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June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars, analyzing legal issues and cases in the news.
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Jul 20, 2021 • 21min
Sacha Baron Cohen Wins Again Over Prank Interview
Mary Anne Pazanowski, Senior Legal Reporter for Bloomberg Law, discusses how comedian Sacha Baron Cohen won a lawsuit brought by former judge Roy Moore over Cohen’s use of an alleged pedophile detector during an interview...one of several lawsuits Cohen has won over prank interviews.Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond Law School, discusses President Biden's recent judicial nominations.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 18, 2021 • 23min
Advantage Business at the Supreme Court
Jonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses business wins and losses at the Supreme Court this past term.Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law Supreme Court reporter, discusses the persistent gender gap at the lectern of the court with male advocates outnumbering female advocates 125 to 28 in the most recent term.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 17, 2021 • 23min
Elon Musk Stars in His Own Courtroom Drama
Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses Elon Musk's testimony in a Delaware trial over Tesla’s 2016 takeover of SolarCity, continuing to argue that the purchase was a sound decision and that it wasn’t done to benefit himself instead of shareholders.Evan Starr, an assistant professor of management and organization at the University of Maryland, discusses President Joe Biden calling on the FTC to ban or limit employee noncompetes as part of a broad executive order.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 15, 2021 • 30min
Lawsuits Over Building Collapse
David Prager, a managing director and head of the U.S. Restructuring Advisory practice at Kroll, discusses the lawsuits that have been filed over the building collapse in Surfside, Florida,Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Joe Biden moving to upend decades of policy on migrants seeking asylum.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 13, 2021 • 23min
Trump's Revenge Lawsuit
Jim Dempsey of the UC Berkeley School of Law, discusses the lawsuit former President Trump filed against Facebook, Twitter, and Google over their decisions to suspend or ban him from using their platforms. David Yaffe-Bellany, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses why thousands of federal prisoners released to home confinement, are dreading the end of the pandemic.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 10, 2021 • 14min
Where's the New Center of the Court?
Constitutional law professor Josh Blackman of the South Texas College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court's latest term and the influence of the new 6 to 3 conservative majority.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 9, 2021 • 11min
Why Marilyn Monroe Is a Counterfeiter's Best Friend
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Jul 8, 2021 • 32min
The Supreme Court Shifts to the Right
Stephen Vladeck, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's term with its new conservative majority.Greg Farrell, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses former President Donald Trump's legal peril.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 5, 2021 • 34min
Unprecedented Criminal Case Against Trump Org.
Former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers, a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, discusses the unprecedented criminal case against former President Donald Trump’s company and its CFO.Elections expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court upholding two Arizona voting restrictions, limiting the reach of the Voting Rights Act in a decision down ideological lines.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jul 4, 2021 • 27min
Transgender Student Wins Civil Rights Battle
Katherine Franke, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to question the rights of transgender students to use school bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, rejecting an appeal in a long-running civil rights battle.Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses why Facebook's antitrust win is likely short-lived.June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


