Developments

Brussels, 06 June – During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the final version of its guidelines on Art.48 GDPR about data transfers to third country authorities, after public consultation. In addition, the Board presented two new Support Pool of Experts (SPE) projects providing training material on artificial intelligence and data protection. … Read more

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a workshop on “The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families,” which will examine how Big Tech companies impose addictive design features, erode parental authority, and fail to protect children from exposure to harmful content.View Press Release

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission sent 37 letters to contact lens prescribers warning them of potential violations of the agency’s View Press Release

FTC takes action to protect competition across several software tool markets used for semiconductor and light simulation design The Federal Trade Commission will require Synopsys, Inc. and Ansys, Inc. to divest certain assets to resolve antitrust concerns surrounding their $35 billion merger. View Press Release

The Federal Trade Commission today voted to dismiss without prejudice a Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) lawsuit against PepsiCo, Inc. (Pepsi) that was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.View Press Release

FTC says operators falsely claimed affiliation with U.S. Department of Education, made false promises of loan forgiveness, and promoted fake reviews and testimonials The operators of an alleged transnational student loan debt relief scam have agreed to be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and to turn over more than $1 million in assets … Read more

Statement argues asset managers misapply the antitrust laws in defending coal production collusion allegations that drove up energy prices for consumers The Federal Trade Commission, joined by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, filed a Statement of Interest in a multistate antitrust case against asset managers BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard. View Press Release

What is NIST up to? On April 3, 2025, NIST hosted a Cybersecurity and AI Profile Workshop at our National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to hear feedback on our concept paper which presented opportunities to create profiles of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). These would … Read more

Commission renews Orange Book listing disputes, marking third round of FTC challenges to promote affordable drugs, generic competition Continuing its efforts to promote competition and lower drug prices, today the Federal Trade Commission renewed its challenges against dozens of improperly listed device patents that shield brand-name asthma, diabetes, epinephrine autoinjector, and COPD drugs from prompt … Read more

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order with GoDaddy settling allegations that the webhosting provider misled consumers by failing to implement data security protections, which led to several data breaches. View Press Release