The FTC Takes Action Against the Amazon Prime Program
The FTC and DOJ Act Against Amazon to Protect Privacy
The Labor Law Insider: New York Amazon Employees Vote for Union - What Do We Learn?
Law Brief®: Mark Rosenberg and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Recent Experiences With Amazon Neutral Patent Evaluations
Episode 153 -- The Mighty Amazon Falls to OFAC Enforcement Sword
Subro Sense Podcast - Unpacking Product Claims Against Amazon
Amazon’s Pilot Program for Patent Disputes
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems are powerful driving forces in the modern era—defining new frontiers for complex and advanced software services and products. With significant innovation in the AI...more
On November 4, the Federal Reserve invited public comment on a proposal to publish a periodic list of depository institutions that have access to Federal Reserve and payment services. These accounts are often referred to as...more
DOJ officials are investigating whether some activist investors—including “prominent short sellers . . . Carson Block and Andrew Left”—crossed lines in their efforts to expose “companies with shoddy or even fraudulent...more
The U.S. antitrust laws are slow to keep up with technical innovation and changing marketplaces. Nowhere is that more evident than in the tech sector, where companies and other players in the market do not fit neatly into...more
Columbia University Law Professor Tim Wu has written profoundly and persuasively for decades about anti-competitive behavior in the U.S. tech industry - from Western Union’s telegraph monopoly in the 1860s forward toward the...more
Globally, competition regulators have increased their attention to digital companies since big tech firms and dual platforms have the capabilities to gain disproportional advantages. Competition and antitrust laws aim to...more
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Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Publication of Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework - "The Framework provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging threats and enforcement challenges associated with the...more
On July 29, 2020, the CEOs of Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple appeared before the Antitrust Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives to answer questions about potentially monopolistic tactics used by the four...more
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee held a widely publicized hearing in which representatives questioned CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google about allegedly...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 3 (February 6, 2020) - France has agreed to suspend collection of the Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, or “GAFA” digital tax until the end of the year, allowing for a period of...more
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On July 11, 2019, the French Parliament adopted the bill creating a tax on digital services, applicable as from January 1, 2019. Failed International Attempts - The desire to adjust tax policy in the digital age is not...more
U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and agencies charged with antitrust oversight have long been criticized for failing to act on alleged anticompetitive activity by the world’s largest technology companies—the so-called “Big Four”...more
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On September 26, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation conducted a hearing titled “Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy” to discuss the current state of consumer privacy and whether Congress...more
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Disruptive Forces 2 - - Netflix – a threat to broadcast and cable TV operators? - Amazon – a threat to grocery and retail more broadly? - Apple and Facebook – a threat to would-be rivals? - Google – a threat to...more
Amazon, FTC Reach Deal Over In-App Charges - Amazon and the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to drop their appeals in a lawsuit accusing the online retailer of billing consumers for unauthorized in-app charges incurred...more
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