Last week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released much anticipated regulations implementing and interpreting the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Earlier this year, Schnuck Markets Inc. announced that it had been the victim of a data breach that potentially affected 2.4 million customers.

After a lengthy period of consultation, the European Commission has adopted a new Notice ('Notice') on the definition of the relevant market for purposes of EU competition law.

On December 18, 2019, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the recast Drinking Water Directive (DWD).

In a recent interview Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi outlined his main priorities for EU health policy. He believes that the EU's competitive must bolstered.

In his recent post, Eugene Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy recently discussed whether it can ever be libelous to say, accurately, that someone has been arrested after the arrest has been expunged.

For a refresher on the notions of "Provider", "Deployer" and "AI systems subject to specific transparency obligations", please consult our previous EU AI Act Decoded issues...

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has notified its draft extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations for packaging to the EU and WTO.

The House Judiciary Committee recently released an interim staff report suggesting that a World Federation of Advertisers initiative might violate U.S. antitrust law.

On March 19, 2026, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request for a stay pending the appeal...

The Second Circuit, for the first time, has addressed the scope of the Supreme Court's decision in FTC v. Actavis regarding the use of allegedly anticompetitive reverse payments by a brand drug manufacturer to settle patent infringement litigation ...

As 2013 comes to an end, we look back on developments in EU Competition Law since our last newsletter, which covered the first half of the year.

On January 14, among the flurry of last-minute lawsuits filed by the Biden administration, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR)...

On Thursday, May 23, 2024, the NCAA and the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) announced a settlement of three class-action antitrust lawsuits pending in the Northern District...

Recently enacted state laws are beginning to regulate the use of algorithmic pricing in various ways.

On June 27, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would very significantly expand the scope of information required...

Welcome to the latest edition of the Corporate Update from Steptoe & Johnson. The articles are intended to provide an insight but not necessarily a comprehensive view from an English law perspective.

US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement authorities announced a steady stream of individual and corporate enforcement...

Last week, the Federal Circuit issued a landmark precedential opinion holding that the economic industry analysis at the International Trade Commission (ITC) should not exclude consideration of US expenses for sales, marketing, warehousing, quality control, and distribution.

Among the usual reminders about tariff compliance, duty of candor, and market manipulation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Enforcement's (OE) 2023 Report on Enforcement...