RT @KhushitaVasant: Am sure I heard a huge sigh of relief all the way across from Google headquarters over Judge Amit Mehta's order in the….

In the first #privacy case by @FTC under @AFergusonFTC , #FTC reaches $10 million settlmeenty with over alleged unlawful collection of kids' #PII @Disney #regulation.

RT @KhushitaVasant: Big development yesterday on EU's Google adtech case: a decision to announce an #antitrust fine was pulled last minute….

"So it was a budget Ritz-Carlton?" Sanatacan asks, before Judge Seeborg cuts off the Ritz Carlton questions.

Google lawyer Eduardo Santacana starting his cross of Hochman with his $800 hourly fee and eliciting that plaintiffs have nice digs during trial. "Was it a nice hotel?". "It’s the Ritz-Carlton, it’s a very nice hotel," Hochman says, tho the plaintiffs got a "good coporate rate.".

As in the @Meta trial a few weeks ago, we're immediately into testimony by Hockman about #SDKs, which Hochman tells jury, "allow @Google to take data from the devices related to their app activity, particularly when people are using non-Google apps.".

Chair @AFergusonFTC says he's concerned about “these actions by foreign powers to impose censorship and weaken end-to-end encryption will erode Americans’ freedoms and subject them to myriad harms, such as surveillance by foreign governments and an increased risk of identity.

The @FTC Chairman @AFergusonFTC has sent letters to a dozen tech companies, including @Apple @amazon @signalapp @X warning of the consequence of #EU #DSA leading to #contentmoderation and #privacy due to weaking #encryption

Greetings from the @Google #privacy trial, where expert witness Jonathan Hochman is taking the witness stand for the plaintiffs. He's definitely done this before:

RT @EmmyProbasco: This is a really compelling idea: fund a group to refactor open source software libraries into a more secure language usi….

In the @mmfa case, the @FTC is appealing the stinging loss it suffered last week at the hands of a district court judge in Washington who granted an injunction blocking its CID to #MediaMatters #FirstAmendment

For those who want to read Roger Alford's remarks on @JusticeATR "scandal" at #tpiaspen you can access them here:

The HPE-Juniper merger is a “scandal,” says former @JusticeAR official Roger Alford. “I don't see this as a systemic problem, I view this as a personnel problem,” that can be fixed by “a few key, corrections.” #tpiaspen.

The #SCOTUS allowing firing of @FTC commissioners is much more likely, the early returns from #tpiaspen folks think

Tech policy folks at #tpiaspen aren't feeling too bullish about the chance for federal #privacy regulation in 2026.

This #tpiaspen #antitrust panel turning into real takedown of Biden-era antitrust policy. The politicization of antitrust, for the @FTC , means "the institution was damaged, and I think it increases the chance that there won't be an #FTC in five years," says Carl Shapiro.

Chris Yoo of Penn suggests that continued "mixed bag" uncertainty about #antitrust enforcement at @JusticeATR and @FTC might be slowing deal flow. "You end up having to read tea leaves," Yoo says. #tpiaspen.

But largely, he says Biden policy built on "false narrative" of increase in market power across the US economy. #tpiaspen.

At #TPIAspen, Carl Shapiro of Berkeley says the biggest success on #antitrust under Biden is the interest in that sector of law. "Law students these days, they want to get into antitrust because @linamkhan is a rock star," he says.

Chad Jones of the @StanfordGSB starts his #TPIAspen talk with a powerful thesis: Living standards are determined by the total number of ideas.