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• March 31, 2026

  State Privacy Enforcers Broadening Work As Resources Grow

  Privacy regulators from California, Connecticut and two other states said Tuesday that their behind-the-scenes enforcement work will soon yield public actions that focus not only on established topics such as consumer opt-outs and transparency, but also fresh issues like harms stemming from artificial intelligence and ensuring fines are more than just "a cost of doing business."

• March 31, 2026

  Agri Stats Antitrust Deal Includes End To Benchmark Reports

  Agri Stats Inc. has agreed to stop producing benchmarking reports for protein processors — or change how it puts them together — as part of proposed settlements ending three cases alleging price fixing in the chicken, pork and turkey industries, according to motions for preliminary approval filed Tuesday.

• March 31, 2026

  CFTC Enforcement Chief Touts Self-Reporting Policy

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's enforcement chief said Tuesday that the agency plans to give entities a "clear path" to avoiding cases if they self-report issues early, but warned that the agency plans to staff up to pursue fraud and manipulation, including in burgeoning prediction markets.

• March 31, 2026

  Privacy Suit Can't Be Arbitrated In Czechia, Court Hears

  A data privacy firm suing a Czech website operator over its alleged violations of a New Jersey anti-harassment law for public servants is fighting a bid to send the dispute to arbitration in Prague, arguing that its claim would effectively be extinguished in the European capital.

• March 31, 2026

  ISP, SC City Settle Pole Attachment Fight Without FCC's Help

  Internet service provider Gigapower and the South Carolina city it was beefing with over pole attachments have come to terms on their own and no longer need the Federal Communications Commission to step in and settle the matter.

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