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Australia’s regulatory feud with Facebook turns ugly; The future of mass claims in the UK
19 February 2021
Big Tech’s move into financial services sounds alarm over inadequate regulation
12 February 2021
Google’s Texas antitrust lawsuit places allegations of adtech-market abuse at center stage
5 February 2021
Black lawyers remain underrepresented in DOJ, FTC antitrust positions
29 January 2021
Why 2021 is shaping up as a significant year for global privacy regulation
28 January 2021
WhatsApp’s privacy policy update sparks global regulatory backlash amid user confusion
22 January 2021
Trump’s Twitter exile places Section 230 at center stage; the challenge of South Korea’s racist chatbot
15 January 2021
Google faces a Texan showdown, as European ice skaters welcome a key court decision
23 December 2020
Tech giants face significant regulatory pushback as Europe gears up for epochal fight
18 December 2020
Facebook lawsuits present the social-media behemoth with its biggest regulatory threat yet
11 December 2020
Singapore's antitrust chief finds a delicate balance in her agency's Covid-19 response
10 December 2020
Libra sparks European soul-searching on digital currencies and payment networks
4 December 2020
The EU debates the future of encryption, two years after Australia’s controversial messaging law
27 November 2020
UK grapples with balancing tough foreign-M&A rules with the need for post-Brexit foreign investment
20 November 2020
US presidential election sparks speculation on the future of antitrust, online policy settings
13 November 2020
How the EU and the UK are gearing up for future regulatory battles with Big Tech
6 November 2020
Goldman Sachs hit with record fines in the US over its role in 1MDB scandal
30 October 2020
US Google antitrust lawsuit ushers in a new era of muscular Big Tech enforcement
23 October 2020
EU data-protection adequacy standards remain unaddressed, as UK hurtles towards Brexit
16 October 2020
Apple and Google’s app-store management sparks US lawsuits, Asian regulatory pushback
9 October 2020
Brazil’s data-protection law taps into global digital economy, as EU struggles with e-privacy bill
2 October 2020
DOJ’s revamped remedies manual champions role of divestiture over conduct commitments
25 September 2020
Japan’s new competition chief Furuya likely to see eye-to-eye with Prime Minister Suga
18 September 2020
As the effects of Covid-19 reverberate around the world, regulators experiment with new settings
14 September 2020
Brazilian corruption probe into SNC Lavalin may renew Canadian prosecutors’ interest
11 September 2020
Democrats’ choice of Kamala Harris as VP candidate in US places Big Tech regulation at center stage
4 September 2020
Australia’s criminal-cartel offenses highlight the deterrence and the pitfalls of antitrust prosecutions
31 August 2020
Mooted EU carbon levy on imports gains momentum, sparks concerns over mounting protectionism
28 August 2020
Wirecard’s collapse sparks German soul-searching over work of auditors, financial regulator
21 August 2020
TikTok’s forced sale won’t lessen global privacy concerns over personal-data use
14 August 2020
Facebook, Google face regulatory challenges as media companies demand payment for content
7 August 2020
Privacy pressure mounts on the US as European court scuttles international data-transfer regime
31 July 2020
US prosecutions on criminal antitrust offenses come at a high cost for foreign offenders
24 July 2020
Unaoil probe and bribery trial saga of former executives holds uncomfortable lessons for UK’s Serious Fraud Office
21 July 2020
US jury’s decision to convict hacker in LinkedIn, Dropbox trial offers prosecutors reason for optimism
17 July 2020
UK review calls for regulation to address Facebook, Google adtech dominance
10 July 2020
US antitrust community rocked by allegations of political interference in DOJ decision-making
3 July 2020
Commerzbank’s UK penalty over money-laundering lapses sets the scene for future enforcement
26 June 2020
Facebook’s Giphy deal puts global concerns over data use and ‘killer acquisitions’ under the spotlight
19 June 2020
Regulating the gatekeepers: Brussels floats a three-pillar plan to rein in digital platforms
5 June 2020
Irish enforcement marks birthday of EU’s landmark GDPR, as China ponders privacy directions
29 May 2020
Rapid development of contact-tracing technology prompts privacy soul-searching around the world
22 May 2020
M&A faces global uncertainty as regulators ponder impact on markets overturned by Covid-19
15 May 2020
Covid-19 crisis thrusts state aid, airline survival to the forefront of governments’ response
7 May 2020
What a US approach to obstruction charges could teach Australian antitrust regulators
21 October 2019
Grifters and grafters: Indonesia's anticorruption agency under attack
19 September 2019
Facebook’s claims on users’ privacy expectations raise concerns among US federal lawmakers
18 September 2019
Sour note: Tencent Music, record labels and licensing in China
16 September 2019
Cannabis-industry growth in the US sees a spike in regulatory action
13 September 2019
United States of probes: why 48 attorneys general are getting tough on Google
