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When "Swifties went through the wringer to get tickets to Taylor Swift's  "The Eras Tour," one among them was not about to "Shake it Off," when she saw what she thought was a potential pattern of fraudulent behavior and antitrust violations by Ticketmaster. That fan was attorney Jennifer Anne Kinder. Kinder is one Swifty who is now saying to the ticket-selling behemoth..."Look What You Made Me Do," launching  lawsuits, websites and a social and traditional media campaign to #takedownticketmaster.
 
 Bob, ever on the lookout for inadequate antitrust regulation or enforcement...and like all of us...LONGS for the days when concerts were affordable enough to enjoy frequently...asked Jennifer to join him to sort out the issues.
 
 What started as a way to shut out scalpers, she says, has resulted in complete reduction in power for the average consumer in the live entertainment ecosystem. 
 
And Kinder is not stopping with Swift fans...having also sued on behalf of fans of Beyonce. Look for more action on behalf of heavy metal, classical, EDM, & rap fans.

 Sounds like some real “Vigilante Sh*t!”  Listen In!

More articles:
Sorry, There's No Such Thing as a “Fair" Ticket Price in an Age of Income Inequality, Consequence of Sound, March 27, 2023.

Senate Judiciary Committee sends warning to Ticketmaster over Beyoncé tour tickets, The Hill, February 2, 2023.

Justice Dept. Is Said to Investigate Ticketmaster’s Parent Company, New York Times, January 24, 2023.

Live Nation subsidiaries got millions in aid meant for independent venues, Washington Post, May 22, 2022.

Live Nation, a company behind Astroworld, has a long history of safety violations, NPR, November 8, 2021.

U.S. and Plaintiff States V. Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and Live Nation, Inc., The United States Department of Justice, January 28, 2020.

Ticketmaster / Live Nation merger: Azoff and Rapino talk paperless ticketing, dynamic pricing, Ticket News, September 10, 2009. (Note: dynamic pricing was always the goal!)

Big Music vs. Fans and Artists, New York Times, February, 8, 2009.

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According to Investopedia...which ranks and reviews a whole range of financial services and products, LegalShield was the top overall "online legal service," in the U.S. in 2022.

What is an online legal service and why does that matter?  

Should you use one?

Recently LegalShield named a new CEO. Warren Schlichting is a veteran technology and media executive with experience at places such as Sling TV and Dish Network.

Bob wanted to meet Warren, learn more about his plans for LegalShield and talk about the future of legal services...and how this company fits in.

More and more, consumers and businesses are understanding that traditional legal service delivery models are not only outdated, but they don't serve a large portion of the public.  How much does LegalShield address these issues?

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There's a reason movies like Knives Out...and Glass Onion are so popular. Human nature never comes more to the surface then at the time of a death...particularly if there is an e$tate involved!

How realistic are those movies? Is there really a will reading? Can there really be a dramatic change of plans at the last minute?

Come learn about the probate process as Estate Planning lawyer and podcast guest host extraordinaire (yes she does have a "knife out" for Bob's job...) Sarah Clifford interviews the master himself...BOB! Taking him through the dramatic scenes and circumstances of the Knives Out movie to see what is really real and what is fiction.

Bob, whose aspirations include the movie business himself...is a seasoned probate litigator who prides himself on telling his clients...and his listeners in 86 countries...exactly how it is. So come get the real script.

While it is not necessarily true to the movies, Bob says probate litigation rarely lacks drama and often is full of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

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Every day we encounter the law.

Sometimes we need a lawyer. Often, accessing quality legal assistance - truly good lawyers who know what they are doing, backed by the resources of a law firm - is beyond the resources of the everyday person or podcast listener.

What is there to do?

Millions of Americans and Canadians have filled this gap by becoming members of LegalShield or finding other ways to access lawyers. When someone has this service...where they can call in and talk with a lawyer,  what is it like to be a lawyer handling those calls?

Do those lawyers get results? 

Bob talks to access to justice warrior Ingrid Carlin, who has been helping people for years, to get the real life stories of the law helping real people.

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Ever wonder how those incredible movies get financed?  How all the deals go together?  How your favorite stars get paid?

Ever wonder what happens to all those amazing endorsement deals when an entertainer goes a little cray, commits a crime, or embarrasses himself and all the brands he represents?

Do the music and movie stars really put a lot of crazy things in their contracts?

One of the biggest trials of 2022 was the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial (which spawned a movie in and of itself).  How will Depp rehabilitate his brand? Is it possible?

In this episode Bob interviews the lawyer working on his latest project, Bianca Goodloe...who has more movie credits as a lawyer (think projects like Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Harry Potter) than most actors! Also joining in this blockbuster episode is attorney Caroline Mankey, another Hollywood lawyer who represents motion picture studios and production companies, major media companies, film libraries, actors, comedians, television personalities, musicians, and artists.

Now the real question...Can these amazing guests get Bob in a movie?  Listen in to find out!

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It's the holiday season and you're flying your "slay" down the freeway at lightening speed to deliver your gifts...but GRINCH pulls you over...and in a flash of non-holiday red and blue light, your life is no longer merry! What next?

