US states suing Meta Platforms over social media’s impact on youths faced questions and doubts over their proposed calculations of the penalties they plan to seek from Meta in an upcoming trial in August.

US Senate Democrats are opposing the bipartisan Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, which is slated for a vote in the House of Representatives on Monday.

Omeed Assefi, the acting assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, bid farewell to colleagues Friday and thanked them for "helping move the weighty rock of justice forward e... (more story)

French telecom operator Orange scored a legal victory after France's Constitutional Council struck down provisions allowing three administrative authorities to impose sanctions for direct marketing without use... (more story)

EU government representatives on Friday backed reviving legislation that would restore a legal basis for online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material after temporary rules expired in Apri... (more story)

The election of Moritz Hennemann, a law professor and part-time judge, to be Germany’s next federal commissioner for data protection and freedom of information comes at a time of growing debate about reform of... (more story)

Expensive lawsuits and the need to hire antitrust economists, lawyers and paralegals justifies the US Federal Trade Commission's request for a nearly $45 million increase in the latest budget proposal, Chairma... (more story)

Companies that receive a subpoena from the Federal Trade Commission and choose not to respond to it may still be inviting an antitrust or consumer protection lawsuit if the agency has enough evidence to procee... (more story)