Podcasts by The Law Is My Ass

2018_06_30 The Law Is My Ass E49 with Sachin and Jamie from 2018-06-30T23:39:28

In this the final episode of the podcast with the current name (we mean it this time!) we round up the huge volume of significant Supreme Court decisions published in the last month -- and apolo...

2017_12_15 The Law Is My Ass E48 Finale with Lena Zwarensteyn on judicial appointments from 2017-12-17T02:36:39

It's Episode 48 - our last Law My Ass episode of 2018, and IT'S ALSO THE LAST EPISODE EVER! AAAAAAAHHHH! But don't fear - we'll be back next year with a new and improved and rebranded legal podc...

2017_12_09 The Law Is My Ass E47 with Shawn Matloob on the DACA and Travel Ban Litigation from 2017-12-10T01:50:43

On this the 47th - and penultimate - episode of The Law Is My Ass (soon to be rebranded as the Keep it Legal!™ Podcast) - we go Sid-less (he hasn't left the podcast - he's just in England doing ...

2017 12 02 The Law Is My Ass E46 with Jaime Lee Williams on the Fourth Amendment in the digital age from 2017-12-03T00:16:57

In this the 46th episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe cover all the usual topics, including but not limited to

• Is the podcast changing its name? (Hint: YES! In 2018)
• D...
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2017_11_18 The Law Is My Ass E45 with Lena Zwarensteyn from 2017-11-19T00:27:52

In today's 45th episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe wind through the regular features of the podcast, along with a great interview of Lena Zwarensteyn of the American Constitution Society,...

2017 11 11 The Law Is My Ass E44 from 2017-11-12T00:03:50

This week Sid and Joe go guest-free to bring you all the latest in the Travel Ban update, Supreme Court Roundup, Random Legal News, a Listener Question - and the podcast's newest feature: "Objec...

2017_11_03 The Law Is My Ass E43 with Vernon Grigg on the Mueller indictments from 2017-11-04T22:32:34

In the 43rd episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe have a terrific conversation with former prosecutor Vernon Grigg III about the significance and implications of the indictments and plea dea...

2017 10 28 The Law Is My Ass E42 on mediation and ADR with Cathy Yanni from 2017-10-28T23:01:04

In this the 42nd Episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe round up the Supreme Court's week, the new developments in the Travel Ban Litigation at the Ninth Circuit, and interview mediator extra...

2017 10 21 The Law Is My Ass E41 on Supreme Court and Random News and impeachment from 2017-10-21T22:53:53

In this week's mercifully short (34 minutes!), guest-free, FORTY-FIRST (wow!) episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe round up two weeks worth of Supreme Court oral arguments and Random News, ...

2017 10 06 The Law Is My Ass E40 with Shawn Matloob on Immigration Travel Bans and DACA from 2017-10-08T00:11:05

In this the exciting FORTIETH episode of The Law Is My Ass, immigration expert Shawn Matloob joins us for our weekly Travel Ban Litigation Update, and to talk about all things immigration, inclu...

2017 09 30 Law My Ass E39 with Stan Davis on football protests from 2017-09-30T22:36:08

In this exciting 39th Episode we talk about the legalities of the current protests and demonstrations by NFL players, coaches, and owners, and along the way we also answer the following question...

2017 09 23 Law My Ass E38 with Eric Schillinger on Graham-Cassidy from 2017-09-23T22:21:07

In this the 38th episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe interview podcast-regular and benefits expert Eric Schillinger about the Graham-Cassidy bill that the Senate is considering RIGHT NOW a...

2017_09_16 Law My Ass E37 with Amy Bach on consumer insurance law and advocacy from 2017-09-16T22:03:57

In this the 37th (!) episode of The Law Is My Ass, and along with exciting special guest Amy Bach of advocacy organization United Policyholders (check out their website right here: Listen

2017_09_09 Law My Ass E36 with Zwarensteyn and Marion from 2017-09-09T23:04:35

On this the 36th episode of The Law is My Ass podcast, Sid and Joe interview Veterans Benefits expert Jeffrey Marion, talk about the Trump administration's torrid pace of appointing judges, and ...

2017 09 02 Law My Ass E35 with Rutgers Law Prof Katie Eyer on transgender law from 2017-09-02T23:15:10

We're excited that Sid is back from his summer comedy tour of Scotland, and thrilled to present you Joe's interview of Rutgers Law Professor Katie Eyer about laws affecting the transgender commu...

2017 08 19 Law My Ass E34 Judge Alex Kozinski full interviewunedited from 2017-08-19T16:42:40

A shout out to all our new subscribers, and our thanks to Roberts Bartolic LLP's ERISA Watch newsletter for plugging the prior episodes featuring our interview with Judge Alex Kozinski!

T...

