Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a growing public health threat, with high global prevalence and poor health outcomes. In the United States, CKD affects more than one in seven American adults, an estimated 37...

Overview In our March Digest, we highlighted the impact that China’s strict regulatory environment was having on its domestic tech sector. Since then, key figures in the Chinese government have made a sustained effort to reassure tech CEOs...

Overview At a Senate Banking Committee hearing this month, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated the need for regulatory oversight of stablecoins—a cryptocurrency whose value is explicitly linked to another asset 1. The Secretary’s...

Overview Apple’s business ecosystem is commonly referred to as a ‘walled garden’—with Apple hardware, software, and services all existing in a closed environment with controlled access to third parties. The App Store illustrates the...

Overview Recent regulatory measures introduced by the Chinese government have started to impact the bottom-line of the country’s major tech companies leading to large-scale layoffs. Despite Chinese top policymakers' recent announcement that...

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Overview In March 2022, a new law has taken effect in China that regulates the use of recommendation algorithms by internet service providers. China’s new algorithm law, Internet Information Service Algorithm Recommendation Management...

Overview In December, New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman introduced a bill that if passed would make social media platforms liable for recommending unlawful and false content such as vaccine misinformation. This bill seeks to challenge...

Overview In January 2022, Microsoft announced that it will acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard for $68 billion—the largest acquisition ever in the tech sector. However, the deal could run into trouble as US legislators and regulators...

Overview EU member states came to an agreement this month on who will enforce new tech regulation. Government ministers decided to delegate sole enforcement authority to the European Commission for the proposed Digital Markets Act. The...