Ligado Networks Critics Fear Government Will Approve Settlement of Company’s $39 Billion Suit and AST SpaceMobile Transaction as Package Deal

EU Deepens Google AI Search Probe with New Questions on Media Opt-Out, Attribution

The European Commission is asking publishers whether Google’s (GOOG) artificial intelligence search tools accurately credit their work, and whether they’ll opt out of allowing their content to be...

Merger Monthly: An Emerging Whole-of-(State)-Government Approach to Competition Policy in California, New York; Outlook for Key Transactions Including Boston Scientific/Penumbra, Cintas/UniFirst and Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery

President Joe Biden early in his term signed executive order 14036 establishing a “whole-of- government” approach to promoting competition. Among other things, the order directed agencies with...

EU’s New Tech Enforcement Role: AI Safety Cop

The EU now has even more tools to regulate Big Tech—it gained new enforcement powers over artificial intelligence companies, including the most powerful generative AI tools yesterday, at a time...