Tech companies will learn this week how the EU plans to strengthen protections for minors online, when the European Commission unveils its proposed "EU Kids Act". The initiative is expected to combine safety-b... (more story)

Texas’ win on a partial motion for summary judgment against TikTok this week has set the state – and others suing TikTok over alleged misrepresentations – up for success in forthcoming cases, as the Chinese-ba... (more story)

Discovery conduct in high-profile Big Tech litigation, from privilege claims to evidence-preservation failures, is continuing to cause headaches for defense lawyers. Recent US court decisions, including one fr... (more story)

A blanket social-media ban wouldn’t solve the EU’s child-safety challenges, Jörg Fegert, one of two experts who drafted the EU expert panel’s July report on child safety online, told MLex days before a new EU ... (more story)

Flock Safety, the operator of a nationwide network of cameras that capture motor vehicle information, is facing increasing lawsuits amid a public outcry over privacy concerns arising from what plaintiffs call ... (more story)

Meta Platforms is heading back to court against New Mexico just weeks after a $942 million loss to the state, this time over Facebook's handling of user data during the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal.

A far narrower version of a bill intended to curb California Invasion of Privacy Act litigation has cleared the state Legislature. While it won’t shut off the spigot of lawsuits, it will eliminate some of the ... (more story)

The US has a long list of issues that have become outstanding challenges in trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico and are preventing the closing of a deal, including disputes over cheese, cars, foreign lan... (more story)