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Sinopsis
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.
Episodios
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Top Litigator Also Stars as General Counsel of the Academy Awards
22/02/2019 Duración: 07minJohn Quinn, one of the top trial attorneys in the country and the founder of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, discusses his role as General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the legal challenges behind the Oscars. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Covington Student’s Suit Against Washington Post
21/02/2019 Duración: 07minEugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the $250 million lawsuit filed by Nick Sandmann, the student in a viral video wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while facing down a Native American elder, against the Washington Post for the way it covered the encounter. Will the case be difficult to prove? He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Stone Faces Judge After Posting Her Image With Crosshairs
21/02/2019 Duración: 08minBrad Moss, partner at Mark Zaid discusses the Mueller report and Roger Stone's appearance before a judge who is weighing penalties and possible jail time after Stone posted an Instagram picture of her with an image that looked like rifle-scope crosshairs.
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UBS Ordered to Pay $5.1 Billion in Tax Fraud Trial
21/02/2019 Duración: 08minWayne State University Law School Professor Peter Henning discusses the record 5.1. billion fine against UBS after a Paris court found the bank guilty of helping wealthy French clients stash funds in undeclared Swiss accounts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Thomas Says Court Should Reverse Landmark Libel Case
20/02/2019 Duración: 08minGeoffrey Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago, discusses Justice Clarence Thomas’s call for the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which protects news organizations from most libel suits when they write about public figures. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Justice Ginsberg Back on the Bench, Contentious Case Teed Up
19/02/2019 Duración: 08minBloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s return to the bench for the first time in two months, and the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the politically divisive clash over whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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The Explosion of Opioid Lawsuits
15/02/2019 Duración: 12minHealthcare attorney, Harry Nelson, discusses opioid litigation and his new book, "The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain." He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Potential Legal Battle Over Trump's Tax Returns
14/02/2019 Duración: 08minBloomberg’s June Grasso speaks with University of Virginia Law School Professor George Yin who testified in front of the House Ways and Means Oversight Committee to advise its members on how a legal struggle might play out if Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin blocked the release of President Trump's tax returns.
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Senate Intel Leaders Split on Russia Collusion
14/02/2019 Duración: 09minSyracuse University Law School Professor William Banks discusses comments made by Richard Burr, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee that the investigation had found no evidence of collusion, Senator Mark Warner, the top democrat on the committee disagreed saying the investigation is still ongoing and the committee still had to interview key witnesses. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Wall St Nemesis Joins House Panel Deutsche Bank Probe
12/02/2019 Duración: 09minBloomberg Legal reporter Greg Farrell discusses the House Financial Services Committee hiring of Bob Roach, a Senate lawyer with deep experience conducting complex investigations to help run its upcoming probe of Deutsche Bank. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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A Century of First Amendment Law
08/02/2019 Duración: 12minLee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, and Geoffrey Stone, a professor at the University of Chicago, discuss their new book, "The Free Speech Century," a collection of essays by some of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars on the evolution of free speech doctrine. They speak to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Bezos Allegations Could Upend AMI Deal With Feds
08/02/2019 Duración: 07minRobert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor and head of the white collar criminal investigations practice at McCarter & English discusses allegations made by Jeff Bezos that he was blackmailed by American Media Inc. Federal prosecutors are reviewing if the company violated an earlier non-prosecution agreement the publisher struck last year in New York over its illegal aid to the Trump campaign. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Roberts Joins Liberal Wing in Abortion Case
08/02/2019 Duración: 08minNeil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses a divided U.S. Supreme Court blocking Louisiana from requiring abortion doctors to get admitting privileges at a local hospital, and the implications of Chief Justice John Roberts joining the court’s liberals in the majority. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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House Will Investigate Trump’s Businesses
07/02/2019 Duración: 08minFormer federal prosecutor Elie Honig, special counsel at Lowenstein Sandler, discusses the House Intelligence Committee’s move under Chairman Adam Schiff, to investigate whether foreign governments or individuals had improper leverage over the president or his business interests. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Uber’s Drive to Clean Up Its Act En Route to IPO
05/02/2019 Duración: 08minBloomberg News Legal Editor Peter Blumberg discusses lawsuits and accusations against Uber and how under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber has been driven to clean up its act making an IPO likely this year. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Fight Over FCC’s Repeal of Net Neutrality
05/02/2019 Duración: 08minDaniel Lyons, Law Professor at Boston College Law School discusses round 4 in the fight over the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Terrorism Investigations Hurt by Shutdown
30/01/2019 Duración: 08minJordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law Legal Editor, discusses the damage to the justice system caused by the month-long shutdown including the loss of critical intelligence in drug, gang and terror investigations. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Qualcomm Ruling Won’t Come Before Shutdown Deadline
30/01/2019 Duración: 07minJennifer Rie, Senior Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence discusses timing for a federal judge’s ruling in the trial that pits the Federal Trade Commission against Qualcomm over its alleged monopolist business practices.
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Mintz on Mueller Investigation Timeline
30/01/2019 Duración: 07minRobert Mintz, former federal prosecutor and head of the white collar criminal investigations practice at McCarter & English discusses the Mueller investigation.
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Justice Department Gets Tough on Chinese Company
29/01/2019 Duración: 08minPeter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses the criminal charges against Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest technology company, alleging it stole trade secrets from an American rival and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.