Analysis of litigation challenging Paramount’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast. We also discuss why Meta’s request to the Ninth Circuit to put on hold an Aug. 18 social-media-addiction trial probably won’t succeed. Lastly, we look at the implications of Johnson & Johnson’s $5.5 billion settlement in litigation alleging the company’s talcum powder products caused cancer. For more of Bloomberg Intelligence’s litigation and policy research, please visit BI LAWS <GO>.

Analysis of litigation challenging Paramount&rsquo;s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s Votes and Verdicts podcast. We also discuss why Meta&rsquo;s request to the Ninth Circuit to put on hold an Aug. 18 social-media-addiction trial probably won&rsquo;t succeed. Lastly, we look at the implications of Johnson &amp; Johnson&rsquo;s $5.5 billion settlement in litigation alleging the company&rsquo;s talcum powder products caused cancer. For more of Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s litigation and policy research, please visit BI LAWS &lt;GO&gt;.

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.

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.

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Paramount-WBD, Meta Trial, J&J Talc Pact

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Corporate tax inversions once dominated international tax planning, prompting decades of congressional action and Treasury regulations with the result that we still had some of the largest cross-border mergers in history. Yet, despite the rollback of the last round of anti-inversion regulations in 2017, large US companies have largely stopped leaving the country. In this episode of Votes and Verdicts, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Government Analyst Andrew Silverman and PKF O’Connor Davies Tax Partner Chris Migliaccio discuss why inversions have faded, whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act fundamentally changed corporate tax incentives and what Bloomberg Intelligence’s latest research says about how multinational tax planning has evolved over the past decade. They also examine whether future tax increases or global tax reforms could ever make inversions attractive again.

Corporate tax inversions once dominated international tax planning, prompting decades of congressional action and Treasury regulations with the result that we still had some of the largest cross-border mergers in history. Yet, despite the rollback of the last round of anti-inversion regulations in 2017, large US companies have largely stopped leaving the country. In this episode of Votes and Verdicts, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Government Analyst Andrew Silverman and PKF O&rsquo;Connor Davies Tax Partner Chris Migliaccio discuss why inversions have faded, whether the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act fundamentally changed corporate tax incentives and what Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s latest research says about how multinational tax planning has evolved over the past decade. They also examine whether future tax increases or global tax reforms could ever make inversions attractive again.

The End of Corporate Tax Inversions?

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Senator Lindsey Graham’s passing makes some of US President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, particularly a reconciliation 3.0 package, harder. This episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes & Verdicts podcast centers on the implications of Graham’s death and the outlook of Apple’s suit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets. Elsewhere, an appeals court reinstated some of the plaintiffs’ experts in federal cases against Johnson & Johnson and spinoff Kenvue alleging that Tylenol causes autism and ADHD, making settlement more likely. Hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon.com and Microsoft potentially face further data-center bans following New York’s one-year moratorium. Trump Organization entities are filing amended claims accusing Capital One of debanking them.

Senator Lindsey Graham&rsquo;s passing makes some of US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s legislative agenda, particularly a reconciliation 3.0 package, harder. This episode of Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s Votes &amp; Verdicts podcast centers on the implications of Graham&rsquo;s death and the outlook of Apple&rsquo;s suit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets. Elsewhere, an appeals court reinstated some of the plaintiffs&rsquo; experts in federal cases against Johnson &amp; Johnson and spinoff Kenvue alleging that Tylenol causes autism and ADHD, making settlement more likely. Hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon.com and Microsoft potentially face further data-center bans following New York&rsquo;s one-year moratorium. Trump Organization entities are filing amended claims accusing Capital One of debanking them.

Lindsey Graham; Apple vs. OpenAI; Kenvue Blow

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The settlement implications of a $1.4 trillion demand by states in an upcoming trial against Meta related to allegedly addictive features leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast. We also discussed why Meta can cut $10 billion from a $22 billion IRS tax case in connection with IP offshoring. An NAACP lawsuit against SpaceX’s xAI unit seeks to shut down the gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center and could jeopardize part of its $45 billion contract with Anthropic. Hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon.com and Microsoft face heightened nationwide policy risk after New York passed what appears to be the first data-center ban in the US. Prediction market litigation is poised for Supreme Court review, with New Jersey’s Aug. 4 deadline to seek high court review of its loss to Kalshi.

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

The settlement implications of a $1.4 trillion demand by states in an upcoming trial against Meta related to allegedly addictive features leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence&rsquo;s Votes and Verdicts podcast. We also discussed why Meta can cut $10 billion from a $22 billion IRS tax case in connection with IP offshoring. An NAACP lawsuit against SpaceX&rsquo;s xAI unit seeks to shut down the gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center and could jeopardize part of its $45 billion contract with Anthropic. Hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon.com and Microsoft face heightened nationwide policy risk after New York passed what appears to be the first data-center ban in the US. Prediction market litigation is poised for Supreme Court review, with New Jersey&rsquo;s Aug. 4 deadline to seek high court review of its loss to Kalshi.
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$1.4 Trillion Meta Suit, SpaceX, Data Centers

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Paramount-WBD, Meta Trial, J&J Talc Pact

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