In today's episode, we take a look at arbitration, an increasingly popular device being used to take disputes out of the courtroom. What might arbitration mean for you? Listen an...
2017-02-17 05:11:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In today's episode, we take a look at the ongoing status of Executive Order 13769 (often referred to as the "Muslim Ban"). What exactly did the 9th Circuit decide, and how does it affect th...
2017-02-14 03:39:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (B) -- that character evidence may be offered when it is relevant to the material facts of the case. Since character is at issue in this case, it can be proven by ...
2017-02-12 22:37:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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So Kellyanne Conway recommended we all b...
2017-02-11 03:57:39 +0000 UTC View Post
In today's episode, we take a look at the law of contracts, and particularly in the context of the recent lawsuit involving former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert.
We begin, however, with a relat...
2017-02-10 04:48:13 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, patrons, here's the deal:
We're going to have on a tax expert who has reviewed Presidential tax returns and he's going to tell us ALL about what we could learn (and what we can't learn) from D...
2017-02-07 19:44:16 +0000 UTC View Post
In today's episode, we examine one of the favorite policy recommendations of President Trump's Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos: the school voucher. What is it? Is it constitution...
2017-02-07 05:04:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (D) -- that the second cousin became the sole owner of the estate upon the death of the first cousin due to the right of survivorship. This requires you to know th...
2017-02-06 20:52:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In today's episode, we take a look at President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. The main segment was recorded before the announcement and reflects our guess (correctly!) that he wou...
2017-02-03 05:45:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a couple awesome bonus questions for patrons only, brought to you by HelloFresh.com ! Make sure to try it and use the promo ...
2017-02-02 05:13:33 +0000 UTC View Post
For the third installment of Law'd Awful Movies, we've returned to the king of terrible legal movies: John Grisham. Some people have tried to tell us that John Grisham has a law degree, or...
2017-02-01 05:58:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode revisits a question we tackled way back in Episode #16, namely, whether President Trump has the authority to enact his Muslim Ban.
We begin with an examination of the recent CREW law...
2017-01-31 05:06:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (A); that the landowner had a duty to warn. Thomas got this correct, and is now 6-for-8 (75%) and on an amazing five-question winning streak. &nbs...
2017-01-30 13:38:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode is part two of our two-part series on pending changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). As we've previously mentioned, in 2016, the Obama Department of Labor pr...
2017-01-27 18:23:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode is part one of a two-part series on pending changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). As we've previously mentioned, in 2016, the Obama Department of Labor promulgated ne...
2017-01-24 08:15:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (C). Thomas is now 5-for-7 (71%) and has earned that "Gentleman's C-" on the bar exam.
This question tested Thomas's knowledge of the exceptions to the hearsay r...
2017-01-22 21:14:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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2017-01-21 23:40:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode is part two of our two-part series on whether the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution applies to incoming President Donald Trump.
We begin, however, with a listener question f...
2017-01-20 08:26:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode is part one of a two-part series on whether the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution applies to incoming President Donald Trump.
We begin, however, by addressing another Trump-relat...
2017-01-17 06:03:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (C). Thomas is now 4-for-6 (67%) and is on an improbable winning streak.
This question tested whether you knew that a prenuptial agreement must be in writing to ...
2017-01-16 16:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode is a mini-masterclass on Copyright. We begin by answering a question from listener Sue Barnum who asks if a simple list can be copyrighted.
After that, we move to the main disc...
2017-01-13 08:37:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode begins with Breakin' Down the Law in which we discuss the recently-enacted "Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act," and whether the Act constitutes a significant legal prot...
2017-01-10 04:39:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (D). Thomas is now 3-for-5 (60%) and has never enjoyed this segment more.
This question tested whether you knew that the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of pro...
2017-01-09 16:33:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's episode begins with a question from Adrien Thuren about the minimum wage. How come restaurants can seemingly pay wait staff less than minimum wage? And if that's legal, why don't o...
2017-01-06 06:30:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the first Opening Arguments of 2017, and the first episode on our new two-episode-per-week schedule. Just a reminder: we will be releasing these episodes on Tuesday...
2017-01-03 05:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (B). Thomas is now 2-for-4 (50%) and is feeling cautiously optimistic about the next question.
This question was asking a basic principle of law: does the ...
2017-01-02 04:29:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe answer to the question was (C). Thomas is now 1-for-3 (33%) and is nervously wondering whether law school was the right move or not.
Thomas chose (D), which earns him no points for predict...
2016-12-27 00:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
We are terrible, horrible people. We have taken a beloved holiday classic -- in fact, Andrew's sister's favorite holiday movie -- and done awful, terrible things to it. And ...
2016-12-25 04:32:33 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a two-episode week! In this week's Wednesday episode, we are joined by Tom & Cecil of the Cognitive Dissonance podcast ...
2016-12-21 07:17:32 +0000 UTC View Post