Votes & Verdicts

TikTok likely didn’t convince the US Supreme Court to overturn a sale-or-ban law that’s set to take effect on Jan. 19, based on Bloomberg Intelligence’s analysis of the Jan. 10 hearing. In this episode of Votes and Verdicts, Litigation Analysts Matt Schettenhelm and Elliott Stein host a Bloomberg Intelligence Spotlight Webinar shortly after the key US Supreme Court argument. They...

President-elect Donald Trump’s effect on bank-capital rules, crypto policy, antitrust scrutiny and drug pricing are among key 2025 catalysts that BI litigation and policy analysts are watching. On this 2025 litigation and policy outlook episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast, the Bloomberg Intelligence litigation team discusses these and other matters, including: the FTC’s case agai...

Abbott and Reckitt’s Mead Johnson face over 1,000 claims that preterm infant formula causes necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants and have been hit with jury verdicts totaling a half a billion dollars so far. In this Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analysts Holly Froum and Justin Teresi discuss federal and state litigation, key catalysts in 2025, potential...

A key ruling in TikTok’s lawsuit challenging the US “sale or ban” law, a trial in Arm v. Qualcomm litigation over chip-licensing and oral arguments in a Canadian Pacific bondholder appeal in a $2.4 billion suit over redemption rights are litigation catalysts to watch in December. In this Votes and Verdicts episode, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst Elliott Stein gathered colleagues...

After Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 election win, technology, media and telecom companies in the US will likely see major changes in the US regulatory environment. In this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst Jennifer Rie joined fellow BI analyst Matthew Schettenhelm to discuss what the election may mean for internet platforms, broadband-service provi...

Following Donald Trump’s election victory on Nov. 5, a series of personnel and policy changes at the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice could have significant ramifications for the antitrust landscape in the years to come — both in terms of M&A oversight and future enforcement actions. Big tech companies like Google, Meta, Amazon.com and Apple may still be in the spotlight, whi...

President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 victory is poised to have significant effects on a wide swath of industries, likely helping determine whether banks, drugmakers, health insurers, internet platforms and automakers remain under regulatory pressure or see some relief. Corporate tax rates and antitrust scrutiny of M&A will also be affected. Bloomberg Intelligence policy analysts on Nov. 7 dis...

The US presidential election on Nov. 5 will likely have significant ramifications for the energy and renewables sectors, affecting companies ranging from oil and gas producers such as Exxon Mobil and Hess to renewables enterprises First Solar and Enphase. On Oct. 29, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Nathan Dean, Rob Barnett, Will Hares, Vince Piazza, Brett Gibbs and Talon Custer discussed the impli...

The US presidential election on Nov. 5 is likely to have significant effects on the antitrust landscape for years to come, with appointments to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission on the line, as well as differing approaches to both the oversight of mergers and acquisitions and future enforcement actions. Big tech companies like Google, Meta, Amazon.com and Apple have been i...

The US presidential election on Nov. 5 will likely have significant impacts on the consumer space, from potential tariffs to possible “price gouging” laws affecting companies including Volvo, Nike, Kroger, Walmart and others. In this episode of the Bloomberg Intelligence Votes and Verdicts podcast, analysts Holly Froum and Poonam Goyal discussed the implications of the election and what it means f...

The US presidential election on Nov. 5 may have significant effects on the industrial space from the potential elimination of tax incentives and related funding for electric vehicles, to PFAS (forever chemicals) regulations and infrastructure policies affecting companies like Ford, General Electric, Sensata, Eaton, First Solar, 3M and others. In this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and V...

The US presidential election on Nov. 5 bring significant risks and opportunities for the health-care industry, with insurers, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals all watching for possible changes in programs such as Obamacare and Medicare. In this edition of the Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Duane Wright, Glen Losev and Michael Shah discuss the potential impact of...