2017 08 12 Law My Ass E33 with Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski Part 2 from 2017-08-12T21:00:31

More Kozinski! After special guest co-host Will Maguire and Joe wade through the travel ban update and the legal news of the week (FBI raids! Google Bros! Breaking Bad!) - we play the second hal...

2017 08 05 Law My Ass E32 With Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski Part 1 from 2017-08-05T23:42:03

This week Joe and special guest co-host Vernon C. Grigg III walk you through the week's legal developments, including the re-invigorated Ninth Circuit appeal of the revised Hawai'i injunction ag...

2017 07 29 Law My Ass E31 with Vernon C. Grigg III on criminal inquiries into the administation from 2017-07-30T01:22:28

In this the 31st episode of The Law Is My Ass, with Sid away in Scotland, Joe and guest co-host Vernon C. Grigg III (who was also our guest in episode 24 on the topic of obstruction of justice) ...

2017 07 22 Law My Ass E30 with Eric Schillinger on next weeks ACA repeal vote from 2017-07-22T22:39:41

We have some some very exciting news about our next two episodes (Hint: we will be interviewing a sitting Ninth Circuit judge for the August 5 episode # 32!!!)

Once we get that out of the...

2017 07 15 Law My Ass E29 with Chris Holland on Patents Copyrights Trademarks and Trade Secrets AKA IP from 2017-07-16T00:01

The administration is back to losing motions and filing appeals about its travel bans, the latest occurring one day before the precast. Sid and Joe bring you up to speed in their weekly "Travel ...

2017 07 08 Law My Ass E28 with Eric Schillinger on the Senate Obamacare repeal from 2017-07-08T23:59:59

In this the 28th Episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe talk about a recent dissent from cert denial filed by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch that gives a pretty good sense of where they lie on g...

2017 07 01 Law My Ass E27 Professor David Takacs on environmental laws and the Paris Climate Accord from 2017-07-01T22:46:54

On this the 27th episode (!) "Independence" edition of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe correct some of the deficiencies in news coverage about the Supreme Court's decision in the travel ban litig...

2017_06_24 Law My Ass E26 Lena Zwarensteyn on pending judicial appointments from 2017-06-25T00:02:02

In this the 26th episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe break down the week's TWELVE new Supreme Court decisions, have a great discussion (only moderately impacted by a lousy Skype signal) wi...

2017 06 17 Law My Ass E25 with Jamie Lee Williams on Carpenter v. US and data privacy from 2017-06-18T00:03:41

For this the Silver Anniversary Edition of The Law Is My Ass (it's our 25th episode! How crazy is that?) - we welcome back to the podcast the always brilliant and funny Jamie Lee Williams of the...

2017_06_10 The Law Is My Ass E24 with Vernon Grigg on James Comey and obstruction of justice from 2017-06-10T23:26:34

In a heavy news week, we had six (count 'em: SIX) newsworthy actions by the Supreme Court, drug criminals, criminal attorneys, attorneys who represent criminals, attorneys who become nuns, boyfr...

2017 06 03 Law My Ass E23 with Sachin Chheda on partisan gerrymandering from 2017-06-04T00:17:52

In this the twenty-third episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe march through some of the more interesting legislation and litigation of the week, including a thorough discussion of all four ...

2017 05 27 Law My Ass E22 Doug Geyser on Bulk Debt Collectors from 2017-05-28T02:35:22

Sid and Joe review the week's three Supreme Court decisions (only one of which amounts to much),  the Fourth Circuit's 200-page decision holding that the Trump administration travel ban is uncon...

2017 05 20 Law My Ass E21 Neal Katyal Ninth Circuit Argument from 2017-05-21T00:03:02

In today's 21st episode of The Law Is My Ass, Sid and Joe ask whether Anthony Weiner must now register as a sex offender, whether Donald Trump has obstructed justice, with Fiat is the new VW, an...

2017 05 13 Law My Ass E20 Legal News of the Week from 2017-05-13T22:33:42

For Sid's and Joe's TWENTIETH (!) episode, they eschew the guests to focus on the huge volume of important legal news from the last week, including: did Trump commit obstruction of justice? (Hin...

2017 05 06 Law My Ass E19 Eric Schillinger AHCA from 2017-05-06T22:11:49

We had four (count 'em - FOUR!) listener questions this week [thank everybody!] - but the real highlight of Episode 19 is the third (THIRD!) visit to the podcast by benefits expert Eric Schillin...

2017 04 29 Law My Ass E18 Katy Young Cannabis Law from 2017-04-30T00:19:50

Joe and Sid cover the legal news of the day - including the upcoming Ninth Circuit and Fourth Circuit oral arguments in the travel ban litigation appeals; the new ruling against President Trump'...

United Airlines with guest Stan Davis- The Law Is My Ass E17 2017.04.15 from 2017-04-15T22:36:41

Today Civil Rights attorney Stan Davis returns for a conversation about whether United Airlines is liable to Dr. David Dao for the violent way that the Doctor was deplaned in Chicago last Sunday...

