Category: Law and Legislation

Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules

For years, Apple, Google, Meta and others operated unfettered. But new laws and regulations have finally compelled them to make major shifts to their products and businesses.
Economic Dividend of Immigration Faces Legal and Logistical Hurdles

Immigrants aided the pandemic recovery and may be crucial to future needs. The challenge is processing newcomers and getting them where the jobs are.
China Expands Scope of ‘State Secrets’ Law in Security Push

The legal change, which could further limit access to information, is part of an increasingly hostile environment facing foreign businesses in the country.
Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks Lenient Sentence and to Appeal Conviction

Since the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul was convicted of fraud last year, his supporters have maneuvered to secure a lenient sentence and change the public narrative about his case.
Supreme Court Seems Open to Free Speech Challenges to Social Media Laws

The tech industry argues that laws in Florida and Texas, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, violate the First Amendment. The court’s decision could fundamentally alter the nature of speech on the internet.
What to Know About the Supreme Court Case on Free Speech on Social Media

Both Florida and Texas passed laws regulating how social media companies moderate speech online. The laws, if upheld, could fundamentally alter how the platforms police their sites.
Florida Passes Sweeping Bill to Keep Young People Off Social Media

The measure would bar networks like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram from giving accounts to children under 16.
Fertility Clinic Errors Collide With a Redefinition of ‘Personhood’

The clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. An effort to define them legally as “unborn children” has raised the stakes.
Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?

A ruling by the state’s Supreme Court could change common practices at fertility clinics in the state and possibly nationwide.
The Loophole for Grandparents in the New FAFSA Rules

Even amid the botched rollout of the new financial aid form, a rule change will let some grandparents help pay for college without compromising aid eligibility.
South Korea’s Antitrust Enforcers Aimed at Big Tech. Then Came the Backlash.

The government pledged to protect South Korean online platforms from marketplace giants, but online business circles are crying foul play.
Employers Can Now Enroll Workers in Some Emergency Savings Accounts

But many companies are spurning the “clunky” legal requirements for accounts linked to retirement plans. Instead, some have stand-alone rainy day offerings.