The Legal Geeks

Star Trek: Law, the Final Frontier was recorded live at Silicon Valley Comic Con on April 20, 2017. Check out our discussion on Klingon Trials from the Star Trek Enterprise episode, “Judgment;” Assumption of Risk for wearing a Red Shirt in the Original Series; Intellectual Property rights for the Doctor in the Voyager episode “Author, Author;” how the insanity defense would apply to the TOS episode “Wolf in the Fold,” “Wrath of Khan,” and “Best of Both Worlds, Part 1 and 2;” the civil rights issues in “Drumhead”; the legal loopholes of “Ensigns of Command;” and lessons in diversity in the practice of law from the TOS episode “Court Martial.”

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Attorney Joshua Gilliland is thrilled for the return of Doctor Who. Check out his immediate thoughts on the episode the Pilot and the premiere of Class.

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Army JAG officer Thomas Harper joined Joshua Gilliland to discuss the legal issues in the Star Wars Rebels season three finale “Zero Hour.” Join our analysis of whether it was torture to make Agent Kallus watch the attack on Atollon? Could Admiral Konstantine be court martialed for disobeying Grand Admiral Thrawn? Tune in to find out our thoughts.

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Army JAG officer Thomas Harper shared his thoughts on the legal issues in Kong - Skull Island. We cover everything from government funding of the expedition to Skull Island, if Kong was an Endangered Species, and whether Preston Packard committed dereliction of duty for his actions on Skull Island. Join us to hear our views on the film and more. Please note, no part of this recording should be considered legal advice or the Army’s official position on Skull Island.

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Christine Peek, Esq., joined Josh Gilliland to discuss the legal issues in Marvel’s Power Man and Iron Fist comic. In the story, the character Alex Wilder created a facial recognition app named Agnitus that is connected to police databases, which can create criminal records, falsify existing records, and issue arrest warrants. Christine and Josh dive into the legality of the vigilante group “Preemptive Strike” are using app to capture people and turn them over to the police. Christine discussed the issues with altering criminal records and how she would defend the fictional characters wrongly imprisoned without an arraignment for over a month. This podcast was recorded at Illusive Comics in Santa Clara, California. Music by Jordan Sledge.

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Eric and Julia Leward were part of the creative team that brought us X-Men The Animated Series in 1992. Eric developed the show for television and was in charge of the writing. Julia wrote multiple episodes, including part one of The Days of Future Past. Julia is also a graduate of Southwestern University School of Law and practiced law prior to writing. Both share memories of X-Men The Animated Series, including how they addressed Civil Rights on the show, their favorite stories, and characters.

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Neel Chatterjee, Esq., shared his deep knowledge of intellectual property and fan films to summarize the Axanar litigation, the court order denying summary judgment, and settlement. We also share our thoughts on Star Trek and why so many people have loved this show for over 50 years. Music by Jordan Sledge and thank you to Illusive Comics and Games for the use of their podcast studio. No part of this podcast should be considered legal advice.

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Privacy attorney Jack Yang and Josh Gilliland discuss the Empire’s data security policies in Rogue One, A Star Wars Story. Jack breaks down National Institute of Standards and Technology’s five information security principles as they apply to Star Wars: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. Join the podcast to hear the data security issues on Scarif, the challenge presented by Droids, and how Force choking Admirals can deter learning from data breaches.

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What are the legal issues of Doctor Doom calling himself Iron Man? Josh discusses the possible false impersonation, identify theft, and copyright infringement causes of action Tony Stark’s estate would have against Doctor Doom from Infamous Iron Man by Michael Brian Bendis.

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Jess and Josh share their thoughts on the rollercoaster known as 2016. The Legal Geeks share their thoughts on “The Good,” including movies, TV shows, comic books, and cons; the Bad, everything that either would violate the Constitution or bad storytelling; and the Ugly, focusing on all the wonderful people who have lost.

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