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Google’s Damages Litigation Problem in Europe Is Getting Bigger Amid Digital Rule Fine, Swedish Ruling

Washington may be fixated on the EU’s mounting Google (GOOG) fines, but the company is separately facing many more billions of euros in damages from lawsuits across Europe, based on a nearly decade-old antitrust case targeting its search engine...

Jul 29, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Commerce Committee to Mark Up Kids Online Safety Act; Public Interest Groups Prepare Suit Challenging Lifting of Broadcast Cap; European Grocery Chains Adopt Sovereign Payment System to Compete with Visa and Mastercard; Trump-aligned Lobbying Group Drops Micron; FCC Launches Enforcement Action Against Drone-maker with Chinese ties; California Audits Gig Economy Platforms

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...

Jul 28, 2026 Read Now >

China’s Simplified Reviews Aren’t So Simple Anymore After SAMR Switches Four Recent Merger Cases to Longer Standard Probes

China’s antitrust authority has switched at least four recent merger cases that it was reviewing under its quicker “simplified” procedure to its more standard process, signaling that the regulator has raised the bar for sped-up probes, legal practitioners said. The cases include...

Jul 28, 2026 Read Now >

Despite Trump Threats to Pull Out of USMCA, Expected ‘Arrangements’ This Year—Plus Political and Economic Pressure—Should Leave Agreement in Place

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the United States from its trilateral trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, but the agreement remains in place and the administration is likely to avoid a full withdrawal even as it pushes to secure new concessions by the end of the...

Jul 28, 2026 Read Now >

Kone/TK Elevator: Merger Sparks Concerns About Innovation

The proposed merger between Finland’s Kone (KNEBV) and Germany’s TK Elevator would significantly harm innovation and increase costs across the elevator industry, a sector player told The Capitol...

Jul 28, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: EU Court Strengthens Commission’s Approach in Goldwind Case; EU Google Search Sanction Dodges Big AI Questions

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Information requests can keep coming as EU court dismisses Goldwind’s ask • Google critics hoping EU would offer...

Jul 28, 2026 Read Now >

Life and Annuity Industry: KKR- and Apollo-Backed Insurers, Heavily Invested in Private Credit, Have Little Cushion to Stave off Regulatory Action if Investments Take Write-Downs

A Capitol Forum analysis of statutory filings indicates that three life insurers owned by private equity giants KKR (KKR) and Apollo Global Management (APO) have remarkably little room to absorb losses on their most subjectively-valued investments before depleting capital thresholds to...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: While Children Lose SNAP Benefits Due to State Cost Sharing, Equifax Stands to Benefit; Lina Khan Appointed to NYC Economic Development Commission, Expert Discusses Her Next Steps; House Debates Resale Ticketing Reform; NJ Bans Algorithmic Housing Rental Price Fixing; Bipartisan Resolution Directs FTC to Investigate Fire Trucks

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Equifax’s alleged monopoly over work and income verification may benefit from states having to pay for SNAP. • Lina...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: New Advertising Policies Raise Privacy, Safety Concerns as Platform Lifts Ban on Ads for Kids Under 13

The embattled online gaming platform Roblox (RBLX) is expanding the ways brands can reach kids on the platform by lifting its self-imposed ban on showing ads to users under 13, likening its offerings to the Saturday morning cartoons of earlier...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

EU Machinery Industry Warns of Chinese Rivals Offering Products 43% Cheaper

A leading European industrial association of mechanical engineering firms is sounding the alarm over Chinese competitors, telling The Capitol Forum they undercut EU producers by offering products at unsustainably low...

Jul 27, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Trump’s CFPB Nominee Distances Himself From Staffing Cuts; Swing-Vote Dems Reject Clarity Act as Deadline Looms; Oregon Latest State to License Buy-Now, Pay-Later Firms; Bipartisan Push for FinCEN Reform; Celsius Founders Pay Millions for Misleading Customers Before Collapse

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Background-check questions and call for Carvana investigation arise in...

Jul 24, 2026 Read Now >

Xponential Fitness: SBA Loan Losses Exceed $9 Million

Small Business Administration (SBA) loan losses linked to franchisees of Xponential Fitness (XPOF) now exceed $9 million after more than $1.4 million in new charge-offs were recorded in the second quarter of this year, a Capitol Forum analysis of SBA loan data has...

Jul 24, 2026 Read Now >

EU Weighs Delaying Chemical Probes Over China Talks, Trading Partner Backlash Concerns, Sources Say

The European Commission is considering delaying two investigations into global chemical imports over concerns that launching the probes in the coming weeks could complicate ongoing EU talks with Beijing and further strain relations with key trading partners, according to three people...

