Computer & Communication Industry Association

DMA Impacts Suggest California’s Proposed SB 1074 BASED Act Will Be a Costly Failure

PublishedApril 13, 2026
Written By
  • Trevor Wagener

California's SB 1074 would impose DMA-analogous obligations while adding several additional cost drivers, including a private right of action, treble damages, and class action exposure that could multiply effective compliance costs by 2–5× on a per-user basis, for a population roughly one-eleventh the size of the EU. Ultimately, these litigation-related costs added by CA SB 1074’s new additions could exceed the costs of the DMA-analogous sections.

Read Download Press Release

Research
October 11, 2026

Freshwater Strategy UK Data Regulation Survey

Freshwater Strategy has conducted a quantitative survey of 113 senior decision-makers at British technology and data-intensive businesses, looking at both the compliance cost and broader economic o...

  • Digital Economy
Read more
Research
October 6, 2026

The Anti-Brussels Effect in Digital Competition Policy and the DMA’s Fading Appeal As a Global Model

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is losing appeal as a global model for digital competition policy, with governments increasingly pursuing narrower approaches. Of the 14 jurisdictio...

  • Digital Economy
Read more
Research
September 23, 2026

The $103,265 H-1B Fee Could Cost the U.S. Treasury More than $32 Billion over a Decade

DHS proposes a $103,265 fee on every cap-subject H-1B petition, 78 percent of median H-1B pay, and projects $8.8 billion a year by assuming employers keep filing 85,000 petitions. DHS's own docket ...

  • Immigration
Read more
Research
September 8, 2026

The Supply Chain Costs of the FCC’s 2026 Covered List Regime

The FCC's 2026 Covered List regime now bars routers, drones, inverters, and robots made anywhere abroad, yet no agency has estimated the cost. This study finds domestic-only production-location det...

  • Digital Economy
Read more