What are the biggest security risks facing companies in the US and around the world? What can companies do to prepare against cyberattacks? How should they balance the benefits and risks of AI? How should companies navigate operating in China? How should they approach policy shifts from one presidential administration to the next? On the latest edition of the Votes and Verdicts podcast, former FBI Chief of Staff and current Fenwick & West partner Jon Lenzner joins BI analysts Elliott Stein and Nathan Dean to discuss these issues and more.

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The political shift in Washington DC is rippling through to states and may bring additional challenges to officials trying to navigate the changes. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joins Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Justin Teresi and Holly Froum to discuss a wide range of litigation and policy issues on which her office is leading the states. On the antitrust front, we delve into recent cases against RealPage and landlords, like Camden Property Trust, around alleged use of artificial-intelligence algorithms to fix rent prices, and Mayes’ involvement in blocking the Kroger-Albertson’s merger. We also examine the role of Arizona and other states in litigation against manufacturers of forever chemicals, including 3M, DuPont and Chemours, seeking compensation for cleanup efforts across the state.

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Dr. Betsy Southerland, former EPA director of the Office of Science and Technology, joins Bloomberg Intelligence Litigation analyst Holly Froum to talk about the regulatory outlook for alleged cancer-linked PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” found in drinking water. Dr. Southerland discusses how and why the Trump EPA may roll back Biden-era rules passed in April that designated two of the most widely studied PFAS as hazardous under EPA Superfund laws and set maximum contaminant levels in drinking water. Dr. Southerland discusses how this could impact the safety of water for years to come and how Trump’s EPA may impact legal challenges to the rules by historic manufacturers like Chemours.

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