Emerging Litigation Podcast
Cannabis Laws & Workplace Drug Testing: What Employers & Employees MUST Know in 2026
As cannabis laws continue to evolve nationwide, employers and employees are facing new questions about drug testing, workplace safety, and legal compliance. In this episode, labor and employment attorney Keya Denner of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete explains how changing cannabis policies intersect with the ADA, privacy rights, and fitness-for-duty requirements. The discussion covers documentation best practices, reasonable accommodation, and how legal drug use affects workplace policies. Essential listening for HR professionals, business leaders, and anyone navigating substance use, safety obligations, and employment law in a rapidly shifting legal landscape.
An Innovative New Law Firm Self-Ranking Tool with Molly Huie and Sara Lord — Listen Now!
What if law firms could measure success using more than just headcount and revenue? In this episode, Molly Huie of Bloomberg Industry Group joins data strategist Sara Lord of Reed Smith to discuss Bloomberg’s innovative Leading Law Firms self-ranking tool. The program blends financial strength, talent, innovation, growth, and excellence metrics into an interactive platform that helps firms benchmark performance in a more meaningful way. The conversation explores how the tool benefits business development leaders, managing partners, and firms of all sizes seeking data-driven insights.
Agentic AI on Trial: You Be The Judge Part 1 – Medical Diagnostics | Featuring An AI Expert, a Google Cloud Exec, and a Florida Circuit Judge
When autonomous AI systems make life-and-death decisions, who is responsible when something goes wrong? In Part 1 of the Agentic AI on Trial series, Galina Datskovsky, PhD, Marina Kaganovich, and Hon. Lisa Walsh examine a hypothetical agentic AI mammography triage system designed to operate with minimal human oversight. The panel explores accountability across developers, hospitals, clinicians, and data providers—and whether new standards of care are emerging for machine decision-making. A must-listen for health tech, compliance, and healthcare operations professionals navigating the legal and operational risks of autonomous AI.
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DOJ’s AI Litigation Task Force and What It Signals for Corporate AI Governance with Adria Perez
In this episode, host Tom Hagy speaks with Reed Smith partner Adria Perez about the DOJ’s AI Litigation Task Force and what it signals for corporate AI governance. They examine how regulators are shifting from high-level AI principles to demanding documented controls, audit trails, and defensible oversight—and what legal departments must do to meet rising enforcement and board-level expectations.
Summary Judgment and Sham Affidavits: Protecting Your Motion from Contradictory Testimony
In this article, Cat Gavrilidis of Swift Currie examines how inconsistent testimony can undermine summary judgment and how courts apply the sham affidavit rule when affidavits contradict prior deposition statements. She explores jurisdictional differences and outlines practical steps attorneys can take to prevent contradictions, correct the record, and protect a well-founded motion before trial.
Habeas Corpus in Real Time: Minnesota’s Detention Docket Dusts Off Ancient But Foundational Remedy
A surge of emergency habeas corpus petitions in Minnesota is reshaping immigration detention litigation. Federal judges are issuing expedited orders, blocking detainee transfers, and demanding immediate statutory justification for custody. With cases such as Hassan v. Bondi, Astudillo Laica v. Bondi, and U.H.A. v. Bondi, courts are treating habeas review as urgent injunctive relief while confronting jurisdictional risks and mandatory-versus-discretionary detention disputes. As practitioners like E. Michelle Drake of Berger Montague navigate a rapidly expanding docket, Minnesota has emerged as a focal point in a nationwide rise in detention challenges—highlighting the continuing power of habeas corpus as a real-time check on executive detention authority.
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Post-Hurricane Coverage and Claims Adjustment Issues
Take this CLE webinar and gain a better understanding of ey insurance coverage issues arising from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, including business interruption claims, deductibles, flood sublimits, and strategies to address delays in the claims adjustment process. We feature experienced insurance recovery attorneys Dennis Artese, Marshall Gilinsky, Joshua Gold, and Grant Brown of Anderson Kill, P.C. Take it now or when you're ready. It's on demand!
Key Developments in Antitrust Class Action Litigation: Recent Developments, Key Class Action Trends, Significant Rulings, and Major Settlements Shaping the Future of Antitrust GalleryKey Developments in Antitrust Class Action Litigation: Recent Developments, Key Class Action Trends, Significant Rulings, and Major Settlements Shaping the Future of Antitrust
Key Developments in Antitrust Class Action Litigation: Recent Developments, Key Class Action Trends, Significant Rulings, and Major Settlements Shaping the Future of Antitrust
Gain an understanding of the latest developments in antitrust class action litigation, including evolving class certification standards, key rulings on multi-district litigation, and major settlements shaping the field on a CLE webinar featuring experienced antitrust attorneys Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Sean P. McConnell. Explore significant court decisions on pricing algorithms, the right-to-repair movement, and baseball’s antitrust exemption while staying informed on critical trends in competition law. Register now!
Catastrophic Wildfires Recovery – Get the Most from Your Insurance Coverage
Take this CLE webinar and gain a better understanding of the complex insurance coverage and remediation issues arising from wildfire disasters, including property damage claims under commercial all-risk and homeowners insurance, valuation provisions like replacement cost and ACV, and time element coverages such as business income loss, civil authority coverage, and additional living expenses. We feature experienced insurance recovery attorneys Dennis Artese, Marshall Gilinsky, and Joshua Gold of Anderson Kill, P.C. Take it now or when you're ready. It's on demand!
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