Votes & Verdicts

The Federal Trade Commission’s approach to assessing the potential antitrust implications of transactions is evolving and expanding, particularly with respect to the analysis of deals that involve companies that are potential or nascent competitors. The agency has also erected hurdles that make it increasingly difficult for merging companies to navigate their way through the antitrust process and get the deal closed, TechFreedom Senior Competition Counsel Bilal Sayyed explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Votes and Verdicts podcast episode, Sayyed sits down with BI antitrust analyst Jennifer Rie for an in-depth interview to discuss the FTC’s approach to assessing transactions, various initiatives it has underway that present obstacles for merging entities, as well as efforts it’s taking to ease its ability to block deals and target the conduct of large tech companies.

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Regulation of technology platforms is coming fast to the US and EU, yet huge questions remain about how and when, with heightened scrutiny of tech companies possibly becoming the norm over the coming years, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Votes and Verdicts podcast episode, BI analysts Tamlin Bason and Matthew Schettenhelm tackle the biggest questions about tech regulation in the US and EU, including data-privacy plans and potential TikTok bans.

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Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Brandon Barnes hosts energy sell-side veteran Timm Schneider for a discussion of the opportunities and risks being generated by federal policymakers for energy infrastructure, including carbon capture, low-carbon fuel standards, export bans, and tax changes. Schneider tells us how traditional energy companies are finding new opportunities in the current policy environment while also discussing the one movie he would watch if stuck on a desert island.

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Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Elliott Stein and Nathan Dean host former Congressman and White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney for a discussion of the future of crypto regulation, litigation challenging the CFPB’s constitutionality, the debt ceiling and ESG. Along the way, Mulvaney also talks about his favorite job in Washington and what music he would want if stranded on a desert island.

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