On August 13, 2026, the Administration took two significant and complementary actions reshaping the regulatory landscape for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to increase U.S. domestic production.First, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule further easing export
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
8th Circuit upholds more than $1B real estate settlement despite objections
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A Focus On Malaysia
This post highlights five FCPA enforcement actions (ranging from the largest FCPA settlement of all-time to one of the first FCPA enforcement actions in 1978) concerning conduct (in whole or in part) in Malaysia.
Goldman Sachs (2020)
The enforcement action…
CMA Ramps Up Drip Pricing Enforcement With Investigations Into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic, and RED Driving School
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Wednesday that it has opened three new consumer protection investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic, and RED Driving School over concerns that mandatory fees were not included in the headline prices.[1]…
FTC Updates (August 3 – August 14, 2026)
Polysilicon and Derivative Product Imports To Be Subject to Minimum Import Price
On August 6, 2026, the White House issued another proclamation Adjusting Imports of Polysilicon and its Derivatives into the United States. This is the follow up to the Section 232 Investigation on polysilicon and polysilicon derivative products that was…
Premium, Regular, or Collusive? Brazil’s Aprix Case Tests Algorithmic Pricing
Few antitrust investigations find their theory of harm laid out in the target’s sales brochure. Brazil’s investigation of Aprix, a startup that sells pricing software to gas stations, nearly managed the feat. One of the company’s promotional brochures introduced prospective…
From Vodafone to the ‘Mother of All Deals’: The Narrowing Corridor for Investor-State Arbitration Against India
I. Introduction
On 27 January 2026, India and the European Union announced that they had concluded negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement. Amounting close to two billion consumers and approximately a quarter of global GDP, European Commission President Ursula von…
Unfair trading practices ban passed by Parliament
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