Bite-Sized Business Law

Episodes

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  The Billionaire Tax: Inside the Making of California's Prop 40 27.10.2026 42m

  California’s proposed billionaire tax is sparking fierce debate over wealth, taxation, and economic fairness. But what would it actually mean for the state? In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, host Amy Martella welcomes Brian Galle, a professor at UC Berkeley Law, to unpack Proposition 40, a proposed one-time 5% tax on California billionaires that he helped draft. Brian explains how the measure aims to address a shortfall in healthcare funding due to federal funding cuts, how the tax ...
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  Who Owns the Game? NIL and the Fight Over College Sports 13.10.2026 22m

  Who decides what a college athlete’s talent is worth? In this episode, we welcome legendary litigator Jim Quinn, former head of litigation at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and founder of JW Quinn ADR, about the legal battles that have shaped athletes’ rights. Jim explains the changes his practice brought to sports, including professional free agency and revenue-linked salary caps. Jim then discusses the NCAA’s amateurism rules, the cases that challenged them, and how NIL collectives and direct s...
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  Toward a Corporate Ordering World 29.09.2026 28m

  When corporations face social questions faster than lawmakers can answer them, who makes the rules guiding those decisions? On this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, Stavros Gadinis, the George R. Johnson Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business, discusses his new book, Corporate Ordering: How Corporations Navigate Social Conflict. Stavros provides fascinating examples from household private sector companies who were forced to shape the rules of thei...
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  Tipper X Talks: Inside Wall Street's Biggest Sting, From Informing to Redemption 15.09.2026 34m

  Ethical lines are not always crossed in one dramatic leap. Sometimes pressure, culture, and ambition make each small compromise easier to justify. In today’s episode Tom Hardin, author of Wired on Wall Street and the former FBI informant known as Tipper X, discusses his journey from young hedge fund analyst to cooperating witness in a major insider trading investigation. Tom explains how, during his time in the hedge fund world, information advantages were rewarded, why the line between mosai...
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  The New Rules of the Climate Economy 01.09.2026 46m

  As climate change increasingly reshapes the way we live and do business, companies are facing a new reality: adapting to environmental risk is no longer optional. But alongside the challenges are significant opportunities. In this episode, Adam Orford, associate professor of environmental law and policy at Fordham Law School, explores the growing intersection of business law and climate change, and what it means for the future of business. We examine whether businesses may have more power tha...
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  Confronting Claimant Farming in Mass Tort Bankruptcies 18.08.2026 48m

  When every mass-tort claimant has the same voting power, can bankruptcy still deliver a fair settlement? In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, we welcome Wake Forest Law Professor Samir Parikh and Fordham Law Professor Richard Squire to examine how claimant farming can distort mass tort bankruptcies. Samir is a nationally recognized expert in mass tort restructurings and editor-in-chief of the Bloomberg Law Bankruptcy Treatise, and Richard is an expert in bankruptcy and corporate restru...
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  The President of Fordham on the Business of Running a University 04.08.2026 22m

  Welcome to the 100th episode of the Bite-Sized Business Law podcast! In celebration of this milestone, the president of Fordham University, Tania Tetlow, joins us to discuss the business of running a university. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about President Tetlow’s life, her professional background, how running a university is similar to running a business, her mission-driven role, and more! She goes on to discuss the importance of pulling leadership from within faculty ranks before talking abo...
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  Fields of Gold: Inside South Dakota’s Trust Empire 21.07.2026 37m

  South Dakota has turned itself into the ‘trust fund capital’ of America, and the system is thriving financially. Some proponents say the South Dakota trust fund regime is absolutely necessary for those with mega-wealth, but others argue that it’s eroding the American tax base, enabling the hollowing out of the middle class, and defying the trust Teddy Roosevelt knew Americans had in each other. Author and investigative journalist Leah McGrath Goodman unpacks her report, ‘Inside America’s Race...
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  Valuing the Future: SpaceX, AI, and the Art of Valuation 07.07.2026 35m

  How do you put a price on companies that could reshape entire industries? Today on Bite-Sized Business Law, we welcome ‘the Dean of Valuation,’ Professor Aswath Damodaran, to explain the methods behind the valuations of large companies. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about how price and value differ, the importance of taking ownership of your decisions as an investor, how Professor Damodaran has valued SpaceX and why it has been valued so high. We delve into the wild valuations of AI and the effe...
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  Prediction Markets and the Law 23.06.2026 47m

  Prediction markets are surging in popularity, allowing users to bet on everything from elections and military action to awards and celebrity news. But when traders have information the rest of the market does not, where is the line separating useful forecasting from unlawful conduct? In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, we speak with Joshua Mitts, the David J. Greenwald Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, about the legal questions surrounding informed trading in prediction markets...
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  Set It and Forget It Governance: Inside ExxonMobil's New Retail Investor Voting Program 09.06.2026 18m

