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Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: L.A. County Report Likely to Add Fuel to States’ Challenge of Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger; Coupang Hit with Record Penalty Despite U.S. Pressure; Defense Contractors Face Ban on Chinese Parts; Expert Scrum Could Shape Collusion Jurisprudence

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...

Jun 16, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: OHB Pushes Against EU Satellites Merger; Privacy Proponents Fear Cookie Consent Cleanup Tool on Chopping Block

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of EU and UK competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week...

Jun 16, 2026 Read Now >

Financials Friday: Possible Breakthrough Looming in Import-Export Bank Board Seat Dispute; CoStar Filing Shows Everyone Agrees the MLS System is Dead; Inflation Report Increases Fears in Congress; Trump Nominates Capital One Exec to Head CFPB; Warren Introduces Bill on Banking Exposure to AI

Optimism for Democratic nominees could pave way for unshackling of Export-Import Bank; Scott says housing bill deal as soon as next week. In public, the fight over partisan agency board seats continued this week with Senate Democrats calling on President Donald Trump to drop his blockade...

Jun 12, 2026 Read Now >

Meta Invoiced AI Companies While Negotiating WhatsApp Fee Policy with EU Competition Officials

Meta invoiced AI companies in recent weeks while discussing with the European Commission how to potentially resolve antitrust concerns over the company’s policy to restrict AI assistants from...

Jun 11, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: USTR Revamps China Trade Approach; Ex-DOJ Officials Call for Live Nation Breakup; Common Crawl Hit with Cease-and-Desist Warning Canada Backs Down On Streamers; Sinclair Still Has Eyes on Scripps; House Committee to Examine NFL Antitrust Exemption

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...

Jun 09, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: CMA Pressured on Paramount Skydance/Warner; Telecom Consolidation Under Scrutiny

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, brought to you by Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza and Senior Correspondents Lydia O’Neal, Barbara Pianese, Joanna Sopinska and Catherine Stupp. This week, we look at the Open Markets Institute’s submission to the CMA on Paramount...

Jun 09, 2026 Read Now >

Verisign: Interisle Study Finds Malicious Actors Registered 10-20% of New Domain Names in 2025, Accounted for ‘Significant Share’ of Market

A new study by Interisle Consulting Group suggests that cybercriminal demand represents “a significant share of the domain name market”—the digital ecosystem where domain registrars and registry operators facilitate the buying, selling, and management of web...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Four Years After OTC Hearing Aid Rule, Competition in Hearing Aid Market Remains Limited Due to Deep Vertical Integration, Sources Say

In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule expected to increase competition in the hearing aid market by giving patients with mild-to-moderate hearing loss access to over-the-counter hearing aids, a potentially cheaper alternative to expensive prescription...

Jun 05, 2026 Read Now >

Electronic Arts Buyers Expected to File Under EU Foreign Subsidy Rules Before Summer, Sources Say

The bidding consortium involved in the proposed $55 billion takeover of videogame publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is expected to notify its transaction to the European Commission under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) before the summer, according to two people familiar with...

Jun 04, 2026 Read Now >

Apple Case May Alter Indian Regulator’s Approach to Antitrust Settlements, Lawyers Say

Apple’s (AAPL) court challenge to an Indian antitrust regulator’s authority to demand financial data in a dispute over its App Store’s business practices could alter how India resolves cases involving multinational corporations, legal observers...

Jun 03, 2026 Read Now >

Zillow: Democratic Reps Urge FTC Probe of Real Estate Giant’s Referral Practices

Two Democratic lawmakers last week urged Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson to investigate Zillow (Z) and other real estate platforms over their referral practices, according to a letter obtained exclusively by The Capitol...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Survival of Texas App Store Accountability Act Could Encourage Other States; FCC Poised to Lift Ownership Cap; Vietnam Trade Probe Could Trigger Increased Tariffs on Electronics; Student-athletes Left Out of Cruz-Cantwell NCAA Antitrust Discussion; Vermont Passes Privacy Measure, But Will Governor Sign?

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...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: Von der Leyen Urged to Greenlight Google Penalty; JD.com Stands Against FSR Probe

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, brought to you by Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza and Senior Correspondents Lydia O’Neal, Barbara Pianese, Joanna Sopinska and Catherine Stupp. This week, we look at fresh pressure on the European Commission to move ahead with a fine...

Jun 02, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Brothers Discovery: States Increasingly Persuaded Merger Would Harm Competition in Blockbuster Movie Market

A group of state attorneys general reviewing Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is increasingly convinced that the $81 billion deal would harm industry workers, movie theater operators and streaming services by combining two of the...

