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Bloomberg Law
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.
Episodes
Bloomberg LawAre Boat Strikes Legal & Right to Counsel
National security law expert Matthew Waxman, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug…
Bloomberg LawOregon & Illinois Sue Trump & Senior Leaders Exit DOJ
Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses lawsuits over the Trump administration sending National Guard…
Bloomberg LawNew SCOTUS Term & Thomas Disses Precedent
Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term. Constitutional law professor…
Bloomberg LawTrump Can't Fire Fed's Cook Now & Oregon Sues Trump
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the Supreme Court refusing to allow President Trump to immediately fire Federal…
Bloomberg LawUpcoming Cases at the Supreme Court
Former United States Solicitor General Gregory Garre, a partner at Latham & Watkins, discusses the upcoming Supreme Court term from cases over tariffs and…
Bloomberg LawJustice Thomas Cautions Against Following Precedent
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown law, discusses conservative Justice Clarence Thomas cautioning against relying on precedent…
Bloomberg LawTrump Can Withhold Billions in Foreign Aid & Trial Lawyers' Warning
Constitutional law expert Suzanne Goldberg, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s conservatives allowing the Trump…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Comey Indicted, Wind Farms & Hate Speech
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Environmental law expert…
Bloomberg LawTrump Urges Prosecution of Enemies & Luigi Mangione
Former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth, a professor at Cardozo Law School, discusses President Trump calling on his Attorney General to prosecute his political…
Bloomberg LawThe $100,000 Visa for Skilled Foreign Workers
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the changes President Trump is proposing in the H-1B visas for skilled foreign…
Bloomberg LawDid Amazon Trick Customers & Kimmel Returns
Matthew Schettenhelm, Bloomberg Intelligence litigation & government analyst, discusses the FTC’s trial against Amazon and Jimmy Kimmel’s return to…
Bloomberg LawHate Speech Is Free Speech
First Amendment expert Timothy Zick, a professor at William & Mary Law School, discusses hate speech and why it’s protected by the First Amendment…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Judges Threatened, Sacred Tribal Site & Death Penalty
Bloomberg legal reporter Madlin Mekelburg discusses the case against Tyler Robinson for the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Retired appellate…
Bloomberg LawJudges Speak Out About Threat to Constitution
Retired federal judges Andre Davis, formerly of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Paul Michel, formerly of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, discuss…
Bloomberg LawTribal Suits Over Sacred Sites & EPA Weakens Regs
Jennifer Novak, an environmental attorney in California, discusses the EPA no longer requiring big polluters to report. Heather Whiteman Runs Him, director of…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Racial Profiling, SCOTUS Changes & DC Grand Juries Resist
June Grasso discusses the top law stories of the week with legal experts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg LawInside ICE Detention & Trump Tariffs at SCOTUS
Professor Elora Mukherjee, the director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, discusses the Supreme Court decision on immigration…
Bloomberg LawSCOTUS Moves to the Right & Lisa Cook Firing Blocked
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses President Trump appealing a court order blocking him from firing Federal Reserve…
Bloomberg LawSCOTUS Lifts Restrictions on ICE Stops in LA
David Harris, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and an expert in racial profiling, discusses the Supreme Court lifting the restrictions on…
Bloomberg LawDC Grand Jurors Reject Charges & Chief Justice Okays FTC Firing
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Chief Justice allowing President Trump to fire the only Democratic…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Google, Wartime Act & Chicago Bracing
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top law stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg LawTrump Can't Use Wartime Law for Deportations
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses an appeals court blocking Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport…
Bloomberg LawGoogle Dodges An Antitrust Bullet & Calls for RFK Jr to Resign
Antitrust law expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses a federal judge ruling that Google doesn't have to sell its Chrome web browser in an…
Bloomberg LawTrump Loses on Tariffs & Sending Troops Into Los Angeles
Professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses a federal judge finding that Trump sending troops to Los Angeles was illegal under federal…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Fed Legal Fight, Flag Burning & Grant Cuts
June Grasso talks to leading experts about the top legal stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg LawFed Governor Sues Trump & Cashless Bail
Elliott Stein, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, discusses Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit to stop President Trump from firing her. Vida…
Bloomberg LawTrump Wants to Jail Flag Burners
David Cole, a professor at Georgetown Law who represented flag burners in landmark Supreme Court decisions, discusses President Trump's executive order…
Bloomberg LawTrump Moves to Fire Fed Governor & Threatens Chicago
Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses President Trump firing Fed Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and threatening to deploy the…
Bloomberg LawSCOTUS Allows Cuts of Millions in Research Grants
Constitutional law professor David Super of Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration to cut off hundreds of millions of…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Voting by Mail, Unions Back Off & Sandwich Guy