Jul 24, 2026 Read Now >

Universal Health Services: Lawsuit Alleges Three Minors Were Sexually Assaulted While Patients at Missouri Psychiatric Hospital; One Allegation Relates to 2025 Assault, Potentially After Company Lost Insurance Coverage

A lawsuit filed in Vernon County, Missouri last month alleges that three minors were sexually assaulted during their stay at Heartland Behavioral Health, a psychiatric facility operated by Universal Health Services (UHS) in Nevada, Missouri. Importantly, one of the allegations of assault,...

Jul 23, 2026 Read Now >

European Commission Deepens Probe into Temu Under Foreign Subsidies Regulation, Sources Say

The European Commission is deepening its probe into Chinese online retailer Temu under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) over concerns the company has benefited from distortive foreign subsidies, two sources familiar with the matter...

Jul 23, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Sees Spike in Merger-Related Lobbying; Paramount Skydance Ramps Up Lobbying in Prelude to States-Led Lawsuit Opposing Warner Bros. Discovery Buyout

Merger-related lobbying targeting DOJ spiked in the second quarter of 2026 amid personnel shake- ups at the agency and reports that a politicized leadership curbed staff reviews of deals, according to a Capitol Forum analysis of lobbying disclosures due this...

Jul 23, 2026 Read Now >

Labor Weekly: Cargill Lockout Drags On as Teamsters Blame Beef Cartel; New York Law Meant to Expand State Oversight of Unionization Thrown Out in Win for Amazon; Trucker No-Poach Case Should be Tossed for Failed Horizontal Claims, Kroger Says

Welcome to Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Lockout of Teamsters-affiliated workers at Cargill Colorado meatpacking plant drags into third month; economists cite market power as source of...

Jul 23, 2026 Read Now >

Parliament Negotiator Aims to Tighten Foreign Investment Rules in Drive to Support EU Manufacturers

A lead negotiator on the EU’s proposal to strengthen the bloc’s manufacturing base in renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles and critical raw materials wants tougher criteria for mostly Chinese investors seeking to take big stakes in European...

Jul 23, 2026 Read Now >

Efforts to Settle $39 Billion Ligado Networks Suit Supported by FCC Chairman Carr

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said he wants to see bankrupt satellite company Ligado Networks settle its $39 billion suit against the U.S....

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

DOJ Antitrust Division Nominee Adam Candeub Hearing Planned for August 5

The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing on August 5 regarding President Donald Trump’s nomination of Adam Candeub to lead DOJ’s antitrust division, a source familiar with the matter...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: HHS Withholds More Medicaid Funds from CA and MN, Citing Suspected Fraud; House Dems Propose Bill Targeting Commercial Health Insurance Denials; Senate Votes Against Resolution to Scrap WISeR; Eli Lilly Buys Psychedelics-Focused Drugmaker; FDA Issues Letters, Asks for Input on Monitoring Infant Formula Industry; CMS Collects Public Comment on Implementing PBM Laws

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • HHS defers more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Rising Conservative Media Outlet Formed By Political Operatives Doesn’t Disclose Lobbying Ties in Articles About Clients

The Washington Reporter, a conservative media outlet promoted by President Donald Trump, regularly fails to disclose conflicts of interest stemming from Garrett Ventry’s work as a paid lobbyist for companies the outlet covers. In several cases, the site published articles on Ventry’s...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Primo Brands: Customers, Former Employees Report Fee Increases, Declining Water Delivery Services and Cancellation Difficulties

In the wake of the November 2024 merger between BlueTriton Brands and Primo Water that created North America’s largest bottled water and water delivery company, the combined firm’s service quality has deteriorated as its prices continue to rise, a Capitol Forum investigation...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

IonQ/SkyWater: U.S. Government Investment in Quantum Industry Softens Some Third Party Concerns Amid FTC Review

The U.S. government’s recent capital injection into the quantum computing industry has softened some third party concerns about quantum developer IonQ’s (IONQ) pending $1.8 billion acquisition of specialty foundry SkyWater Technology (SKYT), sources familiar with the matter...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Staffing Shortages Force EU Executive to Delay Four Trade Probes, Sources Say

The European Commission’s trade defense directorate has reached its capacity for launching new cases in the coming weeks, forcing the EU executive to postpone four trade defense investigations that were ready to launch in mid-July, according to four people familiar with the...

