State AI Regulation Ban Tucked Into Republican Tax, Fiscal Bill May 14, 2025 By Emily Birnbaum A powerful House committee has tucked language preventing states from regulating artificial intelligence into President Donald Trump’s massive tax and...
Trump’s Antitrust Trio Heralds Big-Tech Crackdown to Continue December 13, 2024 By Leah Nylen and Emily Birnbaum President-elect Donald Trump’s antitrust picks are likely to take a hard-line on the tech giants, and a harder line on...
Google Endorses Bill to Reveal Funders Backing Lawsuits October 16, 2024 By Emily Birnbaum Google is endorsing a bill that would require people filing lawsuits to disclose who will be paying for – and...
Kroger Seeks to Block FTC Case Against Albertsons Acquisition August 21, 2024 By Emily Birnbaum Kroger Co. is seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house case against its proposed purchase of rival grocer Albertsons...
Trump Allies Attack Corporate ‘Bigotry’ Against White Men December 11, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum One complaint accuses Macy’s Inc. of discriminating against White men. Another levels that allegation against BlackRock Inc. A third points...
Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Millions of Song Lyrics June 26, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court refused to revive a lawsuit by music website Genius Media Group Inc. accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google...
Supreme Court Turns Away Social Media Sex Trafficking Case May 31, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal from victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit Inc. knowingly facilitates and...
The Supreme Court Handed Google and Twitter a New Line of Defense May 19, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court handed social media companies a new line of defense as they face an increasing number of...
Supreme Court Leaves Intact Social Media Liability Shield in Win for Google, Twitter May 18, 2023 By Greg Stohr and Emily Birnbaum The US Supreme Court left in place a broad liability shield for social media companies for content posted by users,...
AI ‘Trustworthiness’ Is Focal Point of New Government Inquiry April 11, 2023 By Emily Birnbaum A US Commerce Department agency is opening an inquiry into how companies and regulators can ensure that artificial intelligence systems...