Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg
300 episodes
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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Trump Administration Flouting Judges' Orders & Meta Trial
Bloomberg Law reporter Suzanne Monyak discusses her research showing that judges have found the Trump administration failing to comply with their orders in more than half of the 25 cases involving preliminary…
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Trial Over Tupac Shakur's Murder, 30 Years Later
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, discusses the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged with orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of the legendary rapper, Tupac…
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Why is Jeanine Pirro Convening A Special Grand Jury in DC?
Barbara McQuade, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and the former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, discusses Jeanine Pirro, the DC US Attorney, convening a special grand jury.…
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Weekend Law: Luigi Pleads, Meta's $1.4 Trillion Trial & NFL Antitrust
Criminal defense attorney Jeremy Saland, a former Manhattan prosecutor, discusses Luigi Mangione’s plea to federal charges of stalking without a plea deal in place. Internet law expert Eric Goldman, a professor at…
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Mangione Expected to Plead Guilty & LA Lakers Record-Breaking Sale
Bloomberg legal reporter David Voreacos discusses an expected plea by Luigi Mangione to federal charges connected to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson. Then former federal prosecutor…
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Meta Social Media Addiction Trial
Internet law expert Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University Law School and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses dozens of state attorneys general suing Meta for harm to the mental health of…
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SCOTUS Low Approval & NFL Antitrust Exemption
Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the court's record low approval ratings. Antitrust expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses an antitrust inquiry into the NFL's exemption. June…
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Trump's Second Attempts at Birthright Citizenship and Firing Fed's Lisa Cook
Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses President Trump threatening to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook again. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at…
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Weekend Law: Fauci, Blanche & Pirro in the Legal News
June Grasso discusses the top stories of the week with Professor David Super of Georgetown Law, Robert Mintz of McCarter & English and former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg. See omnystudio.com/listener…
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Fauci Held in Contempt & 5th Circuit Judges Cry Foul
Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses a Senate committee voting to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. Then Bloomberg Law reporter Jacqueline Thomsen discusses Fifth Circuit…
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DOJ Erases Jan 6th Cases & Pirro's Job in Jeopardy
Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the Trump administration dismissing the indictments for seditious conspiracy against the right -wing Oath Keepers for their actions in the January 6th attack on the…
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Blanche AG Nomination Moves Forward & Betting on Maduro Raid
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General, moving to the full Senate. Business law expert Eric Talley, a professor at Columbia…
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Pirro Drops Reflecting Pool Charges & Ice Arrests at Airports
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, dropping felony vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn for damage to the reflecting…
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Trump Losses May Cost Taxpayers & Superstar Lawyer Goes to Prison
Bloomberg legal reporter Zoe Tillman discusses how the Trump administration’s losses in court could leave taxpayers footing the bill for millions in legal fees. Then Bloomberg Law senior reporter Holly Barker discusses…
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Judge Speaks Out Against DHS List Naming Judges 'Worst of the Worst'
Judge Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, discusses the top lawyer at the Department of Homeland Security, James Percival, posting a list that names federal judges who ruled against…
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Fauci Takes the Fifth & Blanche Confirmation in Jeopardy
Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony before a Senate committee and possible problems with the nomination of Todd Blanche to be Attorney General. June Grasso…
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More Tariffs & Comey Asks for Dismissal of Charges
Trade law expert Timothy Brightbill, a partner at Wiley Rein, discusses President Trump’s latest tariffs. Then First Amendment expert Timothy Zick, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses former FBI…
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Canadian Wildfire Damage & Trump's Multibillion Dollar Lawsuits
Columbia Law School’s Michael Gerrard, an expert on environmental law and director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, discusses the legalities around the wildfire smoke from Canada entering the US. Bloomberg…
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Weekend Law: Elections, Pardons & Endangered Species
Host June Grasso speaks to legal experts on some of the top stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Proposals to Ban Naturalized Judges & NFL's Hail Mary Pass
Judge Jeremy Fogel, formerly of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, discusses the objections to proposals to ban judges who were not born in the US from serving on the bench. First amendment…
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Trump, Like English King, Pardons Companies
Bloomberg legal reporter Ava Benny-Morrison discusses President Trump granting clemency to companies, a first. Then Sharon Fairley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses why some federal…
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Question of Noncitizen Voting & NJ Assault Rifle Ban Struck Down
Jonathan Diaz, Director of Voting Advocacy and Partnerships at Campaign Legal Center, discusses how 6600 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote in New Jersey in 2023 and 2024, and the Trump administration’s…
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Endangered Species Put at Risk & Prediction Markets
Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law & Graduate School and an expert in environmental law, discusses the Trump administration’s move to severely weaken protections for endangered species. Joshua Mitts, a…
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Weekend Law: The Next AG, Justices Testify & Blocking Paramount Takeover
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney Todd Blanche to be the next Attorney General. Then antitrust law expert Harry First, a…
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Can Blanche Become AG & Deadly ICE Traffic Stops
Amy Powell, litigation director at Lawyers for Good Government and former Justice Department senior trial counsel, discusses Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearings. Immigration law expert Leon…
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Todd Blanche Faces Skeptical Senators
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney Todd Blanche to be the next US Attorney General. June Grasso hosts. See…
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Will Maine Case Change Super PACs & Justices Testify
Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the federal court case he is leading to uphold Maine’s law limiting contributions to super PACs. And Georgetown Law Professor Louis Michael Seidman, author of the…
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States Sue to Stop Paramount Takeover of Warner Bros.