Jul 22, 2026 Read Now >

Amazon: Sellers’ Inventory and Fund Access Frozen After ‘Kafkaesque’ Counterfeit Accusations; New Bill Would Ban Holds, Require Transparency and Appeals Process

Amazon (AMZN) third-party sellers say that when accused of trading counterfeit goods by the e- commerce giant, they’ve been left with few ways to plead their case and verify their inventory’s legitimacy. Even when they’re able to prove their products’ chain of custody...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Consumer Electronics Snarled by Trump’s Tariffs on Canada; eBay Complains Customs Rules Threaten Sales; House Lawmakers Seek Ways to Mitigate Shutdown Effects as Funding Deadline Approaches; Volvo Given Green Light to Sell Connected Vehicles in U.S. While Polestar Denied; Anthropic Settlement May Provide Guidelines for Future Settlements in AI Copyright Cases

The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

Buy Now Pay Later, Earned Wage Access, and Student Loan Servicing Industries Face Likely Scrutiny with Rohit Chopra at Helm of California Enforcement Agency

Former CFPB Director and FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra has garnered a reputation as one of the most effective and aggressive enforcers of consumer protection law in the nation. Now, with Chopra overseeing California’s consumer finance law enforcement apparatus, the sector could soon...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

EU Commission Increasingly Pushed into Role of Big Tech’s Reluctant Quasi-Price Regulator

The European Commission’s Big Tech enforcement is increasingly putting officials in the uncomfortable position of having to decide whether and how technology giants should put a price on their data, app storefront access, software and other...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: French Review May Improve SFR Deal Chances; EU Google Orders Likely Hit Company Harder Than Fines

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • SFR deal may have better chances in France • EU’s fine-free Google orders probably hurt more than upcoming...

Jul 21, 2026 Read Now >

Clarity Act Grants Legal Immunity to Trump-Affiliated Crypto Company; Democrats Say They Were Unaware and Provision Raises Further Ethics Concerns

Congress’s signature cryptocurrency legislation would quietly shield crypto platform Solana, which has financial ties to the Trump family’s crypto empire, from past allegations of offering unregistered...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

Antitrust Agenda: Second Circuit Approves Implicit Coercion Theory That May Affect App Store Cases; Supreme Court Justices Hear Questions on Shadow Docket Reform; Senate Ag Democrats Have Anti-Monopoly Chance with McConnell’s Absence; California AG Bonta on Paramount/WBD Suit

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Implicit tying and judicial rate-setting gets Second Circuit blessing in data bundling case. • Lawmakers challenge...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

State AGs Move Forward in Pressing Their Legislatures, Governors, U.S. Congress for More Antitrust Enforcement Funding

Democratic and Republican state attorneys general whose antitrust actions are overshadowing the more hands-off approach of their federal counterparts are following through on plans to obtain funds and further beef up their enforcement...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

Skyworks/Qorvo: SAMR, Harboring Concerns, Likely to Launch Phase 3 Review of Radio Frequency Chip Tie-up

China’s antitrust authority is likely to kick off an in-depth phase 3 review of Skyworks Solutions’ (SWKS) proposed acquisition of rival electronic components maker Qorvo (QRVO), sources familiar with the matter...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

The Asia Antitrust Agenda: Korea Fair Trade Commission Emerges as Regulator to Be Reckoned With

The Asia Antitrust Agenda is a biweekly column showcasing key regulatory developments in the region. Key stories we’re following for this edition include: • Korea price-fixing probe, another sign of its active antitrust enforcement agenda. • Japan antitrust regulator revises merger...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

Pressure on Video Game Industry Grows as EU Drafts Consumer Rules and Age Restrictions

Video game makers like Roblox and Tencent’s Supercell are bracing for intensified regulatory scrutiny in the coming months as new EU rules mark a shift for an industry that so far has largely escaped the big fines and enforcement attention other tech companies have...

Jul 20, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros.: Studio Proposes Delaying Closing Until Next Month in Exchange for Decision Before September 30

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) will wait to close its proposed Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition until after August 16 if a judge decides on the states’ suit seeking to block the deal before September 30, the date when the company would have to start paying a $7 million-a-day fee, an...

Jul 17, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: State AGs Warn Against Giving Banking Charters to Fintechs; Crypto Bank Asks SCOTUS to Weigh In on Fed Master Account Access; Dems Raise Concern About Fed Jobs Task Force’s Links to AI; Mamdani Proposes Sweeping Junk Fee Rule; Trump’s CFPB Nominee to Appear Before Congress Next Week

Financials Friday is a weekly overview of financial news and analysis of the timing and priorities of key agencies including the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC. Key stories we’re following this week include: • State AGs warn that lending fintechs are seeking banking charters to dodge...

