The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday (Feb. 2) on the “road ahead for automated vehicles,” where most of the participants highlighted the need to adopt new rules for autonomous vehicles (AV), with differences in what is the most important area...
The European Union may not be the world leader in the provision of some of the latest technological advances of our era — like artificial intelligence or 5G — but it still wants to have a say in setting international standards. For this purpose, the...
A new United Kingdom law enacted to protect the nation’s security could chill investment in startups, the Financial Times reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
In “The Birth of Platform Neo-Regulation in the UK,” Martin Kretschmer and Philip Schlesinger from the University of Glasgow explore the new approach adopted by the U.K. government to enact leading regulatory instruments to tame big technology companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working on a rule for food traceability, which may be completed by year-end, that seeks to establish additional traceability record-keeping requirements for those who manufacture, process, pack or hold some food designated by the agency. Get the Full...
Microsoft’s $70 billion bid for Activision may be reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in what will become its first test to show its new approach to mergers since the joint consultation with the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) to review the merger guidelines,...
The United Kingdom’s competition watchdog has issued a warning to U.K. challenger bank Monzo over a breach of retail banking regulations under the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
In “The Prohibition of Price Parity Clauses and the Digital Markets Act,” Martin Peitz of the University of Mannheim explains the challenges of analyzing price parity clauses and how the European Union decided to harmonize the different approaches adopted by national competition authorities by including...
The regulators sharpen their gaze, the legislators sharpen their pencils and bang the gavels — and Big Tech, banks and FinTechs are in the crosshairs, perhaps more so now than ever before. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
