Digital transformation is redrawing the world’s legal and political boundaries. Bytes & Briefs explores how emerging technologies collide with old regimes — and how new frameworks are being forged in the friction. Our mission: to illuminate the rules, norms, and negotiations shaping digital life across borders.
Penske Media’s suit against Google is more than another publisher versus Big Tech clash. It is the first major U.S. case to fuse AI product design with classic monopolization theories. The litigation arrives in a favorable venue for plaintiffs: the D.C. district court that recently found Google holds an illegal search monopoly.
As generative AI transforms how content is created, courts and policymakers are struggling to define authorship, ownership, and infringement. This piece explores the legal, regulatory, and conceptual challenges posed by AI-generated works and the future of copyright in an era of machine-assisted creativity.
Mexico’s sweeping June 30th reforms to its Federal Economic Competition Law have ushered in a new era of antitrust enforcement, creating the powerful Comisión Nacional Antimonopolio (CNA) to challenge Big Tech’s dominance through stricter merger reviews, expanded data access powers, and significantly higher financial penalties.