How will the 2024 US presidential and congressional elections impact the markets? Do economic factors matter more than the election outcome for equity market performance? What asset classes are most exposed to the US political outcomes? How important are geopolitical factors including China, Ukraine and the Middle East? On the latest edition of Votes and Verdicts, Nixon Peabody Trust Company Chief...

The corporate tax rate, state and local tax cap and individual tax cuts are all set to expire in the coming year, with their outcome dependent on how Americans vote on Nov. 5. Chris Cioffi, senior reporter for Bloomberg Tax, and Andrew Silverman, senior tax policy analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discuss their expectations for taxes after the 2024 elections in this edition of BI’s Votes and Ver...

The US presidential election on Nov. 5 may have significant effects on the telecom, media and tech sector, including on M&A enforcement. The future regulation of broadband and broadcasting could be reshaped, while internet platforms face risks of new data-privacy limits and changes to a key protection from legal liability. This Votes & Verdicts episode features the conversation between Blo...

How will the 2024 US presidential and congressional elections affect the markets? Do economic factors matter more than the election outcome for equity market performance? How do seasonality and stock performance correlate? How would a Trump win vs. a Harris win affect the Treasury market? Does single-party rule or split governments make deficits grow faster? Gina Martin Adams, Bloomberg Intelligen...

The US presidential election on Nov. 5 will likely have significant effects on the financial-services industry, from the Basel III Endgame’s potential 9% hike in capital requirements for banks like JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs to increased debt requirements for midsized lenders such as PNC and U.S. Bancorp. As part of Bloomberg Intelligence’s election webinar series throu...

TikTok’s likelihood of dodging a Jan. 19 effective ban in the US took a nosedive after a difficult Sept. 16 court hearing, according to Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Matthew Schettenhelm. In this Votes and Verdicts Brief, he joins BI colleague Elliott Stein to discuss the hearing, what’s next in the case and how the issue is likely to be resolved, and why competitors like Meta and Alph...

Companies facing multibillion-dollar exposure from mass-tort personal-injury litigation have faced massive jury verdicts in 2024. In this Votes and Verdicts episode, BI litigation analyst Holly Froum is joined by mass-tort expert and attorney Joseph Fantini to discuss some of the major litigation facing consumer and industrial companies, including cancer claims against Bayer’s Monsanto weedkiller,...

What are the major impacts to the markets under an administration of former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris? What are the risks and opportunities? SkyBridge Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner Anthony Scaramucci joined Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Nathan Dean and Elliott Stein to discuss the market, sector and other impacts of the US elections. He also discussed his v...

A key TikTok hearing in its fight against the US government’s “sale or ban” law, Coinbase in court to force the SEC to make crypto rules, and Google fighting DOJ antitrust actions on multiple fronts are catalysts to watch in September. In this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast, host and Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst Elliott Stein gathered colleagues to discuss these and...

In this edition of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes & Verdicts podcast, Aude Gerspacher, BI’s senior litigation analyst, and Duane Wright, senior health care policy analyst, discuss the first results of the US government’s Medicare price negotiations, its implications and the outlook for the next list of drugs to be negotiated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This has been a monumental year for litigation facing historic PFAS manufacturers like 3M, DuPont and Chemours, after the finalization of massive class settlements to cover remediation claims by American water authorities in 1H. Despite those deals, the companies are still up against vast litigation risks. In this episode of Votes and Verdicts, Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analysts Holly Frou...

Big tech platforms Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Meta are all ensnared in monopolization lawsuits brought by US antitrust enforcers bent on curbing the power of these companies and seeking, in some cases, court-ordered breakups. Alphabet’s Google recently lost at trial to the Department of Justice in one suit, and heads to court in September in another. What are all of these legal fights about, wher...

Co-Executive Director of the AI Now Institute Sarah Myers West and Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Justin Teresi discuss the growth of artificial intelligence and the myriad antitrust policy and litigation considerations underpinning the industry today. In this episode of BI’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, we focus on how antitrust issues are being triggered by AI’s intrinsic need for data, the globa...