For as long as the United States has had a digital economy, the nation’s trade negotiators – across different administrations – have worked to combat foreign policies that would impede American small business innovators’ ability to compete and succeed abroad. However, in an unprecedented move, the Office of the [...]
Earlier this year, we highlighted the pivotal role that research and development (R&D) plays in expanding the app economy and outlined how an aspect of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act severely challenged entrepreneurs' ability to immediately deduct full R&D expenses. Instead, business owners are now required to amortize [...]
We breathed a collective sigh of relief when the door slammed shut last year on efforts to pass the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) in the 117th Congress. But those funding the advocacy for those bills simply shifted their efforts to what they hoped would be a more [...]
For as long as the United States has had a digital economy, the nation’s trade negotiators have fought tirelessly to combat foreign policies that would impede American innovators’ ability to compete in the global market. In an unprecedented move, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) decided to [...]
Recently, the European Commission quietly issued a “tender” seeking a study on the cybersecurity vulnerabilities the Digital Markets Act (DMA) might introduce. Reporters from Reuters appear to think its purpose is to “counter any Apple, Google antitrust pushback.” Whether or not this is an accurate characterization of the European Commission’s [...]