry Russell, president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, discusses the importance of diversity and affirmative action in colleges and universities.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses a judge blocking Penguin Random House’s $2.18 billion acquisition of rival book publisher Simon & Schuster.Bloomberg Politics contributor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, a professor of political science at Iona College, discusses issues in the upcoming election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the ramifications of Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses a win by Republicans in Pennsylvania over mail-in ballots.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenmann, discusses lawsuits over the copyright in tattoos including the case where a tatto artist won against World Wrestling Entertainment and a video game maker over the depiction of wrestler Randy Orton’s tattoos in video games.Divorce attorney Chris Melcher, a partner at Walzer Melcher & Yoda, discusses the divorce of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Douglas Berman, a professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, discusses whether Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can form a new majority in some criminal cases.Nicholas Koffroth, a bankruptcy attorney with Fox Rothschild, discusses whether Alex Jones will be forced to pay the more than one billion dollars in verdicts against him for his lies that the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Senior Legal Reporter, discusses the criminal tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization, that threatens to reveal the inner workings of the real estate empire.Randy Beck, a Professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, discusses Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's legal battle to quash a subpoena for him to testify in the Georgia criminal investigation into the 2016 presidential election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zak Kurtz who founded the law firm Sneaker & Streetwear Legal Services, discusses the intellectual property rights at stake in the breakup between Adidas and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.Anne Dana, a partner at King & Spalding, discusses New York City's pay transparency law, a growing trend in states and cities.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anne Marie Lofaso, a law professor at the West Virginia University College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to take a case that could have overturned a series of early 20th century rulings, the so-called Insular Cases, that have been called racist, even by some justices.Ambassador Robert Holleyman, the president and CEO of Crowell & Moring International, discusses the impact of the UK's new prime minister Rishi Sunak on US-UK trade relations.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the implications of the guilty verdict in the case of Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola.Labor law expert Kate Andrias, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the rise of unions and a recent defamation lawsuit filed by pro-union Starbucks workers against the company.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the FBI's investigation into Trump campaign's ties to Russia, and how it has failed to produce one conviction at trial.Kenneth Gross, Senior Political Law Counsel and Consultant at Akin Gump, discusses the many investigations and lawsuits former President Donald Trump is facing.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.