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This week, a landmark antitrust case between the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust division and Google began, marking the most significant legal challenge to a tech monopoly since the DOJ took on Microsoft in the 1990s. The case focuses on allegations that Google violated antitrust laws by using its dominance to enter into exclusive agreements with mobile phone…

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has reshuffled his front bench team and made a surprise appointment of Peter Kyle as Shadow Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary. Conan D’Arcy is joined by Megan Stagman to explore what this means for Labour’s tech policy and the extent to which this changes how they perceive the sector and tech sector engagement.

On this month’s episode of the Global Month Ahead, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by Senior Associate Ed King, Europe Director Tom White, and Associate Giulia Pasquali to discuss the G20 Leaders’ Summit, Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address, and the IEA’s inaugural Critical Minerals Summit.

This week on Top in Tech, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Josh Bates to discuss the future of regulation for the gaming sector. Following the recent twists and turns of Microsoft's attempts to acquire Activision, regulators now appear set to approve the deal, though questions remain as to where this leaves digital competition in the gaming space. They also discuss the future of…

With Generative AI seemingly growing in popularity, Conan D’Arcy is joined by Johnny Luk to discuss how the sector, policymakers and the public are reacting to this technology. This episode also describes the research conducted by Global Counsel's Research and Insights team in June, which includes focus groups with two groups of undecided swing voters in two marginal…

This week, Senior Associate Alice Brown is joined by Mariana Sarmiento, CEO of Terrasos and Dorothée Herr, Senior Associate at Nature Finance to unpack the growing momentum around biodiversity credits. In this episode, we discuss:

This week on Top in Tech, we're completing our mini-series exploring significant elections in the UK, US, and EU and their possible impacts on technology policy and regulation. Conan D'Arcy is joined by Jack Keevill to discuss the tech policy implications of the 2024 EU elections. Will the EU's “techlash” continue with the same momentum after the elections, and what…

This week on Top in Tech, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Sonia Vasconcellos to discuss the tech policy implications of a Republican victory in the 2024 US presidential election. What are the tech policy priorities for Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis? Will we see further pressure on Chinese tech? And a potential focus on Section 230 reform? And how will those priorities be…

On this episode of the Global Month Ahead, we preview the BRICS Summit, G20 Health Ministers Meeting, and Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation Summit.

This week on Top in Tech, we're kicking off a new mini-series exploring significant elections in the UK, US, and EU and their possible impacts on technology policy and regulation. To start it off, Senior Practice Director Conan D'Arcy is joined by Director Megan Stagman to talk through the tech policy of the UK Labour Party, the current leader in polls ahead of next year…

This week, Conan D'Arcy is joined by International Policy Practice Director Jon Garvie to explore global taxation in the tech sector, the issue that sparked Europe’s techlash. Conan and Jon explore where international negotiations have got to on digital taxation, the stumbling blocks in the US and elsewhere to a global deal, and the potential fallout for…

This week on Top in Tech, Senior Practice Director Conan D'Arcy is joined by Senior Associate Ugonma Nwankwo to unpack the Federal Trade Commission's courtroom loss in its bid to stop Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy Activision. They discuss what happens now for the acquisition and what broader insights can be taken from a string of defeats for the FTC under…

This week on the Global Counsel Podcast, Senior Adviser Tiffany McDonald is joined by Associates Ross Nugent and Ed King to unpack India's growing significance in global trade and diplomatic relations. They unpack whether India can weather a global economic slowdown, the country's position towards the Ukraine war, and preview upcoming events that will shape these…

This week on Top in Tech, Conan D'Arcy is joined by GC Senior Adviser Matthew Swindells to discuss the NHS' path towards healthcare digitisation and the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence in medicine. Matthew has a long career throughout different parts of the UK's healthcare system; he was previously the deputy chief executive for NHS…

This week on the Global Counsel podcast, we turn to our Brussels office to preview the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). Join Associates Laura Casonato, Olga Henkele and Maude Bauman as they preview the politics, policy, and priorities that will shape the next six months in Brussels and beyond.

Welcome back to the Global Month Ahead, your briefing on the biggest events to come in the month of July, hosted by Associate Director Isabelle Trick.

Today on the show, Senior Practice Director Conan D'Arcy is joined by Associate Ilana Kunkel to discuss the EU's recently proposed law meant to speed up enforcement of its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Conan and Ilana unpack what's in the proposal, its likely timeline for passage and reflect on the legacy of the GDPR as talk continues to swirl around the…

On June 28th, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the EU’s payments and open finance rules while also setting out further details on plans for a single currency package on the digital euro and the legal tender status for cash.