On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) case against Amazon reached another milestone as Amazon filed its motion to dismiss (MTD). Straightforwardly, Amazon pointed out that the FTC failed to state a valid claim, mainly because it provided no evidence of the harm to competition and consumers it alleges took [...]
With the risk of privacy breaches increasing daily, researchers continue to find that the dangers of such compromises disproportionately burden disenfranchised communities. In order to protect the most at-risk populations, lawmakers around the globe must tackle consumer protection issues one by one, especially the widespread efforts directed at privacy, content [...]
There’s a reason we don’t write much about Section 230. For those unfamiliar, Section 230 is the statutory provision clarifying that internet services hosting content created by third parties are not liable for a range of potential civil actions that could be directed at those third parties. The statute is [...]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been on a tear. The court losses that punctuate its campaign make it hard to call it a winning streak, but the concerted efforts to reinvigorate the Commission’s “national nanny” status will leave plenty of marks for years to come. Notably, the FTC’s struggle [...]
Summary The current SEP licensing landscape furthers the interests of a few large international SEP holders, while creating disproportionate barriers to the innovation ambitions of small businesses in the United Kingdom (UK). New survey data and UK High Court findings have demonstrated the urgent need for action to protect the [...]