Best Commerce Title Podcasts (2024)

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Hunting Home Meggan Jensen 33:38

6h ago33:38

33:38

By Blake Hunter

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The Effect of Net Neutrality on America’s Technology Landscape: Jake Morabito on ALEC Breakdown 13:34

1h ago13:34

13:34

ALEC Communications & Technology Task Force Director Jake Morabito and Director of Policy Advancement and Media Relations Lars Dalseide discuss the reinstatement of net neutrality regulations by the Biden administration, which could harm the internet industry. Both suggest that limited government intervention in the internet and broadband industry …

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America’s Energy Needs: Joe Trotter on ALEC Breakdown 14:34

1d ago14:34

14:34

The Biden Administration's energy policy pose a clear threat to affordable and reliable power by revoking permits, denying access, and enriching our enemies. Joe Trotter, director of ALEC's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force, explains where things went haywire. Special Guest: Joe Trotter. Support Across the States…

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Bonus Episode: 12 Things that Make the Chattanooga MPO 2050 RTP Special 45:26

6d ago45:26

45:26

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners interview guest speakers Melissa Taylor and Julia Billings about the innovative strategies used in the Chattanooga MPO’s 2050 Regional Transportation Plan. Listeners will learn about the following topics in this Season …

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The Threat to Property Rights & Title Insurance 13:46

23d ago13:46

13:46

As part of ALEC’s Women Leadership Series, ALEC Federalism & International Relations Task Force Senior Director Karla Jones and ALEC Health & Human Services Task Force Senior Director Brooklyn Roberts spoke with Elizabeth Blosser, VP of Government Affairs American Land Title Association about how President Biden’s recent pledge threatens property r…

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Tackling The Fentanyl Crisis & Supporting Families 28:37

1M ago28:37

28:37

As part of ALEC’s Women Leadership Series, ALEC Federalism & International Relations Task Force Senior Director Karla Jones and ALEC Health & Human Services Task Force Senior Director Brooklyn Roberts recently interviewed Deena Loudon, Ambassador at Shatterproof and Mother of Matthew Loudon, and Tina Marie Bell, Mother of Brandon Bell, about dealin…

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Connecting Communities: Inside the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce w/ Jacob Cool 30:39

1M ago30:39

30:39

In this special remote episode of "Hunting Home," host Blake Hunter welcomes Jacob Cool, Director of Member Services at the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce. Join them as they dive into the vibrant happenings within the Chamber, including the recent merger with the 712 Initiative, and the ongoing efforts to support and grow local businesses. Jaco…

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Ep. 25: 6 Things to Know about Electrified Roadways 28:18

1M ago28:18

28:18

Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners should know about electrified roadways. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 25: What are electrified roadways? What is the purpose of electrified roadways? What is the technology of e…

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Programming Note & UnCommon Law Episode: AI Trained on Famous Authors’ Copyrighted Work. They Want Revenge – Part 1 27:41

2M ago27:41

27:41

On the Merits is on hiatus for a bit while we create some great new episodes for you. Until then, we're pleased to offer a special presentation of our ABA Silver Gavel award-winning series, UnCommon Law. Generative AI tools are already promising to change the world. Systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT can answer complex questions, write poems and code, a…

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Supporting Ukraine in Its Fight for Democracy 35:35

2M ago35:35

35:35

In this episode of ALEC's Women Leadership Series, Karla Jones, ALEC Federalism & International Relations Task Force Senior Director, and Brooklyn Roberts, ALEC Health & Human Services Task Force Senior Director, interview Dinara Gabibullaeva, Kiev City Council Member, Chairwoman of Solidarna Molod, and President of the European Democracy Network. …

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California's New Mental Health Court Starting Off Slow 14:57

2M ago14:57

14:57

When California's new mental health courts were getting started, the debate centered on whether they had too much power–or too little. Now, roughly six months in, the state is discovering a new flaw: too few people are using them. On this episode of our podcast, On The Merits, Bloomberg Law reporter Maia Spoto talks about why California's Community…

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Weed Testing for Workers May Not Be Worth It Anymore 8:47

2M ago8:47

8:47

Marijuana is now legal in about half of the states, but still maintains its illegal status at the federal level. What does this mean for an employer who wants to, or has to, administer drug tests for its employees? We tackle that question on our podcast, On The Merits, with Sean Mack, a partner and co-chair of the cannabis and hemp law practice at …

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Clinton Bailey, City Manager, Fredericksburg, TX 33:01