2017 04 08 The Law Is My Ass E16 Gorsuch ACA Eric Schillinger Lena Zwarenseyn from 2017-04-08T21:44:27

This week Mike Pence got a smack down from the US District Court, the Ninth Circuit scheduled a hearing on the administration's appeal of the Hawai'i injunction against the travel ban, Sid dropp...

2017 04 01 Law My Ass E15 Greg Rougeau Bankruptcy from 2017-04-02T00:04:52

This week Sid and Joe give their regular weekly update on the

• travel ban litigation (hint - it's back at the Ninth Circuit!);
• the week's biggest Supreme Court decisions; Listen

2017 03 25 Law My Ass E14 Lena Zwarensteyn Judicial Appointments from 2017-03-25T21:50:10

This week Sid and Joe update you on the ongoing travel ban litigation; congressional efforts to allow internet providers to buy, sell, and share all your internet usage data (one wonders whether...

2017 03 18 Law My Ass E13 Joseph Barton Class Actions from 2017-03-18T22:51:06

It's Lucky 13 at The Law Is My Ass! Sid is back from spring break for this long but edifying romp through the mechanics of class action litigation. Along the way, there's a legislative alert (H....

2017 03 11 Law My Ass E12 Michael Nelson and Nato Green labor from 2017-03-12T01:59:05

Special guest cohost, San Francisco comedy legend (according to W. Kamau Bell!) Nato Green joined Joe to engage guest attorney Michael Nelson in a deep dive into the policy, practice, politics a...

2017 03 04 Law My Ass E11 Raquel Sefton Family Law from 2017-03-04T22:57:31

Today Joe and his special guest co-host Will Maguire talk about Sid's upcoming shows in Brooklyn, the Supreme Court's new gerrymandering decision out of Virginia, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions...

The Law Is My Ass E10, February 25, 2017 with Michael Bartolic (ERISA) from 2017-02-26T01:00:05

Today, Sid and Joe talk to ERISA litigation and disability insurance expert Michael Bartolic about the protections and shortcomings of the law that regulates all our employee benefits (retiremen...

The Law Is My Ass E09, February 18, 2017 with Veronica Guinto from 2017-02-19T00:51:06

Today, Sid and Joe talk to immigration lawyer Veronica Guinto about the so-called "Muslim Ban" and all the litigation surrounding it - suits in New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Washington, Haw...

The Law Is My Ass E08, February 4, 2017 with Jamie Lee Williams of the EFF from 2017-02-04T23:59:10

Sid and Joe talk with Jamie Lee Williams of the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) about data privacy, government intrusion, bot-nets, Rule 41, and what you can do to protect your electronic i...

The Law Is My Ass E07, January 28, 2017 with Eric Schillinger from 2017-01-29T00:42:08

Today Sid and Joe talk about the legality of the Trump Administrations new pseudo Muslim ban and the lawsuit that the ACLU filed against it. 
Here is a link to the executive order:  Listen

The Law Is My Ass E06, December 10, 2016 with Shawna Reeves and Neil Granger from 2016-12-11T01:37:12

On this the final episode of 2016, financial elder abuse experts Shawna Reeves and Neil Granger join Joe Creitz and Sid Singh to talk about some of the ways that reverse mortgages, annuities, an...

The Law Is My Ass Dec. 3, 2016 Episode 5 With Sachin Chheda from 2016-12-03T23:57:01

In perhaps our best show to date, in this 5th episode of The Law Is My Ass, law student/comedian Sid Singh and Professor Joe Creitz talk to fair-election expert and all around electoral supersta...

The Law Is My Ass E04 November 26, 2016 featuring Professor John Kozlowicz from 2016-11-27T00:17:50

This week law professor Joe Creitz and comedian Sid Singh talk about the demise of Fidel Castro, the constitutional rights of Tila Tequila, and we talk with U.W.- Whitewater Professor Emeritus J...

The Law Is My Ass Episode 3 Nov. 19, 2016 with Stan Davis from 2016-11-19T23:36:01

In Episode 3 of the The Law Is My Ass, Joe Creitz and Sid Singh talk about the Trump U. fraud settlement, and speak with Wisconsin civil rights attorney Stan Davis about student rights, the limi...

The Law Is My Ass November 12 2016 Episode 2 from 2016-11-12T23:25:25

It is November 12, Donald Trump has won the Presidential election, and Sid and Joe are here to talk law in episode 2 of The Law is My ASs. Comedian Sid Singh and law professor Joe Creitz talk ab...

The Law Is My Ass S01E01 from 2016-11-05T23:51:19

In this the inaugural episode of the Law Is My Ass (aka "Law My Ass!") podcast Joe Creitz and Sid Singh discuss currently burning legal issues including "Is Donald Trump Going On Trial For Child...