Votes & Verdicts
Votes & Verdicts
Votes and Verdicts is a series that examines the intersection of business, policy and law. It features conversations between Bloomberg Intelligence's team of litigation and policy analysts and thought leaders discussing legal and policy issues affecting markets and business decisions across many sectors.Social links:
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Stream’s Lefton on Earned Wage Access Laws
What is earned wage access and who should regulate it – the states or the federal government? Should it be regulated as a loan or something else, and why does that matter? How has the Trump administration approached this product and what is Congress doing about it? Kevin Lefton, global general coun…
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Don Layton on Fannie, Freddie Conservatorship Exit
The future of the US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is discussed in depth in this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast. BI's Ben Elliott speaks with Don Layton, former Freddie Mac CEO and JPMorgan vice chairman, about President Donald Trump’s push for a…
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Anthropic, Live Nation Antitrust, ETF Taxes
Analysis of Anthropic’s litigation challenging its designation by the Department of War as a supply chain risk leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, recorded on Oct. 1. Matt Schettenhelm discusses that and what the “White House Accord on Super Intelligence” mean…
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Diesel Export Ban, Oracle, Snap, SpaceX
The legality of potential diesel export restrictions by the Trump administration leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, recorded Sept. 24. BI’s Justin Teresi discusses the issue and Oracle’s possible invocation of force majeure protections related to a Blue Owl-b…
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CA’s Marber on Business of College Sports
The US Senate is considering legislation that would implement federal guidelines for colleges when it comes to governing student-athletes entering name, image, and likeness deals, cap fees for sports agents and create uniform eligibility and transfer rules. In this Sept. 17 episode of the Votes and…
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Kalshi/SCOTUS, DOJ/Google, Nvidia Antitrust
Prediction-markets litigation involving Kalshi, Robinhood and others has arrived at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. Elliott Stein’s analysis of that leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, recorded on Sept. 10. He also shares his thoughts on litigation tied to Presi…
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Gary Gensler on the Role of the SEC
Gary Gensler, 33rd Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (2021-25), professor of the Practice of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-host of the Power and Consequences podcast, joins a special crossover episode of Sustainability Currents and Vot…
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Meta Pact, Data-Center Bans, Gas-Tax Holiday
The details and implications of Meta’s $18 billion dollar settlement in social-media addiction litigation on Aug. 26 led Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast on Aug. 27. We also discussed Abbott’s $670 million settlement on Aug. 20 in cases alleging its baby formula caused necrotizin…
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Disney, Meta, Biofuel, IRS Shrinkage, Crypto
A lawsuit filed by Disney to halt the FCC’s early TV license renewal review of Disney’s broadcast TV stations, as well as lawsuits that could potentially expose Meta to billions in settlements against cases involving social media addiction lead Bloomberg Intelligence’s latest Votes and Verdicts pod…
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Crypto Law, NEC Trial, NIL Tax, Trump v. Fed
The outlook for crypto legislation and rulemaking, with implications for Coinbase, Circle and others, leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts. We also discussed a CFPB open banking proposal and what it means for banks like JPMorgan and Bank of America as well as fintechs l…
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