Jun 01, 2026 Read Now >

Cintas/UniFirst: Cintas Hires Trump-Linked Miller Strategies for Merger Lobbying

Cintas (CTAS) has hired Trump-connected lobbying firm Miller Strategies to navigate antitrust scrutiny of its proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of uniform rental rival UniFirst (UNF), according to newly filed federal...

May 22, 2026 Read Now >

EU Rules Aimed to Help Users Fight Platform Censorship—But Activists, Businesses Say It’s Getting Worse

Republicans in Washington often call the EU’s digital platform rules online censorship. For those working in adult industries, sex education and women’s health, the rules should be a tool to combat suppression of lawful speech online – but many say restrictions on their posts and...

May 19, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: Additional Child Exploitation Lawsuits Consolidated in State and Federal Court as Attorneys Say Thousands of Similar Cases Being Investigated

Thousands of potential cases of child sexual exploitation allegedly facilitated by gaming platform Roblox (RBLX) are still under investigation, according to plaintiffs’ attorneys, as federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the company continues to...

May 08, 2026 Read Now >

The European Antitrust Agenda: Merger Guidelines Offer Clarity to Startup Buyers and Consider Workers’ Rights

Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, brought to you by Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza and Senior Correspondents Lydia O’Neal, Barbara Pianese, Joanna Sopinska and Catherine Stupp. This week, we look at the leaked draft of the EU’s forthcoming merger guidelines. A boon...

Apr 28, 2026 Read Now >

Publishers Urge EU to Take ‘Immediate’ Measures to Tackle Meta Scam Ads Under Digital Rules

European publishers are urging EU officials to act quickly to force Meta (META) to stop the proliferation of fraudulent advertisements impersonating reporters and media outlets across its platforms in a memorandum to the European Commission seen by The Capitol...

Apr 22, 2026 Read Now >

European Proposals for Social Media Bans Create Pressure on VPNs

Plans to restrict children’s access to social media have been sprouting around Europe in the last few months, raising questions about whether kids could easily get around such bans. The attention is making virtual private network (VPN) providers...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

IonQ/SkyWater: Quantum Computing Tie-up Draws Industry Questions Over Foundry Access, Information Firewalls, But DOD Support Could Ease Antitrust Path

Quantum computing chipmaker IonQ’s (IONQ) pending $1.8 billion acquisition of specialty foundry SkyWater Technology (SKYT) raises red flags about post-merger access to SkyWater’s R&D-friendly manufacturing platform, industry sources...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Dismissal of News Publisher Suit Against Google’s AI Summaries Is Setback, Not Death Knell, For Parallel Penske Case; European Regulators Eye Opt-outs

Google’s (GOOG) victory over a lawsuit from two local news publishers accusing the company of leveraging its search monopoly to misappropriate online news content is a clear setback for Penske Media Corporation’s parallel lawsuit before the same judge: U.S. District Judge Amit...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Google: EFF Asks California, New York to Investigate Google’s Failure to Notify User of ICE Subpoena Despite Company’s Promises

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the California and New York attorneys general to investigate Google (GOOG) for deceptive trade practices after alleging that the company broke its promise to give users advanced notice before providing their information to law...

Apr 16, 2026 Read Now >

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: Booker Schedules Wednesday Hearing on Deal Featuring Labor, Media Witnesses

This article has been updated to include Paramount Skydance’s response to Booker’s invitation for CEO David Ellison to testify. Senator Cory Booker, a critic of Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), has scheduled a hearing today on the $81...

Apr 13, 2026 Read Now >

Next Head of EU Competition Watchdog Faces Souring U.S. Relations, Telecoms’ Consolidation Push

The frontrunner to head the European Commission’s competition watchdog, a nearly three-decade veteran of the EU executive, will have to perform some tricky balancing acts if he ultimately takes the helm – from conflicting views of how the bloc should achieve “competitiveness” to...

Apr 03, 2026 Read Now >

Privacy Policy: California Data Broker Registry Reveals Dozens of Brokers Selling Consumers’ Data to Foreign Actors, Law Enforcement, Federal Government

Last week the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) published its 2026 Data Broker Registry, revealing that dozens of brokers have sold or shared consumers’ personal data to the federal government, law enforcement, and even foreign adversary countries over the past...

