Court rulings on May 28 and 29 deeming unlawful US tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico and reciprocal tariffs — with ramifications for retailers like Nike, automakers such as Ford, tech companies including Apple, and other sectors — are among the key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team also discussed President Donald Trump’s social-media posts about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the complexities of exiting conservatorship and government ownership. Finally, they examined the FTC dropping its price discrimination case against PepsiCo.

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The passage of the Republicans’ tax-cut bill in the House and what happens next — with ramifications for multinational corporations, clean-energy companies like First Solar, and wireless carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon — are among the key catalysts Bloomberg Intelligence litigation and policy analysts are watching this week. The team also discussed stablecoin legislation advancing in the Senate and plans to attach credit card bills to it, with implications for card networks including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Capital One/Discover. We also discussed the hurdles to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exiting conservatorship and government ownership. Finally, we discussed the several lawsuits challenging US tariffs.

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Antitrust law has been unusually busy in recent years, with several high-profile cases, including in Big Tech. Steve Berman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of plaintiff-side firm Hagens Berman Sobol and Shapiro LLP, joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Justin Teresi for a discussion of antitrust developments and trends, as seen from the plaintiffs’ bar. Topics include Berman’s recent litigation around the growth of artificial intelligence-based pricing algorithms in setting hotel rates, as well as work on alleged collusion in agriculture. Berman and Teresi also discuss how plaintiffs’ firms — and private aggregate litigation, like class actions — are working alongside government enforcement efforts.

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