Ep. 267: Jackson Water Crisis Spills Into Court

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have thrust the city’s failure to provide clean water into federal court, suing numerous public officials and engineering firms that they say have degraded the city’s water through negligence and mismanagement. This week on Pro Say, the hosts dive into the specifics of the proposed class action and break down the lengthy battle that likely lies ahead. Also on this week’s show, a California judge raps Gibson Dunn for its questionable discovery conduct representing Facebook in a suit over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, and the New York attorney general fixes her sights on the Trump Organization amid allegations of massive banking fraud. Finally, the Pro Say crew catches you up on the legal machinations that led to the freeing of “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed after 23 years behind bars for allegedly murdering his high school girlfriend.