Votes & Verdicts

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 & Verdicts is a business podcast hosted by Bloomberg, with 162 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Bloomberg hosts Votes & Verdicts, a business show with 162 episodes published.

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  Crypto Law, NEC Trial, NIL Tax, Trump v. Fed

  Aug 14, 202638 min

  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 like Plaid. Elsewhere, Mead Johnson’s liability exposure will likely be clarified in the first federal test trial in lawsuits alleging preterm infant formula causes necrotizing enterocolitis. Fox, Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have the clearest exposure if Congress enacts a federal framework for college sports. President Donald Trump’s renewed bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook probably fails, and the midterm elections could threaten the Supreme Court’s business-friendly tilt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Crypto Bill, TV Owner Caps, Movie & AI Taxes

  Aug 7, 202633 min

  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 and a bill to ease regulations for banks like Truist, Zions, PNC, Regions Financial and others. Matt Schettenhelm analyzed the FCC's Aug. 6 vote to scrap the 39% US national TV-ownership cap and why Nexstar, Sinclair, Scripps and Gray may benefit. Andrew Silverman discussed federal film-production tax credits that would cut annual taxes for Paramount Skydance, Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. He also explained why tax policy matters for AI infrastructure and hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon.com, Meta and Microsoft. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

  Jul 31, 202631 min

  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 . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The End of Corporate Tax Inversions?

  Jul 24, 202643 min

  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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Lindsey Graham; Apple vs. OpenAI; Kenvue Blow

  Jul 17, 202630 min

  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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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