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June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars, analyzing legal issues and cases in the news.
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Mar 21, 2022 • 22min
Yes, You Can Be Fired for Being Fat
Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg Businessweek Reporter, discusses discrimination based on weight and why being fat can cost you your job.Paige Smith, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses why you really can't be paid by your employer directly in bitcoin or cryptocurrency.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 19, 2022 • 26min
Ukrainian Refugees Cannot Get Into U.S. Easily
Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation in the Obama administration, discusses how difficult it is for Ukrainian refugees to get into the United States at this time.Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the dueling lawsuits of billionaire Leon Black and former girlfriend Guzel Ganieva.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 19, 2022 • 31min
Lawyer's Deeply Personal Fight for Transgender Rights
Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, profiles Chase Strangio, the American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who leads the organization's legal fight for transgender rights.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses Steve Bannon's attempt to use an advice-of-counsel defense in his upcoming trial.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 16, 2022 • 31min
Brittney Griner Is Caught in Russian Legal System
Jeffrey Kahn, a professor at Southern Methodist University School of Law, discusses Russia detaining WNBA star Brittney Griner on drug trafficking charges and what she faces in the Russian legal system.Laurel Calkins, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how Texas abortion clinics lost a major battle in the fight over the state's abortion ban.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 14, 2022 • 22min
Juror Denies Lying to Get on Ghislaine Maxwell Jury
Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses a hearing into whether Ghislaine Maxwell will get a new trial because a juror did not disclose his childhood sexual abuse during jury selection.Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the U.S. government in its effort to limit disclosure of the surveillance of Muslim communities in Southern California under the state secrets privilege.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 2022 • 24min
A Jesse James Train Robbery and the Three-Strikes Law
Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court curbing mandatory-minimum sentences in federal gun cases under the three strikes law, with colorful oral arguments using examples of a train robbery by Jesse James and phone calls by a mob boss.Andrew Koppelman, a law professor at Northwestern University, discusses a New York judge ruling that a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit can proceed against Fox News over false claims the network aired about Smartmatic Corp's role in the 2020 election.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 12, 2022 • 28min
Short-Term SCOTUS Win for Democrats, Long Term Worry
Elections law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and author of the new book, "Cheap Speech," discusses the Supreme Court leaving in place Congressional maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.Former U.S. Attorney for Eastern Michigan, Matthew Schneider, a partner at law firm Honigman LLP, discusses the start of the trial of the four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 10, 2022 • 29min
Militia Member Convicted in First Jan. 6 Trial
Eric Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a jury convicting a Texas militia member, the first person to go on trial over charges stemming from the insurrection.Michael Doyle, a professor at Columbia Law School and Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, discusses the plight of Ukranian refugees and the danger of a new Cold War.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 8, 2022 • 19min
Apple Can't Escape Copyright Suit Over 'Servant'
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses a federal appellate court reviving a lawsuit claiming that the Apple TV+ show “Servant” infringed a 2013 movie, “The Truth About Emanuel.” Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to reinstate Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual assault and turning away a group of New York City school workers on vaccine mandates.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 5, 2022 • 16min
Judge Stops Probe of Parents of Transgender Teen
Anthony Michael Kreis, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses a judge temporarily stopping the Texas Governor and the state's child welfare agency from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager for child abuse for providing gender affirmative treatments.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


