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Serious Trouble
An irreverent podcast about the law from Josh Barro and Ken White.
www.serioustrouble.show
Episodes
Serious TroubleReliable Liars
In some ways, George Santos is having a pretty good year. The congressman-elect's new salary is $174,000 a year, which is a lot more than he was making at the…
Serious TroubleHow To Be A Good Client
We talk a lot on this show about bad clients — people in legal trouble who disregard advice, talk when they should shut up, and generally make their lawyers'…
Serious TroubleAll About SBF
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Sam Bankman-Fried… boy, is he in serious trouble. He’s been indicted on…
Serious TroubleTweeting Through It
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Sam Bankman-Fried is in serious trouble! And he has a strategy: tweet…
Serious Trouble'taint tortious interference, 'taint actual malice, 'taint unregistered agency
In this episode of Serious Trouble, we discuss: - An order granting the New York Attorney General’s request for a monitor to oversee Trump Organization…
Serious TroubleSerious Trouble in the Chess World
We answer a listener question about what’s likely to happen to InfoWars, now that Alex Jones and his companies are subject to a $965 million defamation…
Serious TroubleMaking Attorneys Get Attorneys
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Someone close to attorney Christina Bobb is making sure reporters hear it…
Serious TroubleSnippy Judges, Busy Courtrooms
There’s been a lot of legal news in the last ten days, and so today’s show is on the long side: nearly an hour and it’s also free for all listeners in its full…
Serious Trouble11th Circuit Smackdown
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Whew, it’s been a big news week! Big enough that we had to record this…
Serious Trouble'Sir, this is a Hardee's, and you are served.'
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show If you are a lawyer, it is important to make sure you get paid for your…
Serious TroubleWe Can Have a Little of the Warrant Application, As a Treat
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Dear listeners, It’s another week of serious trouble! This week, Ken and…
Serious TroubleThe taint team is tainted, Trump alleges
It’s another action-packed week for Serious Trouble! On today’s episode, we talk about former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg’s plea deal that will…
Serious TroubleThe Mar-a-Lago Warrant
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Now we’ve seen the warrant! On this week’s show, we talk about the search…
Serious TroubleThey Even Broke Into My Safe!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Well, there’s been some serious trouble this week. The FBI executed a…
Serious TroubleAlex Jones and the Very Good, Totally Brutal Cross Examination
In this episode, Ken and Josh discuss the cross examination of Alex Jones in the trial that will determine the damages for the defamation claim on which he…
Serious TroubleConsider This a Target Letter
On this episode of Serious Trouble, we talk about developments in Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s investigation of efforts to steal Georgia’s electoral votes in…
Serious TroubleElon Musk, Chancery Courts, Specific Performance, and the Pride of Delaware
Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter. He doesn’t want to buy it anymore. Twitter wants to enforce the contract that requires him to buy the company, and so they’re…
Serious TroubleThe Return of Patsy Baloney
Ken and Josh discuss an apparent agreement for Pat Cippolone (or “Patsy Baloney,” if you ask an auto-transcription system) to talk with the January 6…
Serious TroubleSPECIAL EXTRA EPISODE: 'They're Not Here to Hurt Me'
Surprise! This is an extra, unscheduled episode of Serious Trouble, about some breaking news in investigations related to the January 6 riot — a federal search…
Serious TroubleSerious Trouble, Episode 2: Why Is It So Hard To Hold Police Accountable For Failures Like Uvalde?
To find episode notes, transcripts, a discussion thread and to become a subscriber (so that you receive all Serious Trouble episodes), visit us at…
Serious TroubleSerious Trouble, Episode 1: The Show, The January 6 Committee Hearings, And The Depp/Heard Trial
To get this episode into your premium RSS feed, please click the button below from your phone: Dear readers, Serious Trouble is not a Trump show — it’s a show…