Practical Guidance Podcast

After the US District Court threw out the U.S. women's national soccer team's fair pay claim in May of 2020, the Team appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate their wage claim against the U.S. Soccer Federation.  A decision is expected in 2022 and there is great interest in how this case will play out in other workplaces.  Bernard G. Dennis, III, an attorney in the Washington, D.C. Region office of Jackson Lewis P.C., discusses the U.S. women's case and the potential ripple effects of this decision on labor law. 

Highly lauded entertainment attorney, Victoria Cook(of Frankfurt Kurnit) weighs in on the changes to the film and television market in light of Covid and the ways the market is shifting based on online consumption. Are theatrical releases dead? Has Tiger King created an insatiable thirst in viewers for documentary series/film? Is Hollywood finally recognizing that there is a meaningful desire from the public for content exploring the diversity in our world?  

The recent cyberattacks on network management company “Solarwinds,” the pipeline hack and other recent breaches brought cybersecurity back to the forefront of many attorney and companies' minds. The Biden administration followed up these attacks with an executive order delving into our nation's policies on cybersecurity and recently spoke with Putin on the topic.  In this episode we speak with Andreas T. Kalsounis of Baker Hostetler.  Andreas co-leads the firm’s national Digital Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity Team and has worked with corporations on some of the largest publicly reported breach cases.  Today we discuss Solarwinds and how cyber threats are changing the ways companies and countries conduct business.

The Smartmatic lawsuit against Fox News, Rudolph Giuiliani, Lou Dobbs and others arose out of the 2020 Presidential election and allegations of voter fraud. Since its inception, this billion dollar defamation/freedom of speech case has been a dominant player in the news. First Amendment legend and life-long absolute protector of free speech, Martin Garbus, weighs in on the Smartmatic case and the need to reassess what speech should be protected in our current social media landscape.