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June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars, analyzing legal issues and cases in the news.
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Sep 4, 2021 • 29min
The Secretive Shadow Docket Raises Questions
Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses, the Supreme Court's shadow docket, where decisions are made without full briefing or oral arguments, and how more significant cases are being decided in this way.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses why Arizona is taking the unprecedented step of eliminating peremptory jury instructions.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 30, 2021 • 26min
Courts Differ on Use of Gender Neutral Pronouns
Holly Barker, Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Reporter, discusses how federal courts have handled the use of gender neutral pronouns.Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court Reporter, discusses President Biden's choice for Solicitor General, Elizabeth Prelogar, and the upcoming term.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 28, 2021 • 25min
Court Rules Warhol's Prince Series Infringed Photo
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirming its ruling that artist Andy Warhol's series on rock star Prince infringed the copyright of a photo of the star.Lawrence Gostin, director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, discusses lawsuits over vaccine mandates at colleges and universities.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 27, 2021 • 18min
Supreme Court Deals Biden Two Blows in One Week
Neal Devins, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses the Supreme Court lifting the Biden administration's eviction moratorium, ending protection for millions of people who have fallen behind on their rent during the pandemic.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court ordering the Biden administration to reinstate the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico policy, which forced migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum claims were processed.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 24, 2021 • 31min
Court Fights Over School Mask Mandates
Eric Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the legal challenges to school mask mandates.Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito putting a temporary hold on the reinstatement of the Trump administration's remain in Mexico policy.Mario Talerico, a partner at Honigman, discusses his group's efforts to raise money to evacuate Afghan workers from a medical clinic under threat in Afghanistan through the GoFundMe page for Operation We Care: Global Afghan Evacuation.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 15, 2021 • 17min
Whose Court Is It Now?
Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses his article "Whose Court Is It Now?" and the new court with its 6 member conservative majority.June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 14, 2021 • 11min
Are There Too Many Cleveland Guardians Teams?
Trademark attorney Marsha Gentner of Dykema Gossett discusses the legal implications of the Cleveland Indians baseball team choosing to re-brand itself as the Cleveland Guardians, despite the fact that there is already a Cleveland Guardians roller derby team.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 13, 2021 • 38min
New Scotus Term: From Abortion Rights to State Secrets
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term which includes cases on abortion rights, gun rights, the death penalty and state secrets.Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the D.C Court of Appeals ordering the release of a West Virginia man accused of taking part in a pepper spray assault on police at the Capitol riots on January 6th.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 11, 2021 • 30min
Ex-Tesla Employee Called Racial Slur Wins Rare Award
Employment law expert Anthony Oncidi, a partner at Proskauer Rose, discusses Tesla paying more than $1 million to a Black former employee who won a ruling that the company failed to stop his supervisors from calling him a racial slur at the electric-car maker’s northern California plant.Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses Congress weighing the first district court expansion since then-Sen. Joe Biden spearheaded the last change decades ago.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aug 10, 2021 • 21min
Unruly Airline Passengers Rarely Face Criminal Charges
Airplane passengers have done everything from hitting flight attendants in the face to calling in hoax hijacking reports to refusing to wear masks. Alan Levin, Bloomberg News Aviation Reporter, discusses why unruly passengers rarely face criminal charges.David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and host of the "Criminal Injustice" podcast, discusses the Justice Department launching a civil-rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


