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How Rising H-1B Costs Sideline Startups
While the public conversation around H-1B visas often focuses on larger players in tech, startups and small tech companies rely on the program, [...]
New Analyses Warn of Heavy Cost to Consumers and Small Businesses with Proposed Regulation of Online Marketplaces
In the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, aggressive anti-competition policies to regulate online marketplaces will crush small businesses and cost consumers. Two recent [...]
ACT | The App Association Disappointed by Commission Announcement that 28th Regime Will Be Directive, Not Regulation
BRUSSELS - The European Commission’s 2026 Work Programme, published today, reveals that the awaited proposal for a ‘28th regime’ as an optional EU-wide [...]
Latest Actions by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Squires Weaken the Certainty in the U.S. IP System that Small Businesses Need
WASHINGTON - ACT | The App Association expresses serious concern regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recently released Notice of Proposed [...]
Addressing Digital Trade Barriers Across the Asia-Pacific Region
This year has seen major shifts in U.S. trade policy, and those issues have risen to the top of the agenda for many. [...]
State of Confusion: How a Patchwork of AI Laws Hurts Small Businesses and U.S. Competitiveness
Earlier this year, Congress considered including a temporary moratorium on state artificial intelligence (AI) laws in the federal reconciliation package, but the provision was [...]
ACT | App Association Releases Survey on The Extent of Transatlantic AI Gap and Impact of UK/EU Regulations
EU-style Tech Regulations Set Back UK and European Startups and SMEs from their US counterparts, New Survey Finds Today, ACT | The App Association [...]
Is the FTC Using Dark Patterns to Pursue Dark Patterns?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act has long provided a flexible consumer protection framework. The law generally empowers the FTC to challenge net-harmful [...]
