Ep. 268: The Shifting Politics Of Courthouse Arrests
Federal prosecutors\u2019 decision to drop charges against a Massachusetts state judge accused of impeding the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom turned up the heat on an already fraught case, stoking fears that quickly changing political winds played an outsized role in the matter from the start. Law360\u2019s Boston courts reporter Chris Villani joins the show this week to break down the case and the fallout from the DOJ\u2019s decision to stand down. Also this week, financial regulators crack down on texting bankers, and lawsuits challenging the Biden administration\u2019s plans for student loan forgiveness begin to roll in. Finally, the convicted fraudster known as Anna Delvey in Netflix\u2019s \u2018Inventing Anna\u2019 finds herself at odds with her former counsel.