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Pro Say’s Supreme Court Cheat Sheet

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Judge Arthur Engoron said Trump documents contained 'fraudulent valuations' and fined his lawyers $7,500 each.

1. Law360's Pro Say centers this episode on a Supreme Court preview and two major litigation developments involving Amazon and Donald Trump. 2. Amber McKinney hosts with co-hosts Alex Lawson and Haley Knapp, and guest Carter Phillips of Sidley Austin matters because he litigates regularly before the Supreme Court. 3. The episode asks what the Court's new term may do to the CFPB, gun rights, administrative law, social media blocking, and Supreme Court ethics. 4. The hosts open with the FTC and 17 state attorneys general filing a 172-page complaint against Amazon over pricing and logistics policies. 5. They say the complaint accuses Amazon of monitoring third-party sellers who charge less on other platforms and punishing them in Amazon search results and the buy box. 6. The discussion adds that Amazon's own retail business and Prime-related fulfillment requirements are part of the alleged pricing pressure. 7. The hosts note that the California Attorney General, the D.C. Attorney General, consumers, and retailers have also brought related Amazon litigation. 8. They also mention the FTC's separate $30 million settlement over Alexa privacy claims and the agency's case over Prime auto-renewal 'dark patterns.' 9. On remedies, the hosts say the complaint seeks injunctions and leaves open the possibility of 'structural relief' affecting parts of Amazon's business. 10. Amazon general counsel David Zapolsky responds that the FTC suit is 'wrong on the facts and the law' and would mean 'fewer products to choose from' and 'higher prices.' 11. A procedural update follows when U.S. District Judge John Kuhnauer recuses himself and the case is reassigned to Judge John Chun. 12. The conversation then shifts to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron's partial summary judgment ruling against Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. 13. Phillips and the hosts quote Engoron's finding that the documents 'clearly contain fraudulent valuations' used in business. 14. The episode notes that Engoron sanctioned Trump's lawyers $7,500 each for repeating arguments the court had already rejected as frivolous. 15. It also says the judge canceled New York business certificates held by Trump, his sons, and longtime financial officers, while a receiver would control any transfer of assets. 16. The hosts say the remaining claims for false business records, false financial statements, insurance fraud, and conspiracy could go to trial as early as next week. 17. Phillips sounds measured and analytical, using circuit rulings, constitutional doctrine, and litigation history to explain where the Court may or may not go. 18. The format is a news-heavy law show that moves from host banter into a long, substantive interview with specific cases and procedural updates. 19. Lawyers, law students, and readers tracking Supreme Court term previews will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners seeking light entertainment without detailed legal analysis may skip it.

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A brisk Supreme Court preview that keeps the CFPB stakes plain.

Pro Se keeps the focus on a broad Supreme Court preview and puts the practical stakes up front. Amber McKinney returns with Alex Lawson and Haley Knapp, and Carter Phillips, a Supreme Court litigator at Sidley Austin, helps walk through the cases worth watching this term.

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