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

PublishedApril 13, 2026
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  • 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.

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April 14, 2026

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Modern Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems can safely coexist with Geostationary Orbit (GSO) networks under significantly relaxed interference limits, yet the ITU’s Equivalent Power ...

  • Space & Spectrum
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April 9, 2026

O Conflito de Alto Impacto Envolvendo SEPs: Exercício de Poder Patentário, Seleção Estratégica de Foro e a Atuação dos Tribunais Brasileiros

  • Patents
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The High-Stakes SEP Clash: Patent Leverage, Forum Shopping, and Brazil’s Courts

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  • Patents
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Rushed AB 1776 Could Cost California $1 Trillion in GDP and 1.6 Million Jobs in 10 Years

California Assembly Bill 1776, also known as the COMPETE Act, is rushing forward before any meaningful official analysis of its expected costs and benefits has been conducted. If enacted, the Compe...

  • Digital Economy
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