Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: USTR Delivering Big Wins for Big Tech; Experts See Challenges to State AG Effort to Pause HPE/Juniper Integration; Uber, Yardi, RealPage Litigation Updates; Apple vs. App Store Legislation; Massachusetts Privacy Bill Outlook; Nexstar/Tegna Takes Another Hit; Bankers Concerned with AWS Security

Published on Dec 02, 2025

We are always innovating here at The Capitol Forum, and we want to introduce our first edition of the new Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly. In this edition:

  • Trade Policymakers Outlook: As trade fight between Trump and Europe over Europe’s digital sovereignty rages, Big Tech has already successfully lobbied USTR for big wins in other trade deals.
  • Antitrust Enforcers Outlook: Experts see long odds for AGs to pause HPE/Juniper integration.
  • Antitrust Litigation Updates: On Uber, Yardi, and RealPage.
  • Congressional Outlook: Apple goes all out to fight app store legislation, indicating elevated risk that bill could become law.
  • Privacy Policymakers Outlook: Expert sees strong Massachusetts consumer privacy bill as “in a really promising place.”
  • Media Policymakers Outlook: President Trump’s diss of Nexstar’s NewsNation another indicator that Nexstar/Tegna deal faces uphill climb for federal clearance.
  • Financials Policymakers Outlook: Banking industry stakeholders see Amazon fight with Perplexity as causing concern that Amazon cannot be trusted with sensitive financial information.
  • Telecom Policymakers Outlook: Verizon/Frontier: Movement in New York as California Still Mulls Deal.

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