In this week’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence’s litigation and policy team looks at a handful of key catalysts coming up. Jen Rie discusses a recent remedies ruling and next steps in the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google over search. Holly Froum explains the Federal Circuit’s Aug. 29 ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s reciprocal and fentanyl-related tariffs, and looks ahead at how the Supreme Court might rule, with implications for companies like Nike, Apple, Amazon and Ford. Elliott Stein offers insights on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit challenging her termination, and Nathan Dean discusses the looming possibility of a government shutdown this month.

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In this week’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence litigation and policy team looks at some of the key catalysts coming up after Labor Day. Nathan Dean discusses the path to de-regulation in the financials sector, the possibility of a government shutdown in September, and the future of SNAP benefits in the Farm Bill. Elliott Stein discusses Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit challenging her termination, litigation concerning sports-event contracts offered by Kalshi and Robinhood, and a class action trial against BNP Paribas concerning genocide in Sudan. Matt Schettenhelm analyzes the future of the TikTok ban, and he and Jen Rie discuss FCC and DOJ review of Nexstar’s proposed purchase of Tegna. We close with Jen’s discussion of the weakness of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI.

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The SEC’s new regime under Paul Atkins is taking a friendlier approach to crypto, epitomized by Project Crypto, its blueprint for merging traditional and digital finance. In this week’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Elliott Stein and Nathan Dean are joined by BI’s Head of Market Structure Research, Larry Tabb, to discuss the opportunities and challenges. Tabb gives a detailed explanation of the project, with the discussion covering the potential ramifications for trading, settlement, custody and liquidity, as well as how it fits within the SEC’s broader agenda. The status and timing of Congress’s CLARITY Act was also discussed.

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