Tech Regulation

Bills, Bills, Bills: What Developers Need to Know About the Legislative Package from the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee

Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law introduced draft legislation aimed at regulating “Big Tech” after a year-plus investigation of competition in digital markets. The legislative package largely stems from information gathered through witness testimony, documents, and interviews captured in the more than 500 page [...]

By Graham Dufault|2021-06-17T11:08:55-04:00June 15th, 2021|App Economy, Blog, Competition, Tech Regulation|

App Makers Tour of Europe – Romania

On 25 May 2021, ACT | The App Association kicked off the App Makers Tour of Europe with its first stop in Romania. During this webinar, we engaged with local app developers, policymakers, and academics. Our speakers discussed the Romanian tech ecosystem and considered the impacts of impending tech regulation [...]

By Anna Bosch|2021-10-19T07:29:29-04:00June 10th, 2021|App Economy, Blog, European Union, Events, Tech Regulation|

A Check-Up on mHealth Policies in the EU

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of digital solutions in providing lifesaving care to Europeans increased significantly. mHealth technologies mean digital health tools like wireless health products, mobile medical devices, software as a medical device, mobile medical apps, cloud-based portals and dashboards, and others. These tools have the demonstrated [...]

By Anna Bosch|2021-06-09T12:05:13-04:00June 9th, 2021|Blog, EU Member Spotlight, European Union, Tech Regulation|

Antitrust and You, Part 2: Epic v. Apple in an Antitrust Law Context

For those of us following the Epic v. Apple case, it was sometimes difficult to follow or immediately grasp the relevance of the meandering lines of questioning that covered a wide range of themes. Intermingled with all of the evidence that found its way into the record via testimony and [...]

By Graham Dufault|2021-06-08T11:27:55-04:00June 8th, 2021|Blog, Competition, Courts, Policy, Tech Regulation|

404 Error: How Legislation Intended to Grow the App Economy Could End Up Hurting It

Over the last several years, regulators, Congress, and most recently state legislatures, have been taking a hard look at “big tech” companies, the relationship they have with small businesses, like our members, and have raised concerns about competition in the digital market. We also have concerns. Real-life concerns that transcend [...]

By Caitlin Irr|2021-05-25T13:13:24-04:00May 25th, 2021|App Economy, Blog, Competition, Policy, Tech Regulation|