Once Off Limits, Now in Demand: Dealing with the Legalization of Everything

Lawyer Life Podcast

In today's episode of the Lawyer Life Podcast, Mike Anderson and Darlene Tonelli of Inter Alia Law muse about whether people are equipped to handle all the things in society for which government is removing regulatory guardrails. Plus: We talk about going on a "news fast", and what we will do instead, like getting out into the real world and doing actual things and having real conversations. "Keep aware, don't obsess". We wonder how we as a society keep ourselves out of addiction and vices when the government steps back and legalizes things that used to be illegal (e.g. sports betting, cannabis), or chooses not to regulate things in the first place (e.g. platforms like Uber, AirBnB, or social media generally). As always, Goods and Gripes: Goods - Darlene loves lawyer shows and books, actual experience of being a lawyer notwithstanding. Mike supports and promotes two amazingly talented artists from Alberta: music (Sister Ray - sisterraymusic.com) and comedian/actor (Lisa Gilroy - lisagilroy.com). Gripes - Mike wonders who was complaining about old Outlook. Darlene follows up on a previous gripe and shares some feedback from her family for Mike. We talked about this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/nyregio... To learn more about our sponsor, Inter Alia Law, please visit www.interalia-law.com.