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Hosts June Grasso, Michael Best and Greg Stohr speak 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 and BloombergBNA.com. Reporters from Bloomberg's Washington, D.C. bureau are prominently featured as they offer analysis of policy and legal issues.

Hosts June Grasso, Michael Best and Greg Stohr speak 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 and BloombergBNA.com. Reporters from Bloomberg's Washington, D.C. bureau are prominently featured as they offer analysis of policy and legal issues.

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Episodes

Op den Kamp on History of Intellectual Propery

7/8/2019

Dr. Claudy Op den Kamp, Senior Lecturer in Film at the Faculty Member Centre for the Intellectual Property Policy & Management, at Bournemouth University, discusses her book "A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects." She speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:41

Trump Explores Citizenship Question

7/5/2019

Andrew Harris, Bloomberg News Legal Reporter, discusses how the Justice Department is exploring ways to include a citizenship question onthe U.S. census as President Donald Trump vows to fight on after the Supreme Court put the plan on hold. He speaks with host June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:14

Plan to Deny Bail to Jailed Asylum Seekers is Blocked

7/5/2019

Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg News Legal Reporter, discusses how a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s plan to jail immigrants seeking asylum, and deny them bail if they crossed the U.S. border without permission. He speaks with host June Grasso.

Duration:00:08:46

Blackman Reviews Scotus Term

7/2/2019

Josh Blackman, Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law, gives a Scotus recap. He speaks with Bloomberg Law host June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:27

Chief Justice Refuses to Overturn Precedent

7/1/2019

Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses how Chief Justice John Roberts refused to overturn precedent in a case dealing with the power of federal agencies, siding with the liberal justices in a 5-4 decision. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:27

Why Rock’s Greatest Riffs May Be Up for Grabs

6/28/2019

Intellectual property attorney Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, discusses why a legal loophole may mean some the most recognizable instrumental solos in rock music … are up for grabs. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:10:06

U.S. Joins Multinational Insider Trading Crackdown

6/28/2019

Wayne State University Law School Professor Peter Henning disccuses the U.S. investigation of an international network of traders suspected of infiltrating banks and companies to glean confidential information on megadeals. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:43

Politically Charged Decisions Mark Term’s End

6/27/2019

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses the Supreme Court’s final rulings backing partisan voting maps and temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:08:36

Spotlight on Mueller During Congressional Testimony

6/26/2019

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the upcoming testimony next month from Special Counsel Robert Mueller before the House Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees setting up what is sure to be one of the most dramatic hearings of the Trump presidency.

Duration:00:09:38

New Attorney’s Task May Be Getting Pardon for Flynn

6/25/2019

Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Cramer, Managing Director of the Berkeley Research Group, discusses why forrmer National Security Adviser Michael Flynn may have one goal in replacing his longtime criminal defense attorneys this month with the politically provocative Sidney Powell -- to win a pardon from his old boss, President Donald Trump. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:06:30

SCOTUS Throws Out Death Sentence in Jury Bias Case

6/21/2019

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the decades long legal saga involving the death sentence of a Mississippi man convicted at his sixth trial for the same murders after the prosecutor repeatedly excluded black people from the jury. The Supreme Court threw out the sentence citing bias in choosing the jury. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:28

High Court May Wipe Out Protections for LGBTQ Workers

6/20/2019

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses how the Supreme Court next term could wipe out lower-court rulings that shield LGBTQ people from getting fired for who they are. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:22

J&J Faces Second Jury in Talc-Cancer Lawsuit

6/19/2019

Wayne State University Law School Professor Peter Henning discusses the Johnson & Johnson California talc-cancer case that will now go before a second jury because the first jury couldn’t agree whether a dying woman was eligible for punitive damages after finding that the company’s talc products caused her illness. The jury did find the companies products caused her cancer and awarded her 12 million dollars. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:10

Can President Trump Demote or Fire Fed Chair Powell?

6/18/2019

Cornell Law School Professor Robert Hockett discussess the legality of President Trump demoting or firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after Bloomberg reported exclusively the president talked about firing him in February. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:10

Supreme Court Ducks Another Gay-Wedding Cake Dispute

6/17/2019

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses the court’s decisions today not to change double jeopardy doctrines, upholding a uranium-mining ban and sending a dispute over a gay-wedding cake back to the lower court. He talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:08:45

Trump Tries to Follow the Rules After Deregulatory Fails

6/14/2019

Kartikay Mehrotra , Bloomberg News legal reporter, discusses how President Trump’s attempts to loosen climate standards have been stymied by the courts for two years on procedural grounds, leading the administration to now try following the rules to achieve its environmental deregulation agenda. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:08:38

When Trump’s Solicitor General Talks, Justices Listen

6/13/2019

Bloomberg Law Editor, Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, discusses why Trump’s Solicitor General, Noel Francisco, has an almost perfect record this term on the recommendations he makes to the justices about what cases the Supreme Court should take up next term. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:08:39

Trump Allows Cuban Exile Lawsuits Over Lost Property

6/12/2019

Bloomberg News Miami bureau chief Jonathan Levin discusses lawsuits in U.S. courts by Cuban exiles to demand compensation for property lost to the communist government. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:07

Pressure from States’ Suit to Block T-Mobile, Sprint Merger

6/11/2019

Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the lawsuit by a group of states to block T-Mobile US Inc.’s proposed takeover of Sprint Corp. on antitrust grounds, putting pressure on the Justice Department as it nears a final decision on the merger of the two wireless carriers. She speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:02

RBG Hints Sharp Divisions Will Mark SCOTUS Term

6/10/2019

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the end of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term which include looming decisions that could affect the 2020 election and thrust the court even deeper into the nation’s political wars. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Duration:00:09:35