The revised Antimonopoly Law, as amended in June 2022, added a new system of reviewing concentrations that do not meet the standard of notification, which is a necessary supplementary rule based on the standard of notification as a principle of judgment. The new rules have expanded the scope of concentration review covered by the original […]

Italy has unveiled ambitious plans to foster Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation with the establishment of a 1 billion euro investment fund, as announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday. The fund, aimed at promoting AI projects, is set to be initiated with an initial endowment of 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion), with the potential […]

When it comes to innovation, the United Kingdom can find itself on a literal island. And the kingdom’s latest regulatory push, one that is targeting authorized push payment (APP) fraud, has left observers wondering whether that island may be sinking.  This, as the U.K.’s first Global Fraud Summit, hosted by the Home Secretary, kicked off […]

This paper discusses privacy concerns and privacy regulation under two different e-commerce business models: a pure marketplace and a hybrid marketplace. In previous papers we have found that the nature of the business model has crucial implications for the scope of the private information collected and disclosed by the online company; e.g. hybrid marketplaces have […]

By Cristina Caffarra1   The recent conference “Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order” (Homepage – Antitrust, Regulation and the Next World Order (bruxconference2024.com) showed that while there is still a sizeable constituency in the antitrust world that is clinging to a narrow, technocratic, pro-corporate (and lucrative) recent past, there is also an expanding tribe […]

This article examines the intersection of technology, privacy, and ownership, discussing client-side scanning (“CSS”), where a user’s smartphone scans its owner’s files, text messages, and photos for unlawful material, with consequences potentially including flagging users for law enforcement. While client-side scanning aims to balance privacy and law enforcement needs by detecting harmful content like child exploitation […]

The UK’s Online Safety Bill is the latest piece of regulation designed to navigate the complex issue of providing digital security whilst potentially enabling certain types of digital content to be accessed or controlled. Encryption is the technology at the center of controversy over this legislation, since encryption protects secrets, some of which may be […]

This concise article delves into the pervasive deployment of encryption across billions of devices, safeguarding our data both during communication over networks and storage within our devices. Next it discusses the strengths and weaknesses of encryption. The discussion encompasses distinctions between link encryption and end-to-end encryption, highlighting the intricacies of securely managing encryption keys. Additionally, […]

America’s regional lenders say they’re emerging from the shadow of Silicon Valley Bank. That bank’s collapse last year sent shockwaves through the industry, but now, executives at mid-sized banks told the Financial Times (FT) Monday (Jan. 29), the pressure to keep depositors from leaving has begun to lessen. Competition for deposits is still “robust,” Fifth Third Bank CEO Tim Spence told […]

After a roller coaster year of surprises, including a November decision to withhold its earnings results for the third quarter of 2023 and the cancellation of its planned conference call, Farfetch has been acquired by South Korean eCommerce giant Coupang. Will it be enough to save the struggling luxury retailer from going out of style? […]