2M ago33:01

33:01

Welcome, listeners, to another insightful episode of the Everything Real in Fredericksburg Podcast! Today, we are thrilled to have City Manager, Clinton Bailey, joining us as our special guest. Get ready to dive deep into the pulse of our vibrant community as we explore the latest updates on all things happening at the heart of the City of Frederic…

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DOJ Prosecutor Wants to Make Antitrust Relatable 12:05

2M ago12:05

12:05

Hetal Doshi, the top antitrust litigator at the Department of Justice, says she tries to make the cases her team pursues easy for the average person to understand. "If we are litigating cases inside an echo chamber, or like in a very narrow, technocratic way that only other lawyers can understand, then we're failing to do our jobs," Doshi says on t…

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Who's to Blame for Commerce Department Billing Mess? 17:49

3M ago17:49

17:49

The Commerce Department's disastrous rollout of a new payment system left some National Weather Service employees on the hook for their own business expenses, and even led utility companies to shut off power to some critical weather systems due to unpaid bills. Bloomberg Government reporter Jack Fitzpatrick found that even now, months after this sy…

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Can Title VI Protect Jewish Students? Lawsuits Challenge Campus Antisemitism 16:44

3M ago16:44

16:44

Harvard, NYU, and several other elite universities have been hit with civil rights lawsuits from students who say the schools allow, or at least don't counter, campus antisemitism. Though these suits largely stem from an increase in antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7, attorneys say the groundwork for them was laid with an executive order back in 20…

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Russian Bankruptcy Sheds Light on Litigation Finance 16:27

3M ago16:27

16:27

It's becoming more common for investors to chip in money for a lawsuit in exchange for a share of any payout a party wins, a practice known as litigation finance. But, as a recent Bloomberg Law investigation found, the identities of these litigation funders is often shrouded in mystery—and can have national security implications. Bloomberg Law repo…

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California Fights to Keep Insurers Despite Fire Risk 16:59

3M ago16:59

16:59

Insurance companies like The Allstate Corp. and State Farm have experienced one too many devastating wildfire seasons in California. Many are looking to exit the market in impacted communities, but a powerful state lawmaker is trying to keep them. Mike McGuire is a Democrat representing a Northern California district directly affected by wildfires,…

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Why Are Lawyers Still Making Bad AI Mistakes? 19:23

3M ago19:23

19:23

Generative AI has the potential to transform the legal profession, and the guest on today's episode of our podcast, On The Merits, believes it will. But the tech also has led some lawyers to make embarrassing and costly mistakes. Lawyers have filed briefs in court that contain citations fabricated by AI tools. And a law firm in New York recently go…

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Law Firms Need to Be Aware of Neurodivergence Trend 12:15

3M ago12:15

12:15

A quarter of law students surveyed by Bloomberg Law late last year said they self-identify as neurodivergent, an umbrella term for people with ADHD, autism, or another condition that causes their brains to function differently than that of the average person. But the same survey found that more than three times fewer working attorneys identify as n…

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Grappling With AI Regulation & Innovation: Jake Morabito on ALEC Breakdown 14:44

4M ago14:44

14:44

Jake Morabito, ALEC Communications & Technology Task Force Director, sits down with Lars Dalseide discussing the challenges of regulating AI while balancing innovation and risk on this ALEC Breakdown. Special Guest: Jake Morabito. Support Across the StatesBy American Legislative Exchange Council

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Ep 34 w/ Lindsey B. of Ambassador Title 38:43

4M ago38:43

38:43

By Blake Hunter

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Tackling Human Trafficking & Supporting Survivors For Women's History Month 27:30

4M ago27:30

27:30

Senior Director of ALEC's Health and Human Services Task Force Brooklyn Roberts & Senior Director of Federalism, Homeland Security and International Relations Karla Jones speak with Kansas State Representatives Carrie Barth and Rebecca Schmoe about Kansas' attempts to prevent and assist the victims of human smuggling. Special Guests: Carrie Barth a…

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How a Rare Toad Species Stopped a Clean Energy Project 16:52

4M ago16:52

16:52

In a remote part of Nevada, an energy company is trying to build a climate-friendly power plant—but the plant is being blocked by conservationists and a decades old environmental law. A geothermal plant built atop desert hot springs sits half-completed after the discovery of a new toad species in the area, and an environmental review required by th…

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IVF Access Still in Spotlight Despite New Alabama Law 18:00

4M ago18:00

18:00

A ruling last month from the Alabama Supreme Court declaring frozen embryos to be legally equivalent to children scared many would-be parents in and out of the state. Late Wednesday night, the state legislature there passed a law meant to ease the worries of both patients receiving in-vitro fertilization services and the doctors who provide those s…

