Votes & Verdicts
Votes & Verdicts
Playlist by Votes & VerdictsVotes 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…Follow the podcast:
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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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Crypto Bill, TV Owner Caps, Movie & AI Taxes
Nathan Dean’s analysis of the likelihood of a government shutdown and potential passage of a crypto bill - with implications for Coinbase, Circle and others - leads this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence's Votes and Verdicts podcast. He also discussed a proposed bill to impose sanctions on Russia a…
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Paramount-WBD, Meta Trial, J&J Talc Pact
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 …
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The End of Corporate Tax Inversions?
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 …
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