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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
October 30, 2025 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Trade
October 29, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
October 29, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
Antitrust View More
October 30, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Private plaintiffs suing Amazon for alleged antitrust violations urged a Washington federal judge to order the parties to meet and confer and submit a revised proposed pretrial schedule that allo... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Lawmakers will vote on Nov. 4 on whether the European Parliament should sue the European Commission at the EU's highest court over its withdrawal of the Standard Essential Patents bill — a move that has brough... (more story)
October 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Google has seen its appeal against an Italian antitrust decision related to Android used in cars largely rejected by Italy's Council of State. Judges did, however, order the national competition ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
October 30, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has become outdated since its passage in 1998, making it difficult to assess if and how the law applies to allegations that Suno AI ripped songs from YouTube, Massachusetts... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
A moratorium on state AI regulation is still on the table in Congress, but would be the wrong solution to the uncertainty in patent and copyright policy posed by AI technology, intellectual property counsel fo... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot falls short of baseline reporting expectations, according to a new report based on field research by advocacy group the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Its findings come as the Eur... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
October 30, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Pfizer called Novo Nordisk’s bid to buy Metsera for $9.1 billion a “reckless and unprecedented proposal,” arguing that it’s “structured in a way to circumvent antitrust laws and carries substanti... (more story)
October 30, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Metsera announced that its board of directors has declared an unsolicited proposal from Novo Nordisk for a total of approximately $9.1 billion to be a "Superior Company Proposal," as defined in M... (more story)
October 30, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Drugmaker Roche announced that it will close its $3.5 billion acquisition of biopharmaceutical company 89bio Thursday.
Data Privacy and Security View More
October 30, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Sling TV and Dish Media Sales have agreed to pay $530,000 to resolve the California attorney general's allegations that they violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by failing to provide an ... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK's rules to protect children online faced further criticism from lawmakers in the UK’s unelected upper chamber of parliament on Thursday who argued that the codes fall short of the standards set out by legislation.
October 30, 2025 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Denmark is prepared to offer a new compromise text on the stalled EU draft law targeting online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, by dropping mandatory detection orders in favor of a voluntary system for t... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
October 30, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Morgan Reed, president of ACT | The App Association, sat down with MLex to discuss how his organization is coping with uncertainty in US intellectual property policy. Policy changes at the US Patent and Tradem... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Two months after a New York federal judge refused to stay litigation against Google until the US Supreme Court decides how far Internet search providers must go to combat online piracy, she struck the search e... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Inbar Preiss and Charlotte Westphal
Europe
The Unified Patent Court issued several rulings on injunctions and revocations, granting Abbott a sensor patent injunction, siding with Amycel in a mushroom strain patent case, and upholding Labrador Diagnosti... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
October 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has advised the European Commission on the core elements of the EU’s new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework. The guidance outlines a ri... (more story)
October 29, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The American Bankers Association voiced support for a federal district court judge's decision to stay compliance with the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data sharing rule from November 2024.
October 29, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A Virgin Media O2 employee has been fined following the first prosecution by the Financial Conduct Authority under the UK's Data Protection Act. UK resident Luke Coleman, 30, sold confidential cu... (more story)
Financial Services View More
October 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK financial watchdog has urged retail investors to be wary of firms attempting to bypass consumer protection rules when offering Contracts for Difference, or CFDs. CFDs are complex financial... (more story)
October 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Central Bank has said it will move to the next phase of its digital euro project, aiming for possible issuance in 2029. Following the successful completion of preparations that laid ... (more story)
October 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Italian bank UniCredit said on Thursday that it has received clearance from the European Central Bank to raise its stake in Greek lender Alpha Bank to 29.5 percent from close to 10 percent.
Trade View More
October 30, 2025 | Zack Budryk
North America
The US Senate on Thursday passed a joint resolution that would end the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to unilaterally impose foreign tariffs in April, the chamber’s third rebuke to Trump... (more story)
October 30, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to authorize China to purchase soybeans, sorghum and other farm products from the US, and to continue ... (more story)
October 30, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: US Republican Representative John Moolenaar and Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi have introduced the Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for National Artificial Intelligence Act to re... (more story)
State Aid View More
October 30, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s newly unveiled outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan draws the line clearly: any quick US-China trade détente won’t alter Beijing’s long-term course. A shift in tone — from the cautiously optimistic frami... (more story)
October 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: European telecom executives have urged the European Commission to implement a “forward-looking and ambitious regulatory framework” that would enable operators to gain scale, and that would “recog... (more story)
October 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A plan by Estonia to set up a €750 million strategic reserve to safeguard security of electricity supply in emergency situations has been approved by the European Commission. The system, to be in... (more story)
Energy View More
October 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Transmission system operators should boost transparency and coordination in managing gas capacity, the EU’s energy watchdog, ACER, said on Thursday, noting that Europe’s gas system has adapted to... (more story)
October 29, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU household electricity prices dipped marginally in the first half of 2025 compared to the second half of 2024, but remained well above levels seen prior to the energy crisis of 2022, according ... (more story)
October 29, 2025
North America
MLex summary: The US and South Korea signed an agreement on technology in which the countries will cooperate closely on key sectors such as artificial intelligence, radio networks, quantum technology, pharmace... (more story)
Technology View More
October 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: TikTok has defended plans to reduce staff in its UK trust and safety team, telling a parliamentary committee that the changes are intended to “improve the speed and efficacy” of content moderatio... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki and Jeyup S. Kwaak
Asia
Despite some criticism that Japan’s digital-transparency law regulating the dealings of large online-platform operators with business customers is “toothless,” a government official told MLex that the legislat... (more story)
October 30, 2025 | Freny Patel
Asia
An Indian court has directed the central government to file its response to concerns about DeepSeek’s potential implications for national security and data privacy. The order follows a petition submitted befor... (more story)