The rule of law is essential to the flourishing of liberal democracy and capitalism. Yet, it is now under pressure in the United States, and corporate law firms are in the eye of the storm. Over the last few weeks, President Donald Trump has issued executive orders against several prominent law firms that represented his political adversaries and promoted di ... Show More
Feb 19
How Inequality Distorts the Law - ft. Katharina Pistor
If we want to understand why capitalism feels broken, do we need to stop looking at the economy and start looking at the legal code that underpins it? In our system, capital is often described as money, machinery, or raw materials. But Columbia Law School professor Katharina Pist ... Show More
48m 57s
Mar 2025
How Trump Is Scaring Big Law Firms Into Submission
<p>After engaging in a campaign of retribution against his enemies within the federal government, President Trump is turning to those outside of it.</p><p>Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what that retribution has looked like for a si ... Show More
24m 59s
Jun 2023
Justices To Hear 'Trump Too Small' Trademark Fight
<p>First Amendment law expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court taking up a trademark fight over the phrase, “Trump Too Small.” Labor law expert Kate Andrias, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court ruling against ... Show More
22m 52s
Apr 2025
The problem with running the government like a business
<p></p><br/><p>The idea that the government should be run more like a business isn’t new. But with two businessmen, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, now taking a proverbial chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy all in the name “efficiency,” this theory is being put to the test. While it ... Show More
35m 33s
Aug 2023
Lawyers Are Getting on More Corporate Boards
Wendeen Eolis, Chair/CEO of Eolis International Group, discusses why public companies are increasingly looking for lawyers to become corporate directors. Ethics law expert Arthur Hellman, a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, discusses the country’s oldest feder ... Show More
26m 17s