Courts are beginning to answer a critical question for the digital economy: when autonomous AI agents act on a user’s behalf, who bears legal responsibility under statutes written decades before such systems existed? A recent analysis of litigation trends by Babalakin & Co. highlights how judges are applying two established...

Italian financial police conducted searches at Amazon’s headquarters in Milan on Thursday as part of a fresh tax evasion investigation targeting the U.S. technology giant, according to Reuters. Two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said the operation marks a new development in a broader inquiry into the company’s activities in...

Global law firm Jones Day has strengthened its antitrust and competition capabilities in Germany and across Europe with the arrival of Sarah Blazek as a partner in its Munich office, according to a statement released by the firm. Blazek brings experience in German and European Union competition law, with a focus spanning antitrust,...

Russia has completely blocked the U.S.-owned messaging service WhatsApp after determining that its parent company, Meta Platforms, failed to comply with domestic legislation, the Kremlin said on Thursday, according to Reuters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the decision had been carried out, citing Meta’s refusal to adhere to Russian law....

Gail Slater, the Justice Department’s top antitrust official under President Donald Trump, has announced her resignation following internal tensions involving allies of Attorney-General Pam Bondi, marking a significant shift within the department’s leadership. “It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as AAG [assistant attorney-general]...

The United States has initiated a federal court action to enforce a presidential directive blocking a Chinese company’s acquisition of a California-based technology business, marking the first time such a measure has been pursued through litigation. According to a statement, the complaint was filed under Section 721 of the Defense...

The University of Pennsylvania renewed its effort this week to avoid a jury trial in a high-profile antitrust lawsuit, challenging a federal judge’s recent decision that allowed the case to move forward. On Tuesday, Penn formally contested a ruling issued last month that denied the University’s motion for summary judgment....

A bipartisan pair of senators on Tuesday introduced a bill to force AI companies to disclose the copyrighted works included in datasets used to train their AI models. The Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR) Act would require developers to file a notice with the Register of Copyrights detailing...