Episodes

  • Bank Rules, Anthropic, Sable, DOJ v. Powell
    Mar 20 2026

    US regulatory proposals on March 19 to lower capital requirements for JPMorgan, Bank of America and other banks lead this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, with analysis from Nathan Dean. Matt Schettenhelm discusses Anthropic’s bid to halt the US designation of it as a supply-chain risk and FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke TV licenses for broadcasters, including Disney’s ABC. Holly Froum analyzes a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act and a Supreme Court case concerning liability of transportation brokers including CH Robinson. Justin Teresi explores President Donald Trump’s push to let Sable Offshore restart an offshore oil project in California and a Senate bill to break up the meatpacking industry. Elliott Stein discusses the DOJ’s probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and litigation between states and prediction markets.

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    42 mins
  • Sayyed on the State of Antitrust Enforcement
    Mar 13 2026

    Antitrust law has come into sharper focus over the past year, with several high-profile cases, including in Big Tech. Bilal Sayyed, former Director of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning and current competition counsel at TechFreedom, as well as counsel at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft, joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analysts Jennifer Rie and Justin Teresi on this Votes and Verdicts episode to talk about the state of US antitrust enforcement one year into the Trump administration. They discuss whether antitrust enforcement has become politicized (or more politicized), the departure of Gail Slater from the DOJ, the firing of the two Democratic FTC commissioners and various policy initiatives of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition and the DOJ’s Antitrust Division.

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    47 mins
  • Bayer, Abbott, J&J Billion-Dollar Tort Risk
    Mar 6 2026

    Companies facing multibillion-dollar exposure from mass tort personal-injury litigation have faced massive jury verdicts in 2026, and the trend shows no sign of slowing. In this Votes and Verdicts episode, BI litigation analysts Holly Froum and Matthew Schettenhelm are joined by mass tort expert Joseph Fantini to discuss some of the major hurdles facing companies, including weedkiller cancer claims against Bayer’s Monsanto, NEC litigation against Abbott and Reckitt’s Mead Johnson unit, talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson, social-media addiction lawsuits against Meta, Google and others, and more. They discuss potential catalysts on the horizon, the strength of cases and the likelihood of any global settlements.

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    31 mins
  • SCOTUS Tariff-Ruling Aftermath With Ted Murphy
    Feb 27 2026

    The Supreme Court’s Feb. 20 ruling striking down President Trump’s reciprocal and fentanyl-trafficking tariffs has created uncertainties about next steps. In this Votes and Verdicts Podcast, Ted Murphy, partner at Sidley Austin and co-leader of the law firm’s global arbitration, trade and advocacy practice, joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum to talk about the Supreme Court’s ruling, next steps, the right to refunds, additional tariffs that could be on the horizon, the legality of Sec. 122 tariffs imposed on Feb. 24 and other statutory authorities the administration may use. They also discuss the impact of the SCOTUS ruling on a lawsuit challenging elimination of the de minimis exemption.

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    33 mins
  • Joyce Adetutu on SCOTUS IEEPA Tariff Ruling
    Feb 19 2026

    Joyce Adetutu, partner and trade attorney at Vinson & Elkins, and Holly Froum, Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst, discuss President Donald Trump’s reciprocal and fentanyl-trafficking tariffs on this episode of the Votes and Verdicts podcast. They discuss the lawsuit challenging the tariffs pending before the US Supreme Court and how the court might rule. They also explore refund procedures courts could put in place if the tariffs are struck down, how courts may limit refunds and what parties should do to protect their rights.

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    25 mins
  • Live Nation Antitrust, Kalshi, Nexstar-Tegna
    Feb 13 2026

    The Feb. 12 exit of US Department of Justice antitrust chief Gail Slater and its implications for litigation against Live Nation by the agency and 40 states led Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast this week, with analysis from Jen Rie. Nathan Dean examined expected Commodity Futures Trading Commission moves to clarify regulation of prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket, while Elliott Stein reviewed lawsuits over event contracts offered by those firms, as well as Coinbase and Robinhood. Nathan also discussed a potential Department of Homeland Security shutdown, and Matt Schettenhelm assessed possible changes to Federal Communications Commissionownership caps and implications for the Nexstar-Tegna deal.

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    31 mins
  • Coinbase CLO Grewal on Crypto, Event Contracts
    Feb 6 2026

    What are the challenges and opportunities for a firm like Coinbase operating in today’s regulatory environment? Why is a Congressional crypto market structure bill needed? What’s Coinbase’s relationship with banks like, and is the fight over stablecoin rewards an anomaly in an otherwise collaborative relationship? Why should sports-event contracts be treated as derivatives overseen by the CFTC rather than gambling supervised by states? What type of rulemaking should the CFTC promulgate for prediction markets? Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal discussed these topics and more when he joined BI’s Elliott Stein and Nathan Dean on the most recent episode of Votes and Verdicts.

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    52 mins
  • Ted Murphy on SCOTUS IEEPA Tariff Ruling
    Jan 30 2026

    Sidley Austin’s co-leader of global arbitration, trade and advocacy practice Ted Murphy joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum to talk about President Donald Trump’s reciprocal and fentanyl-trafficking tariffs. They discuss the lawsuit challenging the tariffs pending before the US Supreme Court, how the court may rule, potential timing, the likelihood of refunds and what importers should do to protect their rights.

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    26 mins