4/16 Sam LIVE At Las Vegas Mass Torts Conference '26 Day 1 (M)

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Sam Seder hosts a live episode from the Mass Torts Conference in Las Vegas, discussing various legal issues and political topics.

FUN HALF: https://youtube.com/live/PSzIfYzGdpc?... Live from Sin City it's The Majority Report On today's program: While speaking on the Senate floor about Bernie Sanders’ resolutions to block the transfer of bulldozers and weapons to Israel, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) highlights the story of Rachel Corrie, an American killed by an armored Israeli bulldozer. The resolution failed thanks to every single Republican and 7 Democrats - like Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand. Scott Bessent claims that the tariff refunds are, thanks to the Supreme Court, going to China. Sam hosts a series of interviews with lawyers from the firm Levin Papantonio the Mass Tort Conference in Las Vegas. Glen Ged discusses his firms work on Internation Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff refunds. Peter Mougey joins Sam for an update on his firms work on the opioid epidemic. Chris Tisi joins Sam to discuss a mass tort case involving Johnson & Johnson and the toxicity of talcum powder. Caleb Cunningham really piques Sam interest with his work on infections stemming from dirty scopes used in colonoscopies in a case near to Sam's...heart. Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) sabotages the war powers act vote…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Seder

Guests: Glen Ged, Peter Mougey, Chris Tisi, Caleb Cunningham

Topics covered

• politics
• mass torts
• legal issues
• Israel
• opioid epidemic
• tariff refunds
• media criticism

Keywords

• Mass Torts Conference
• Israel
• tariff refunds
• opioid epidemic
• Johnson & Johnson
• legal interviews
• political commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Levin Papantonio, Johnson & Johnson

Places: Las Vegas

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