Aug 26, 2021
We're back at the U.S.-Mexico border, this time to discuss firearms smuggling. Mexico is suing multiple prominent U.S. gun manufacturers in federal court, alleging negligence and other torts. Does the lawsuit have a chance at succeeding on the merits? We discuss the background of the case, what Mexico's aims are...
Aug 19, 2021
Court sanctions were not enough to prevent attorney Richard Liebowitz from filing lawsuit after lawsuit on behalf of photographers alleging copyright infringement. The problem is Liebowitz also routinely falsely claimed his clients registered their copyrights prior to filing lawsuits, lied to the court, and violated...
Aug 12, 2021
SCOTUS has been handing down summary decisions without public deliberation (sometimes in the middle of the night) regularly for the last several years. Law professor William Baude coined these procedurally variant decisions the Supreme Court's "shadow docket." FindLaw's new Sr. Editor Vaidehi Mehta joins the show for...
Aug 5, 2021
We're back with Paul Hjellming, our former sound engineer, who has some . . . interesting legal takes he pulled from Twitter. We talk about why juries don't get transcripts of witness testimony and other court proceedings and whether it's legal for retailers to deny cash payments. All this while doing an admirable job...