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Claimant Wirex holds defendant CryptoCarbon to account over trademark infringement

The go-public merger with FinTech V values the retail investment platform at $10.4bn, one of the largest SPAC deals to date

Initiative follows December’s team launch as interest in digital assets grows despite risks

Corporate finance heavyweight Iain Hunter will join PrimaryBid in May

Momentum builds for ‘fragmented and confusing regulatory environment’ for cryptoassets in US to be addressed

The Competition and Markets Authority is probing suspected anti-competitive behaviour

The conclusion of the multi-jurisdictional suit falters as judge objects to low claim rate and vague notice plan

The go-public merger with Vector Acquisition values the combined company at $4.1bn

Alan Friel joins top 40 US firm from BakerHostetler as deputy chair of data privacy and cybersecurity

A UK tribunal hands down differing verdicts to defendants Google and Apple in latest juncture of Epic Games’ complaints over in-app purchases

Firm flags arrival of Tony Lin in Washington DC as important strategic move to complement growing regulatory practice

The world-first law is intended to make Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms

The proposed law exempts many small businesses and is less strict than California’s

Regulation comes as the buy now, pay later market booms amidst pandemic

Amazon claims violation of federal protocol in a lawsuit against the attorney general of New York in a bid to block her from regulating its workplace safety response to the pandemic

Customer complaints have included software upgrade failures and battery fires

The audio-only social network became unavailable in China after the number of users soared and politically sensitive topics were discussed

The anti-monopoly laws target the country’s tech giants

ZeniMax, Capcom and Bandai Namco are among those in hot water for geo-blocking video games, which prevented them being played outside certain EU countries

The investment forms part of Zip’s plans for global expansion, for which it recently raised $177m

A report by KPMG and Baker Mackenzie shows a positive response to virtual hearings from legal professionals, but also concerns with concentration and witness coaching

Acts to boost competition and standardise safety rules are set to be the bloc’s biggest update to digital regulations for decades

The European Commission did not have a strong enough case within existing anti-competitive legal frameworks to block the $2.1bn merger, despite widespread condemnation from consumer rights groups

The lawsuit, lodged in December by 10 Republican-led states, accuses the tech giant of breaking consumer protection and antitrust laws

The European Patent Office’s report shows the US is by far the most innovative country in Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, with Europe losing ground China and Korea

The ongoing case of Van Buren v. United States is set to have huge consequences for cybersecurity and computer crime enforcement

Consumers in the bloc are set to have a powerful new right to bring forward class action cases

Drivers could be taking their hands off the wheel on motorways as early as next year

A collection of recent deals from the tech industry

Automated vehicle leader turns to Jeff Bleich to help get its market-leading tech over the finishing line