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Interview with UK’s Information Commissioner, John Edwards. -
FTC Consumer - Protection Boss Sam Levine Takes On Privacy, Emerging Technologies
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New draft merger guidelines published by the US FTC and DoJ appear designed to give the two antitrust enforcers.
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Five years have gone by since the implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation but managers at Meta Platforms aren’t likely celebrate the milestone
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The trade confrontation between the US and China is reverberating in Japan
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Insights from the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting.
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Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank focuses world attention on the health of US-based lenders and regulatory framework.
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Artificial intelligence having a say in our lives is demanding the attention of regulators and lawmakers
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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the foundational law that underpins the modern Internet
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Meta won its court case against the US Federal Trade Commission fair and square, allowing it to acquire Within.
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US President Joe Biden has sounded a warning to social-media companies.
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Antitrust world was rocked recently about the very noisy resignation of Commissioner Christine Wilson.
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Assa Abloy’s move to outflank a US DOJ attempt to block the acquisition of a Spectrum Brands unit.
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US automakers be taking such a close interest in privacy policy in the US,
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Google has found itself fighting essentially the same battle in two different courts against two different coalitions of enforcers
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Meta Platforms can expect a bruising 2023 when it comes to data protection enforcement in Europe and the USA.
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Big Tech can expect a big year of policy, litigation and legislation in the US
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Mike Swift walks us through privacy and data-protection challenges that lie ahead for Big Tech in 2023
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The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division is shaking up the world of corporate governance.
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EU’s new envoy for digital says his office in San Francisco will pave the way towards a more cooperative relationship with Big Tech companies
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Conviction of Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former head of security, over his handling of a 2016 data breach
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American Airlines and JetBlue antitrust trial unfolding in the US to test the government’s ability to fight consolidation in concentrated industries
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Meta to settle a four-year lawsuit in a Californian federal court over the sharing of user data to third parties
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Prosecution in Italy of oil and gas giants Shell and Eni over allegations of bribery in a $1.3 billion Nigerian oil-license
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US lawmakers have sprung into action, with a potentially game-changing bill springing forward in Congress
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Department of Justice’s drawn-out criminal prosecution of chicken suppliers over cartel claims has come to an end
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Enforcers of EU’s GDPR raised questions about whether the bloc’s landmark privacy legislation remains fit for purpose
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Data breach that affected US bank-holding company Capital One was one of the largest in US history
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Khan’s leadership of the US FTC has come under fire, with surveys suggesting the agency’s regulatory force of 1,100 staffers is particularly unhappy.
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Broadcom’s $61 billion buyout of cloud giant VMware posing new challenges for regulators on both sides of the Atlantic
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Financial regulators in the US have urged banks and other financial institutions to experiment with new products to help combat money laundering
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Khan, Kanter in the spotlight at Berlin antitrust conference; and are US M&A reviews too lax
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Meta’s recent attempt to overturn a decision by the UK competition watchdog to block the giant’s acquisition of Giphy
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Elon Musk’s 44-billion-US-dollar bid for social-media platform Twitter has fired up a conversation about freedom of speech
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Matthew Newman speaks to Mike Swift about the 2022 IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington DC.
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Lewis Crofts speaks to Khushita Vasant and Nicholas Hirst about the 2022 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting.
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The European Union’s unexpectedly swift review of the $8.5 billion Amazon-Metro Goldwyn Mayer deal was surprising
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Virginia’s influential, pro-business privacy model; and Amex’s co-branding deals face Dutch scrutinyVirginia’s influential, pro-business privacy model; and Amex’s co-branding deals face Dutch scrutiny
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An pair of major providers of global Internet backbone services announced they had discontinued services to Russia
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When the global community announced economic sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine social media and other Internet platforms have played a particularly important role in the conflict
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Intel’s legal battle against a 1.06 billion fine imposed by the European Commission has hit a significant milestone
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Intel’s legal battle against a 1.06 billion fine imposed by the European Commission has hit a significant milestone
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Regulatory concerns over Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition; and Australia’s BlueScope cartel lawsuit
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Tech Platforms are on a mission: to ensure that the US FTC Chair Khan and DoJ antitrust division head Kanter recuse themselves
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The collection and storage of biometric data is now occurring on an industrial scale in the United States.
