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Legal Roundtable Discusses Gardner Lawsuit, Roundup Trial, Title IX Case

Legal Roundtable panelists Bill Frievogel, Nicole Gorovsky and Mark Smith joined host Sarah Fenske. | 1/27/2020
David Kovaluk | St. Louis Public Radio

On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Sarah Fenske convened this month’s Legal Roundtable panelists to take a closer look at local and regional issues pertaining to the law. 

Discussion topics included St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s federal lawsuit alleging a racist conspiracy that prevents her from enacting her agenda, a forthcoming trial involving Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, and a federal judge’s dismissal of a Title IX lawsuit filed against Washington University by a former student.

Joining the discussion were William Freivogel, journalism professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and lawyer; local attorney Nicole Gorovsky of Gorovsky Law; and Mark Smith, associate vice chancellor and dean for career services at Washington University.

St. Louis on the Air” brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. The show is hosted by Sarah Fenske and produced by Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury, Evie Hemphill and Lara Hamdan. The engineer is Aaron Doerr and production assistance is provided by Charlie McDonald.

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Alex is the executive producer of "St. Louis on the Air" at St. Louis Public Radio.