Is That Even Legal?
The law impacts almost everything we do, several times a day. Sometimes we break the law and don't even know it! Attorney Bob Sewell explores what is legal in today's society by asking experts the age old question - Is That Even Legal? And getting the answers in plain language...while having a bit of fun.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 101
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
You Can't Afford or Hardly Access Good Healthcare...
The law effects every aspect of our lives - including healthcare. Bob likes to say we have the best healthcare money can buy in America...but it takes a lot of money to buy it!
Bob has …
Pandora Papers! Stashing Cash Offshore…
Welcome to the Pandora Papers Episode!
Some of your favorite pop stars...the leaders of foreign governments and other high profile people have been exposed by "investigative journalists,…
Closing the Justice Gap - An Interview with LegalShield CEO Jeff Bell
Many agree that there is a significant justice gap. We have a very long way to go before we achieve "justice for all." Cost of services, access, equity, and even elements of our legal s…
Can the federal government require you to get a COVID shot?
Today the Biden administration issued a sweeping plan aimed at battling COVID. That plan includes mandating vaccinations for employees of companies that have more than 100 workers. I…
Game Changer: Meet Nona Lee, Chief Legal Officer, Arizona Diamondbacks
Is That Even Legal?
Game Changer: Meet Nona Lee, Chief Legal Officer, Arizona Diamondbacks
On August 14, 2021, the modern-era record in Major League Baseball for most no-hitters…
Who’s Your Daddy? The Complicated Legal Issue of Paternity...
It seems a simple question. But in today's complex world of laws and social constructs, it is heartbreakingly complicated sometimes - the question of who's your daddy.
Some biological fa…
Does Your Lawyer Need to Be a Jerk?
Law is expensive. Clients often feel underserved even when their lawyers get paid handsomely. The legal profession also faces a pandemic of drug abuse, depression and alcoholism that …
Freedom Through the Law: Can Supreme Court and State Bar Broaden Access to Justice?
The essence of freedom is access to justice. Increasingly, that access is harder and harder to achieve due to the costs involved.
Recently the Arizona Supreme Court and the State Bar of …
May We Approach the Bench? Bob Talks with Arizona Supreme Court Justice James P. Beene
Don't miss the first of this two part series with Justice James P. Beene
Supreme intelligence:
What goes through the mind of a Supreme Court Justice?
What is the appropriate role of a Just…
Do You Have a Right To Carry a Handgun In Public? Supreme Court to Decide in Landmark Case
The U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t issued a major gun-rights decision in more than a decade. That is about to change. In its next term, the high court will hear a major new Second Amendment…
VICTORY! New Law Means Government Can No Longer Seize Stuff Without Conviction - A Victory for Citizens, The Institute for Justice and This Podcast
Last year, in the second highest downloaded episode on the podcast, Bob introduced you to the crazy case of an elderly couple, their son and their car -- how the government seized it, e…
#FreeBritney: Can Someone Else Control Your Life Through Conservatorship?
What a celebrity case can teach us about conservatorships!
This week Bob interviews celebrity lawyer Christopher Melcher about the controversial conservatorship of Britney Spears. Millio…
Defamation: It's a Legal Weapon! Could It Happen to You?
Sydney Powell; Dominion; Rudy Giuliani; the NYT;Johnny Depp; Fox News; CNN...Defamation lawsuits involved all these folks, could one involve you? Have you been defamed?:
Meet Ted Boutrou…
Moms Are Undervalued By Insurance Companies - Is That Even Legal?
Bob is joined by Megan Whiteside, a leading Washington D.C., personal injury lawyer and host of the popular podcast: Mom Life and Law. See: https://www.momlifeandlaw.com/
Did you you kn…
A Squatter Can Take Your Property! The Adversities of Adverse Possession
In this episode Bob plays guest on his own show as the amazing Sarah Clifford, Esq., interviews him about adverse possession.
Adverse possession, basically, is the legal process by which…
Reefer Rights? Weed, The Workplace and What's Legal
Reefer Rights? Okay, now it’s legal in some states to recreationally smoke or do edibles. What does that mean if you employ people? In this episode, Bob talks with Employment lawyer, K…
You can be silenced. You can be censored! Bob Interviews 1st Amendment Scholar Eugene Volokh
You can be silenced. You can Be Censored. Is That Even Legal?
In this episode, Bob is joined by 1st Amendment expert and Constitutional Scholar Eugene Volokh, the Gary T. Schwartz Profes…
Privacy Please! - Don't Count on It. Court says you have NO reasonable expectation of online privacy.
Recent surveys conducted by TrustArc and other companies show that:
- 92% of consumers are concerned about online privacy;
- 84% of consumers want more control over how their data is used;
- 89%…
The Is That Even Legal Scholarship Contest for Law Students and Schools
Our first season was a HUGE success because of your support and interest! Now, if you are a law school student in the U.S., you can earn some scholarship money by helping us program for…
My boss says they are in love with me! Is that even legal? #metoo and the workplace.
According to a recent report, 27 percent of Americans have had an office romance...and a quarter of those romances were with their boss. This despite heightened public scrutiny followin…