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Erik Feldman, a University of Pennsylvania professor of law, health policy, and medical ethics, discusses some of the lawsuits brought by workers against employers who are requiring them to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the Biden administration’s decision to defend Donald Trump in a defamation suit. June Grasso hosts.

Second Amendment expert Adam Winkler, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses a federal judge overturning California's 32-year ban on assault weapons, in a ruling comparing the AR-15 rifle to a Swiss Army knife. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court unanimously ruling that people who entered the U.S. illegally can’t seek permanent residency even though they now have temporary legal status. June Grasso hosts.

Anne Coughlin, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School who specializes in feminist jurisprudence, discusses the August trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct blood testing company Theranos, and possible defenses. June Grasso hosts.

Meghan Tribe, Bloomberg Law Correspondent, and Summer Eberhard, West Coast-based managing director at legal recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa, discuss the hot market for young corporate lawyers and the exhorbitant bonuses law firms are paying to retain and attract associates. Richard Ausness, a professor at the University of Kentucky Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's refusal to hear Johnson & Johnson's appeal from a $2.1 billion verdict. June Grasso hosts.

Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses how the Biden administration is using executive privilege to keep some documents related to former President Trump, a secret, including Trump's tax returns. Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, discusses the Supreme Court turning down Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.1 billion verdict. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch rejecting a request from two churches to block a Colorado law. June Grasso hosts.

Environmental law professor, Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law School, discusses how environmental advocates hoping for a complete reversal of Trump-era legal positions have faced a series of disappointments in the first months of the Biden administration. June Grasso hosts.

Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at New York University Law School, and Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discuss the high stakes Apple-Epic trial. June Grasso hosts.

Daniel Alonso, a partner at Buckley LLP and former chief assistant district attorney, discusses the Manhattan District Attorney convening a special grand jury in the investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. Joanna Schwartz, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court once again turning down a case involving qualified immunity for police. June Grasso hosts.

Brendan Barnes, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for Energy Litigation, discusses how the Dakota Access oil pipeline faces continued threats to its existence, even after surviving another shutdown battle in federal court. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court siding with the government in a dispute centering on immigrants reentering the country after their deportations were based on rules that were later invalidated. June Grasso hosts

Healthcare attorney Rob Fuller, a partner at Nelson Hardiman, discusses recent CDC guidance on masks and what it means for businesses. Paige Smith, Bloomberg Law Reporter for labor and employment, discusses employers separating vaccinated and unvaccinated workers, for example, by shift or floor. June Grasso hosts.

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses the Supreme Court decision bolstering the protection of the home from police search. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses President Joe Biden's latest list of judicial nominees. June Grasso hosts.

Stephen Vladeck, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Texas Law School, discusses the Supreme Court taking a case that could result in the court gutting the constitutional right to abortion. Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Supreme Court Reporter, discusses the Supreme Court offering hints of the kind of paradigm shift conservatives have long craved by adding major abortion and gun-rights cases to its docket. June Grasso hosts.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the New York Attorney General opening a criminal probe of the Trump Organization. Greg Bordelon, a professor at the University of Maine School of Law, discusses what a last name is worth in a divorce. June Grasso hosts

Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the sentencing of a father in the college admissions scandal and the upcoming trial of 8 parents. Holly Barker, Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Reporter, discusses how dementia takes a toll on aging lawyers. June Grasso hosts.

Election law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California Irvine School of Law, discusses recent voting restrictions passed by Republicans and how they show the long reach of a 2013 Supreme Court ruling. Jonathan Smith, Executive Director of the Washington Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, discusses the federal civil rights charges filed against Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers. June Grasso hosts.

Greg Farrell, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses why prosecutors chose the "hard way" in raiding Rudy Giuliani's apartment. Erik Larson, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the federal civil rights charges against Derek Chauvin and the three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd. June Grasso hosts.

Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses an appeal over the Second Circuit's finding that Andy Warhol infringed the copyright of a photographer in his silkscreens of rock icon Prince. Richard Ausness, a professor at the University of Kentucky Law School discusses the landmark opioid trial in West Virginia. June Grasso hosts

Joshua Davis, a professor at the University of San Francisco Law School, discusses Epic Games allegations that Apple's 30% commission on app sales is a violation of antitrust law. Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over drug sentencing laws. June Grasso hosts.

Andrew Rossman, a partner at Quinn Emanuel discusses a case where a Delaware judge ordered Kohlberg & Co. to complete its private equity purchase of DecoPac Inc., a cake decorating technology company, despite the economic turmoil of the pandemic. Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law who specializes in sentencing policy, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over allowing shorter sentences for lower level drug offenders. June Grasso hosts.

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court leaving intact California’s ban on government-funded travel to states it sees as having anti-LGBTQ policies, rejecting Texas’s bid to challenge the policy. Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses President Biden's latest judicial nominees. June Grasso hosts.