Author: Allie Caccamo

On Tuesday, the “neo-Brandeisian” organization Open Markets Institute submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the cases of NetChoice & CCIA v. Moody / Paxton, endorsing “common carrier” legal theories spread by the far-right – even adding that it would like to see more states pass similar laws. The application of common carrier… Continue reading Open Markets Institute Aligns with Far-Right in FL/TX SCOTUS Case

On Tuesday, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized its new rule on employee and independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Depending on how DOL implements the rule, the new worker classification standard could impact a range of professionals, from gig workers to home nurses to construction contractors. During its comment period, DOL… Continue reading DOL Finalizes Worker Classification Rule

On Friday, Chamber of Progress released new research using an AI topic analysis model to analyze trends in this year’s AI hearings. The research, which examined testimony from 28 AI hearings this year, found stark differences in the way Republican and Democratic lawmakers talk about AI and also found changes in Congress’s regulatory focus in… Continue reading New Research Examines 2023 AI Hearings

On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected a petition by Coinbase urging the agency to create new rules for the digital asset industry. The crypto exchange’s petition noted the difficulty of applying old rules tailored for the banking industry to a new class of digital assets. That challenge was also highlighted this year… Continue reading SEC Rejects Coinbase Petition for Crypto Rules

This week, the House Strategic Committee on Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP released its report summarizing findings and recommendations regarding U.S. competitiveness and the nation’s economic relationship with China, and included a key recommendation raising the cap on production of custom-built autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the U.S. As the Committee set out on… Continue reading US-China House Committee Recommends Raising Cap on AV Development

Late last week, Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Cornyn (R-TX) led introduction of the Fans First Act, legislation to address the live event ticketing system. While the bill includes several commonsense provisions to increase transparency in ticket sales, the legislation does nothing to address Senators’ complaints a year ago about the power of Ticketmaster.… Continue reading Klobuchar Ticketing Bill Includes Ticketmaster Sweetheart Deal

On Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley made a failed attempt at passing AI legislation by unanimous consent vote in the Senate. Carving out an exception to Section 230, Hawley’s bill would hold a wide range of apps and platforms that use AI liable for content users create. Because the legislation loosely applies to any tech that… Continue reading AI Bill Fails Unanimous Consent Vote in Senate

On Thursday evening, a coalition of a dozen tech and civil society groups submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in NetChoice & CCIA v. Moody / Paxton, urging the Court to overturn Texas and Florida anti-content moderation laws. The brief argues that the Court should affirm platforms’ First Amendment right to curate content… Continue reading Tech, Civil Society Groups Urge SCOTUS to Overturn FL, TX Laws in Amicus Brief

On Thursday, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai made remarks at the Aspen Security Forum defending her decision to withdraw support for key digital trade positions in World Trade Organization (WTO) talks. Tai argued that fighting for trade provisions addressing free cross-border data flows and data localization demands would be “getting out ahead” of debates… Continue reading Tai WTO Remarks on Digital Trade Are Disappointing