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Too Fast, Too Soon: The Tale of a SPAC Gone Wrong 18:27

4M ago18:27

18:27

During the pandemic, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, were all the rage in the financial markets. They were seen as a faster, easier way to go public that bypasses the laborious process of a typical IPO. But now that the SPAC boom has gone bust, it's clear that some of the companies that did this weren't ready for the scrutiny that …

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Hunting Home with Josh Yost (NMLS #2455834) 30:23

4M ago30:23

30:23

Blake talks with Josh Yost of Churchill Mortgage (NMLS #2455834) about his past experience professionally and personally and how he implements those experiences with his clients.By Blake Hunter

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NCAA Goes to Congress to Snap Its Legal Losing Streak 19:59

4M ago19:59

19:59

Since a landmark Supreme Court decision against it three years ago, the NCAA has suffered a string of legal losses in its effort to block changes to how, and whether, its athletes are compensated. Now, it's trying to turn this trend around by moving the fight from the courthouse to Capitol Hill. The NCAA has at least two allies in Congress, Sens. J…

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Toxic Politics Makes White Collar Defense Work Harder 19:17

4M ago19:17

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Being a white collar defense lawyer requires a special type of soft skill: the ability to effectively counsel a titan of industry more accustomed to giving orders, not taking them. But the guests on today's episode of our podcast, On The Merits, say this type of work has gotten a little harder because many white collar clients now believe the gover…

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Can't Afford a Lawyer? AI Might Be the Solution 18:41

4M ago18:41

18:41

The cost of an attorney is far out of reach for many middle- and low-income Americans. This has serious negative consequences on both society and the rule of law, according to Ray Brescia, a professor at Albany Law School and author of a new book about the future of the legal profession. Increasing the supply of attorneys is one potential solution.…

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Hunting Home Ep 32 Dylan Dravland 47:31

5M ago47:31

47:31

By Blake Hunter

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Big Law Tilts Liberal—But How Much Does It Matter? 15:08

5M ago15:08

15:08

Many have long suspected that the legal profession, and so-called "Big Law" in particular, has a liberal lean. A new study looking at Supreme Court amicus briefs supports this suspicion with some of the strongest empirical evidence yet. The study found that firms overwhelmingly choose liberal clients instead of conservative clients when working on …

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Musk Can Fume, But He Probably Can't Leave Delaware 17:18

5M ago17:18

17:18

Elon Musk was unhappy, to put it mildly, with the ruling last week from a Delaware court that invalidated a $55.8 billion pay package he received from Tesla, his electric car company. Shortly afterward, he threatened to move Tesla's incorporation out of Delaware to a less shareholder-friendly state. But, as we discuss in this episode of our news po…

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Races to Watch As 2024 Congressional Primaries Begin 18:33

5M ago18:33

18:33

November's general election is still nine months away, but the preliminary battles between Republicans and Democrats that will shape this year's Congressional races are about to begin. States will begin to hold congressional primaries starting in early March. And special elections will continue to play out throughout the year, including next week's…

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Hunting Home Ep 31 Julie Eden 24:45

5M ago24:45

24:45

Blake talks with 2024 SWIAR president Julie EdenBy Blake Hunter

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Legal Malpractice Suits on the Rise, Led by Musk, 3M 13:21

5M ago13:21

13:21

The legal industry used to have a stigma against attorneys representing legal malpractice clients who are suing other attorneys. But that stigma, if it still exists, has definitely faded. Data from legal malpractice insurers shows that the dollar amount of these suits has ballooned in recent years. That includes one of the most high profile suits: …

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Education Freedom and Policy Priorities: Andrew Handel on ALEC Breakdown 6:17

5M ago6:17

6:17

Andrew Handel, ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force Director, sat down with Lars Dalseide, ALEC Director of Policy Advancement and Media Relations, talking about the recent model policies passed by the task force such as education freedom accounts, adult learning programs, and preserving freedom of speech. Handel also talked about bu…

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AI Panic or Real Threat? Campaign Ads and New Tech 17:49

5M ago17:49

17:49

The Republican National Committee's release of an AI-generated ad last year turned a lot of heads among professional campaigners, and it led some of them to say this new tech has no place in political races. But is this stance sensible, or is it another instance of "AI panic" sweeping the culture? Jessica Furst Johnson, an election law attorney wit…

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Despite Law, Many Civil Rights Killings Stay Unsolved 14:38

