In Tyler v Hennepin County, the US Supreme Court considers whether the County violated the Constitution’s prohibition on the taking of private property without “just compensation” when it sold and kept the value of an elderly woman’s condominium over a small unpaid tax bill. DLA Piper’s Samantha Chaifetz, Jeff Tsai and Justin Sarno discuss.

Microsoft’s Beth Henderson and DLA Piper’s Lisa Dewey open this episode, a recording of a recent panel discussion on the access to justice crisis in America held at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Professor Rebecca (Becky) Sandefur of Arizona State University’s School of Social and Family Dynamics and Jim Sandman of the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School join Beth and Lisa in a discussion on the growing movement to provide equal access to legal services.

For more than 15 years, DLA Piper’s New Perimeter has collaborated with charitable organizations, governments and academic institutions to provide pro bono assistance in under-served regions around the world. In this episode, New Perimeter co-directors Sara Andrews and Claire Donse are joined by past director Lisa Dewey to discuss the impact the organization has had over the years and why access to justice, social and economic development, and women’s advancement continue to be a focus.

As part of a series of conversations with women dealmakers, Kathy Ruhland, chair of DLA Piper’s US Corporate practice, and Marci Fábrega, Chief M&A Counsel at Ecolab, discuss dealmaking and their shared experiences as female leaders in the world of M&A.

DLA Piper partner Matt Schwartz, associate Bri Charles, and Chief Talent Development & Inclusion Officer Lenora Ausbon-Odom discuss the mentor and mentee relationship, how technology plays an important role, and why the firm is backing the Legal Mentor Network, a non-profit dedicated to connecting law students and recently barred attorneys with legal mentors.

As jury trials resume in courthouses across the country, how will the experiences of the past few year sway juror opinions? What will a post-pandemic trial look like? DLA Piper partners Lyn Pruitt, Buffy Mims, and Adria Conklin discuss.

Pulitzer-winning Wall Street Journal journalist Joann Lublin, author of Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life, joins Jackie Park, DLA Piper’s Co-U.S. Managing Partner, and Cara Edwards, Co-Chair of the firm’s Leadership Alliance for Women, for a conversation on the challenges and opportunities involved in juggling managerial careers and families, and changes that have taken place from generation to generation.

DLA Piper’s Ray Williams and Kirsten Axelsen are joined by Dr. Benson Hsu of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine for a frank discussion on disparities to engaging with  telehealth and ways to better serve low-income communities.

DLA Piper’s Chief Operating Officer Bob Bratt and Chief Administrative Officer Joanne Chiedi are joined by community leader Bill Kaneko to discuss their work with the Department of Justice’s Office of Redress Administration, a historic program that issued redress payments and a presidential apology to individuals of Japanese ancestry evacuated, relocated and interned during World War II. Bob, Joanne and Bill share what it was like to be a part of the program, Bill as a community leader who led the fight in Hawaii to seek redress, Bob as redress administrator, and Joanne as deputy administrator.

DLA Piper's Lisa Dewey talks with Nancy Drane, executive director of the DC Access to Justice Commission, and Becky Troth, executive director of the DC Bar Pro Bono Center, on the need for equal access to justice during the pandemic and beyond.

In this episode, DLA Piper's Stasia Kelly and Kristin Campbell, executive vice president and general counsel for Hilton, discuss ways one of the world's largest hotel chains took an outside the box approach to doing business during the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented change to the global grocery industry. In this episode, DLA Piper partners Angela Agrusa and Stefanie Fogel are joined by GlobalData's Maureen Hinton and Joseph Robinson to discuss the impact of the pandemic on the industry, with a focus on current developments and the outlook for 2021.

DLA Piper's Tom Ara, co-chair of the firm's Entertainment Finance and Transactions Practice, speaks with Mike Sepso, co-founder and CEO of Vindex, and Sarah Needleman, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the history and evolution of esports and ways the pandemic has affected the industry.

In this episode, DLA Piper's Victoria Lee, Co-Chair of the firm's Global Technology Sector, talks with Andrew Serwin, US and Global Co-Chair of the firm's Data Protection, Privacy and Security Practice, about implications of Schrems II and other recent data privacy legislation, and how technology companies can navigate the ever-changing landscape of global privacy regulatory issues.

As employees return to the office amid the COVID-19 pandemic, several products have been created to help with the transition, including Salesforce’s Work.com platform. DLA Piper's Victoria Lee, co-chair of the firm’s Global Technology Sector, talks with Léo Murgel, VP, Legal and Corporate Affairs COO at Salesforce, about ways technology can help streamline the return of the global workforce.

What is allyship, and what does it mean to be an effective ally in a time of racial, economic, and social crisis? Fenimore Fisher, DLA Piper's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, and Kenji Yoshino, Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law, discuss.

As the COVID-19 pandemic strains healthcare services worldwide and threatens the safety of our frontline workers, telehealth technologies have emerged as a powerful tool to connect patients with vital services while reducing in-person interactions that can spread the virus. DLA Piper's Kristi Kung, Danny Tobey and Ray Williams discuss.

DLA Piper's Susheela Rivers and John Sullivan speak with Christina Gaw, Managing Principal and Head of Capital Markets at Gaw Capital, one of the world's largest private equity real estate companies, about the reopening of office, retail and hotel properties in Asia in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

DLA Piper's Tom Ara, co-chair of the firm's Entertainment Finance and Transactions Practice, speaks with prominent Hollywood film and television producer David Broome on the impact COVID-19 is having on the entertainment industry, including halts in production, the need for increased safety measures, and ways content is being consumed.

DLA Piper's John Gilluly, global co-chair of the firm's Corporate practice, talks with General James Mattis and Ambassador Nick Burns about the COVID-19 pandemic, its implications for global economies and international cooperation, and the importance of leadership during a global crisis.

With a vaccine potentially months (if not years) away, health experts predict we will be living with COVID-19 and its aftershocks for some time. Nevertheless, employees across the nation will be returning to work as pressure to open the economy builds, and employers need to prepare now. In this episode, DLA Piper's Ryan Vann and Rita Patel highlight near-term employment and compensation strategies for U.S. employers to consider when bringing people back to work.

The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the economy to a near halt and turned the financial markets on their head. A range of issues have come to the fore as businesses, cutoff from their customers and consumers, seek to balance the need to meet their contractual and financial obligations while also preserving cash, the results of which cascade through the economy. DLA Piper's Thomas Califano, Richard Hans, and Rachel Albanese discuss the challenges and opportunities businesses should be aware of as they navigate these shoal waters.

DLA Piper’s John Sullivan talks with Dean Shapiro of Oxford Properties about ways the company has served its communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, including turning vacant real estate space at Hudson Yards into a commissary to feed healthcare workers. In addition, DLA Piper’s Mariah DiGrino talks Kate Maehr, director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, a hub for a network of more than 700 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other programs, about the pandemic’s effect on daily operations.