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Our developments section tracks activities of the legislature, regulatory activities and court decisions as well as other relevant developments in the jurisdictions we follow.
The Federal Trade Commission today finalized a consent order that requires building services contractor Planned Building Services and its affiliated companies to cease their enforcement of no-hire agreements. View Press Release
It has been one year since the release of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 ! To make improving your security posture even easier, in this blog we are: Sharing new CSF 2.0 resources; Taking a retrospective look at some resources and applications you may have missed; and Highlighting ways you can stay involved in … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission is sending claim forms to consumers who bought deceptively marketed antivirus software from Avast. View Press Release
Gravity Defyer Medical Technology Corporation (Gravity Defyer) and its owner Alexander Elnekaveh will have to stop making alleged deceptive pain-relief claims for Gravity Defyer footwear, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. View Press Release
Today, the Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the content of their speech or affiliations, and how this conduct may have violated the law. View Press Release
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has appointed David Shaw as Principal Deputy Director and Kelse Moen as Deputy Director of the agency’s Bureau of Competition and Douglas C. Geho as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. View Press Release
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced today that the FTC and Department of Justice’s joint 2023 Merger Guidelines are in effect and will serve as the framework for the FTC’s merger-review analysis. View Press Release
Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced a new policy that prohibits FTC political appointees from holding leadership roles in the American Bar Association (ABA), participating in ABA events, or renewing their ABA memberships. Additionally, the FTC will no longer use its resources to support any employee’s ABA membership or participation in ABA … Read more
Brussels, 13 February – The EDPB published the Coordinated Supervision Committee’s (CSC) biannual activity report (July 2022 – December 2024). Over the last two years, the CSC worked on the integration of the large-scale EU information technology (IT) systems within its scope. During the reporting period, it took over the supervision of the upgraded Schengen … Read more