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June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars, analyzing legal issues and cases in the news.
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Oct 18, 2022 • 24min
Warhol and Prince Case Could Shake Up Copyright Law
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenmann, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over whether Andy Warhol's silkscreen series of Prince infringed the copyright of a photographer.Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses why the Solicitor General's Office remains a pipeline for diversity in Supreme Court oral arguments.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 15, 2022 • 26min
Death Row Inmate's DNA Testing Depends on Technicality
Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses a case where, whether a Texas death-row inmate gets DNA testing, will hinge on a technical ruling by the US Supreme Court about statutes of limitations.Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a Professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the high stakes seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 15, 2022 • 30min
Pork Industry Fights Humane Animal Law
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over the pork industry's challenge to a new California law requiring the humane treatment of pigs, asking whether it might open the way for other states to try to impose their moral values beyond their borders.Shyam Balganesh, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the copyright clash over Andy Warhol's silkscreens of Prince.Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses a $125 million settlement agreement between nonprofits and the US government over PACER charges.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 13, 2022 • 39min
Legal Challenges to Biden's Student Loan Relief
Mark Kantrowitz, an expert in student loans and financial aid, discusses the legal challenges to President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program.Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, an expert in the judiciary, discusses federal appeals court Judge James Ho’s decision to boycott recent graduates from Yale Law School when hiring clerks.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 11, 2022 • 33min
Charges Dropped Against Adnan Syed in 'Serial' Case
Maryland Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, the attorney for Adnan Syed whose case was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial," discusses Syed's release after serving more than two decades in prison for murder and his fight to prove his innocence.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest circuit court ruling which leaves Dreamers in limbo once again.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 9, 2022 • 22min
Voting Rights and Veterans Benefits at High Court
Elections law expert Richard Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s conservative wing considering limiting the creation of majority-Black voting districts in a new blow to the Voting Rights Act.Former Naval officer James Barney, a partner at Finnegan, makes his Supreme Court debut arguing for a fellow veteran seeking retroactive disability benefits.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 8, 2022 • 15min
Supreme Court Could Break the Internet
Eric Goldman, a Professor at Santa Clara University Law School and Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses the Supreme Court jumping into the politically fraught debate over Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 8, 2022 • 26min
New Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Schools the Court
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, discusses Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's first week on the court and how she emerged as an active, forceful questioner. Environmental law professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law School, discusses how some of the conservative justices signaled interest in limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 7, 2022 • 21min
Amazon Sidesteps Antitrust Case; Trump Goes to SCOTUS
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses how Amazon and the five largest US publishing houses are free for now of antitrust litigation over claims they manipulated online book and e-book markets.Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses former President Donald Trump asking the US Supreme Court to intervene in the fight over government papers seized at his Mar-a-Lago home.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 6, 2022 • 27min
Musk and Twitter - Will He or Won't He??
Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses Elon Musk's latest move, a reversal of course, saying he will go through with the deal for Twitter on the original terms of the agreement.Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the trial of Trump ally Tom Barrack, charged with acting as an agent of the United Arab Emirates in trying to influence US policy.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.