Apr 01, 2026 Read Now >

Booking CEO Warns Google’s Gemini, ChatGPT Could Squeeze Out Small Hotels

Booking (BKNG) CEO Glenn Fogel raised fresh concerns about the influence of artificial intelligence tools like Google’s (GOOG) Gemini on how people find hotels online and said he’s happy regulators are scrutinizing the search giant’s AI-generated answers to search queries under...

Mar 25, 2026 Read Now >

Skyworks/Qorvo: SAMR Expresses Bundling Concerns; Overlaps in Key Components Could Also Drive Review

China’s antitrust authority has expressed some initial concerns that Skyworks Solutions’ (SWKS) proposed acquisition of rival electronic components maker Qorvo (QRVO) could lead to illegal bundling practices and unfair disadvantages for home-grown competitors, sources familiar with...

Mar 20, 2026 Read Now >

EU Preparing First Google Fines Under Digital Rules as Soon as This Month, Sources Say

The European Commission is preparing two fines against Google (GOOG) for alleged breaches of the EU’s digital competition rules as soon as this month, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The long-awaited final decisions mark the first penalties for the technology giant...

Mar 09, 2026 Read Now >

Tech/Media/Telecom Weekly: Profit Boom for Memory Chip Oligopoly Set to Continue in Short Term as Sources in National Security Community Say Policymakers are Unlikely to Soften Stance Toward Chinese Memory Chip Companies

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. In this edition: National Security Outlook: Profit boom for memory chip oligopoly set to continue in short term: Sources in...

Feb 25, 2026 Read Now >

EU Advances Visa, Mastercard Probes with New Questions, File Requests, Sources Say

The European Commission has in recent weeks asked parties involved in its investigations of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) to prepare non-confidential versions of documents detailing complaints about the companies’ conduct, so that the submissions can be added to the official case...

Feb 16, 2026 Read Now >

SoftBank/DigitalBridge: Deal Could Test Treasury’s Fast-Track Pilot Program for U.S. Allies

Japan’s SoftBank Group (TSE:9984) has filed its proposed $4 billion acquisition of DigitalBridge Group (DBRG) with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), according to sources familiar with the matter, setting up what could be an early test of a Treasury...

Jan 26, 2026 Read Now >

Oral Tirzepatide Ads Could Conflict with Meta’s Ad Policy, Raise Other Legal Questions

In December, the attorneys general of 35 U.S. states and territories wrote a letter calling on Meta to address “the surge of misleading marketing for weight loss products on Meta’s platforms,” particularly for compounded GLP-1 products, which do not have Food and Drug Administration...

Jan 20, 2026 Read Now >

Vestager Urges Officials to Abandon X, Compares Social Media to Smoking Indoors

Civil servants and public bodies need to stop posting on X as Europe looks to depend less on American tech platforms and develop homegrown competitors, former EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in an interview. As European regulators confront X over its AI tool Grok,...

Jan 14, 2026 Read Now >

Capitol Forum’s Tech Policy 2026 Predictions: Brinkema Will Break Up Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly, DOJ and/or States Will Appeal Google Search Remedy, Open AI Will Take Feud with Google to Europe, Big Tech Will Push for Trade Policy ‘Get Out of Jail Free Card’

As part of our tech policy coverage, we are launching our annual predictions on some of the most meaningful events expected to take place in 2026, which we will track regularly throughout the year. To discuss these predictions with Executive Editor Teddy Downey, please join us for a...

Jan 08, 2026 Read Now >

Roblox: Child Exploitation Lawsuits Consolidated in California Federal Court as Attorney Says Thousands of Similar Cases Still Under Investigation

On Friday the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation granted a petition to consolidate dozens of private lawsuits that allege gaming platform Roblox facilitates the sexual exploitation and grooming...

Dec 17, 2025 Read Now >

X to Face Fine Under EU Digital Rules as Soon as Friday, Sources Say

The European Commission is poised to fine X in the coming days and possibly as soon as Friday in what would be the executive’s first-ever sanction under its content moderation and transparency law, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The timing could still...

Dec 04, 2025 Read Now >

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

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...

Dec 02, 2025 Read Now >

Getty/Shutterstock: DOJ Hears from Industry Players About Stock Photo Sector Dominated by Merging Parties and Adobe

DOJ staff reviewing Getty Images’ (GETY) proposed $3.7 acquisition of rival Shutterstock (SSTK) has recently questioned multiple industry participants who said the stock photography market is dominated by the two merging parties, especially for large corporate customers, according to...

