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US judge in Google search suit says scale of antitrust litigation 'challenging' September 20, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

US District Judge Amit Mehta, who recently handed down a ruling in the nearly five-year old Internet search monopolization lawsuit brought by the government against Google, said the scale of antitrust cases is challenging.

School districts, social media companies spar over bellwether trial order for US cases September 19, 2025 | Xu Yuan

US school districts and the social media platforms they are suing are asking a federal judge to decide the order of six bellwether trials that are slated to take place next summer in multidistrict litigation o... (more story)

US FTC restructuring regional offices on competition matters, Guarnera says September 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

The US Federal Trade Commission is restructuring how competition cases are handled at its regional offices with the aim of creating a more efficient and flexible reporting mechanism, said Daniel Guarnera, dire... (more story)

New York enforcer concerned corruption hurting antitrust cases under Trump September 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

There are “real concerns” about political corruption in the Trump administration and the risk that poses to ongoing enforcement, according to a top New York antitrust enforcer, while the state attorney general... (more story)

EU Commission official flags weak AI licensing market ahead of copyright review September 19, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

The European Commission is preparing to review copyright rules in 2026, as the head of the intellectual property unit warns of a weak AI licensing market. The commission is currently analyzing remuneration as ... (more story)

Google’s adtech abuse warrants ‘joint’ EU-US solution, Ribera says September 19, 2025 | Lewis Crofts, Khushita Vasant and Nicholas Hirst

Google’s breach of competition law in the running of its online advertising technology should be solved through a remedy covering both European and American markets, EU competition chief Teresa Ribera has said... (more story)

US DOJ's Slater prioritizing task force against 'really egregious' discovery practices September 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Gamesmanship during the discovery process by some bad actors that are being investigated or sued by the US Department of Justice has shown to be "really egregious," which is impacting morale, and the agency is... (more story)

US DOJ’s Slater signals tougher enforcement as algorithms spread September 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Not all pricing algorithms are bad but the use of shared algorithms that rely on competitively sensitive data will see a crackdown from antitrust enforcers as these proliferate across industries, Gail Slater, ... (more story)

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Standalone AI chatbots test limits of European online child-protection regimes September 19, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo and Sara Brandstätter

AI chatbots are under increasing scrutiny for risks to children, but the EU's Digital Services Act and the UK’s Online Safety Act have so far left them in a regulatory grey zone. Pressure is mounting on multip... (more story)

Inside the EU’s rocky path to regulate AI under its gatekeeper rulebook September 19, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The European Commission is putting AI at the heart of its first review of the Digital Markets Act, which is due by May 2026. Regulators are weighing whether existing obligations cover AI services, whether lega... (more story)

High-stakes Amazon trial against US FTC could set precedent for subscriptions September 18, 2025 | Mike Swift

With a four-week trial over Amazon’s subscription practices over Prime due to begin with jury selection Monday in Seattle, the e-commerce giant will begin the trial on its back foot after a federal judge late ... (more story)

US FTC consumer protection chief Mufarrige to focus on 'kitchen-table' issues September 17, 2025 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

In a wide-ranging conversation with MLex, the US Federal Trade Commission's new consumer protection chief, Chris Mufarrige, discusses how the agency’s probe of AI chatbots and a flurry of recent privacy and on... (more story)

TikTok's licensing plan shows app's role as bargaining chip in US-China trade talks September 17, 2025 | MLex Staff

ByteDance may grant TikTok’s US operator a 10-year license to its recommendation algorithm, MLex has learned, as part of a framework to resolve the dispute over the app’s American operations. The proposal, alo... (more story)

EU guidance on Digital Services Act ‘trusted flaggers’ has big questions to answer September 15, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

The EU Digital Services Act's trusted flagger regime is designed to improve the speed and accuracy of removing illegal content online, but its effectiveness depends on whether the organizations appointed are w... (more story)

Trump eyes renewed push on digital taxes, risking EU relations, trade deal September 11, 2025 | Bradley Dress

President Donald Trump is increasing his pressure on the European Union to drop its taxes and penalties on digital services and tech companies, threatening a major investigation into the issue that could renew... (more story)

Meta, TikTok win on DSA fees; EU judges leave methodology dispute unresolved September 11, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman

Meta Platforms and TikTok scored procedural wins at the EU’s General Court in their appeals against a supervisory fee that was imposed in the EU's Digital Services Act, the bloc's content-moderation rules. Whi... (more story)