ASU Law Student Radio

ASU Law Student Radio

ASU Law Student Radio is a student organization based at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. We conduct, record, and distribute podcast interviews with professors, students, and attorneys for the ASU Law community and other law students across the country. If you have any comments or questions, or are interested in joining the team, feel free to email us at asulawradio@gmail.com

  1. 4 days ago

    Keeping Government in Check: Public Interest Litigation with Christina Sandefur

    Caption Christina Sandefur is the Executive Vice President of the Goldwater Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting key rights like free speech and private property. Goldwater keeps governments in check by bringing suit on behalf of everyday citizens facing crushing regulations and overreaching enforcement. You'll hear: — How the Goldwater Institute fights for important rights across the country. — Stories of real people that the Goldwater Institute has helped. — The Right to Try initiative, and how it preserves access to potentially life-saving treatments. — The greatest threats to Arizonans’ private property rights. Guest: Christina Sandefur, Executive Vice President at the Goldwater Institute Want the mic this semester? Reach out to us: asulawradio@gmail.com

    Keeping Government in Check: Public Interest Litigation with Christina Sandefur

  2. 20 Oct

    The Case That Took Down Big Tobacco: Lessons from the Attorney General Who Filed It

    The Case That Took Down Big Tobacco: Lessons from the Attorney General Who Filed It For forty years, every smoker who sued Big Tobacco lost. Juries always sided with the industry: you chose to smoke. Then in May 1994, a 41-year-old attorney general from Mississippi walked into a county courthouse with two other lawyers and a theory nobody had tried. Across the aisle sat sixty-eight tobacco lawyers. Four years later, the industry signed the largest civil settlement in American history, killed Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man, and paid the states $246 billion. Moore joins host Abdi Lopez to tell the story from the inside: the three-lawyer team that showed up to face sixty-eight tobacco lawyers at the first hearing, the governor who sued his own attorney general to stop the case, the whistleblower documents smuggled out in a girdle, the Jeffrey Wigand deposition dramatized in The Insider, and the negotiations with tobacco CEOs that led to the Master Settlement Agreement. Along the way, the conversation covers why forty years of individual smoker lawsuits failed and how changing the plaintiff from the smoker to the state beat the "you chose to smoke" defense; the novel claims of fraud, unjust enrichment, and restitution that replaced a traditional subrogation suit; the epidemiological evidence that let the state prove Medicaid costs statistically; and the attorney general's enforcement toolkit, including civil investigative demands, suing without class certification, and civil penalties, along with the criticisms that come with that power. Visiting contributor David Seligman, Executive Director of Towards Justice, stops by to add the private-enforcement perspective on class actions, forced arbitration, and why he believes now is not the time for law students to be cautious. Mike Moore served as Mississippi's attorney general from 1988 to 2004 and has since been a lead negotiator in the BP Deepwater Horizon and national opioid settlements. He practices at the Mike Moore Law Firm in Flowood, Mississippi. ASU Law Student Radio is a student organization at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Questions or want to get involved? Email asulawradio@gmail.com.

    The Case That Took Down Big Tobacco: Lessons from the Attorney General Who Filed It

  3. 16 Oct

    High Stakes Lawyering: Elections and Investigations with Kory Langhofer

    Caption Kory Langhofer handles high-stakes, bespoke political matters. He’s worked on a presidential campaign, advocated in ballot access matters, and advised targets of government investigation. His firm, Statecraft, is a boutique firm focused on providing a high level of service with a lean operation. Our conversation took us through his career, from federal prosecutor to working on the hail-mary Trump 2016 campaign. You'll hear: — What really happens on a presidential transition team. — The benefits of working for a boutique firm as opposed to a larger shop. — The biggest mistake people under federal investigation make. — Why Maricopa County takes so long to tally its votes compared to the rest of the country. Guest: Kory Langhofer, Managing Partner at Statecraft PLLC [tag Kory Langhofer + ASU Law] Want the mic this semester? Reach out to us: asulawradio@gmail.com

    High Stakes Lawyering: Elections and Investigations with Kory Langhofer

  4. 5 Oct

    From the Colorado to the Stars: Allocating our Most Valuable Resource - a Conversation with Rhett Larson

    Caption Every Arizonan has heard about the Colorado River crisis. But do you know where it originated? What the consequences will be if the negotiations fail? Professor Rhett Larson is an expert in water law, with a particular interest in water technology, transboundary waters, and sustainability. Ethan sat down with him to discuss the importance of water law, the Colorado River struggle, and water law issues beyond our borders (and our planet). You'll hear: — The historical origins of the Colorado River crisis (hint: don’t allocate water during a flood year). — How water law tends to stifle innovation, and how that can change. — Whether emerging technologies like desalination and cloud seeding are the future of water law. — How the foundations of a fight over water in space, straight out of science fiction, are being laid today. — Will water bring down the Iranian regime before American ordinance does? Mentioned in this episode: Just Add Water: Solving the World's Problems Using its Most Precious Resource (Rhett Larson, 2020 Oxford University Press); Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Marc Reisner, 1993 Penguin Random House); Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City (Andrew Ross, 2011 Oxford University Press); A Story that Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West (Russell Martin, 2017 University of Utah Press); Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest (William D. Rowley, 2000 Duke University Press)  Guest: Rhett Larson, Richard Morrison Professor of Water Law and senior research fellow with the Kyl Center for Water Policy at ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy. [tag Prof. Larson + ASU Law] Want the mic this semester? Reach out to us: asulawradio@gmail.com

