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Sinopse
Host June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and legal scholars, analyzing major legal issues and cases in the news. The show examines all aspects of the legal profession, from intellectual property to criminal law, from bankruptcy to securities law, drawing on the deep research tools of BloombergLaw.com. Reporters from Bloomberg's Washington, D.C. bureau are prominently featured as they offer analysis of policy and legal issues.
Episódios
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Can Trump Be Prosecuted for Inciting the Capitol Riot?
17/01/2021 Duração: 33minShirin Sinnar, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses whether President Trump can be prosecuted for inciting the Capitol riot. Sinan Aral, a professor at MIT and author of "The Hype Machine," discusses how the signs of violence could be seen in social media well before the riot. June Grasso hosts.
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History Backs Trump Impeachment Trial After Term Ends
16/01/2021 Duração: 20minFrank Bowman, a professor at the University of Missouri Law School, discusses the precedents for holding President Trump's second impeachment trial after he leaves office. Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the pressure on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to resign. June Grasso hosts.
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Why Supreme Court Justices Talked About Taylor Swift
15/01/2021 Duração: 24minHarold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses why pop star Taylor Swift was featured prominently during Supreme Court arguments in a case about when government officials can shake off past constitutional violations. John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ordering a new look at the convictions of four men in an insider-trading case involving a scheme to profit from government secrets. June Grasso hosts.
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The Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump
13/01/2021 Duração: 32minFrank Bowman, a professor at the University of Missouri and author of "High Crimes & Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump," discusses the second impeachment of President Trump. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the possible charges against President Trump and the pro-Trump mob that stormed the capitol. June Grasso hosts.
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Why It Won't Be a Blockbuster Supreme Court Term
10/01/2021 Duração: 29minConstitutional law expert Neil Kinkopf, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the new cases the Supreme Court will take up when it resumes this week. Elections law expert Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa Law School, on what we learned from the 2020 elections. June Grasso hosts.
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Jockeying for a Last Minute Pardon From Trump
09/01/2021 Duração: 25minBloomberg Legal Reporter David Yaffe-Bellany discusses the long line of people trying to get a last minute pardon from President Trump and those reportedly on his pardon list. David Pozen, a professor at Columbia Law School who clerked for Judge Merrick Garland, discusses Garland's nomination to be the next Attorney General. June Grasso hosts.
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Will the Capitol Rioters Face Justice?
08/01/2021 Duração: 30minNational security law expert Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre Dame Law School, discusses the charges the rioters who stormed the Capitol could face and the law enforcement failures. Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, discusses President Trump's call to Georgia officials to try to change the election results. June Grasso hosts.
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Challenge to the Electoral College Count
06/01/2021 Duração: 26minRichard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the consequences of President Trump's phone call to Georgia election officials and the challenge by Republican lawmakers to the tally of the electoral vote during what is normally a largely ceremonial event. David Sklansky, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses a federal court ruling that information requests by congressional oversight panels don’t require the approval of majority members. June Grasso hosts.
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Hospitals Sued Over Saving Patients' Lives
05/01/2021 Duração: 35minThaddeus Pope, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, discusses how courts are now recognizing lawsuits over the wrongful prolongation of life. Michele Goodwin, a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, discusses the 13th Amendment and efforts to amend the constitution to remove slavery. June Grasso hosts.
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The Biggest Trials Coming to U.S. Courtrooms in 2021
31/12/2020 Duração: 29minFormer federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the biggest criminal trials that will take place in 2021 including the trials of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos and Roger Ng, former Goldman Sachs managing director. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses the toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on judges who are experiencing anxiety and coping with the loss of colleagues who died from Covid-19. June Grasso hosts.
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Can Biden Reverse Trump Environmental Damage?
30/12/2020 Duração: 31minPat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the Vermont Law School, discusses the challenges President-elect Joe Biden will face in reversing President Trump's rollback of environmental policies and rules. Robert Iafolla, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses whether employers can mandate that employees get the Covid-19 vaccine. June Grasso hosts.
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Netflix Beats Lawsuit Over 'Tiger King' Hit Series
19/12/2020 Duração: 13minIntellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the dismissal of Hollywood Weekly Magazine's trademark and copyright lawsuit against Netflix over its hit series "Tiger King." June Grasso hosts.
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The Legal Doctrine That Could Stymie Biden's Agenda
19/12/2020 Duração: 17minConstitutional law expert Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses libertarian groups gearing up for fights with the Biden administration over financial regulations, environmental rules, and new policies to combat the pandemic and the legal docrine that will be front and center. June Grasso hosts.
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High Court Will Consider Compensation for College Athletes
18/12/2020 Duração: 38minAudrey Anderson, who heads the higher education practice at Bass Berry & Sims, discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to hear whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association violated federal antitrust laws by limiting compensation for college athletes. Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the antitrust case against Facebook. Anat Alon-Beck, an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve Law School, discusses the case against TikTok. June Grasso hosts.
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And the Next Attorney General Is
17/12/2020 Duração: 30minFormer federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses Joe Biden's choices for Attorney General. Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the resignation of William Barr as Attorney General and the repercussions. June Grasso hosts.
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No Path Left for Trump to Contest the Election
15/12/2020 Duração: 37minElection law expert Derek Muller, a professor at the University of Iowa Law School, discusses the Electoral College confirming Joe Biden's win over President Trump and possible challenges by Trump and his allies. Joshua Mitts, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses his study illustrating how executives use prearranged stock sale plans to unload shares on days when their companies release good news. June Grasso hosts.
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Billions of Dollars at Stake in Fannie-Freddie Suit
12/12/2020 Duração: 28minJonathan Macey, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses whether the Supreme Court will allow lawsuits to go forward by shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seeking billions of dollars. Mary-Christine Sungaila, leader of the appellate practice at Buchalter, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments in a pair of cases over whether families of Holocaust victims can sue foreign countries in the U.S. for seizing property from Jewish citizens during World War II. June Grasso hosts.
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Covid Survivors Refused Life Insurance Policies
11/12/2020 Duração: 27minPaul Heeringa, counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, discusses oral arguments where Supreme Court justices struggled to apply a decades-old federal ban on robocalls in a lawsuit accusing Facebook Inc. of repeatedly sending unwanted text messages. Lydia Wheeler, Senior Reporter at Bloomberg Law, discusses life insurance companies refusing to sell life insurance policies to survivors of Covid-19. June Grasso hosts.
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How Gilligan Plays Into Bill Gross Neighbor Feud
09/12/2020 Duração: 30minPatricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the feud between billionaire Bill Gross and his Laguna Beach neighbor, tech entrepreneur Mark Towfiq, that involves everything from a TV shoot for the HBO series “Ballers” to the music from "Gilligan's Island." Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a judge restoring DACA. June Grasso host
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Can Former Child Slaves Sue Chocolate Companies?
05/12/2020 Duração: 32minHarold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments involving a clash over human-rights lawsuits, and whether former child slaves could sue Nestle SA’s U.S. unit and Cargill Inc. of complicity in the use of child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s push to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census. June Grasso hosts.