Nov 14, 2025 Read Now >

Roblox: Judge Rules Roblox’s Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable Under Federal Law in Pending Child Sexual Exploitation Lawsuit

A California Superior Court judge rejected Roblox’s (RBLX) motion to compel arbitration in one of the dozens of child sexual exploitation lawsuits filed against the gaming platform this year. Issued October 30, the ruling found Roblox’s arbitration agreement to be unenforceable as to...

Nov 13, 2025 Read Now >

Google Set to Get EU Adtech Fine as Early as Today, Sources Say

Google (GOOG) is expected to receive a fine as early as today from the European Commission over alleged abuses in its advertising technology business, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The Brussels enforcer has had a decision ready for months to fine the Big...

Sep 05, 2025 Read Now >

Roblox: We Created 95 Underage Roblox Accounts in 1 Hour; Why It Matters and What It Says About Safety Issues With the Platform

As Roblox (RBLX) continues to announce new safety features and policies amid a growing wave of lawsuits alleging the company facilitates the sexual exploitation of children and teens, one thing remains constant—it is remarkably easy for individuals claiming to be any age to create...

Aug 28, 2025 Read Now >

Keurig Case Could Influence Outcome of Major Antitrust Actions Against Big Tech, Live Nation, Visa

After more than 10 years, a major private antitrust case against Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is approaching a milestone that could have ramifications not only for the world’s largest maker of single-serve coffee products but also for U.S. government lawsuits against Big Tech behemoths, Live...

Aug 26, 2025 Read Now >

Keysight/Spirent: As Deadline Looms, SAMR Pauses Review Clock, Buying Extra Time to Negotiate, Market Test Proposed Remedies

China’s antitrust authority recently paused the review clock on its investigation into Keysight Technologies’ (KEYS) proposed takeover of rival Spirent Communications (LON: SPT) to allow extra time to negotiate and market test the parties’ proposed remedy package, sources familiar...

Aug 21, 2025 Read Now >

LiveRamp: Data Broker Distances Itself From Sensitive Consumer ‘Segments’ in Response to Privacy Class-Action Complaint

LiveRamp (RAMP) tried to distance itself from sensitive audience “segments” sold on its Data Marketplace in a recent response to an amended data privacy class-action complaint against the company, after a federal judge ruled last month that the case could proceed. LiveRamp repeatedly...

Aug 20, 2025 Read Now >

Google: Ad Tech Giant Facing Possible Class Action, More Publisher Lawsuits in Coming Months; Liability Could Stretch Into Billions

Following a favorable April ruling in the federal antitrust lawsuit against Google’s (GOOG) ad-tech business, publishers are likely considering filing their own lawsuits against the company. The biggest publishers could be looking at hundreds of millions—even billions—of dollars in...

Aug 19, 2025 Read Now >

Former DAAG Roger Alford Plans to Blast Mizelle, Woodward for Role in ‘HPE/Juniper Merger Scandal,’ Call DOJ ‘Pay-to-Play Antitrust Enforcement’ Status Quo ‘Simply Unsustainable

Roger Alford, the antitrust division’s former No. 2 official, in a speech today will blast DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle and Associate Attorney General nominee Stanley Woodward for their role in the “HPE/Juniper merger scandal” and enabling “MAGA-In-Name-Only...

Aug 18, 2025 Read Now >

Metro CEO Urges EU Cap on Visa, Mastercard Interchange Fees, Seen as ‘Silent Tax’

Obscure and rising commercial card fees that Visa (V), Mastercard (M) and other major card networks set for business-to-business payments should be capped by the EU, Metro CEO Steffen Greubel said in an interview with The Capitol Forum. “It’s a money-making machine for them and a...

Aug 14, 2025 Read Now >

Dozens of Federal Judges Attended Antitrust Seminars Hosted by Big Tech-Funded Group, Records Show

Dozens of federal judges attended seminars in idyllic locales like Hawaii and Portugal held by a George Mason University (GMU) law school organization that received Big Tech funding, a Capitol Forum review of public records found. The university’s Antonin Scalia Law School, one of the...

Aug 13, 2025 Read Now >

Lenovo Group/Infinidat: Unwinding of Jupiter Systems Deal Could Signal Problems for Chinese Server Company’s Transaction

The Trump administration’s order this month forcing China’s Suirui Group to unwind its purchase of California-based Jupiter Systems is more than a delayed enforcement action—it’s a powerful signal of the U.S. government’s rapidly hardening stance against Chinese control of...

Jul 29, 2025 Read Now >

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