Australian children's privacy code wins support, prompts calls for refinements
June 29, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
Australia’s draft children’s privacy code has drawn broad support from digital and rights advocates, who have called for targeted refinements to strengthen certain provisions before the rules are finalized in ... (more story)
'We will not blink': Australia to double fines for social-media ban breaches
June 29, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australia has introduced legislation to strengthen enforcement of its world-first under-16 social media ban by doubling maximum fines to A$99 million ($68 million) and granting new powers to the online-safety ... (more story)
Differences emerge between US banking regulators over FDIC resolution plan
June 26, 2026
| Neil Roland
Differences have emerged among two top US banking regulators, Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Travis Hill, over the FDIC’s proposal Thursday to trim r... (more story)
Agri Stats US settlement offers 'guide posts' on data sharing, state enforcer says
June 26, 2026
| Chris May
Agri Stats’ recent resolution of claims of anticompetitive data-sharing practices brought by the US Department of Justice and state attorneys general offers antitrust compliance guidance during a time when inf... (more story)
Assefi departs US DOJ, thanks staff in farewell note
June 26, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
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)
US judge overseeing MultiPlan antitrust case lets plaintiffs amend complaints
June 26, 2026
| Clayton Vickers
A Chicago federal judge overseeing US antitrust litigation against MultiPlan allowed plaintiffs to amend their complaints to include 17 new defendants, some of which had protested a lack of a causal link betwe... (more story)
FTC's Ferguson says US courts ought to make rules to speed up antitrust lawsuits
June 26, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
The US judicial system would do well by establishing rules that move along antitrust lawsuits more quickly instead of letting them drag on for years, Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson told MLex.
US FTC budget increase bid necessitated by expensive lawsuits, Ferguson says
June 26, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
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)