Ryan Sullivan - Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln College of Law - talks with Jon about the successful, first-in-the-nation effort to repeal a state law in Nebraska that allowed retailers to send letters to people they accused of shoplifting demanding money from those accused.

Ryan Sullivan - Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln College of Law - talks with Jon about the successful, first-in-the-nation effort to repeal a state law in Nebraska that allowed retailers to send letters to people they accused of shoplifting demanding money from those accused.

Bridget Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman are Professors of Law at Pace University School of Law and are at the forefront of efforts to repeal sales taxes on feminine hygiene products, dubbed the Tampon Tax, across the country. Their research not only points out policy reasons for repealing the Tampon Tax but also puts forth arguments as to why it is unconstitutional as well.

Bridget Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman are Professors of Law at Pace University School of Law and are at the forefront of efforts to repeal sales taxes on feminine hygiene products, dubbed the Tampon Tax, across the country. Their research not only points out policy reasons for repealing the Tampon Tax but also puts forth arguments as to why it is unconstitutional as well.

Dennis Ventry is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law, and a former member and Chair of the IRS Advisory Council. He discusses his work to reform and fix the federal free file program for taxes.

Dennis Ventry is a Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law, and a former member and Chair of the IRS Advisory Council. He discusses his work to reform and fix the federal free file program for taxes.

Katherine Pearson is a Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, and was the only academic to be a member of the Pennslyvania Supreme Court's task force on elder protection. We talk about the impact of her work with the task force, the role models that they looked to, and what other states can adopt from Pennslyvania's progress.

Katherine Pearson is a Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, and was the only academic to be a member of the Pennslyvania Supreme Court's task force on elder protection. We talk about the impact of her work with the task force, the role models that they looked to, and what other states can adopt from Pennslyvania's progress.

Jessica Roberts, Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute at University of Houston Law Center, discusses what rights you have over your DNA and the data in your DNA, how those rights have evolved, how much of those rights you give up when you take a direct-to-consumer DNA test, and what state legislatures could do to solidify your ownership of your genetic data and material.

Jessica Roberts, Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute at University of Houston Law Center, discusses what rights you have over your DNA and the data in your DNA, how those rights have evolved, how much of those rights you give up when you take a direct-to-consumer DNA test, and what state legislatures could do to solidify your ownership of your genetic data and material.