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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 4, 2022 • 34min
Supreme Court Could Undercut Biden's Climate Agenda
Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in which justices debated putting new limits on the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions.Chase Kaniecki, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb, discusses how American companies are dealing with the Russian sanctions.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 1, 2022 • 28min
Supreme Court Dives Into Culture-War Clashes
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court aggressively filling its calendar with culture-war clashes, taking up fights over abortion, gay rights, guns, affirmative action and voting rights, at the behest of conservative advocates.Olatunde Johnson, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses President Biden's nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the road to her confirmation.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 28, 2022 • 33min
Gay Rights at Issue in Case Over Wedding Websites
Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to rejoin the divisive debate over gay and speech rights by taking the case of a website designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses how the Supreme Court justices wrestled with the tangled legal aftermath of the Biden administration rescinding a hot-button Trump-era immigration policy.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 26, 2022 • 19min
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
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Feb 26, 2022 • 26min
Opioids in Baseball: Verdict in Skaggs Overdose Death
Harry Nelson of Nelson Hardiman, the author of "The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain," discusses the verdict finding Eric Kay, a former communications director of the Los Angeles Angels, guilty in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.Jennifer Rodgers, an adjunct professor at NYU Law School, discusses a federal judge's ruling that former President Donald Trump must face lawsuits accusing him of inciting the January 6th U.S. Capitol insurrection.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 23, 2022 • 30min
Could a Copyright Suit Alter the Marvel Universe?
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses why a bid to wrest the copyright for “The Game of Life” away from Hasbro, could affect rights to creations from old board games to comic characters in blockbuster movies.Anthony Lin, Bloomberg Legal Editor, discusses Prince Andrew settling a sex-abuse lawsuit that linked him to Jeffrey Epstein.Christopher Dolmetsch, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses a jury verdict against Cantor Fitzgerald’s former global co-head of equities for helping to violate SEC rules on recording commissions on trades.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 19, 2022 • 32min
Sarah Palin Loses Twice to the New York Times
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Feb 18, 2022 • 25min
Goldman's Most Notorious Banker Turns Star Witness
Michael Weinstein, chair of the white collar criminal practice at Cole Schotz, discusses the testimony of former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner, in the trial of his former subordinate Roger Ng in the 1MDB scandal.Roy Strom, a reporter with Bloomberg Law, discusses litigation funders getting into funding the wrongly convicted.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 16, 2022 • 47min
Covid Vaccine Battles Erupt in Custody Cases
Lois Liberman, a partner in the matrimonial and family law practice at Blank Rome LLP, discusses coronavirus vaccination battles breaking out in custody cases between divorced or separated parents.Anthony Oncidi, partner and co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department at Proskauer, discusses the passage of a bill that will end forced arbitration at companies for victims of sexual assault and harassment.Siddartha Rao, litigation partner at Romano Law, discusses the allegations former Miami Dolphin's Coach Brian Flores has made against the NFL.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 14, 2022 • 15min
One Goldman Banker Stands Trial for 1MDB Scandal
Jonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses the trial of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng over his alleged role in a scheme to loot billions from the Malaysian fund known as 1MDB.Rebecca Green, a professor and co-director of the Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School, discusses the Supreme Court dealing a blow to minority voting rights.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


