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Weekend Law: Luigi Pleads, Meta's $1.4 Trillion Trial & NFL Antitrust

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Show Notes

Criminal defense attorney Jeremy Saland, a former Manhattan prosecutor, discusses Luigi Mangione’s plea to federal charges of stalking without a plea deal in place. Internet law expert Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University Law School and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, discusses dozens of state attorneys general suing Meta for harm to the mental health of youth. Antitrust expert Harry First, a professor at NYU Law School, discusses an antitrust inquiry into the NFL’s exemption. June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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