WASHINGTON (May 2, 2025) — Becky App, co-owner of Omaha, Neb.-based eCreamery, yesterday met with Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) to advocate for tech policies that support small businesses like hers. Her visit comes just ahead of National Small Business Week, at a time when many entrepreneurs are worried about rising costs and economic uncertainty. App raised…
WASHINGTON (May 5, 2025) — Garrett Peters, CEO of Fayetteville, Ark.-based Duncan & Stone Paper Co., recently met with officials from the office of Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) to advocate for tech policies that support small businesses like his. His visit comes just ahead of National Small Business Week, at a time when many entrepreneurs are…
WASHINGTON (May 5, 2025) — Taylor Straley, vice president of eCommerce at Ketchum, Idaho.-based DECKED, recently met with officials from the Executive Office of the President, including from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Office of the Vice President (OVP), to advocate for tech policies that support small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) like…
WASHINGTON (May 5, 2025) — Michele Azan, co-owner of Hendersonville, N.C.-based Brightwaters Vacation Rentals, recently met with officials from the office of Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) to advocate for tech policies that support small businesses like hers. Her visit comes just ahead of National Small Business Week, at a time when many entrepreneurs are worried about…
WASHINGTON (May 5, 2025) — Angel Rodriguez, owner of Nashville, Tenn.-based Alliance Testing & Training, recently met with officials from the office of Rep. Mark E. Green (R-Tenn.) to advocate for tech policies that support small businesses like his. His visit comes just ahead of National Small Business Week, at a time when many entrepreneurs are…
The remedies phase of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) “search” suit against Google is well underway, and it could have serious consequences for small businesses across the country. Last fall, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta found that Google violated antitrust law by making contracts with phone manufacturers that ensured its search tools were the…
WASHINGTON (April 30, 2025) — Connected Commerce Council (3C) Executive Director Rob Retzlaff today issued a statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) rested its case in the Google “search” antitrust trial remedies hearing. “The DOJ’s radical proposed remedies are wildly out of proportion with the contractual issues identified by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta…
WASHINGTON (April 21, 2025) — Connected Commerce Council (3C) Executive Director Rob Retzlaff today issued the following statement ahead of a remedies hearing during which U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta will consider sweeping changes to Google’s search business. The hearing marks the final stage in the United States v. Google LLC trial. “The Department of…