Votes & Verdicts

A July 31 federal appeals court hearing on the legality of President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal and fentanyl-trafficking tariffs was among the key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence analysts examined this week. BI’s litigation and policy team also discussed the likelihood of a government shutdown in September. Additionally, they covered the outlook for antitrust clearance of Dick’s Sporting Goods merger wit...

What does ‘tokenization’ of securities mean for the markets? How will artificial intelligence shape the future of investing and what is the future of cryptocurrency policy with Congress passing the GENIUS Act? What’s the future of the market’s relationship with the SEC under the Trump administration? Robinhood’s Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher discussed these topics and more when he joined BI’s...

Professor John Yoo joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum on this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast to discuss May rulings by the US Court of International Trade and Washington, DC district court striking down so-called “fentanyl trafficking” and reciprocal tariffs. Professor Yoo, who served as law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and is a senior research fellow at the Civitas...

Deregulation for the largest US banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, are among the key 2H catalysts that BI litigation and policy analysts are watching. In this litigation and policy midyear outlook episode, the team also discusses key crypto legislation and why tech companies like Alphabet, Amazon.com, Apple and Meta will continue to face heightened antitrust enforcement. Other catalysts include...

The One Big Beautiful Bill is the key policy catalyst Bloomberg Intelligence analysts are watching this week. The bill likely hands wins to Apple, Disney, Alphabet and Boeing by locking in an offshore safe harbor and restoring foreign tax credits while shielding foreign entities from IRS scrutiny. REITs are also a big winner. First Solar, Nextracker, Array, Shoals and US solar peers are in line for a boost to domestic demand over t...

Key court rulings on June 23 and 25 in cases against Anthropic and Meta over the use of copyrighted material in large language models are among the catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The decisions are also relevant for Google, Microsoft, the New York Times, OpenAI and others. The team also discussed the outlook for antitrust enforcement of M&A under US President Donald Trump,...

Swings in US tariff policies have convulsed markets and kept trading partners on edge, and court rulings might only be adding to the uncertainty. Stanford law professor Alan Sykes joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum to discuss May 28-29 rulings by the US Court of International Trade and Federal District Court of Washington DC striking down tariffs imposed on China, Canada and Mexico, and reciprocal tariffs. ...

An update on the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill making its way through Congress — which is important to companies like Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle — was among the key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team also discussed potential bills to increase credit-card competition and cap credit-card fees, which could affect Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover....

The June 3 lifting of Wells Fargo’s asset cap imposed by the Federal Reserve in 2018 was among the key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence analysts examined this week. BI’s litigation and policy team also discussed Michelle Bowman’s confirmation as Fed vice chair of supervision and what it means for deregulatory efforts for banks like JPMorgan and others. We also discussed closing arguments in the Justice Department&...

Court rulings on May 28 and 29 deeming unlawful US tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico and reciprocal tariffs — with ramifications for retailers like Nike, automakers such as Ford, tech companies including Apple, and other sectors — are among the key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team also discussed President Donald Trump’s social-media posts about Fann...

The passage of the Republicans’ tax-cut bill in the House and what happens next — with ramifications for multinational corporations, clean-energy companies like First Solar, and wireless carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon — are among the key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team also discussed stablecoin legislation advancing in the Senate and...

Antitrust law has been unusually busy in recent years, with several high-profile cases, including in Big Tech. Steve Berman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of plaintiff-side firm Hagens Berman Sobol and Shapiro LLP, joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Justin Teresi for a discussion of antitrust developments and trends, as seen from the plaintiffs’ bar. Topics include Berman’s recent litigation around the growth of art...

The status of the Republicans’ tax-cut bill and the Inflation Reduction Act — with ramifications for hospitals like HCA and Tenet, health insurers like Centene, electric-vehicle makers like Ford and Tesla and solar companies like First Solar — is among the key catalysts BI litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team also discussed President Donald Trump’s “Most-Favored Nation”...

A May 13 hearing in lawsuits challenging US tariffs, with ramifications for retailers like Nike, automakers like Ford, tech companies like Apple and other sectors are among key catalysts BI litigation and policy analysts are watching in the coming week. The team also discussed a recent op-ed by FCC commissioner Nathan Simington and what it means for potential rulemaking by the agency to cap revenue that local TV stations must pay t...

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have brought major tariff, tax and regulatory actions that have roiled global markets and diplomacy. Bloomberg Intelligence analysts hosted a webinar on May 1 to discuss how these evolving policies will shape sectors, markets and companies — from banks like Bank of America and Citigroup, retailers like Walmart and Kroger as well as technology providers Apple and Google &...

Updates and our outlook on the various lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s tariffs, with ramifications for retailers like Nike, automakers like Volkswagen and numerous other sectors, are among key catalysts that BI litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team also discussed various antitrust matters, including the ongoing FTC v. Meta trial, proceedings over remedies in the DOJ’s case again...

A preview of the upcoming trial in which the FTC is challenging Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp as anticompetitive, as well as a preview of a remedy hearing in the DOJ vs. Google search, were among the key catalysts that BI litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. Though divestitures are at risk in the FTC case, we think Meta has the better of arguments heading into trial. We also discussed how the...

The Trump administration’s tariffs are among key topics that BI litigation and policy analysts are following this week, including among others reciprocal tariffs, tariffs on steel and aluminum and tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico. Ted Murphy, partner at the global law firm, Sidley Austin, and co-leader of Sidley’s Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy practice joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Fr...

The Trump administration’s tariffs and negotiations over acquiring TikTok are among key catalysts that BI litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team discussed what happens next with respect to the “Liberation Day” tariffs President Donald Trump announced on April 2 and the impacts it could have on companies like Nike, Levis, and Stellantis. The team also analyzed the legal issues surrounding t...