Law360 Explores is a podcast aimed at investigating some of the biggest legal topics happening today. Whether it’s the new landscape of marijuana legalization, or the battle lines being drawn over law school admissions exams, Law360 Explores is an engaging series of narrative stories told by the experts on the front lines of a shifting legal industry.
Law360 Explores interviews industry experts on the intensified debate surrounding subminimum wage for tipped workers and their potential equal pay.
12 Dec 2025
DA In Gilgo Beach Killings Case Talks Advances In DNA Use
The case regarding multiple killings along Gilgo Beach has captivated the New York tristate area ever since women's mutilated bodies were found in 2010 on the stretch of Long Island.In addition to being gruesome, the case has charted new legal waters, as it has seen evidence from a newer form of DNA testing for the first time pass stringent court admissibility standards, setting an example in New York that could come into play in other jurisdictions.Law360 sat down with Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, who began prosecuting architect Rex Heuermann in 2023 on what now are charges that he murdered seven women, to discuss the case. Heuermann maintains his innocence, has pled not guilty and is in custody awaiting trial.
8 Jun 2025
Law360 Explores: Subminimum Wage, Part 2
This episode of Law360 Explores examines the ongoing debate around wage and hour protections for incarcerated workers performing labor.
20 Dec 2024
Law360 Explores: Subminimum Wage
Law360 editors explore the US Department of Labor's proposed rule to end the subminimum wage program for workers with disabilities, revealing its impact on employers and workers.
10 Jun 2024
Don't Fear AI Hallucinations, Embrace Them, Scholar Says
When it comes to artificial intelligence, most early adopters fear the so-called hallucinations that the systems can produce. But one scholar says the creativity those hallucinations represent is actually a valuable feature lawyers should embrace. At the 25th annual Burton Awards, Law360 caught up with Megan Ma, a research fellow and the associate director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology and the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, also known as CodeX. Ma talks about just why hallucinations aren't all bad, the guardrails needed to stay on the right side of legal ethics, and the power academia has to help shape the future uses of AI in the legal profession.
29 May 2024
The Patent Attorney Who Shook Up Professional Poker
Twenty years ago, patent attorney Greg Raymer made poker history by toppling the largest tournament field ever to secure a record $5 million prize at the World Series of Poker’s main event, further fueling the so-called poker boom that pushed the game’s popularity to new heights.
Raymer joins Law360 for a conversation about the path to his momentous achievement – from a private practice and corporate counsel attorney with a serious poker habit on the side to eventual champion – and what he’s been up to for the last two decades since his win.
10 Mar 2024
And The Oscars' Legal Questions Go To…John Quinn
The 96th annual Academy Awards is set to air on Sunday night. And behind the scenes of the bright lights, golden statues and celebrities in couture fashion walking the red carpet, there is, of course, a lawyer making sure it all goes to plan.
For 33 years, that job belonged to Quinn Emanuel founding partner John Quinn, who served as general counsel to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and whose firm still serves as the organization’s primary outside counsel. In this special Law360 interview he joins Law360 editor-at-large Alex Lawson to talk about all that the job entails and what it’s like being the top legal adviser behind Hollywood’s biggest night.
15 May 2023
Law360 Explores: Psychedelics
Psychedelics, a class of hallucinogenic drugs with powerful mind-altering capabilities, are having a moment. While some have been used by traditional healers for thousands of years, as a matter of law today they are federally illegal substances considered to have no medical value. But the field is at an inflection point. As clinical research grows, and state and local laws change, the future of psychedelics policy is being shaped by a wide range of interests, including healthcare workers, government regulators, pharmaceutical startups and traditional use advocates. On this episode of Law360 Explores: Psychedelics, we investigate the emerging medical promise, the grassroots decriminalization movement and the activists focused on fair access and equity, all of which will determine where the industry goes from here.
