Votes & Verdicts

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 ...

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’...

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 Colos...

The November midterm elections, potential litigation challenging the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, and President Donald Trump’s ongoing bids to fire Federal Reserve Governors Jerome Powell and Lisa Cook are among key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence policy and litigation analysts will be watching in 2H. In this episode of Votes and Verdicts, we also discuss crypto legislation to bring clarity for companies like Coi...

What is the Trump administration’s approach to Cuba? How does it differ from President Donald Trump’s first term? And what happens next in the short term and the longer term? Ricardo Herrero, executive director of the Cuba Study Group, joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s Elliott Stein and Nathan Dean on this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast to discuss these and other related questions. Herrero also discusses t...

Bayer, facing tens of thousands of lawsuits over weedkiller Roundup, has set its sights on the Supreme Court. Dale Mullen, partner and co-chair of the business and corporate law section at Whiteford, joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum on this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast to discuss Bayer Monsanto’s appeal to the US Supreme Court of a $1.25 million verdict holding it liable for failing to ...

What are the impacts of the Trump administration’s rescheduling of state-licensed medical cannabis to Schedule III from Schedule I? Could federal rescheduling extend to recreational marijuana later this year? If so, how should companies, firms and operators prepare for a world where significant tax relief and growth opportunities emerge? Would Congress face pressure to consider a federal tax on the budding sector if broader c...

UCLA Law Professor William Boyd joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum on this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast to discuss Bayer’s appeal to the US Supreme Court of a $1.25 million verdict holding it liable for failing to warn that weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. They discuss Bayer’s arguments, the arguments’ vulnerabilities and how the court is likely to rule. They also explore the...

A multitude of suits against social media companies like Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta and Snap accusing them of causing addiction and other harms lead this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast. Matt Schettenhelm previews a trial against Meta by over 30 state attorneys general set to start Aug. 17, with tens of billions in damages and penalties at stake, creating major pressure to settle. Justin Teresi d...

Joyce Adetutu, a partner and trade attorney at Vinson & Elkins, joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum on this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast to discuss the status of refunds tied to tariffs the Supreme Court found unlawful in February. They explore how a potential appeal by the US government could jeopardize importers’ refund rights, new tariffs that may be on the horizon, the strength of ...

The wave of policy proposals shaping the debate around the growing US housing affordability crisis is the focus of this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast. Host Mike Sasso is joined by Jim Tobin, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders, and Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Drew Reading to unpack the latest signals from President Donald Trump on deregulation and federal land proposals, along with accusations of price f...

Mortgage rates remain above 6%, home prices are still high and many homeowners are locked into ultra-low rates from the pandemic era. In the second installment of Votes and Verdicts’ three-part housing affordability miniseries, Bloomberg Intelligence editor Michael Sasso speaks with Erica Adelberg, BI senior mortgage-backed securities analyst, and Phillip Millman, founder of Bell Boulevard Consulting and a former Federal Hous...

The Trump administration is seeking to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes to improve housing affordability. Proposed Senate legislation, part of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, would allow limited exceptions for large investors planning major renovations and others who operate build-to-rent communities. In both cases, investors would have to sell the homes within seven years. Will this bill beco...

A deadline for US President Donald Trump to seek congressional authorization for further military action in Iran, the first week of trial in Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI, and next steps for Live Nation after being found liable for antitrust violations lead this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence's Votes and Verdicts podcast, with analysis from Nathan Dean, Matt Schettenhelm, and Jen Rie. Schettenhelm also explores FCC threats to ...

What role will Congress play in the future of the Iran conflict? How will the outcome of the US midterm elections affect companies like Apple, Bank of America and Amazon.com? Will President Donald Trump spend the last years of his presidency focused on tariffs? These questions and more were discussed on our latest episode of Votes and Verdicts, where Veda Partners co-founder and director of economic research Henrietta Treyz joined ...

With the US announcing a blockade on Iran and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz remaining in flux, energy prices will become an ever more important issue ahead of the US midterm elections in November. In this episode of Votes and Verdicts, Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior energy analyst Rob Barnett joins us to discuss Washington’s influence on energy, what President Donald Trump can and can’t do to lower gasoline...

As a fragile ceasefire hangs in the balance and US–Iran tensions enter a critical new phase, the world and markets are watching to see what comes next. In this episode of Votes and Verdicts, Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior defense analyst and retired Army Colonel Wayne Sanders joins us to discuss the war’s next steps. We examine key issues that will be the subject of negotiations during the ceasefire, including th...

Prediction markets are rapidly moving from niche curiosity to the center of the financial conversation. Once seen as speculative side bets, they’re increasingly viewed as powerful tools for hedging risk and pricing real-world probabilities — from elections and economic data to public policy decisions. And yet, despite the buzz, 88% of US-based activity still sits squarely in sports markets. So what happens next? Listen ...

Can the FCC take away broadcast licenses because the Trump administration doesn’t like how TV stations cover the Iran war? Does the First Amendment have anything to say about it? In this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence TMT litigation and policy analyst Matt Schettenhelm sits down with Brent Skorup of the Cato Institute. They discuss President Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s...