5M ago14:38

14:38

John Lewis, the late Congressman and civil rights hero, authored a law in 2007 that tasked the Justice Department with reopening and reinvestigating racially-motivated killings from the Civil Rights era. More than 15 years later, the Justice Department has failed to bring charges in nearly all of the cold cases it has reopened. On our weekly podcas…

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Giuliani, Alex Jones and the Pipeline Into Bankruptcy 16:26

6M ago16:26

16:26

Rudy Giuliani and Alex Jones are two high profile examples of instances where losing a defamation case at trial leads a defendant directly into bankruptcy. Christopher Hampson, a law professor at the University of Florida, calls this the "defamation-to-bankruptcy pipeline." However, election-denying former mayors and conspiracy-peddling shock jocks…

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More Time in the Office Might Mean Less Diversity 11:33

6M ago11:33

11:33

Within the legal industry and beyond, many companies are reining in the flexible work policies they implemented during the pandemic. Though this may be beneficial for these companies, Bloomberg Law survey data shows that it's not what many attorneys want—especially female and minority attorneys. More than 90% of female attorneys who responded to Bl…

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Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Priorities: Nino Marchese on ALEC Breakdown 10:52

6M ago10:52

10:52

Nino Marchese, director of both the Criminal Justice and Civil Justice Taskforces at ALEC, sits down with Lars Dalseide to discuss the essential policy solutions both taskforces are focusing on for 2024. Civil justice focuses on lawsuit reform, tort reform, regulatory reform, and donor privacy issues. On the other hand, criminal justice seeks to ad…

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'Chapter 22': Why Some Companies Are Filing for Bankruptcy Twice 12:37

6M ago12:37

12:37

Bankruptcy is not something a company wants to go through once, let alone twice. And yet, 2023 saw an uptick in so-called "Chapter 22s"—companies that filed for Chapter 11 a second time. Some repeat filings were due to worse than anticipated business conditions, while two others were due to a court judgment that remained in place after the first ba…

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Michigan Should Follow Lead of Top Growing States: Jonathan Williams on ALEC Breakdown 11:20

6M ago11:20

11:20

Jonathan Willams, ALEC Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist, sits down with Lars Dalseide on ALEC Breakdown to talk about his recent Detroit News op-ed about the findings from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Growing Michigan Together Council to address the state's slow population growth. Special Guest: Jonathan Williams. Supp…

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Capitol Riot Still Affecting Lives and Legislation 20:16

6M ago20:16

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The January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill was a traumatic event for everyone there, from staffers to dining hall servers, to elected officials themselves. But the ramifications from that day are still reverberating through the halls of Congress and impacting how the body operates. New research shows that Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 p…

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The Energy Affordability Report: Joe Trotter on ALEC Breakdown 20:50

6M ago20:50

20:50

Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director, sits down with Lars Dalseide, ALEC Director of Policy Advancement and Media Relations, talking about the 3rd edition of the Energy Affordability Report. Special Guest: Joe Trotter. Support Across the StatesBy American Legislative Exchange Council

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Jim Mikula, President & CEO, Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce 30:39

7M ago30:39

30:39

In this episode, we embark on a fascinating journey, exploring the pivotal role that the Chamber plays in fostering small business growth, development, and sustainability within the vibrant community of Fredericksburg. We'll be sitting down with Jim Mikula, the newly appointed President and CEO, to unravel his vision, his passion for community enga…

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What's Coming Up For ALEC In 2024: Jonathan Williams and Lee Schalk on ALEC Breakdown 12:15

7M ago12:15

12:15

Jonathan Williams, ALEC Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist, and Lee Schalk, ALEC Vice President of Policy, talk on ALEC's upcoming policy priorities in 2024 based on the latest essential policy solutions report on this ALEC breakdown. Special Guest: Jonathan Williams. Support Across the States…

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Threats Increase, But System to Protect Judges Falters 18:21

7M ago18:21

18:21

Data obtained and analyzed by Bloomberg Law show that federal judges and their families are facing an increasing number of violent threats. But the federal agency charged with keeping judges safe doesn't have the tools it needs to face this growing problem. The US Marshals Service has an outdated system for collecting and tracking threats against j…

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Judge's Mental Health Leave Sets Example for Legal Biz 16:10

7M ago16:10

16:10

In the legal profession, admitting one's own cognitive or mental weakness is a huge taboo. That made it all the more remarkable when Richard Bernstein, a sitting Michigan Supreme Court Justice, announced earlier this year that he was temporarily stepping down to seek treatment for depression. Bernstein was already an extraordinary jurist. He was bo…

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