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Nov 10, 2021 • 26min

Writer's Block from DOJ Antitrust Suit

Antitrust expert Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Justice Department’s bid to block Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of rival Simon & Schuster, alleging it would allow just a few publishers to control the prices paid to authors.First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses Supreme Court arguments concerning a legislative body’s ability to censure a member for unpopular speech without running afoul of the First Amendment.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 8, 2021 • 29min

Hero or Vigilante?: The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

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Nov 5, 2021 • 24min

Supreme Court Signals Right to Carry Guns in Public

Second Amendment law expert Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's conservative justices signaling that they are ready to strike down New York's gun control law and rule that most people have a right to carry a handgun outside the home.Mary Ziegler, a professor at Florida State University College of Law and author of "Abortion and the Law in America, A Legal History, Roe v. Wade to the Present," discusses key justices raising the prospect they might act to halt Texas’ far-reaching abortion ban.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 4, 2021 • 29min

Justices Grapple with Texas Abortion Law

Constitutional law professor Leah Litman of the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the Supreme Court justices grappling with the power of the federal judiciary to block Texas’ ban on abortion, the most restrictive law in the country.Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a jury awarding more than $17 million in back pay to immigrants for work in a detention center, and other immigration issues.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 2, 2021 • 24min

Paparazzi Turn Tables, Sue Celebrities Over Photos

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the investigation into how a scene on the set of the movie "Rust" turned deadly.Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses how paparazzi are suing celebrities who post photos of themselves on social media -- photos they don't own the rights to.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 28min

The Battle Over Microseconds in Trading Delay

Securities law expert James Cox, a professor at Duke Law School, discusses Citadel Securities suing the Securities and Exchange Commission over a new kind of market order that has a 350-microsecond delay to blunt the advantage of high frequency traders.Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the state of Oklahoma wanting a redo of the Supreme Court decision that gave American Indian tribes endorsement of their sovereignty in much of the eastern part of the state.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 28, 2021 • 28min

Abortion Soars to the Top of the Supreme Court Docket

Leah Litman, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to hear arguments on an expedited basis on a Texas law that has largely stopped legal abortion in the state.Domenique Moran, an employment lawyer and partner at Farrell Fritz, discusses courts clashing over religious exemptions for vaccine mandates.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 26, 2021 • 26min

New York Appeals Court to Hear Taxi Medallion Case

Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein who represents yellow cab medallion owners suing New York City and the Taxi and Limousine Commission in two class actions, discusses the New York Court of Appeals agreeing to hear the cases over the city's auctioning of medallions.Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Joe Biden moving judicial nominees through the confirmation process faster than any other recent president.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 25, 2021 • 27min

UNC Can Continue Using Race in Admissions Process

Audrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses a judge ruling that the University of North Carolina's can continue using race as a factor in undergraduate admissions.Josh Blackman, a professor of constitutional law at the South Texas College of Law, discusses President Biden’s commission examining changes to the Supreme Court.June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 23, 2021 • 33min

De-radicalizing Extremists From QAnon to Jihad

David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the group, "Parents for Peace," a nonprofit that specializes in deradicalizing people who are drawn to extremist ideas, from jihad to QAnon.Joanna Schwartz, a professor at UCLA Law School and an expert in qualified immunity, discusses the Supreme Court siding with police in two cases involving excessive force.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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