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Tech / Media / Telecom

Antitrust (Google)

Recent/upcoming developments… Judge Brinkema of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of VA has found Google liable for monopolizing portions of the adtech market. * In her decision, Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized the publisher ad server and ad exchange markets, violating Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman...

Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Macro, Tech / Media / Telecom

In the coming weeks, House Republicans are planning to take the first steps on their “reconciliation” (tax/spending) legislation, with different committees voting on the individual components of the bill for which they are each responsible. Speaker Johnson continues to say he wants to have the reconciliation bill enacted into law by the end of...

Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Macro, Tech / Media / Telecom

Senate Republicans are this week planning to begin consideration of a joint budget resolution that will eventually get adopted by the House as well. It appears Republicans are preparing to forgo the typical process for agreeing in the context of the budget resolution on the basic parameters of how they’ll achieve spending cuts, and will wait...

Tech / Media / Telecom

Universal Service Fund (USF)

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments as to whether the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) subsidy is unconstitutional.

Tech / Media / Telecom

Ahead of the expiration of President Trump’s pause on the ban of TikTok (April 5), reports indicate the White House is engaged in serious talks with Oracle for the company to oversee the U.S.-based operations of TikTok.

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AI/Semiconductors

The tech industry is urging the White House to repeal or alter the pending AI Diffusion rule, a regulation imposed by the Biden administration that starting in May will restrict exports of semiconductors used to run AI models. U.S. allies Poland and Israel have criticized the rule, saying it would hamper their growth and force their companies to...