    From the Colorado to the Stars: Allocating our Most Valuable Resource - a Conversation with Rhett Larson

  5. 17 Sept

    Learning from Giants: A Week with Justice Sotomayor in Barcelona — with Prof. Gerard Magliocca

    Caption What do you take away from a week in a seminar room with a sitting Supreme Court Justice? This past July, Abdi Lopez and Karen Meza Villegas studied Gideon, Barnette, Windsor, and Brown in Barcelona with Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Professor Gerard Magliocca — taught backwards. Trial record first, opinion last. A petition written in pencil from a Florida prison cell. A family prosecuted over a flag salute. A widow with a $363,000 tax bill. You know how these cases end. Do you know how they began? You'll hear: — What Justice Sotomayor says every advocate must begin with, and what she says you should know about every judge before you file. — The three kinds of arguments, according to the man who wrote Barnette. The third one is the one that haunts lawyers. — A student's question about a brief filed in Gideon more than sixty years ago, and the answer that came back the same day from the 91-year-old lawyer who wrote it. — Why the best opinion in a landmark case is sometimes not the Supreme Court's. — A message for law students, handwritten by one of the seven "fathers" of Spain's 1978 Constitution. — And advice for 1Ls that has nothing to do with doctrine. Mentioned in this episode: Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts (Thomson/West 2012). Guest: Gerard N. Magliocca, Distinguished Professor and Lawrence A. Jegen III Professor of Law, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law; 2026 Guggenheim Fellow. [tag Prof. Magliocca + ASU Law] Want the mic this semester? asulawradio@gmail.com

    Learning from Giants: A Week with Justice Sotomayor in Barcelona — with Prof. Gerard Magliocca

  6. 7 Sept

    Marriage: History, Rights, and Alternative Models with Prof. Kaiponanea Matsumura

    - Originally Published Feb 9, 2022. Today I spoke with Professor Kaiponanea Matsumura, an ASU Law professor and expert on family law and the intimate relationships it governs. We discussed the history of marriage, the rights that flow from it, and the rise of non-marital relationships. Take a listen. Hosted by Sam Lederman Contact us at asulawradio@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

    Marriage: History, Rights, and Alternative Models with Prof. Kaiponanea Matsumura

  7. 31 Aug

    Prosecuting Gang Murder with the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office

    - Originally Published Aug 3, 2022. In this episode, I spoke with Assistant Head Deputy District Attorney Michael Enomoto about how criminal street gangs work, why they kill, and how they can be deterred. This episode is a great primer for 2L's about to take Criminal Procedure and 1L's trying to find externship opportunities for next summer. Take a listen. Hosted by Sam Lederman Contact us at asulawradio@gmail.com with any comments or questions!

    Prosecuting Gang Murder with the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office

  8. 9 May

    Antitrust Law and the Algorithms that Set Your Rent: A Conversation with Professor Bilal Sayyed

    Antitrust law touches almost every aspect of everyday life, from Big Tech mergers all the way down to the price of groceries. But it’s a niche area of law that few law students, at least initially, decide to pursue. We sat down with ASU Law Professor Bilal Sayyed to talk about the goals of antitrust law and why it’s a great option for law students to pursue.  We ground our conversation in the ongoing suit filed by the Arizona Attorney General against RealPage, which uses data-driven algorithms to advise institutional real estate investors on rent prices. Arizona, along with several other states, thinks that this algorithmic “price-fixing” is bad for consumers - but is that the case? Could algorithmic price fixing even be a form of protected speech under the First Amendment? Professor Sayyed walks us through all this and more. In this episode: • Antitrust law, from the Sherman and Clayton Acts to the modern age  • How antitrust law balances consumer interests in competition and innovation • How RealPage operates, and how it represents a new frontier in anticompetitive practices • BigTech, AI, and emerging battlegrounds in antitrust law • Why students should get involved in antitrust. Bilal Sayyed is an adjunct professor at ASU Law and Counsel at Cadwalader. He also serves as Senior Competition Counsel at TechFreedom, and was the Director of the FTC Office of Policy Planning from 2018-2021. Professor Sayyed is an expert in antitrust law, competition, consumer protection, and privacy. Hosted by Abdi Lopez and Ethan Watson 📧 asulawradio@gmail.com #ASULaw #Antitrust #RealPage #PriceFixing #Competition #BigTech #FreeSpeech

    Antitrust Law and the Algorithms that Set Your Rent: A Conversation with Professor Bilal Sayyed
See All (22)

About

ASU Law Student Radio is a student organization based at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. We conduct, record, and distribute podcast interviews with professors, students, and attorneys for the ASU Law community and other law students across the country. If you have any comments or questions, or are interested in joining the team, feel free to email us at asulawradio@gmail.com

Information

  • Creator
    ASU Law Student Radio
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © ASU Law Student Radio
  • Show Website
    ASU Law Student Radio