Shutdown, Kimmel, Trump/NYT, FTC/LiveNation

In this week’s Votes and Verdicts podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence’s litigation and policy team looks at a number of key catalysts. Elliott Stein discusses Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit challenging her termination. Nathan Dean discusses the ramifications of moving to semiannual earnings reports, and offers his views on the likelihood of a government shutdown this month. Matt Schettenhelm discusses the suspension of the Jimmy Kimmel Show and what it means for Disney, Nexstar and Sinclair. He also gives an outlook on President Donald Trump’s defamation suit against the New York Times and on a potential TikTok deal. Jen Rie explains the FTC’s lawsuit against LiveNation, and analyzes the latest in Epic Games v. Google. Justin Teresi previews the remedies phase of DOJ’s antitrust case against Google’s ad-tech stack.

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