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Economy Stands to Lose GDP and Jobs if Antitrust Legislation Passes, Report Finds
June 18, 2024
Washington – The U.S. could suffer a staggering $123 billion GDP loss and the elimination of 346,000 jobs within just the first year if states enact draconian antitrust laws like the New York Twenty...
Tech Associations’ letter to House Homeland Security Committee on Government Competition, Security for Software Contracts
June 12, 2024
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association and the Software & Information Industry Association penned a letter signed by three other associations ahead of a House Commit...
U.S. House Reintroduces Bill Enabling Trademark Owners to Target U.S. Companies, Empower Foreign Luxury Companies
June 12, 2024
Washington – Leaders of the House Committee on the Judiciary have reintroduced the Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act (“SHOP SAFE Act”). Simi...
CCIA Joins Industry Partners in Call for U.S. Administration Action in Response to Canada’s Digital Services Tax
June 10, 2024
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined ten other trade associations in sending a letter urging the Biden Administration to address Canada’s imminent digital ser...
CCIA Opposes Proposed New York Bill to Change Social Media for Young Users
June 5, 2024
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association today submitted a memo of opposition to S. 7694A/A.8148A, a bill currently under consideration by the New York State Legislature. ...
CCIA Statement ahead of Senate Hearing Wednesday on Competition and Economic Resiliency
June 4, 2024
Washington – The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust has scheduled a Wednesday hearing on "Strengthening U.S. Economic Leadership: The Role of Competition in Enhancing Economic Resiliency." T...
CCIA Responds to Regulatory Requirement to Fund Canadian Content
June 4, 2024
Washington – Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released a decision that would require certain streaming providers to contribute 5% of their revenue to fun...
CCIA Urges Vermont Governor Scott to Veto H.121
May 30, 2024
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association today wrote to Vermont Governor Phil Scott urging him to veto H.121, a bill that would establish the Vermont Data Privacy Act and ...
CCIA Files Amicus Brief asking to Uphold Ruling based on bad faith Patent filings in Idaho
May 28, 2024
Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed an amicus brief at the Federal Circuit asking it to uphold a ruling that an Idaho bad faith patent law is not preempte...
CCIA Applauds USTR Focus on Digital Services Taxes, Urges Action if Passed Into Law
May 23, 2024
Washington – During the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Commission meetings in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) again raised the issue of Canada’s d...
EU’s Digital Competitiveness Suffers From Regulatory Burden and Lack of Capital, Research Finds
May 23, 2024
Florence, ITALY – A major new study on strengthening EU digital competitiveness explains why the EU has been less successful than the United States and China in growing its tech sector, and proposes...