14 Apr 2023
Law360 Explores: From Wolf Of Wall Street To First Street
How did some of the world's biggest tech companies come to benefit from a legal supershield making it almost impossible to sue them? The strange saga of Section 230 began 30 years ago with a notorious penny stock firm later made famous by Hollywood, and has now wound its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
This week, in a special partnership episode between our Supreme Court podcast The Term and our investigative podcast series Law360 Explores, we track down the story of how a law passed with little fanfare decades ago became an aegis for a fledgling internet industry, and why many critics now want to pierce its armor.
5 Dec 2022
S3, Ep. 2: Does Law School Deliver?
It’s time to take your seat inside the prestigious legal classroom, where law professors teaching a century-old curriculum engage in Socratic dialogue to shape you into thinking like a lawyer. But is that the most effective way of teaching, for all students? On this episode of Law360 Explores: The Law School Promise, we investigate how outdated methods like one final exam and cold calling can negatively impact students, and some of the ways that legal education reforms could change the curriculum for the better.
21 Nov 2022
S3, Ep. 1: The Pipeline To The Legal Profession
Before the law school journey even begins, you must first wind your way through a rigorous admissions process that includes not just letters of recommendation and statements of purpose, but the notoriously arduous LSAT exam. An exceptional score can open doors at the nation’s most prestigious universities, but is it the fairest way to measure candidates’ potential? On this episode of Law360 Explores: The Law School Promise, we investigate whether the law school admissions process makes sense, and whether a system that emphasizes a test score so heavily is leaving qualified law school applicants behind.
2 Dec 2021
S2, Ep. 2: A Low Bar In California
Tom Girardi allegedly grifted clients for years and got away with it. But how? In this episode of our podcast exploring the fall of Girardi, Law360 reporter Brandon Lowrey shares the findings of his extensive investigation into the flaws in the system meant to hold attorneys accountable. What he found were legal, structural and cultural flaws - particularly at the State Bar of California - that allowed Girardi to escape public punishment for decades.
1 Dec 2021
S2, Ep. 1: The Thief In Shining Armor
Tom Girardi spent decades as one of the most successful plaintiff's attorneys in America, but in 2020, it all fell apart when he was accused of stealing settlement money from his clients. Girardi seemingly had it all — he was a celebrated plaintiffs attorney with a winning record and a famous wife who was a rising star of reality TV. But attorneys who knew him and clients who trusted him say that shiny exterior hid a darker truth.
26 Nov 2019
S1, Ep. 5: Big Risks For Attorneys
More and more law firms are jumping into the cannabis world — but do they know the risks they’re facing? Lawyers who have been working with cannabis for a while say they have faced death threats, struggled with ethical questions and worried about criminal charges — but they can’t imagine doing anything else.
19 Nov 2019
S1, Ep. 4: Don’t Steal My Brand
Cannabis companies realize federal legalization could change everything about the industry they know. To prepare, many of the savviest are looking for ways to protect their brands so they won’t be drowned out. But for this industry, it takes some real ingenuity to build that fence.
12 Nov 2019
S1, Ep. 3: The Red Tape Problem
As states open their doors to marijuana, they have to figure out the rules to govern it. On this episode we take a trip to California to explore that state’s efforts to control a booming industry — and why some business owners say it is pushing them to stay illegal.
5 Nov 2019
S1, Ep. 2: Dangerous Cash
It’s no secret that many cannabis companies have had trouble getting a bank account. On this episode of Legalization we explain just why that is -- and the lengths some businesses are going to get away from cash.
29 Oct 2019
S1, Ep. 1: The Boogeyman In The Tax Code
A single sentence in the U.S. tax code targets marijuana businesses and saddles them with a crushing tax burden. Here's how a relic of the War on Drugs is making it really hard for cannabis entrepreneurs to get off the ground.
11 Oct 2019
Welcome To Law360 Explores: Legalization
More than 40 states have some form of legal marijuana, but the drug is still federally illegal. That tension can impact everything marijuana businesses do, from how much they pay in taxes to whether they can protect their brands in court. Here's a sample of what you'll hear as host Diana Novak Jones takes you on a five-part journey into the murky legal world surrounding these companies.
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