We join forces with the law firm of Hogan Lovells to bring you some “legal mumbo jumbo”—an episode recorded at their offices in Washington, D.C. before a gaggle of law students. Joining your guest host, IJ’s Ben Field, are IJ attorney Kirby Thomas West plus two of Hogan’s finest, appellate attorneys Sean Marotta and Danielle Desaulniers Stempel. Danielle begins things with a Fifth Circuit opinion about silencers and standing. Apparently the plaintiffs were a little silent about any harms that have befallen them. Then it’s on to Sean for a lesson about what makes the world go round. Funnily enough, it’s not money but shipping containers. That is, as the D.C. Circuit recounts, until a federal agency starts tacking into shipping contracts. Finally, Kirby brings us up to the First Circuit for a story of TikTok, retaliation, and judicial opinions that maybe aren’t as funny as their authors think they are.
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