Climate Change, Environment, Science and the Law

On this episode of Cut to the Chase:, industry expert David Levy goes over the basics of regulations in the maritime industry. In light of the Ever Given's running aground in the Suez Canal and causing untold disruptions in cargo shipment around the world, this timely show gives us a good understanding of how regulations work in the industry and the forecast for how the industry intends on decarbonizing it's impact.

In this episode of Cut to the Chase:, I bring back insurance savant (or guru-your call) Jon Singer to explain what the drivers for Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Grubhub and all the ride sharing companies need to pay attention to regarding if they are properly and adequately insured during the times that they "flip the switch" and begin their sessions. Don't think that your auto insurance policy for your vehicle covers you during these ride sharing sessions. Listen to Johnny tell you what you need to do to protect yourself while trying to make some $$$$

In this episode of Cut to the Chase:, attorney Mike Burns comes back to bring the latest news in the largest mass tort litigation ever-the 3M earplug case which damaged the hearing of nearly a million of our soldiers. The 3rd trial just ended and the 5th soldier's case resulted in victory for the soldier of over $1 million. Plus Mr. Burns updates us on settlement talks between the parties.

On this episode of Cut to the Chase:, Dr. Adam Leibovich reveals his biased top 10 unknowns in physics. Leibovich, a particle physics professor at the University of Pittsburgh lets us know mysteries in the universe that the scientific world still has not figured out. These unknowns reveal just how vast and complex the planet is to us mere mortals. A complicated episode for sure, yet we get a few fun nuggets in the episode including how to make a million dollars and a Leibovich family nugget in the scientific world.

In this episode of Cut to the Chase:, Commissioner Eileen Higgins of District 5 in Miami Dade County goes over the County's new fertilizer ordinance and the County's recycling program. The fertilizer ordinance is designed to help out our environment by making sure our fertilizers don't end up washed away in Biscayne Bay and other significant bodies of water only to deprive them of oxygen. The recycling program needs to be understood and for the word to get out about how best to recycle things here in Miami Dade County. The government is doing its best to protect our environment but it takes two to tango so this episode is designed to get the local citizens to know how to do their part.

In this episode of Cut to the Chase:, I bring back Mike Burns to discuss the results of the 4th case to go trial in the Mass Tort litigation involving 250,000 soldiers against 3M regarding an earplug that 3M sold the U.S. Army for it's soldiers to use to protect their hearing in combat. Over 1 million soldiers are suffering hearing loss, tinnitus or both after using the earplug that they allege was defective. The first 3 cases that went to trial last month ended up with a victory for 3 soldiers. Listen to Mike Burns, one of the attorneys trying these cases, explain what is the significance of these first 4 jury decisions and what happens next.

On this episode of Cut to the Chase:, I bring back Dr. Salzberg, a statistician who has been crunching Covid numbers. One month ago, he came on this show and predicted that the United States would reach herd immunity after 50% of it's population was totally vaccinated. Well the CDC has relaxed masking guidelines and it appears that Dr. Salzberg was indeed correct, if not perhaps a bit too conservative. Let's listen to his analysis and also why his take on the J & J vaccine pause was spot on and his position on schools opening and the impact on the children.

In this episode of Cut to the Chase:, I bring back master mass tort lawyer Marcus Susen for his 2nd episode in the series How Pharma Screws Women. After helping to secure a $1.6 billion settlement for tens of thousands of ladies concerning injuries sustained as a result of the essure contraceptive, Marcus is now focusing on paragard. After a short discussion on what makes a tort a mass tort, as opposed to a class action or a regular individual action, Marcus explains what is happening with paragard. You don't want to miss out.

On this episode of Cut to the Chase:, I bring back Kimberly Adams from Levin, Papantonio to discuss the Class Action she filed against Pornhub to curb the pornography industries continual usage of minors and other unsuspecting victims as Pornhub lines its pockets at these victims expense. Listen how Ms. Adams plans to rectify this evil. She is also tackling sex trafficking as well, which we cover on an earlier episode.

In this episode of Cut to the Chase:, I bring on a casting director-Mike Pepino. He discusses what it is about law in the movies that is so captivating and what it reveals about us. We focus in on the recent craze of new movies being released on the Netflixes of the world, instead of movie theatres during this time period. And focus on Chicago 7, which in some ways is similar to our current time. Spoiler alert---although we don't give away too much of Chicago 7, maybe you watch that first and then Cut to the Chase: