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U.S. Judge Rules Citigroup Didn't Cheat Fund on Swap
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- David K. Bissinger, attorney at Siegmyer, Oshman & Bissinger LLP, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about a ruling by a federal judge that Citigroup Inc. the second-biggest U.S. bank by assets, did not force a hedg fund to make higher margin payments than necessary on a credit-default swap.
Hall & Oates Sues Warner Music Over `Maneater' Infringement
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- J. Michael Huget, vice president of Butzel Long, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about a lawsuit by the popular music duo Hall & Oates against Warner Music Group Corp. publishing unit claiming the company permitted copyright infringement of its 1982 song, ``Maneater.''
Bloomberg's Woolner Discusses State Bans on Gay Weddings
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Ann Woolner, Bloomberg's legal columnist, talks with June Grasso about state bans on same-sex weddings.
Obama, Democratic Senate Poised to Reshape Judiciary
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Douglas W. Kmiec, professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine University School of Law, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about the possible effects of Barack Obama's presidency on the U.S. Supreme Court and the appellate courts.
Mortgage-Fraud Executives Echo Enron Scandal, Woolner Says
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Ann Woolner, Bloomberg's legal columnist, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about criminal prosecutions for those involved in the mortgage fraud-crisis.
U.S. Company Lawyers Expecting Litigation Surge, Survey Shows
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Dillard, chair of global litigation department at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about the firm's survey showing U.S. companies anticipate increases in litigation and government investigations after a two-year decline.
`Tis the Season for Some Retailers to Go Bankrupt, Liquidate
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Jonathan Pasternak, a partner at Rattet, Pasternak Gordon Oliver LLP, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about why bankruptcies for retailers this year are different than in years past.
Patient Drug Suits Questioned at U.S. Supreme Court
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Benjamin Zipursky, a professor at Fordham Law School, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about why U.S. Supreme Court justices may give drugmakers a partial victory in lawsuits by patients injured by medicines approved for sale by the Food and Drug Administration. (Source: Bloomberg)
Defense Lawyers See Fee Increases From Lehman, Bear Collapses
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's June Grasso talks with Robert G. Morvillo, a partner at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer PC, and Alan Dershowitz, a professor at Harvard Law School, about the impact on defense attorney fees by the rising number of defendants and suspects in government probes of collapsed financial firms. Lynn M. LoPucki, a professor at UCLA and Harvard law schools, talks about the fees for bankruptcy cases stemming from financial firm collapses.
Musicians Ask McCain, Palin to Stop Playing Their Songs
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Michael S. Elkin, a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about artists Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Heart and Survivor, who are asking the McCain-Palin campaign to stop playing their songs without permission.
Woolner Scrutinizes McCain's Warning on Voter Fraud
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Ann Woolner, Bloomberg's legal columnist, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about details the Republican candidate John McCain gets wrong when he talks about voter fraud.
When Going Bankrupt Buy a Beach House as Shelter, Woolner Says
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ann Woolner, Bloomberg's legal columnist, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about bankruptcy law favoring landlords over homeowners when it comes to modifying mortgages.
Prosecutors in Subprime Probes Look to Enron, Refco Strategies
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Joseph A. Grundfest, W.A. Franke Professor of Law and Business at Stanford Law School, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about U.S. prosecutors adding employees to investigate New York-area financial firms for possible fraud.
Obama Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' to Monitor Election
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Nathaniel Persily, professor of law and political science at Columbia Law School, Charles H. Lichtman, Statewide Lead Counsel for the Florida Democratic Party and Hayden Dempsey, Florida Statewide Chair of Lawyers for McCain-Palin, talk with Bloomberg's June Grasso about the litigation game plans in the election strategies of Senators Barack Obama and John McCain.
Senator Stevens Takes Stand in Own Defense at Gift-Hiding Trial
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Robert A. Mintz, a partner at McCarter & English LLP, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, and the three-week trial at which the senator has taken the stand in his own defense.
No Spas, No Riches, No Reward for Failed Execs
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Ann Woolner, Bloomberg's legal columnist, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about troubled companies that give multi-million bonuses to executives without regard for their performances.
U.S. Justice Breyer Sheds Stocks, Can Hear More Cases
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Monroe H. Freedman, professor at Hofstra University School of Law, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about Justice Stephen Breyer and his wife selling many of their three dozen stocks, which reduces the conflict-of-interest issues that the U.S. Supreme Court has confronted in its last term.
Johnson & Johnson Settles Birth-Control Cases for $68 Million
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Michael A. Caddell, products liability attorney at Caddell & Chapman, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about Johnson & Johnson spending at least $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who suffered blood clots, heart attacks or strokes after using the company's Ortho Evra birth-control patch.
Obama, McCain May Use `10th Justice' to Influence Supreme Court
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas C. Goldstein, co-head of litigation and Supreme Court practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about the U.S. president's ability to influence the Supreme Court through his top courtroom lawyer, the solicitor general, who is informally known as the 10th justice.
Bush, Rove Firings Criticized in Justice Department Report
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Ann Woolner, Bloomberg's legal columnist, talks with Bloomberg's June Grasso about the firing of a group of U.S. attorneys in 2006, which President George W. Bush once said was ``appropriate'' and ``customary.''

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