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Energy

January 13, 2025 | Stefano Porciello

Europe

EU air-transport growth would neutralize green-fuels switch, T&E says
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Antitrust

January 10, 2025 | Chris May

North America

Nascar, racers’ ‘existential’ antitrust dispute will proceed, US judge says

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

January 10, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski and Wesley Brown

Europe, North America

Amex GBT’s purchase of rival CWT challenged by US DOJ

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Boehringer Ingelheim fined in Romania for lung-drug dominance abuse

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has been fined more than 128 million lei (around $26.4 million) in Romania, for abusing its dominant position on the market for drugs used to treat chr... (more story)

Empire Brands gets Polish fine for dictating pet-food resale prices

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Empire Brands, a producer of feed for cats and dogs, and two managers, have been fined a total of nearly half a million zloty for having forced retailers to stick to minimum resale prices when se... (more story)

Conserve Italia's appeal in canned-vegetables cartel published by EU court

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Agricultural cooperative Conserve Italia's grounds of appeal against a failed challenge to a fine of around 20 million euros levied for its role in a cartel in the market for canned vegetables ha... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK AI plan could create new sector regulator; copyright regime would be impacted

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A new central regulator for AI could be established in the UK if existing ones fail to properly promote innovation, according to the government's AI Opportunities Action Plan. All regulators must... (more story)

Enhancing AI capabilities tops 2025 policy goals for South Korean science ministry

January 13, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s science ministry pledged to focus most of its policy resources on strengthening the country’s artificial intelligence capabilities in 2025, recognizing that fostering AI-driven tran... (more story)

Raising AI capabilities at top of 2025 policy goals, South Korean ministry says

January 13, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea’s science ministry pledged to prioritize its policy resources on strengthening the country’s artificial intelligence capabilities in 2025, recognizing that fostering AI-driven transformation holds ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Deli Home, Houtwerf get EU approval for building materials merger

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Deli Home Holding and Houtwerf International have obtained EU approval for their plan to acquire joint control over Dutch business Houtwerf and Belgian company Distri-hout, according to a stateme... (more story)

Honda - E-Materials Canada among deals unconditionally cleared in China Dec.30 - Jan.5

January 13, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Mobility company Honda Motor's acquisition of E-Materials Canada Corporation; the joint venture between Japanese general trading company Marubeni Corporation and construction equipment company Hi... (more story)

Shipping business MSC sees clearance decision for Clasquin deal published in EU

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Mediterranean Shipping Company's SAS Shipping Agencies Services has seen the European Commission issue the public version of its earlier decision to approve the acquisition of French freight forw... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

China's draft rules task platforms with ensuring MCN content compliance

January 13, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's Internet information content service platforms have received draft rules, assigning them roles in ensuring content compliance for Multi-Channel Network organizations. On Friday, the Cyberspace Administ... (more story)

South Korea's privacy regulator unveils 2025 policy roadmap for AI era

January 13, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea's privacy regulator has announced its major policy initiatives for 2025, centered on the vision of creating a "Safe Personal Information, Trusted AI Era." According to the Personal In... (more story)

South Korea, California sign cooperation agreement on privacy protection

January 12, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission has signed a cooperation agreement with the California Privacy Protection Agency, marking a first step in expanding privacy partnerships t... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Sennheiser noise-reduction patent revoked by EPO

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Sennheiser's noise-reduction patent has been revoked by the European Patent Office’s Board of Appeal, which found it lacked novelty and inventive step under Articles 54 and 56 of the European Pat... (more story)

China's top court upholds preliminary injunction protecting chip-layout designs

January 13, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's Supreme People's Court has clarified the criteria used to assess whether to grant or deny requests for injunctions. In its latest decision, the country's top court upheld a preliminary injunction issue... (more story)

Planner 5D moves for summary judgment in US data-scraping suit against Meta, Princeton

January 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Planner 5D, which operates a platform for interior design tools, moved for summary judgment in its lawsuit against Meta Platforms and Princeton University alleging that Princeton illegally obtain... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US secures seizure of $21 million linked to corruption by deceased businessman

January 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department has secured a final judgment forfeiting to the government more than $20 million in foreign bribery and money laundering proceeds, including interest. The funds were alle... (more story)

Terraform co-founder Kwon's US fraud trial scheduled for January 2026

January 10, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Do Kwon, the co-founder of cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs, will go to trial on US fraud charges in January 2026, according to an order from the judge.