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Black underrepresentation in the acquisition of divested assets raises questions at FTC and DOJ
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Killer acquisitions are back on the agenda and it’s disrupting the EU's review of an acquisition by Meta
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Facebook was accused of illegally copying the world’s largest repository of digitized and realistic three-dimension objects and scenes from a Lithuanian startup.
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The EU's court ruling upholding the EC's 2.42 billion euro antitrust fine against Google is a vindication of the enforcer’s decision to go after the tech giant.
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Facebook has undertaken a radical project in rebranding and reframing. The tech company will now be known as Meta.
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Both Apple and Google are grappling with mounting antitrust concerns over the way they manage their app stores.
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Facebook’s Marketplace is fast becoming your neighborhood’s go-to e-commerce platform.
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Facebook’s finances have never looked better, with the social-media platform posting earnings of $29 billion
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Google’s South Korean penalty highlights innovation concerns; momentum builds for US anti-graft lawsGoogle’s clash with South Korea’s antitrust enforcer over allegations the search giant engaged in abuse of dominance
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The Fortnite developer’s recent US court fight to force changes to the App Store. -
Apple may have hoped that its decision to search the contents of its iPhones to identify images of child sexual abuse
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A United States review of the combination between Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne is set to continue.
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Zoom’s offer to pay $85 million to settle privacy litigation over so-called Zoombomings
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In the biggest merger regulatory challenge to hit the US under the Biden Administration,
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The European Union’s ambitious plan to transform the region’s economy in a bid to combat climate change
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Big Tech’s use of your vocal-cord vibrations as the access point to a world of services and products.
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The Fortnite developer’s recent US court fight to force changes to the App Store. -
The legal clash between Epic, the maker of the popular videogame Fortnite, and tech company Apple has prompted some unusual exchanges in a US court.
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US Federal Trade Commission challenged Illumina’s proposed acquisition of cancer diagnostic startup Grail
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Google’s United States Supreme Court copyright win against Oracle over the development of the Android operating system was a huge development.
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The California Privacy Protection Agency has become the first standalone privacy enforcer to be established in the United States.
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Biden administration may still struggle to have its ambitious plans for an antitrust revamp adopted.
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The rollercoaster ride that shares of GameStop went on earlier this year had little to do with the value of the US videogame and electronics retailer.
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A landmark antitrust lawsuit targeting Google over its management of digital advertising services is underway in a Texas court.
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This MLex special report focuses on trade in a post-Trump world. Joe Biden will bring many starkly new policies, but also may find his hands tied on others. -
Following Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, attention has now turned to what policy settings are likely to be affected by the new administration.
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Detailed analysis of US Department of Justice charges that Google's agreements with Apple and Android have stifled competition. -
It’s hard to overstate the US government’s lawsuit targeting Google over agreements with phonemakers that have made it too difficult for rivals to compete.
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The announcement that Senator Kamala Harris was to be the Democratic vice-presidential nomination sparked intense interest.
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MLex reports from the 68th ABA Antitrust Law virtual Spring meeting in Washington D.C. -
This MLex report covers what CCPA means for businesses, how it is changing US approaches to data protection, and why its future is already clouded. -
Learn more about why antitrust law has to come in different flavors and other insights from the George Washington, Georgetown and Fordham conferences. -
Read all about the 67th Annual ABA Antitrust Meeting from Spring 2019. -
Get inside the courtroom with our latest special report, “Qualcomm Faces US Antitrust Test; the Story of the FTC – Qualcomm Trial” report.