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States Put Big Tech’s AI Advantage Under New Scrutiny

States Put Big Tech’s AI Advantage Under New Scrutiny
States Put Big Tech’s AI Advantage Under New Scrutiny
August 13, 2026  |  ANTITRUST

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Ninth Circuit Narrows CFAA Reach in Perplexity Agentic Commerce Ruling
Ninth Circuit Narrows CFAA Reach in Perplexity Agentic Commerce Ruling
August 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A federal appeals court has handed the artificial intelligence (AI) industry a potentially significant early victory in the development of the law regarding agentic commerce....

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OpenAI Seeks Dismissal of Apple Trade Secrets Lawsuit
OpenAI Seeks Dismissal of Apple Trade Secrets Lawsuit
August 06, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

OpenAI asked a judge to dismiss Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of stealing trade secrets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Alaska Updates Money Transmission Law as States Broaden Oversight of Virtual Currency
Alaska Updates Money Transmission Law as States Broaden Oversight of Virtual Currency
August 05, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Alaska has joined a growing wave of states modernizing their money transmission laws to bring virtual currency businesses more squarely within existing financial regulatory frameworks....

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UK Tribunal Rejects Google Bid to Block $6.7 Billion Advertiser Class Action
UK Tribunal Rejects Google Bid to Block $6.7 Billion Advertiser Class Action
August 05, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The United Kingdom’s Competition Appeal Tribunal rejected Google’s bid to block a class action lawsuit brought by advertisers alleging that the company abused its position...

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Appeals Court Overturns Ban on Perplexity AI Shopping Agents on Amazon
Appeals Court Overturns Ban on Perplexity AI Shopping Agents on Amazon
August 04, 2026  |  Amazon

A U.S. appeals court overturned a March ruling that temporarily barred Perplexity’s artificial intelligence-powered agentic shopping tools from accessing Amazon’s platform, Reuters reported Tuesday (Aug....

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FTC Lawsuit Signals Regulatory Linkage of Privacy and Consumer Protection
FTC Lawsuit Signals Regulatory Linkage of Privacy and Consumer Protection
August 04, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Federal and state regulators are expanding their scrutiny of digital business practices by treating privacy violations and deceptive consumer practices as part of the same...

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EU AI Act Transparency Rules Put Financial Institutions on Compliance Front Line
EU AI Act Transparency Rules Put Financial Institutions on Compliance Front Line
August 03, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

The European Union’s landmark AI Act entered a new phase on Sunday (Aug. 2) as the regulation’s transparency provisions became enforceable. With that step, the...

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