Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed designating the mobile ecosystems run by Apple and Google as having “strategic market status” (SMS) under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer’s...
No Tech Changes in US-EU Trade Deal but Issues Are Still on the Table
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – The framework US–EU trade deal reached by US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen does not include a pledge to end EU digital services taxes (DST) or moderate European regulation of digital...
EU AI Act Enforcement Regime Begins for Big Foundation Models (Sort of)
Report from EuroNews In Brief – The latest phase of the multi-year implementation timeline for the EU AI Act took effect on August 2, including rules regulating new General Purpose AI (GPAI) models and the requirement that EU member states appoint their compliance...
Top Irish Court Rejects X’s Attempt to Avoid National Online Safety Regime
Report from Euractiv In Brief – The Irish High Court has rejected X’s legal challenge arguing that the Irish Online Safety Code should not apply to it because it conflicted with the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) that regulates how digital platforms address illegal...
European Hotels File Class Action Lawsuit Against Booking for Price Fixing
Report from the Luxembourg Times In Brief – More than 10,000 European hotel owners are joining together in a class action suit against the online platform Booking. com, claiming that they were financially harmed by the platform’s long-time use of price parity contract...
Robby Starbuck Settles with Meta on AI Defamation and Will Advise on Bias
Report from the Wall Street Journal In Brief – Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist who has pressured companies to change their DEI practices, has settled a defamation lawsuit he brought against Meta that alleged the company’s AI tool smeared him by falsely...
Federal Judge Withdraws Opinion Riddled with Likely AI Hallucinations
Report from the Bloomberg In Brief – A New Jersey US district court judge withdrew his decision in a biopharma securities case after lawyers pointed out that his opinion contained numerous errors, including made-up quotes and misstated case outcomes. Judge Julien...
Wikipedia Loses Initial Court Challenge to Online Safety Act Classification
Report from the The Guardian In Brief – Justice Jeremy Johnson of the High Court in London has rejected the Wikimedia Foundation’s effort to have the court rule that Wikipedia should not be categorized as a Category 1 platform under the UK Online Safety Act (OSA),...
Google Gains Administrative Stay to Keep Appealing Epic Play Store Loss
Report from the Reuters In Brief – A three-judge panel of the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that had fully upheld the October 2024 District Court injunction in Epic Games’ successful antitrust lawsuit against Google, halted the requirement that it implement...
Brazil Discussing Digital Platform Regulations as US Tariffs Bite
Report from the >New York Times In Brief – Amidst a tariff standoff with the Trump Administration that includes accusations from President Trump and various US conservatives that critics of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his backers in the...
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Trump Administration Planning Executive Order on State AI Regulations
Report from Politico In Brief – The Trump Administration is exploring an executive order that aims to override restrictive state AI laws, although its release before Thanksgiving was abandoned due to pushback that included prominent state-level Republican officials....
Trump Administration Continues Linking Tariff Relief to EU Tech Regulation
Report from Bloomberg In Brief – European digital policies are again being raised by the Trump Administration in US-EU trade talks, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick linking lower tariffs on European steel and aluminum to the EU taking “the foot off” their...
Polish Competition Authority Challenges Apple App Tracking Privacy Policy
Report from Reuters In Brief – Poland’s antitrust agency, the UOKiK, is the latest regulator to announce a formal investigation of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy that requires all third-party apps to get explicit approval from iPhone users to collect...
French Retailers and Brands Sue Shein Arguing Unfair Competition
Report from New York Times In Brief – A large coalition of French retailers and brand owners has filed a class action lawsuit against Chinese ecommerce platform Shein, accusing the company of engaging in systematic unfair competition. The plaintiffs are seeking up to...
Twitch Added to Australia’s New Social Media Age Threshold Regime
Report from New York Times In Brief – Twitch, a live-streaming platform that emerged primarily with video-game related content but now features a wide range of material, has been added to the list of digital platforms that must implement age verification and block...
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