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses 12 Democratic-led states suing to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Judiciary expert Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of…
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Weekend Law: Who Won SCOTUS Term & Felony Vandalism
Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the winners and losers in the recent Supreme Court term. Then former federal prosecutor Marisa Darden, head of the White Collar,…
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Birthright Citizenship Again & 'Justice in Motion' Bus Tour
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Trump asking the Supreme Court to rehear the birthright citizenship case and other immigration issues. Then retired Ohio Supreme…
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Justice Jackson Starts Statutory Interpretation Revolution
Abbe Gluck, a professor at Yale Law School, discusses Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reigniting the statutory interpretation wars and whether some cracks are emerging in textualism. June Grasso hosts. See…
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Fifth Circuit Most Reversed & Olympian Charged With Felony
Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the conservative Fifth Circuit becoming the circuit most reversed by the Supreme Court this term. Then former federal…
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Winners & Losers in the Supreme Court Term
Constitutional law expert Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent term from the expansion of presidential power to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. June Grasso hosts.…
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Weekend Law: Presidential Power, Birthright Citizenship & Campaign Finance
Constitutional law expert Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision expanding presidential power. Then constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown…
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SCOTUS Eliminates Political Party Spending Caps
Andrew Schapiro, a partner in the appellate law practice at Quinn Emanuel and the former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic, discusses the Supreme Court doing away with political party spending caps. Zane McNeill, an…
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Trump Loses as SCOTUS Affirms Birthright Citizenship
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision affirming birthright citizenship. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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SCOTUS Expands Presidential Power
Constitutional law experts Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, and Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discuss Supreme Court decisions expanding President Trump’s power to…
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Instant Reaction: Supreme Court Blocks Trump from Firing Fed's Lisa Cook
The US Supreme Court ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can stay in her job for now, reinforcing the central bank’s independence from the White House and dealing a setback to President Donald Trump. In a…
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Weekend Law: SCOTUS on Human Rights, Religious Rights & Etan Patz
International law expert Curtis Bradley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses Supreme Court’s decisions basically eliminating human rights lawsuits against companies over atrocities committed…
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SCOTUS: Trump Immigration Wins & 'Vampire' Gun Law
Second Amendment expert Andrew Willinger, a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the Supreme Court finding Hawaii’s so-called “vampire” gun law unconstitutional. Then immigration law…
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SCOTUS Ends Human Rights Lawsuits Over Atrocities Abroad
International law expert Curtis Bradley, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses Supreme Court’s decisions basically eliminating human rights lawsuits against companies over atrocities committed…
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SCOTUS Blocks Rastafarian's Suit Against Prison Guards
Richard 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…
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Etan Patz Murder Conviction Reinstated & Upcoming SCOTUS Cases
Former 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…
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Weekend Law: DOJ Defies Judge, Guns and Drugs & Knicks Tickets
Constitutional 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…
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Guns and Drug Users & World Cup Visa Problems
Constitutional 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…
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Mangione's Psychiatric Defense & Judges Misbehaving
Criminal 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…
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Prosecutor's Misconduct Revealed in Grand Jury Transcripts
Ric 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…
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Weaponization Fund Challenge & SBF's Appeal Fails
Amy 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…
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Weekend Law: H-1B Visa Fee Struck Down & How Lawyers Use AI
On 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…
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Weekend Law: Grand Jury Problems, SCOTUS Favors GOP & Taylor Swift
Former 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…
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