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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
July 31, 2025 | Wesley Brown
North America
Trade
July 31, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker and Bradley Dress
North America
Intellectual Property
July 30, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Antitrust View More
August 01, 2025 | Alex Wilts
North America
Apple Chief Financial Officer Kevan Parekh said today that the company is monitoring the impact of a recent ruling by a US judge requiring it to comply with an injunction over its anti-steering for the App Store.
July 31, 2025 | Alex Wilts
North America
Telescope manufacturer Synta and others are working to finalize a proposal that would settle long-running claims from direct purchaser plaintiffs that they monopolized the market for consumer-grade telescopes in the US.
July 31, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Johnson & Johnson, accused in a lawsuit by Carefirst of unlawfully delaying the introduction of biosimilar competition for autoimmune treatment Stelara, filed a response to Carefirst's motion to ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
August 01, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Nvidia has denied allegations that its chips contain "backdoors" or allow remote access or control, the company said in an e-mailed statement to MLex. The US chipmaker was summoned by China's Int... (more story)
August 01, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australia’s privacy regulator has closed its preliminary inquiries against I-MED radiology Network, Harrison.ai and Annalise.ai, after concluding the diagnostic-imaging network had de-identified ... (more story)
July 31, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Jury selection in the federal trial of a former Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets is slated for Oct. 10, according to a scheduling order from US District J... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
August 01, 2025 | Freny Patel
Asia
JSW Steel's acquisition of Bhushan Power and Steel has been revived by India's top court, which recalled its May 2 ruling that had nullified the takeover. The Supreme Court of India admitted that its previous ... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
Italian bank Mediobanca is considering bringing forward — to Aug. 21 — the shareholder vote to approve its takeover plan over Banca Generali. That would allow the bid to start before the end of Monte dei Pasch... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
The CEO of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has defended his intended takeover of Spanish rival Sabadell, saying the EU sector needed to scale up to avoid duplicating costs needed for AI and digital investments... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
August 01, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
A US federal judge narrowed sprawling data-breach litigation stemming from a major cyberattack on MOVEit file-transfer software, but allowed key negligence claims to proceed against its developer, Progress Sof... (more story)
July 31, 2025
North America
A US federal judge pared back claims against four bellwether defendants who were direct users of the MoveIT file transfer software: Delta Dental, Pension Benefit Information LLC, Maximus and Welltok.
July 31, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Henrique Santiago
North America
As part of a broader effort to impose his will on Brazil’s government, US President Donald Trump put a Brazilian high court judge on a blacklist targeting human rights abusers around the world. The measures pu... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
July 31, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
A Washington DC federal judge yesterday denied Shira Perlmutter’s motion for a preliminary injunction that would have returned her to the head of the US Copyright Office. Perlmutter argued her firing in May wa... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
The American Petroleum Institute moved yesterday for leave to file amended copyright and unfair competition claims against Scribd following months of “stonewalling” by third parties like Google and Apple. The ... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The European Commission has formally withdrawn its proposed regulation on Standard Essential Patents and the Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive, citing a lack of political support, following a six-mon... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
July 31, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
A day after President Donald Trump's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets unveiled a roadmap for industry-friendly cryptocurrency policies, US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins disclosed a... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers
Europe
Markom Management Limited, a business support services provider, has been fined 300,000 pounds for breaching UK sanctions rules after making a payment worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to a designated person.
July 31, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The fraud and money laundering conviction of Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea product manager, was overturned by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The appeals court found that t... (more story)
Financial Services View More
July 31, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve Board announced that it has joined other federal financial institution regulatory agencies, as well as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in allowing banks to use an... (more story)
July 31, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority today opened a public consultation on its draft rules for the supervisory reporting of third-country branches under the Capital Requirements Directive. The new prov... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
Brookfield Wealth Solutions said that its planned 2.4 billion-pound buyout of British retirement products and services company Just Group will need antitrust approval in the UK and South Africa. Just Group spe... (more story)
Trade View More
August 01, 2025 | Freny Patel
Asia, North America
India's Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal affirmed the nation's commitment to protecting its interests, particularly for farmers, workers and entrepreneurs, as the US imposed a 25 percent tariff on Indian g... (more story)
August 01, 2025
North America
MLex summary: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order formalizing "reciprocal" tariff rates for dozens of countries, which will take effect on Aug. 7. Any country engaged in transshipment will pay ... (more story)
July 31, 2025
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex summary: US President Donald Trump today signed an executive order raising the tariff rate on Canada to 35 percent, up from 25 percent, effective Aug. 1, with exemptions for USMCA-compliant goods still in... (more story)
State Aid View More
July 31, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Poland’s 47 million euro program to promote the shift from road to rail transport has secured EU state aid approval. The European Commission said the plan was necessary to promote the use of rail... (more story)
July 31, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Air Calédonie International, also known as Aircalin, has presented New Caledonia’s competition watchdog with behavioral undertakings in response to an antitrust complaint filed by the French terr... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China convened a meeting this morning chaired by President Xi Jinping to assess the current economic situation and set priorities, emphasizing the need to regulate disordered competition and addr... (more story)
Energy View More
July 31, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
International credits “shall not play a role for compliance in the EU Emissions Trading System”, EU ministers have said in their latest draft, seen by MLex, amending the European Commission’s 2040 target propo... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi and Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Spanish energy giants Iberdrola and Endesa have failed for now to extend the operational life of their nuclear reactors beyond 2035 — as previously proposed — due to their failure to meet the government's cond... (more story)
July 31, 2025
Asia, Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Only 22 of the 133 countries that pledged two years ago to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 have updated their national targets, energy think tank Ember said in a report published today. ... (more story)
Technology View More
July 31, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict and a lower court's entry of a permanent injunction against Google in an antitrust lawsuit brought by Epic Games following th... (more story)
July 31, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Online platforms, regardless of where they’re based, won’t face “fair share” network fees when the European Commission proposes a revamp of telecom rules later this year, a commission spokesperson said today. ... (more story)
July 31, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Online travel booking platforms Expedia and Lastminute.com have pledged to refund consumers within 14 days for flights cancelled by airlines, following a dialogue with the European Commission and... (more story)