Let's listen in as Bob talks with one of the best traffic lawyers on this topic.  Welcome Julie O'Connor!

Can you get a traffic ticket "fixed?"

What should you do when you are pulled over?

Do the police actually have quotas?

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Imagine a bar fight. Imagine someone getting killed and someone getting indicted for the crime by a Grand Jury. Imagine now, that one vital piece of evidence – a clear cut self defense argument – is never presented to the Grand Jury by the prosecutor…Is That Even Legal?  A trial court said it was.  The Arizona Supreme Court said…no!

 Grand Juries are in the news every day. They are impaneled against politicians, business titans and others suspected of crimes.  Their job is to determine whether a crime was committed and whether the person being investigated likely committed the crime.

 The word indicted can end your career, your professional and even your private life. How does the Grand Jury process work? What happens when it doesn’t?

 The all too common saying that you can “indict a ham sandwich,” has a very distasteful meaning when you consider the impacts of being indicted.

 Your amazing host, Bob became very curious about this process…and particularly the story of the bar fight.  Attorney Jesse Smith, who won the appeal before the AZ Supreme Court – earning his client a new Grand Jury – is Bob’s guest. 

 Here is  more on the underlying case… WILLIS v. BERNINI

 From the AZ Supreme Court:

"In  this  case,  we clarify the  due  process  rights  of  a  person  under  investigation  before  a  grand  jury,  the  duties  of  a  prosecutor  to present evidence for the grand jury’s consideration in determining whether to  issue  an  indictment,  and  the  standard  for  what  constitutes  “clearly exculpatory” evidence, especially with regard to a justification defense.

 ¶2We  hold  that  the  Arizona  Constitution  guarantees  a  person  under grand jury investigation a due process right to a fair and impartial presentation  of  clearly  exculpatory  evidence  and that  a  prosecutor  has  a  duty, even in the absence of a specific request, to present such evidence to a  grand  jury.    We  also  affirm that  evidence  is  clearly exculpatory if  it  would   deter   a   grand   jury   from   finding   probable   cause   to   issue   an   indictment as initially stated in State v. Superior Court(Mauro),  139 Ariz. 422, 425 (1984).   

 Finally,  we  hold  that  clearly  exculpatory evidence includes evidence relevant  to  a  justification  defense  that  would  deter  a  finding  of  probable cause."

 Read more: https://www.azcourts.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=-q-5mzI4S0k%3D&portalid=45

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Maybe you have never heard of home title fraud or deed fraud?  In today's crazy real estate market, you should be aware...and be prepared. 

 You’ve probably heard about it through commercials in the media trying to get you to buy products to protect yourself from title fraud.

 Should you be scared?

In this first episode of Season 3, Bob visits with real estate lawyer and title guru Jesi Wolnik to get the real facts about title fraud...something she has dealt with a lot as a lawyer.

What are we talking about here? (hat tip The Better Business Bureau):

Home title fraud happens when someone obtains the title to your property and changes ownership from your information to theirs.  The scary part is, you may not even realize it has happened until it’s too late.

How the Scam Works:

Scammers will choose a house, sometimes a second home, rental or vacant house. They then gather your personal information from the internet or elsewhere, and take over your identity to assume the role of property owner or claim to represent you.  They file the necessary paperwork to transfer ownership of your property to themselves, using forged signatures and fake identification. They then sell the home or borrow against the equity.  You might not even know this has happened until a lender starts to send letters of foreclosure on your home due to failure to make payments.

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Subdivisions with no water?  Arizona groundwater being sold to benefit Saudi Arabia?

Who is in charge here? We are in a water crisis in the West, but the building doesn't stop.  How does the law work?

What in the law is being done about future calamity?

From Arizona State University News Service: The Colorado River provides water for millions of acres of irrigation and some 40 million people in tribes and cities in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, California, Wyoming, Utah and Mexico. But the literal wellspring of the Southwest region’s vitality is drying up, and fast.

We’re already in the second year of allocation cuts, which directs how much states can draw from the Colorado River, and deeper cuts are on the way. A “Tier 1 shortage” has already been declared, but the feds have recently indicated that a Tier 2 shortage may be declared by the end of this year, mandating larger cuts, especially to Arizona.

The Bureau of Reclamation has already asked basin states and tribes to give them suggestions for how to cut 2 million to 4 million more acre-feet of water consumption per year to keep the river’s largest storage reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, from falling to dead pool and becoming unusable.

Time to talk agua.  Bob's guest is Michele Van Quathem, a leading water lawyer.

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The nation's leading legal podcast - coming to you from Arizona - is interviewing that state's attorney general candidates. Last week it was Abe Hamadeh.

In this episode it's Kris Mayes.  She promises to depoliticize the AG's office and be for all the people. 

Mayes brings experience as an elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, a lawyer and law professor. 

Her time at the ACC she says gave her experience in water, energy and other issues vital to the state. She also would be Arizona's first "mom," AG. 

 Should she be elected?  That is for you decide! Listen in!