June Grasso talks to the experts about the top legal stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg LawTrump $464 Million Penalty Tossed & New Citizenship Hurdle
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the latest immigration issues. Constitutional law professor Harold Krent, a…
Bloomberg LawVoting By Mail & Social Media Promote FBI Arrests
Constitutional law professor Rick Pildes of NYU Law School, discusses President Trump’s pledge to get rid of voting by mail. National security expert…
Bloomberg LawUnions Wait on Elections & $30 Million Pardon Scheme
Anne Lofaso, a professor at the University of Cincinnati Law School and an expert in labor law, discusses the significant drop in union elections since Trump…
Bloomberg LawTrump Wants to Cut Down Forests & Redistricting Battles
Professor Pat Parenteau of the Vermont Law & Graduate School, an expert in environmental law, discusses the Trump administration wanting to cut down untouched…
Bloomberg LawCalifornia and DC Sue Trump
Three Republican-led states said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital to bolster the Trump…
Bloomberg LawJudge Skeptical of Trump Suit Against All Federal Judges in Maryland
Constitutional law professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses the Trump administration's lawsuit against every federal judge in…
Bloomberg LawSCOTUS Could Narrow Bribery Law & Military in DC and LA
Former federal prosecutor Mark Chutkow, a member of Dykema Gossett, discusses how Michael Madigan’s appeal of his corruption conviction, could lead to…
Bloomberg LawCalifornia vs Trump & Big Beautiful Bill
Claire Finkelstein, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert on war powers and national security law, discusses the trial in San…
Bloomberg LawTrump Takes Over DC & Tariffs on Drugs
George Derek Musgrove, a professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, discusses President Trump taking control of D.C.’s police…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Texas Maps, ICE Profiling & Agency Power
June Grasso discusses the biggest legal stories of the week with top legal experts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg LawChallenge to the FTC's Independence
William Kovacic, former FTC Chairman and a Professor at the George Mason University School of Law, discusses the implications of President Trump’s attack…
Bloomberg LawFederal Workers Can Promote Religion & Lawyers Quit Over Principles
Stephanie Barclay, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Trump administration memo encouraging proselytizing in the federal workplace. Justin Henry…
Bloomberg LawThe Voting Rights Act Is in Jeopardy
Elections law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court considering outlawing the use of race in drawing voting maps. June…
Bloomberg LawNo More Racial Profiling by ICE in Los Angeles
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the 9th Circuit ruling upholding a judge’s order barring racial profiling by…
Bloomberg LawFed Governor Resigns & Tariff Battles
Kathryn Judge, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the resignation of Fed Reserve board member Adriana Kugler. Jimmy Gurule, a professor at Notre…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: Attack on Judges, Chaos in NJ Courts & Ghislaine Maxwell
June Grasso talks to legal experts about the top law stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg LawJustice Department Escalates Fight with Judiciary
Constitutional law expert David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Trump administration ratcheting up its attacks on the federal judiciary…
Bloomberg LawPlanned Parenthood Win & Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal to the Supreme…
Bloomberg LawNew Jersey Criminal Courts Frozen
Anne Joseph O’Connell, a professor at Stanford Law School, discusses the controversy over Alina Habba, Trump’s personal lawyer picked to lead the…
Bloomberg LawSanctuary Challenges & Little League Visas Denied
Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Trump administration suing sanctuary cities and denying visas to the…
Bloomberg LawTrump vs Federal Judges, Retaliatory Redistricting & Tattoo Lawsuit
Retired federal judge Andre Davis, a member of Keep Our Republic’s Article III Coalition, discusses the Trump administration’s unprecedented…
Bloomberg LawJudges Doubtful About Kat von D Tattoo Copyright Win
Intellectual property litigator Terence Ross, a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, discusses Ninth Circuit oral arguments with the judges finding problems with…
Bloomberg LawEpstein Files Meltdown & Climate Change
Dave Aronberg, former Palm Beach County State Attorney, discusses the second in command at the Justice Department going to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s…
Bloomberg LawConviction Reversed in Etan Patz Case & Texas Redistricting
Former New York prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Paul Callan, Of Counsel at Edelman & Edelman, discusses the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversing…
Bloomberg LawTrump vs Wall Street Journal & Harvard vs Trump
Defamation attorney Jeff Lewis discusses President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal. Jodie Ferise, a partner…
Bloomberg LawEpstein Files Distraction & ICE Racial Profiling
Former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English, discusses the Trump administration’s request to open the grand jury transcripts…
Bloomberg LawWeekend Law: DOE Dismantled, Afghan Reprieve & Mega Deals
June Grasso talks to the legal experts about the top stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bloomberg LawAfghan Reprieve & Democrats Storm Out
Samuel Siegel, Senior Counsel at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law, discusses their lawsuit, on behalf of CASA…
Bloomberg LawA $63 Billion Week in Deals Cleared
Antitrust expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses the FTC and Justice Department clearing 3 deals worth more than $63 billion during the…
Bloomberg LawSCOTUS Repeated Rulings for Trump
Constitutional law scholar David Super, a professor at Georgetown Law, discusses the Supreme Court granting all of President Trump’s 15 emergency…