Jul 17, 2026 Read Now >

As Florida AG Investigates Caremark, Independent Pharmacists and Pharmacy Owners Say CVS Self-Preferences and Targets Independents with Unfair Rates and Audits

Last month, the Florida attorney general issued a subpoena to CVS (CVS) to determine whether its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), Caremark, is harming independent pharmacists by steering patients to its own pharmacies, giving higher reimbursements to itself, and subjecting independent...

Jul 17, 2026 Read Now >

Labor Weekly: Union Lawsuit Over Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery is Best Path to Block Merger, Posner Says; Waymo-Legalization Bill in D.C. Targeted by Unlikely Allies in Unions, Uber, and Lyft; Labor Board Members Advance Out of Senate Committee; DOJ Defends Wage-Fixing Conviction at 9th Circuit

Welcome to Labor Thursday, our weekly overview of competition and labor market issues. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Writers Guild lawsuit to block deal alleges deep labor market harms. • Waymo clashes with Uber, Lyft and...

Jul 16, 2026 Read Now >

Live Nation: Republican and Democratic States Split on Whether to Intervene in Tunney Act Case Before Federal Judge

Republican and Democratic state attorneys general are divided over whether to get actively involved in a federal court’s review of DOJ’s settlement with Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), sources familiar with the matter...

Jul 16, 2026 Read Now >

Proposed OPPS and ASC Rule May Curb Hospital Consolidation in Imaging Space, Drive Volume to Non-Hospital Settings

A proposed rule from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would disincentivize hospital ownership of outpatient imaging clinics—potentially driving down costs for patients and the government—and may push more services out of the hospital setting into ambulatory surgical...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Commerce Department’s National Security Watchdog Grants UAE Firm with History of Tech Transfers to China Access to Sensitive AI Chips Even as Agency Chief Says Enforcement Understaffed

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a rule that grants G42, United Arab Emirates-controlled with alleged history of technology transfers to China, license-free access to advanced U.S. artificial intelligence...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Health Care Weekly: HHS OIG Requests Information on Direct-To-Consumer Drug Sales, Anti-Kickback Laws; CMS Seeks to Break AMA Monopoly on Coding and Payments; CMS to Propose Rule Loosening Conditions for Participation in Medicare, Medicaid; FTC Settles With Caremark; FDA to Defend Legal Authority to Publish CRLs; FDA Cracks Down on Online Ketamine Sales; FDA Issues Guidance, Schedules Hearing on Psychedelic Research and Usage

The Health Care Weekly is a timely analysis of competition developments, policy changes and other updates that may affect medical and pharmaceutical markets. Key stories we’re following this week include: • HHS OIG may seek to update anti-kickback regulations to accommodate DTC drug...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Anglo American/Teck Resources: SAMR Likely to Pause Review Clock Soon as Phase 3 Deadline Looms

China’s antitrust authority is likely to pause the review clock on its investigation into London- based mining giant Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) proposed acquisition of Canada’s Teck Resources (TECK) to allow additional time to settle regulatory concerns, sources familiar with the...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Electronic Arts, Saudi-Led Consortium Grow Confident About Phase 1 Clearance in EC Foreign Subsidies Regulation Review

U.S. video game developer Electronic Arts (EA) and a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), are increasingly optimistic that the European Commission will clear their $55 billion deal after a phase 1 review under the bloc’s Foreign...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Senators Co-Sponsoring Legislation That Would Empower Qualcomm in IP Licensing Fight with Arm

Two U.S. senators are co-sponsoring legislation that would require foreign companies such as Arm Holdings (ARM) to license technology vital for making semiconductors to customers like Qualcomm (QCOM) on “reasonable” terms, adding another twist in the heated legal fight between the two...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Capitol Forum Analysis of June MAUDE Data

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Maude Monthly: Abbott CGM Low Reading Problem Continues to Grow as Company Discloses Additional Death; Medline Reports Hundreds of Late Reports in Wake of FDA Scrutiny; MAUDE Data Reveals Additional Issue with Insulet Omnipod

The information contained in this report is compiled from the FDA’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. The MAUDE database contains reports of deaths, injuries, and malfunctions relating to the use of medical devices and is updated monthly with reports...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

Senator Mike Lee Raises Questions About Whether Uber, Lyft Engaging in Anticompetitive Behavior

Senator Mike Lee, R-UT, in a letter raised concerns with the CEOs of Uber (UBER) and Lyft(LYFT) about whether the ride-share companies’ business practices regarding pricing, driver compensation and algorithmic systems are anticompetitive. “These two companies account for the...

Jul 15, 2026 Read Now >

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