Category: Podcast

NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith Doesn’t Stick to Sports | Miranda Warnings

Smith discusses the role NFL players can take within their communities by getting involved in the political process as well as some of the tangible things players have negotiated with NFL owners including using several NFL stadiums as polling sites, giving the players off on Election Day and how proud he is of players continuing to find ways to protest.

Modern Government is Under Legal Assault with Cass Sunstein | Miranda Warnings

Cass Sunstein, founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School joins David to talk about how the structure of modern government is under legal assault, the eight ways Rule of Law fails and what can be done to transform the Department of Justice into a more independent agency.

The Civil Case Against Harvey Weinstein, the NCAA and the University of Southern California with Elizabeth Fegan | Miranda Warnings

Elizabeth Fegan, lead counsel for several plaintiffs in a civil suit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, joins David to discuss what the likelihood of her case becoming a class action suit, how Weinstein’s bankruptcy will impact any future successful judgments, and how his upcoming trial in Los Angeles could delay key aspects of the civil suit.

The Supreme Court Goes Digital, Kind Of with Professor Vincent Bonventre

Albany Law Professor Vincent Bonventre returns to discuss the unique term just concluded by the United States Supreme Court, some of the landmark decisions, and the role Chief Justice Roberts is playing on his court. Vincent Bonventre is the Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School and he returns to … Continued