  The debate over ExxonMobil’s new retail investor voting program is raising important questions about shareholder participation and corporate power. In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, we examine ExxonMobil’s new approach to retail shareholder voting, which supporters say gives retail investors a stronger voice, while critics argue it could consolidate management power and limit the influence of activist investors. Christina Sautter, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at ...
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  The Public Market’s Makeover: Inside the SEC’s Big Reset with Walker Newell 26.05.2026 35m

  The recent changes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made have shaken up the public market in a way that could permanently reshape the balance of power between companies and investors. Today on the Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast, we welcome Walker Newell to discuss the SEC’s big reset and its effects on investors, businesses, and their advisors. In this conversation, you’ll hear all about Walker’s career, his time at the SEC, and his unexpected foray into D&O insuranc...
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  The Efficiency Trap: How AI Is Remodeling the Deal Room 12.05.2026 31m

  AI is already reshaping legal work, but not in the way most people expect. In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, we speak with Francisco Morales Barrón, an M&A partner at Vinson & Elkins and member of the firm’s AI Task Force, about how he is actively using AI in high-stakes dealmaking rather than simply theorizing about its future. The conversation begins with how Francisco responded to early caution within his firm by taking the lead on exploring AI while also teaching a law s...
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  Inside the New York Commercial Division, Where Big Business Litigates 28.04.2026 30m

  The New York Commercial Division has become a premier forum for resolving complex business disputes at the center of the world’s financial capital. Today we speak with James Catterson, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop and former associate justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, who also served as a trial judge and now sits on the Commercial Division Advisory Council. Learn why the Commercial Division was created to keep high-value corporate disputes in New York and how federal-lev...
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  Preventing Constitutional Competition 14.04.2026 34m

  Can constitutional democracy survive the age of AI, or are we handing over governance to systems the law was never built to handle? In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast, host Amy Martella sits down with Margaret Hu, Davison Douglas Professor of Law and Director of the Digital Democracy Lab at William & Mary Law School, to explore the intersection of AI and constitutional law. Margaret shares her journey from the Civil Rights Division post-9/11 to becoming one of the first sc...
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  A Tale of Two Cases: The Shared Stakes in Musk's Appeal and SB21 31.03.2026 49m

  Today, the long-running legal battle over Elon Musk’s Tesla pay package reaches its final chapter. In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, Amy Martella is joined by Richard Squire, Professor of Business Law at Fordham and faculty director of the Corporate Law Center, to unpack two pivotal Delaware Supreme Court decisions: ‘Tornetta v. Musk’ and ‘Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC’. Together, these cases bring the Musk saga to a close while reshaping the broader landscape of Delaware co...
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  Going All In: Nevada’s New Business Court 17.03.2026 30m

  Nevada is pushing towards establishing a dedicated business court, and today on the Bite-Sized Business Law Podcast, we welcome law professor and Nevada expert Benjamin Edwards to discuss this new system. You’ll hear all about the structure of the business court in Nevada, what the election cycle looks like, a note on the Nevada Supreme Court Commission, the process of passing a constitutional amendment in Nevada, and so much more! We delve into what makes Nevada’s court system so unique and ...
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  Inside The Chancery Daily: A Conversation with the Editor-in-Chief 03.03.2026 37m

  The Delaware Court of Chancery has never been a hotter topic than it is right now, and today’s guest is on a mission to share the work of the Chancery with the public. Lauren Pringle, editor-in-chief of The Chancery Daily, discusses what her paper does as the premiere legal publication covering the Delaware court system. Lauren and her staff demystify what’s happening in the courts in a way that the general public can digest. In this conversation, you’ll hear all about Lauren’s unusual career...
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  Firing the Humans: JPMorgan’s Big Bet on AI Proxy Advisors 17.02.2026 29m

  What happens when one of the world’s largest asset managers decides to hand its proxy voting recommendations process to a robot? In this episode, Michael Levin, corporate governance expert and host of The Shareholder Primacy Podcast, unpacks JPMorgan Asset Management’s decision to stop using renowned proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis and instead rely on its in-house AI platform, Proxy IQ. Michael explains what proxy advisory firms do, why they are important, and why they face growing c...
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  Leaving Delaware? The Essential Role of Specialized Courts 03.02.2026 40m

  Who should be trusted to govern the most powerful relationships in the economy: markets, managers, or courts? During this conversation, we are joined by two legal scholars, Zohar Goshen and Tomer Stein, whose newest article focuses on the role of specialized corporate courts. Their shared insight is that corporate relationships are inherently incomplete, and no contract can anticipate every future conflict. This is why states establish business courts: to enforce fiduciary duties and resolve ...