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Host June Grasso discusses the critical Supreme Court decisions in 2021 involving Obamacare, gay rights, voting rights, student athletes, and free speech with Bloomberg News Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr and Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The top legal ethics headlines of 2021 and cybersecurity concerns as we head into 2022. Bloomberg Industry Group legal reporter Melissa Heelan and Veronica Glick, partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office and a member of the firm’s National Security and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practices, are guests. Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cyberattacks are set to continue into next year with ransomware threatening many businesses. Brandon Van Grack, partner and co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s National Security and Global Risk + Crisis Management groups, talks about growing cybercrime threats. Andrew Schwartz, professor of law at University of Colorado, talks about the Denver Broncos and 'Rights of First Refusal.' Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lawsuit filed in 2020 claims that Google tracks users even as they’re browsing in incognito mode, Now, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai will have to face hours of questioning in a California court. Andrea Vittorio, Senior Reporter with the Bloomberg Industry Group, reports on that story. Kai H.E. Liekefett, a co-chair of Sidley Austin LLP’s Shareholder Activism and Corporate Defense practice and a partner in its New York office, discusses Starboard, GoDaddy, and activist investors. Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

December marks twenty years since energy-trading giant Enron filed for bankruptcy. Ed Hirs of the University of Houston details the company's rise and malpractice. Leslie Caldwell, a partner with the law firm Latham & Watkins and who also led a team of investigators and prosecutors in the US Justice Department’s Enron Task Force, discusses investigating Enron. Hosted by Joe Shortsleeve.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the House holding former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress and whether the Justice Department will prosecute him.Former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses Washington D.C. suing the far right groups, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, over their role in the January 6th Capitol riots.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Swift Can't 'Shake Off' Lawsuit (Podcast)Source: Bloomberg, 34:52Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the case against pop star Taylor Swift where two songwriters claim that she ripped off some of the phrases in her hit song, "Shake It Off,"Securities law expert John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Justice Department's investigation into short selling by hedge funds and research firms.Former public defender Christa Groshek, managing attorney of Groshek Law, discusses the prosecution's case against Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright in a traffic stop.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Sepper, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court leaving in force Texas' six-week abortion ban, allowing abortion providers to press only a narrow part of their challenge. William Banks, a professor at Syracuse University College of Law, discusses the District of Columbia suing the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers right-wing groups for allegedly conspiring to terrorize the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Hastings College of Law who specializes in vaccine policy, discusses the Supreme Court leaving in place New York’s requirement that health-care workers be vaccinated against Covid-19, with no religious exemptions.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses the prosecution's case against Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex-trafficking trial which included the testimony of four women who allege the British socialite lured them into abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.Richard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the Supreme Court signaling in a Maine case that it is poised to strengthen the rights of parents to use public dollars to pay tuition at faith-based schools. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses the latest news with President Joe Biden's judicial nominations.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lance Koonce, a partner at Klaris Law, discusses Miramax suing filmmaker Quentin Tarantino over the sale of NFTs from the cult classic "Pulp Fiction."Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses Second Circuit arguments over former President Trump's efforts to scuttle a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who claims Trump raped her two decades ago. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court arguments over noncitizens challenging administrative decisions in federal court.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.