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Senator Mike Lee Proposes Using Privateers to Fight Drug Cartels
20 Dec 2025 03:04 GMT
… sanctioned pirates would target cartel operations.
The move aligns … Under Scrutiny
The proposed “Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization … Venezuelan cartels, which are major cocaine suppliers to Europe, not … -effective way to combat cartels without direct U.S …
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EU opens fresh competition investigation into Google’s use of content for AI model training
19 Dec 2025 23:13 GMT
… European Commission has begun proceedings to determine whether Google violated EU … and training
The European Commission has initiated a formal antitrust investigation into … different companies, as demanded by EU Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera.
“A …
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Avast Ye Mateys! Republicans Introduce Bill To Bring Back Pirates To Fight Drug Cartels
19 Dec 2025 23:09 GMT
… Rep. Tim Burchett — is the Cartel Marque and Reprisal Reauthorization Act … rather a cocaine supplier for Europe.
But Mike Lee sees an … to battle 21st century drug cartels? This isn’t the first … actors to extrajudicially attack drug cartels “on land or sea.” …
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Appeals court reopens Apple App Store antitrust fight
19 Dec 2025 19:43 GMT
… companies and adds momentum to antitrust scrutiny facing Big Tech … overly narrow view of antitrust injury at the pleading … prevail. Under U. S. antitrust law, successful claimants can seek … rules limit competition. In the European Union, the Digital Markets …
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Circular economy: EU market rules, US repair patchwork, and big tech’s recycling race
19 Dec 2025 17:01 GMT
… tactics now diverge sharply.
The European Commission (EC) has opened a … . Still, the direction is clear: Europe wants circularity to function like … USDA may default to narrower antitrust tools and case-by-case …
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Ryan Wedding’s image as alleged drug kingpin inflated by U.S., says Sinaloa cartel operative
19 Dec 2025 09:59 GMT
… an operative with the Mexican cartel that law enforcement believes … the battlefield between two main cartel factions that have been … the U.S., Canada and Europe.
“Personally, I think it … and fentanyl trafficking, said the cartel operative.
He said business …
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9th Circuit Revives Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple App Store
19 Dec 2025 09:39 GMT
… In Europe, the Court of Justice of the EU recently ruled … that Apple cannot evade a Dutch antitrust … .
Comparisons to other tech antitrust cases abound. For example, … plaintiffs might encourage more antitrust suits against walled gardens …
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Apple Cracks Open Japan’s iPhone Fortress Under Antitrust Fire
19 Dec 2025 07:02 GMT
… Big Tech dominance, mirroring Europe’s Digital Markets Act … a lower bar than traditional antitrust standards. Kluwer Competition Law … adaptation strategy, contrasting its EU resistance where it pursued … preserving Apple’s 27% EU-like commission on alternative …
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Brussels’ Digital Blitz: EU Fines U.S. Tech, Sparks Trump Trade War
19 Dec 2025 01:39 GMT
… and development, effectively exporting European regulatory norms extraterritorially.
Gatekeeper … violations, inviting public hearings, EU consultations, and potential tariffs within … Google’s €2.95 billion antitrust penalty, foreshadowing current battles ( …
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Google Scraps Unified Ad Pricing Amid Antitrust Pressure, Boosting Publisher Revenues
18 Dec 2025 22:31 GMT
… antitrust pressure from authorities in the U.S. and Europe … Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against Google, …
European regulators have echoed these concerns. The EU’s antitrust … win for publishers” amid antitrust wins.
Ultimately, this development …