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Bloomberg Law
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Expert analysis on legal issues and cases in the news.
Host June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and scholars on the legal stories making news and shaping the world.
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SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian's Suit Against Prison Guards
Yesterday00:36:03Tap to summarizeRichard Garnett, a professor at Notre Dame Law School and Director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society, discusses the Supreme Court decision blocking a Rastafarian’s suit against prison officials for cutting off his dreadlocks in a flagrant violation of his religious rights. Then Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation in the Obama administration, discusses the Supreme Court decision backing the Trump administration and border officials over the re-entry of a green card holder. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Etan Patz Murder Conviction Reinstated & Upcoming SCOTUS Cases
2d ago00:34:47Tap to summarizeFormer Manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, of counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses the Supreme Court reinstating the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz who became the poster child for missing children. Then constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the high profile cases the Supreme Court has yet to decide this term including cases on birthright citizenship and the firing of a Federal Reserve Governor. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Weekend Law: DOJ Defies Judge, Guns and Drugs & Knicks Tickets
5d ago00:37:18Tap to summarizeConstitutional law expert Louis Michael Seidman, a professor at Georgetown Law and author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the Supreme Court allowing marijuana users to have guns. Amy Powell, Litigation Director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department Senior Trial Counsel, discusses the Justice Department refusing to comply with a judge’s request for sworn statements that President Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate alleged victims of so-called government weaponization, is dead. Bloomberg Law Senior Correspondent Roy Strom discusses how Big Law firms are using hard-to-get tickets to major sporting events to “bond” with their clients. June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Guns and Drug Users & World Cup Visa Problems
6d ago00:36:04Tap to summarizeConstitutional law expert Louis Michael Seidman, a professor at Georgetown Law and author of the book “The Constitution Cannot Save Us: Why We Can No Longer Rely on Our Founding Document,” discusses the Supreme Court allowing marijuana users to have guns. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight and the former head of the Office of Immigration Litigation, discusses World Cup visa problems and the Supreme Court taking up a case involving the prolonged detention of ICE detainees. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Mangione's Psychiatric Defense & Judges Misbehaving
1w ago00:35:45Tap to summarizeCriminal defense attorney Jeremy Saland, a former Manhattan prosecutor, discusses Luigi Mangione asserting a psychiatric defense at his New York murder trial. Then Jacqueline Thomsen, Bloomberg Law reporter, discusses recent incidents of misconduct by judges raising questions about the policing of judicial misconduct. And securities law expert James Park, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court closing off a major avenue for shareholders to sue closed-end funds. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Prosecutor's Misconduct Revealed in Grand Jury Transcripts
1w ago00:21:56Tap to summarizeRic Simmons, a professor at Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law, discusses the revelations of prosecutorial misconduct in the grand jury transcripts of a Chicago case against ICE protesters that was dismissed. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Weaponization Fund Challenge & SBF's Appeal Fails
1w ago00:28:21Tap to summarizeAmy Powell, Litigation Director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department Senior Trial Counsel, discusses a judge’s refusal to dismiss a challenge to President Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate alleged victims of so-called government weaponization. Then Ben Penn, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses a major AI smuggling prosecution that may be in jeopardy due to Trump’s approval for Nvidia to sell chips to some customers in China. And Bloomberg Legal Reporter Ava Benny-Morrison, discusses Sam Bankman Fried’s appeal being turned down. June Grasso hostsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Weekend Law: H-1B Visa Fee Struck Down & How Lawyers Use AI
2w ago00:37:00Tap to summarizeOn this edition of Weekend Law, Amy Morris fills in for June Grasso. Leon Fresco, immigration law expert and partner at Holland & Knight discusses the latest headlines as the Trump adminstration cracks down on immigration, including a federal judge striking down the President's $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. Bloomberg's Annelise Levy joins to talk about her reporting on a program Amazon uses to weed out copyright violators that might be overstepping. And AI and technology law expert Justin Daniels, a shareholder at Baker Donelson talks about how lawyers are using and sometimes abusing artificial intelligence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Weekend Law: Grand Jury Problems, SCOTUS Favors GOP & Taylor Swift
3w ago00:44:29Tap to summarizeFormer federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a Professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses why prosecutors in the Trump Justice Department are having problems getting grand juries to indict. Then Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr discusses the conservative justices ruling in favor of Republicans and giving them an edge in the midterms. And intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a Partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the trademark infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift over her “The Life of a Showgirl” album. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcribe →Taylor Swift Fights Suit Over "The Life of a Showgirl" Album
3w ago00:20:03Tap to summarizeIntellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses the trademark infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift over her “The Life of a Showgirl” album. June Grasso hosts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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