Robert Ambrogi Blog
As I reported earlier this week, The American Lawyer is out with the Am Law 100, its 31st annual ranking of the 100 highest-grossing U.S. law firms. On the latest episode of our legal-affairs podcast Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we are joined by Gina Passarella, the magazine’s editor-in-chief, and Nicholas Bruch,…
This Week on the Lawyer 2 Lawyer Podcast: The Florida School Shooting and Gun Laws
In the wake of yet another mass shooting — this time the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 were killed and many others injured — we again look at gun laws and what can be done to curb such tragedies in the future. Our guests for…
On Lawyer 2 Lawyer: FISA and the Nunes Memo
The release of a four-page memo created by Republican staffers and House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes alleging abuse of surveillance authority by the Justice Department and FBI has unleashed a firestorm of controversy. The Nunes memo alleges that the FBI may have relied on “politically motivated or questionable sources” to obtain a Foreign Intelligence…
Podcast: Dealing With The Flood Of Legal Problems Caused By The Las Vegas Mass Shooting
The Oct. 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded. In the wake of that terrible tragedy, victims and their families have been left to deal with a host of very real legal issues, ranging from probate matters to insurance…
Free Speech, Hate Speech and Censorship: Conversation with Eugene Volokh and Rob Bertsche
In our latest episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look at the contours of free speech, hate speech, censorship and the First Amendment. Can and should hate speech be shut down? Can and should the president block followers on Twitter? Who gets to decide what speech is allowed?
We have a fascinating…
On Our Lawyer2Lawyer Podcast: The Legal Limits of Trump’s Pardon Power
When we recorded our Lawyer2Lawyer episode on the presidential pardon power, we had no idea President Trump would pardon Joe Arpaio, the controversial former Arizona sheriff. Our focus was Trump’s possible use of the pardon power in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion with Russia. But with this…
On Lawyer2Lawyer: Trump’s Ban and the Legal Rights of Transgenders in the Military
In a series of tweets on July 26, President Trump announced that “after consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.”
Transgender service members have officially been allowed to openly serve…
Podcast: Dissecting the Cosby Mistrial and What’s Next for the Criminal Case
After a six-day trial and a “hopelessly deadlocked” jury, the judge declared a mistrial in the prosecution of comedian Bill Cosby for the alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand. What happened to bring about a mistrial and what is the future of this case? This is our topic this week on the legal-affairs podcast…
Podcast: As Mass. Dismisses 21,000 Drug Cases, We Look at Problems in Drug Labs
On April 18, in the largest simultaneous dismissal of cases in U.S. history, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court dismissed more than 21,000 low-level drug cases connected to the drug lab scandal that involved Annie Dookhan, a former chemist of a Massachusetts crime lab who admitted to falsifying evidence. After an investigation into Annie Dookhan…
Podcast: Trump’s Repeal of Online Privacy Protections
This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we look at President Trump’s repeal of internet privacy rules promulgated last year by the FCC. The repeal means that internet service providers can now sell customer usage data without their consent. We explore the legal and privacy issues with two guests:…