The typically subdued and etiquette-filled sport of professional golf is anything but these days, as a highly contentious battle between the establishment PGA Tour and its newly formed rival LIV Golf has spilled into federal court. LIV and its players allege the PGA operates as a monopoly that violates antitrust laws, while the PGA insists it’s under attack from a well-funded venture that’s successfully luring PGA players away with highly lucrative contracts. On this week’s episode of Pro Say, we tee up a segment with Joseph Hanna, co-chair of Goldberg Segalla’s sports industry practice, to unpack this whole saga and help us make sense of it. Also this week: The Federal Circuit definitively decides that artificial intelligence can’t be named as inventors on patents; A former Twitter employee is found guilty of sharing data on users who were critical of the Saudi royal family; and finally, new research that shows judges sometimes channel their inner college freshman by using Wikipedia as a shortcut.

The trial to determine how much right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was adversarial, emotional, and at times downright bizarre. The proceedings saw both Jones and his legal team repeatedly reprimanded by the judge, while opposing counsel also delivered a bombshell about Jones’ lawyers inadvertently turning over evidence they tried to bury. On this week’s episode we welcome Law360’s Christine DeRosa to break down the surreal scenes coming out of the Texas courtroom. Also this week, Visa stays mired in a lawsuit over its alleged financing of child pornography, and the hosts take a look at a sweeping challenge to Trump-era China tariffs in the return of Trade Law With A-Law. Finally, the Tennessee judge already booted from an opioids case for being too outspoken gets suspended from the bench for a far more salacious infraction.

Texas federal Judge Alan Albright has spent the last few years turning his Waco court into a patent litigation hot spot. But one judge having that much power over IP cases brought scrutiny from lawmakers and Chief Justice John Roberts that came to a head when a new policy was announced to randomly assign patent cases filed in Waco to one of 12 judges. On this week’s episode, we’re joined by Law360 reporters Ryan Davis and Dani Kass to discuss the rise and fall of Albright’s patent court. Also this week, we talk about a $7 billion jury verdict against cable giant Spectrum over the stabbing death of an 83-year-old woman by one of the company’s field technicians; a former Fisher Phillips attorney who is facing the possibility of a new murder trial stemming from the shooting of his wife; and a no-good boyfriend who allegedly eavesdropped on the work of his BigLaw girlfriend to engage in insider trading.

A fairly mundane lawsuit over oil and gas royalties in West Virginia has been jolted by the revelation that the judge overseeing the case purportedly brandished a gun at an attorney who had previously tried to get him booted from the case. On this week’s all-host edition of Pro Say, the crew breaks down the truly wild development out of the Mountain State. Also on the show this week, Tesla is found negligent in a fiery car wreck that killed two teenagers, but assigned only 1% of the blame in the case; and New York law firm Kasowitz fights allegations that it helped to frame a woman for a hate mail campaign after she became involved in a neighborly dispute with one of the firm’s powerful clients. Finally, a California attorney gets smacked down after lobbing a vaguely coded sexist slur at two opposing female attorneys.

Elon Musk’s months-long dalliance with Twitter has finally spilled into court, as the social media platform sued the Tesla billionaire for backing out of his commitment to buy the company for $44 billion. With months of litigation likely ahead in Delaware’s notorious Court of Chancery, we welcome Law360 Delaware courts expert Leslie Pappas to unpack the complaint, the legal arguments from both sides and all the uncertainty of what happens next. Also this week, we discuss the sudden retirement of New York chief judge Janet Difiore in the midst of an ethics probe by the state’s judicial watchdog; the criminal fraud and conspiracy conviction of Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani as the Theranos drama winds down; and finally some more legal problems for the former stock trader who inspired the film “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

A Supreme Court term that by any measure was historic has concluded, and it takes a village of podcasters to untangle everything that happened. So this week, hosts from Pro Say team up with the hosts of The Term to discuss this momentous term. We take a look at the conservative supermajority’s turn toward originalism and the shifting power dynamics among the justices. We also dive into the biggest decisions of the term, from a trio of rulings about religion to a climate change fight that has big implications for administrative law, to blockbuster opinions on guns and abortion. And we end the show with a look at how the so-called “shadow docket” along with the abortion ruling leak and a break from stare decisis are causing some to question the court’s legitimacy moving forward.

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove constitutional abortion rights is not even a week old and already its reverberations are massive. This week, the Pro Say hosts bring you an all-Dobbs show to examine the immediate fallout from the court’s ruling. First, we look at the early reactions from the legal industry and corporate America, along with a spate of legal challenges in state courts across the country that have already put some new abortion restrictions on ice. Finally, the hosts break down what a post-Roe abortion landscape means for the workplace, from employee benefits implications to collective bargaining. And stay tuned to the Pro Say feed this week as we join forces with our sister show The Term on Friday to wrap up all the big news from a historic session at the Supreme Court.

It is blockbuster Supreme Court decision season, and this week was historic with rulings on abortion and gun rights. On Pro Say, we’ll explore the court's most consequential expansion of the Second Amendment in over a decade. Also this week, we're joined by Law360 senior reporter Xiumei Dong, who's been investigating an alarming spike in data breaches at smaller law firms; we discuss South Dakota's Attorney General who was removed from office after he killed a man with his car; and, finally, we dive in to the website of a small liquor company that's been blocked from selling its whiskey using hilarious descriptions and names inspired by Lehman Brothers. 

If you want to hear more about the takeaways from the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, check out a special episode of our sister show, Law360's The Term.

In a packed U.S. Supreme Court term with blockbuster issues like abortion rights, guns and religion some other key cases may have flown under the radar. So this week, we’re joined by appellate pro and Mayer Brown partner Andy Pincus to talk about a trio of employment arbitration rulings you should know. Also this week, we discuss an industry first where a defendant was served via NFT; touch down on some wisdom from the Burton Awards which honors achievements in the law; and consider the habeas corpus rights of elephants.

The legal fallout from Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of gymnasts took a new turn this week as more than 90 victims sued the FBI for botching the early stages of its investigation. The claims add to growing scrutiny over law enforcement’s purported oversights that allowed Nassar to evade scrutiny for years before he was eventually convicted. But the victims' path forward is murky, butting up against legal protections for federal law enforcement. We're joined by Law360 senior reporter Jack Queen to discuss the latest developments. Also this week, we discuss a law clerk being removed from a high-stakes IP case because of their ties to Google; how a hold out juror led to a mistrial in a fraud case against a man charged with looting a $25 million fund that was supposed to pay for the border wall; and a look at a copyright dust-up over the new Top Gun movie.