New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin joins Bloomberg Intelligence on the Votes and Verdicts podcast for a discussion of state regulatory and enforcement efforts amid the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda. The conversation includes Platkin’s views on the importance of state laws on artificial intelligence and why federal preemption is unlikely, as well as his office’s enforcement actions against tech giants like Apple, TikTok and Discord. Platkin also discusses his office’s efforts to oversee financial services companies as the Trump administration seeks to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The attorney general also explains his state’s concerns with prediction markets and event contracts offered by companies like Kalshi and Robinhood. The episode ends with the attorney general offering views on the best music venue in New Jersey.

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Supreme Court rulings on US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s firing, FCC penalties against Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, and on the legality of prediction markets like Kalshi and Robinhood are among the key 2026 catalysts that Bloomberg Intelligence’s litigation and policy analysts are watching in 2026. In this episode, the team also discusses other matters: crypto legislation to bring clarity for companies like Coinbase; deregulation to ease capital rules for banks like JPMorgan and Bank of America; relaxed TV ownership caps for companies like Nexstar and Sinclair; and suits challenging H-1B changes. We also discuss numerous antitrust issues, including Netflix’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, and FTC cases against Meta, Zillow, and pharmacy-benefit managers like UnitedHealth’s Optum and CVS Caremark.

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Analysis by Jen Rie of antitrust risk related to Netflix and Paramount Skydance bids for Warner Bros. Discovery led Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes and Verdicts podcast this week. Justin Teresi analyzed Supreme Court arguments over US President Donald Trump’s ability to fire FTC commissioners and what it means for cases against pharmacy benefit managers and others, while Elliott Stein discussed the implications for the Federal Reserve Board. Matt Schettenhelm explored if the president’s anticipated artificial intelligence executive order can block state AI regulations. Nathan Dean discussed Trump’s proposed $12 billion farm-aid package and what it means for companies like Corteva and Nutrien. And Holly Froum discussed anticipated timing for the Supreme Court’s tariffs opinion and the outlook for lawsuits concerning tariff refunds.

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