US to repatriate $53 million in corruptly obtained assets to Nigeria

January 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US and Nigeria announced, in a joint statement, that the US government will repatriate nearly $53 million in forfeited corruption proceeds to Nigeria. The assets, which include a superyacht a... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Former banker appointed to reset Britain's relationships with EU

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Former HSBC chair of public sector banking Michael Ellam has been appointed to manage the EU Relations Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, which was set up by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in July t... (more story)

Financial sector sees UK, China explore agreement on supervisory cooperation

January 11, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Following a visit to China from UK financial regulators over the weekend, the Financial Conduct Authority and China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration have agreed to explore a Memoran... (more story)

Vince McMahon to pay $1.7 million to settle US SEC charges over undisclosed settlements

January 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Vince McMahon, the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission charges he failed to properly disclose agree... (more story)

Trade View More

Labor rights complaint against Mexican glass insert company resolved, US says

January 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative has announced the successful resolution of the allegations of workers' rights violations at the Vidrio Decorativo Occidental glass insert manufacturing f... (more story)

US CIT sustains 277.95 percent antidumping rate for Sanmei’s pentafluoroethane

January 10, 2025 | Laina S. Miller

Asia, North America

The US Court of International Trade has sustained the 277.95 percent antidumping rate that the Commerce Department assigned to Chinese pentafluoroethane (R-125) produced or imported by Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical... (more story)

US trade court sustains antidumping duty rate for Chinese refrigerant

January 10, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has sustained the Department of Commerce's final antidumping duty determination for Chinese pentafluoroethane, or R-125, according to an opinion released to th... (more story)

State Aid View More

Ryanair’s appeals of re-approved Italian Covid aid published by EU court

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU General Court today released summaries of appeals by Ryanair against an earlier decision to readopt Italian support to airlines to compensate them for damages triggered by the Covid pandem... (more story)

Italgas files 2i Rete Gas deal for EU foreign subsidy approval

January 10, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Italian gas distributor Italgas has sought EU foreign subsidy clearance to buy its smaller rival 2i Rete Gas. The European Commission has set a Feb. 13 deadline to decide on the deal.

Rectify FSR measures against Chinese companies, its industry lobby urges EU

January 09, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Chamber of Commerce to the EU has called on the bloc to “promptly rectify its improper measures under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.” The statement followed an announcement in which Mo... (more story)

Energy View More

Shipping sector sees exemptions to clean fuels law published in Spain, France, Portugal

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The exemptions of specific regions, ports, ships and routes in Spain, France and Portugal from the EU's clean shipping fuels law were today issued in the bloc's official bulletin. Under this law,... (more story)

Aviation sector sees NGO say planned EU air travel increase will hurt decarbonization

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU air travel increase projected by the aviation industry will undermine the decarbonization efforts of the sector and hinder the EU's climate goals, the new report by the green group Transpo... (more story)

Constellation Energy to buy Calpine for $26.6 billion

January 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Constellation Energy has agreed to buy Calpine for $26.6 billion in a cash and stock deal. The agreement creates the nation’s largest clean energy provider, opening opportunities to serve more cu... (more story)

Technology View More

US judge won’t issue preliminary block of Minnesota political deepfake law

January 10, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

US District Judge Laura M. Provinzino today declined to quickly block a Minnesota law criminalizing the sharing of AI-generated election deepfakes, but found that Republican state Representative Mary Franson h... (more story)

Disney, Fox, Warner to drop Venu Sports streaming joint venture

January 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery will discontinue their proposed sports streaming partnership, Venu Sports, the companies said in a joint statement. "In an ever-changing marketplace, we det... (more story)

EU Digital Fairness Act set for early 2026, with consumer protection in focus

January 10, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Europe

In 2026, the Digital Fairness Act — an initiative designed to strengthen consumer protections in the digital landscape — is set to be proposed by the European Commission. Building on the findings of the lates... (more story)