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Artificial Intelligence
May 29, 2025 | Amy Miller
North America
Antitrust
May 28, 2025 | Chris May
North America
Trade
May 28, 2025 | Zack Budryk
Asia, Europe, North America
Antitrust View More
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: MiCamp responded to a US federal district court's order dismissing its lawsuit "by expunging every factual allegation detailing what MiCamp is and what role it plays in the payment card system," ... (more story)
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Align Technology and consumer plaintiffs received preliminary approval from US District Judge Vince Chhabria of their settlement to resolve litigation over the company’s alleged illegal monopoliz... (more story)
May 28, 2025 | Clayton Vickers and Khushita Vasant
North America
ZTE Corp. told a US judge today that Samsung’s antitrust suit alleging breach of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing commitments related to its standard-essential patents has no standing under US... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
May 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK needs a new, comprehensive legal framework for handling the proliferation of biometric systems, according to a new study by the Ada Lovelace Institute. It recommends following risk categor... (more story)
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced he has joined a coalition of 28 state attorneys general in questioning Meta Platforms following reports that Meta’s social media artificial ... (more story)
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The New York Times filed its second amended US complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement. The lawsuit claims the companies' large language models gave "preferentia... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
May 29, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Elders’ acquisition of 100 percent of Delta Agribusiness may lead to higher prices or reduced quality in the supply of rural merchandise, Australian competition regulator has found. In a statemen... (more story)
May 28, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
The Brazilian competition authority, through its Superintendence, has recommended the adoption of remedies for the approval of Bimbo’s acquisition of Wickbold’s baking business. The companies involved will now... (more story)
May 28, 2025
Asia, Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Semiconductor company Synopsys' proposed $35 billion merger with software provider Ansys was conditionally cleared by the US Federal Trade Commission through a consent decree divestiture.
Data Privacy and Security View More
May 28, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
A US federal judge reinstating the two Democrats fired from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board “constitutes an extraordinary intrusion into the President’s authority,” the Department of Justice sa... (more story)
May 28, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has signed a data privacy law specifically targeting the auto industry, granting drivers the right to opt out of having their personal information sold or used for advertising by carmakers.
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The Nebraska legislature passed LB 504, known as the Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act, by a vote of 42 to 7. The bill would require tech companies to implement privacy features aimed at enh... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
May 28, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
The group of Ford Mustangs named “Eleanor” from the “Gone in 60 Seconds” films is not a copyrightable character, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled, affirming in part and reversing in part a s... (more story)
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A Washington, DC federal judge has denied former US Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter's motion for a temporary restraining order to get her job back after she was unexpectedly fired earlier... (more story)
May 28, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
European lawmakers reached a political agreement on a new compulsory licensing framework that preserves trade secret protections — an outcome that the European Parliament’s lead negotiator, Adrián Vázquez Láza... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Ralph Olarte, the CFO of shipping company Sport LA, has been arrested on a federal indictment charging him and the company's CEO with using fraudulent documents, shell companies, bribes to public... (more story)
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Transparency International and dozens of its national chapters around the world condemned a proposed interim rule implementing the Corporate Transparency Act, saying the regulation defies the tex... (more story)
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Banks alone shouldn't carry the burden of identifying the beneficial owners of high risk foreign-controlled shell companies, the American Bankers Association said in its comment letter in respons... (more story)
Financial Services View More
May 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK finance ministry has published the findings of its pension investment review and committed to increasing the number of Britain's pension 'megafunds' by 2030. The government's plan is to se... (more story)
May 28, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
Italian lender UniCredit's announcement today that it will double its stake in Alpha Bank received a nod from the Greek government — a stark contrast to Germany's critical reaction over UniCredit's recent offe... (more story)
May 28, 2025 | Fanny Roux
Europe
EU legislative bodies cancelled their June 3 negotiating meeting on the retail investment package proposal, and talks are now expected to resume under Danish leadership from July 1 to Dec. 31. Meanwhile, uncer... (more story)
Trade View More
May 29, 2025 | Zack Budryk
North America
The US Court of International Trade blocked President Trump’s use of a federal emergency powers law to impose the since-delayed “Liberation Day” tariffs in a ruling Wednesday evening.
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade blocked President Trump’s use of a federal emergency powers law to impose the since-delayed “Liberation Day” tariffs in a ruling Wednesday evening. In a 49-pag... (more story)
May 28, 2025
Latin America, North America
MLex Summary: US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that the US has secured greater Costa Rican market access for US dairy farmers through Costa Rica's approval of the first US dairy facility.
State Aid View More
May 27, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
Greater Manchester Combined Authority subsidized a real estate developer without going through the proper process to determine the pricing of loans, a rival told a UK specialized competition court. The challen... (more story)
May 27, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Truck and bus manufacturers are choosing electricity over hydrogen to reduce their CO2 emissions, a European Commission report said today. With one in three new heavy-duty vehicles expected to be zero emission... (more story)
May 23, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Modifications to a Finnish tax on soft drinks, which has been in place since 1940, don't involve any state aid, the European Commission said today. Under the update, the tax will continue to be l... (more story)
Energy View More
May 28, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Ireland, Malta and Cyprus will likely face risks to their energy supply for the summer due to their limited interconnectivity, a report by ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Ele... (more story)
May 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Biogases are garnering renewed political interest worldwide, according to a new study by the International Energy Agency. Whether used for heating or electricity production, biogases can enhance ... (more story)
May 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has announced that the EU is on track to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by around 54 percent by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, provided that countries fully implement... (more story)
Technology View More
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Google asked a US federal court to deny the Department of Justice's motion to compel the tech giant's production of internal analyses addressing the infeasibility of divesting its publisher ad se... (more story)
May 28, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
Meta Platforms’ fight to get its insurers to pay for the cost to defend against claims that its social media apps contributed to the deterioration of the mental health of children and adolescents as a result o... (more story)
May 28, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A lawsuit against Meta Platforms filed by its insurers over the payment for Meta’s defense in the multidistrict litigation over social media’s impact on the mental health of young people who spen... (more story)