Brief Series
Short explainers grouped by the questions people ask most, each linked to the full interviews behind them.
Your Rights with Police
What police may ask, demand, search, and record, and what you can refuse, from street stops to deadly force.
11 briefs
The Second Amendment After Bruen
How the Supreme Court's history-and-tradition test is reshaping gun law, case by case.
20 briefs
Free Speech Basics
Incitement, protest, campus speech, social media, and speech at work: where the First Amendment draws its lines.
9 briefs
Inside the Supreme Court
The doctrines, dockets, and landmark decisions reshaping American law, explained.
5 briefs
The President and the Law
Pardons, impeachment, obstruction, emoluments, and the limits of presidential power.
7 briefs
Your Vote and the Law
Ballot selfies, voter intimidation, and what happens when a nominee leaves the race.
3 briefs
Self-Defense and Deadly Force
Stand-your-ground laws, the duty to retreat, and when the use of deadly force is lawful.
4 briefs
How Prosecutions Work
Immunity, extraterritorial reach, money laundering, and obstruction: the machinery of a criminal case.
5 briefs
Immigration Law
Executive action, expedited removal, deportation, and the visas that bring workers to the U.S.
5 briefs
National Security and the Law of War
Cyberattacks, armed conflict, and foreign-investment review under U.S. and international law.
4 briefs
Private Funds and Securities
Fundraising, SEC exam priorities, the Marketing Rule, alternative data, SPACs, and takeover defenses.
8 briefs
Antitrust and Competition
Two-sided markets, the failing-firm defense, standard-essential patents, and FTC unfairness.
4 briefs
Contracts and Deals Under Stress
Force majeure, material adverse effects, and contract rights when a counterparty goes bankrupt.
5 briefs
Litigation and Negotiation Strategy
How top lawyers find the decisive issue, negotiate within ethical limits, and manage a crisis.
5 briefs
Personal Injury Law by State
Fault rules, insurance choices, and damages for serious injuries in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Illinois.
6 briefs
Privacy and Data Protection
What counts as a data breach, how the FTC polices unfair data practices, and whether police can scan your brain.
3 briefs
Assisted Reproduction and Parentage
Sperm donation, surrogacy, and who the law recognizes as a parent.
6 briefs
Survivor Rights and Resources
Legal tools for survivors of image-based abuse, technology abuse, and disasters.
3 briefs
Creative IP and Fashion Law
Trademarking colors, keeping a designer's name, sampling music, and labeling fur.
4 briefs
Labels and the Law
What the words on a label legally mean, from organic food to bourbon to faux fur.
3 briefs
Vaccine Law and Mandates
Employer and school mandates, state restrictions, and liability for vaccine injuries.
5 briefs
Crypto and Web3
NFT royalties, crypto as a commodity, and the privacy stakes of a digital dollar.
3 briefs