In this special English-language episode, Daniel Hund welcomes his former professor, Professor Samuel S. Estreicher of NYU School of Law.
Professor Estreicher’s life story is remarkable: born in a displaced persons camp in Germany to two Holocaust survivors, he later studied at Columbia and Cornell, clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court and became one of the leading scholars in U.S. labor and employment law.
In this conversation, Daniel and Sam discuss the major differences between German and U.S. employment law, employment at will, discrimination claims, jury trials, class actions and the risks European companies should understand when doing business in the United States.
They also speak about Sam’s personal relationship with Germany, his encounters with figures such as Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, the future of German industry, politics and immigration, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession.
A personal conversation between a former student and professor — spanning law, history, politics, business and more than five decades of experience.
This episode is recorded entirely in English.