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Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and journalist, Jamie Ducharme, of TIME, to discuss JUUL, her new book, Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul, and what the future may look like for e-cigarettes in general.   In today’s conversation, Aaron and Jamie delve into “the JUUL” story touching on the dubious decisions the company made as far as marketing to how JUUL Labs mismanaged its response to resale issues and the “dealing JUUL” phenomenon. Jamie explains her interpretation of the research that she’s foun ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Professor Kellen R. Funk, of Columbia Law School, for our second episode on bail and bail reform. Today’s conversation is part two of last week’s topic and follows up on some of the same ideas; Aaron and Dr. Funk discuss the bail system, what bail is and what it means for our society, as well as how the issues of bail relate to the broader problems of our criminal justice system as a whole. In today’s episode, Dr. Funk and Aaron address what it is that people need to understand abo ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by attorney Ken W. Good, to discuss bail bond, the notion of bail bond reform, and the wide-ranging implications bail decisions can have on the broader criminal justice system.   Today, Aaron and Ken have a conversation about the state of bail in America, the impact the bail industry has, and continues to have, on society, and what exactly the point of bail is. Today’s episode is the first part of our series on bail and bail reform and today’s discussion is at times tense as Ken ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and Vox correspondent, Ian Millhiser, to discuss the Supreme Court, Congress, politics and policy, as well as Ian’s new book, The Agenda: How a Republican Supreme Court is Reshaping America.     What will a conservative Supreme Court do with its power? In today’s conversation, as well as in his book, Ian explains how from 2011, when Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives, until the present, Congress enacted hardly any major legislation but in th ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and award-winning blogger, Amy B. Chesler, to discuss her new book, Working for Justice: One Family's Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and Healing. Throughout today’s conversation, Amy shares her deeply personal story of grief and reflection; Aaron and Amy talk about her family’s dark past, the tragic murder of her mother, and what it is she wants others to know.   In 2007, Amy’s beloved mother, Hadas Winnick, was murdered at the hands of her own brother. With this unbelievabl ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by law professor, Patricia A. Cain, of Santa Clara University School of Law, to discuss sex discrimination, glass-ceilings, and the incredible women law professors who broke down barriers throughout history; Professor Cain is the editor of the newly released book, Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors, a book that follows the first wave of trailblazing female law professors and the stage they set for American democracy. The late Herma Hill Kay, of Berkeley, is the au ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and professor, Mark Robert Rank, of Washington University in St. Louis, to discuss poverty, the myths surrounding economic inequality and myth perpetuation, the notion of hard work, and effective approaches to “fixing” our poverty problem. Aaron and Mark also discuss Professor Rank’s newest co-authored book on the topic, Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty.   Why does poverty exist in the United States? Mark and Aaron delve into this question and ot ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by bestselling author, Emanuel (Manu) Rosen, to discuss his new book, If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died: A Memoir.   The Holocaust and its aftermath were not often discussed in families of second-generation survivors; in Tel Aviv in the 1960s, Emanuel Rosen grew up hearing the keys of his mother’s typewriter but had no idea about the battle she was fighting. In his latest book, If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died, Emanuel tells the story of his mother’s struggle but it’s a story th ..read more

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by author and journalist, Jim Tracy, to discuss his brand-new book, Sworn to Silence: The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies' Case, and the impact the Robert Garrow case has had on the legal field, law school curriculums, and the notion of attorney-client privilege.   In our first ever true-crime episode, Aaron speaks to Jim Tracy, a veteran reporter and published author, to discuss his new book about infamous serial-killer, Robert Garrow. Jim has a personal connec ..read more