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Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas Law School discusses how a closely divided Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would have left the state with only one abortion clinic, in a surprise reinforcement for women’s reproductive rights. Jill Fisch, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses a divided Supreme Court ruling that the president has broad power to fire the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying that Congress went too far in trying to insulate the agency from political pressure. June Grasso hosts.

Intellectual Property Litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses the Ninth Circuit reviving a copyright lawsuit that claims the film “The Shape of Water” copied the play “Let Me Hear You Whisper.” It was former Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski's first win at his former court since retiring from it after sexual misconduct allegations. June Grasso hosts. 

Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses why two high profile Supreme Court rulings are just the latest setbacks for the Trump administration in the area of federal agencies where it loses about 90% of its cases in court. June Grasso hosts.

Jill Fisch, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses the Supreme Court limiting the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission to recoup illegal profits from wrongdoers. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a divided Supreme Court bolstering the Trump administration's ability to quickly deport people who enter the country without documentation. June Grasso hosts. 

National security attorney Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses a federal appeals court ordering a judge to immediately dismiss the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Professor Elora Mukherjee, Director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, discusses a federal appeals court ruling that the Trump administration can use fast-track deportation proceedings for undocumented immigrants found anywhere in the U.S. who have been in the country for less than two years. June Grasso hosts. 

Former federal prosecutor, Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the controversy surrounding the resignation of Geoffrey S. Berman, the chief federal prosecutor in New York, after a remarkable standoff with Attorney General William Barr and contradictory comments from President Donald Trump. June Grasso hosts.

Michael Dorf, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to take up a new test of “qualified immunity,” rejecting several appeals that challenged the legal doctrine that has become a broad liability shield for police officers accused of civil rights violations. June Grasso hosts. 

Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses how a divided Supreme Court dealt a rebuke to President Donald Trump, blocking him from ending the Obama-era program that shields 670,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation and lets them seek jobs. June Grasso hosts.

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court's landmark decision that federal law protects gay and transgender workers from job discrimination, giving millions of LGBT people in dozens of states civil rights they've sought for decades. Pat Parenteau, a professor at Vermont Law School, discusses the Supreme Court upholding a crucial permit for the planned $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline, clearing the natural-gas line to cross under the Appalachian Trail. June Grasso hosts.

National Security lawyer Bradley Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid, discusses the Trump administration seeking an emergency restraining order to stop the publication of a tell-all book by John Bolton, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor. June Grasso hosts.

Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses PG&E Corp. pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, admitting in a California courtroom that the bankrupt utility killed 84 people after its equipment ignited the deadliest wildfire in state history. June Grasso hosts.

Samuel Estreicher, a professor at New York University law school and director of its Center for Labor and Employment Law, discusses the legal risks employers are wrestling with in getting workers back on the job while the pandemic is still spreading. Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses a federal appeals court hearing on the U.S. Justice Department’s request to drop the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. June Grasso hosts.

Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, discusses a string of courtroom defeats for President Trump because federal agencies have not adequately considered the consequences to a warming planet. June Grasso hosts.

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse of Richards Carrington, discusses qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that has come under fire because it protects police against civil lawsuits for the violation of constitutional rights. Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses a federal judge ordering that ICE agents cannot arrest undocumented immigrants at New York state courthouses. June Grasso hosts.

Merrick Rossein, a professor at the City University of New York School of Law, discusses how businesses are taking steps to support their workers during protests against police brutality, while also retaining the legal right to fire workers who participate if they disagree with their actions. Christopher Opfer, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses how two former Obama civil rights lawyers "switched sides." June Grasso hosts.

Mark Rifkin, a partner at Wolf Haldenstein discusses s federal judge questioning Facebook Inc.’s $550 million settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit, asking whether that was really a lot of money. Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law Reporter, discusses how the doors at federal courthouses around the nation are slowly starting to swing open with the convening of socially distanced grand juries. June Grasso hosts.

Intellectual Property Litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses how filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and Apple defeated claims that their Apple TV+ show “Servant” rips off a 2013 film with a similar premise, “The Truth About Emanuel." June Grasso hosts.

Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling that U.S. Bank NA won’t have to face a lawsuit challenging steep losses to its pension plan, because the plan participants who filed suit have nothing to gain or lose through the case. June Grasso hosts.

The former Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, a partner at Steptoe & Johnson, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the oversight board responsible for resolving Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, rejecting a bondholder challenge. June Grasso hosts.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, of Lowenstein Sandler, discusses the new charges against the four police officers in the death of George Floyd and how difficult it will be to get a conviction. June Grasso hosts.