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Mobile app companies to face French privacy watchdog enforcement, CNIL official says

1 day ago | mlex.com | Matthew Newman

By Matthew Newman ( April 23, 2025, 18:27 GMT | Insight) -- France’s privacy watchdog plans to begin enforcing data protection rules against mobile apps in the coming months as it ensures that companies comply with cookie consent regulations for targeted advertising, a senior official at the authority said today.
X Corp. loses bid to dismiss Bright Data's US monopolization counterclaims

6 days ago | mlex.com | Clayton Vickers

By Clayton Vickers ( April 18, 2025, 21:56 GMT | Insight) -- X Corp. lost its bid to dismiss Bright Data’s US monopolization counterclaims today, with a California federal judge accepting arguments that the social media platform unlawfully changed its own rules to force out data scrapers and punish entities who bought from them.X Corp.
Tech group's challenge of Mississippi social media law sent back to lower US court

6 days ago | mlex.com | Xu Yuan

By Xu Yuan ( April 18, 2025, 18:32 GMT | Insight) -- Amid a streak of wins in its challenges of state social media laws, Big Tech industry group NetChoice suffered a setback as an appeals court sent remanded its lawsuit against a Mississippi age-verification law due to a lack of detailed factual analysis of its application.Amid a streak of wins in its challenges of state social media laws, Big Tech industry group NetChoice suffered a setback yesterday as an appeals court sent remanded its...
Risk of daily fines, business changes for Apple, Meta are EU’s next tricky call

6 days ago | mlex.com | Lewis Crofts |Nicholas Hirst

By Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst ( April 18, 2025, 14:05 GMT | Comment) -- Calibrating fines against Apple and Meta Platforms so that EU enforcers can defend their rules without provoking Donald Trump has been nearly impossible in recent months.
Ceramic tile manufacturers argue harm from Indian imports at USITC

1 week ago | mlex.com | Zack Budryk

By Zack Budryk ( April 17, 2025, 21:48 GMT | Insight) -- Representatives of the US ceramic tile industry argued before the US International Trade Commission that Indian imports have materially harmed their business, while the respondents pointed to recent positive data from the domestic industry to argue any damage had been negligible.Representatives of the ceramic tile industry in the US argued before the US International Trade Commission today that Indian imports have materially harmed...
Post-Brexit evidence gap limits Ritz Hotel’s EU trademark challenge

1 week ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

By Inbar Preiss ( April 17, 2025, 11:53 GMT | Insight) -- The Ritz Hotel in London has managed to block a small part of Swiss wholesaler Ritz Enterprise’s EU trademark application, with the European Union Intellectual Property Office ruling that the hotel’s UK-based reputation no longer counts toward distinctiveness in the EU post-Brexit. The opposition was upheld only for tobacco-related retail services, where the hotel’s “Ritz London Cigars” mark prevailed.
RealPage fails to convince US judge to halt Berkeley’s AI rent pricing ban

1 week ago | mlex.com | Amy Miller

By Amy Miller ( April 16, 2025, 23:33 GMT | Insight) -- Real estate software company RealPage failed to convince a federal judge today to temporarily block a ban in Berkeley, California, on algorithms used to determine apartment rental prices because it violates the company’s right to free speech.
DeepSeek shows need for stronger export controls, US House committee says

1 week ago | mlex.com | Emma Whitford

By Emma Whitford ( April 16, 2025, 21:59 GMT | Insight) -- Chinese firm DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence chatbot is a national security liability apparently powered by advanced Nvidia chips, a US House committee reported today, urging the federal government to expand and better enforce export controls.
US judge blocks Ohio’s social media age-gating law as unconstitutional

1 week ago | mlex.com | Maria Dinzeo

By Maria Dinzeo ( April 16, 2025, 20:00 GMT | Insight) -- Tech trade group NetChoice secured another legal victory today in its campaign against social media age gating as a federal judge in Ohio permanently blocked enforcement of a law in that state requiring platforms to obtain parental consent before allowing users under 16 to create accounts.Tech industry group NetChoice notched another win in its fight against social media age gating, as a US federal judge in Ohio permanently barred the...
Former Omnicom-IPG alliance in spotlight as US FTC reviews merger

1 week ago | mlex.com | Ilana Kowarski

By Ilana Kowarski ( April 16, 2025, 17:12 GMT | Comment) -- Global advertising agencies Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, which are trying to combine in a deal that faces scrutiny from the US Federal Trade Commission, were founding members of a now-defunct ad industry alliance that the FTC’s chairman said warranted “a look” from law enforcers.Global advertising agencies Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, which are trying to combine in a deal that faces scrutiny from the US Federal Trade...