10 September 2019
Cartel conduct draws wave of civil, criminal court proceedings in Australia
1 September 2019
‘Cybersecurity with Chinese characteristics’—A well-mapped regulatory landscape, but pitfalls await
12 July 2019
The Valle-dictory Tour: EU Chief Economist Tommaso Valletti reviews his three years in Brussels
11 July 2019
Facebook, Google brace for the release of Australia’s ground-breaking digital platforms report
14 June 2019
M&A law at heart of Australian competition regulator’s courtroom woes
4 June 2019
Australia, the headache Silicon Valley never thought it would have
11 April 2019
South Korea's shareholder activism revolution stuck in the slow lane
25 March 2019
Country Care cartel case resonates in Australia; New Zealand’s draft privacy laws move forward
14 March 2019
Leveling the online playing field: Asia-Pacific regulators go after GAFA
25 February 2019
Australian gun-jumping lawsuits highlight risks of dramatic, pre-deal business decisions
18 February 2019
Activists hedge funds look to improve performance in 2019 with new strategies and targets
31 January 2019
Consumer Electronics Show shifts focus toward regulation and 'techlash'
10 January 2019
Tech in 2019: legal disputes and other impending regulatory and litigation issues
14 December 2018
Silicon Valley loses its fight against Australia’s encryption law
7 December 2018
Myer’s activist investors lay ground for annual meeting showdown
20 September 2018
Australia’s WestConnex toll-road decision places traffic-data collection at center stage
10 September 2018
Brexit & Japanese Industry: Views from MLex bureaux London & Tokyo
7 September 2018
DOJ willing to offer leniency to companies that report bribery in newly acquired firm
29 August 2018
Sweeping new data protection laws emerge in Brazil, California and India – What’s at stake?
29 August 2018
CKI’s purchase of Australia’s APA places critical-infrastructure regulatory regime at center stage
28 August 2018
Australia’s Nine-Fairfax deal focuses attention on regulator’s approach to new media laws
20 August 2018
UK-Ireland extradition case shows legal uncertainty before Brexit
7 August 2018
Mastercard, Visa dealt UK appeals court blow. Where next for interchange fee litigation?
10 July 2018
Petrobras four years on: How Brazil’s compliance culture is changing
29 June 2018
ANZ, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup face criminal-cartel charges over the issuing of shares
8 June 2018
Online, out of line: Amazon's troubles in Japan may herald heightened regulatory attention to platform businesses
30 May 2018
Laying down the law: Hong Kong's Competition Ordinance in line for its first major review
29 May 2018
No-poach: How antitrust prosecutors are trying to help you get a raise
24 May 2018
Xerox’s boardroom scuffle set to continue; Australian media’s Facebook fracas
9 May 2018
Sandon Capital's Specialty Fashion frustrations and Australia's penalty problem
11 April 2018
EU data-protection law, Facebook woes take center stage at Washington privacy conference
6 April 2018
EU privacy rules: What’s next for businesses and regulators as GDPR looms?
15 March 2018
All together now: China brings antitrust enforcement under one roof at a brand new agency
13 March 2018
The global divide over whether 'facilitation' payments amount to corruption.
2 March 2018
Facebook’s data collection in Germany caught in antitrust spotlight
26 February 2018
Saputo, Murray Goulburn deal plots tricky Australian regulatory path
16 February 2018
High-stakes trial between Uber and Google's self-driving car unit kicks off in San Francisco
5 February 2018
The Year in Antitrust and Privacy: AT&T, Equifax and Net Neutrality
20 December 2017
Reversal of fortune: A worldwide win for innovators as patent policy pendulum swings back in their favor
1 December 2017
US sides squarely with owners of technology standards in patent licensing negotiations
29 November 2017
Technology's financial frontier - blockchain, Bitcoin and the future of banking
1 November 2017
US Congress kills pro-consumer arbitration rule, setting stage to block payday lending rule
31 October 2017
Watch repairers left to ponder next move in fight against Swiss giants
25 October 2017
US ramps up penalties in fight against illegal 'no poach' agreements
12 October 2017
EU e-bike dumping probe could worsen trade tensions between Europe and China
2 October 2017
The privacy debate goes global - rights, risks and regulation in an interconnected age
2 October 2017
Brexit negotiations continue in the shadow of May's Florence speech
28 September 2017
Private colleges seek antitrust carve-out for cost-related woes
31 August 2017
What do the SFO's latest probes say about the prosecutor's state of mind?
15 August 2017
Net Neutrality: An Early Battleground for the Trump Administration
21 June 2017
New EU mobile regime pits roamers against stay-at-homers, prompting more change
16 June 2017
'End' of EU mobile roaming marks the start of implementation headaches
14 March 2017
China lodges WTO complaint against EU, US over market-economy rules
28 February 2017
Trump's plans to abandon UN climate deal puts EU projects in doubt
18 January 2017