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Financial Crime, Financial Services

January 21, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

Trump reversal on rules hits financial services with 'wholesale' FDIC review
Axel Voss

Artificial Intelligence

January 21, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Timeline of EU’s AI Liability Directive takes shape

Antitrust View More

Train ticketing remains on EU antitrust radar

January 22, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

How Europe’s incumbent train operators manage the sale of their tickets and limit the ability of online platforms to sell them is still an issue of interest to EU antitrust enforcers, according to the minutes ... (more story)

India's draft e-commerce guidelines published for consultation

January 22, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The Indian government has released draft guidelines for e-commerce platforms in an effort to bolster consumer protection given the rapid expansion of the digital marketplace. The draft guidelines... (more story)

Cardell welcomes Gurr as interim chair of UK’s CMA

January 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Sarah Cardell, chief executive officer of the Competition and Markets Authority, has welcomed the appointment of Doug Gurr as interim chair of the UK antitrust regulator. Cardell also thanked dep... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korea unveils final details of national AI computing-center plan

January 21, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea has unveiled the final details of its plan to establish a national AI computing center, which will serve both as infrastructure to support developers and as a buyer of locally develop... (more story)

FTC turns page on ambitious period of US privacy enforcement under Khan, Levine

January 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Speaking with MLex while packing up his office at the FTC Friday evening, Sam Levine, chief of the Bureau of Consumer Protection under Chair Lina Khan, said the FTC made a “paradigm-shifting” change in privacy... (more story)

Suno AI sued by GEMA over copyright as EU ministers debate collecting societies

January 21, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

GEMA, a German music-collecting society, has sued Suno AI in the Munich Regional Court for copyright infringement, alleging unauthorized use of its members’ works — including songs by Boney M and Alphaville — ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

ECB’s ‘Danish compromise’ decision for Banco BPM-Anima will be pivotal for other deals

January 22, 2025 | Jean Comte

Europe

The European Central Bank's arm for banking supervision is currently assessing whether Banco BPM will be allowed to apply a specific prudential treatment to asset manager Anima, should it succeed in buying it.... (more story)

Sale of Del Monte India receives merger clearance from CCI

January 22, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

The sale of Del Monte India by billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal's Bharti Enterprises has received merger approval from the country's antitrust regulator.. The Competition Commission of India approved private eq... (more story)

Bokkerink says his approach provided 'lasting' growth, as he departs UK's CMA

January 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Departing UK antitrust chair Marcus Bokkerink said his approach fostered the kind of growth that is “broad-based, lasting and tangible,” in a statement on social media, after he was ousted by the... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Thai phone, tablet vendors face stricter data-protection enforcement

January 22, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Thailand has ordered its regulators to strictly enforce rules preventing mobile phone and tablet vendors from violating users’ personal data protection rights, such as by pre-installing illegal a... (more story)

App regulations, CIIO protection highlighted in Chinese ministry's annual review

January 22, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China has established a national platform for app testing and certification, mandating fixes or removal for more than 5,200 apps in 2024, according to Xie Cun, director-general of the Information... (more story)

TikTok tops online-deletion requests by South Korean teens

January 22, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

Short-form video clips on TikTok are the most frequently requested content for removal by South Korean teenagers using the privacy watchdog’s personal data deletion service — also known as the Eraser Service. ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

UPC dismisses NJOY's patent revocation action against VMR

January 22, 2025

Europe

Mlex Summary: The Unified Patent Court Central Division in Paris, dismissed NJOY Netherlands B.V.'s revocation action against VMR Products LLC, concerning European patent 3,626,092 B1, relating to electronic c... (more story)

Maxeon Solar's rectification application dismissed by Düsseldorf UPC

January 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Düsseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court dismissed Maxeon Solar Pte.'s application for rectification concerning procedural orders for European patent 3,065,184 B1. The court rule... (more story)

Japanese court upholds rejection of 3D trademark for dental model stand

January 22, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld the patent office’s rejection of a trademark application for a three-dimensional dental model support stand, ruling that the shape was functional and lacked dist... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Dispute over sale at center of US effort to seize yacht from sanctioned oligarch

January 21, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US effort to complete the seizure of a superyacht worth up to $300 million centers on a September 2021 sale of the vessel to a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to opening arguments today in an eviden... (more story)

Cryptocurrency 'market maker' pleads guilty in US to wash trading charges

January 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: CLS Global FZC LLC, a financial services firm known in the cryptocurrency industry as a “market maker,” has agreed to resolve criminal charges relating to its fraudulent manipulation of cryptocur... (more story)

US CFTC names Pham acting chairman

January 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission named Caroline Pham as its acting chairman.

Financial Services View More

Banco Cooperativo Español loses appeal over 2019 contributions to bailout fund

January 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Spanish financial group Banco Cooperativo Español lost its appeal against the Single Resolution Board at the EU's General Court concerning the calculation of the bank's 2019 ex-ante contributions... (more story)

FDIC withdraws from Greening the Financial System network

January 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation withdrew from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System.

US FDIC to conduct `wholesale' review of its rules, acting chair Hill says

January 21, 2025

North America

MLex summary: Acting US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Travis Hill said the agency will conduct a "wholesale" review of its rules and improve bank supervision by focusing "more on core financial risks a... (more story)

Trade View More

China calls for strengthened dialogue with the US over tariffs

January 22, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China is willing to strengthen dialogue with the US on trade issues based on principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun s... (more story)

BNP Paribas, Novartis, Nokia, and others joined China's Mofcom European roundtable

January 21, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Representatives from more than 70 foreign companies, including BNP Paribas, Novartis and Nokia, as well as trade associations such as the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, have attende... (more story)

Chinese price pressure threatens American slag pot manufacturing, WHEMCO says

January 21, 2025 | Laina S. Miller

Asia, North America

An abundance of Chinese product and extraordinarily low prices are threatening the survival of the American slag pot manufacturing industry, according to testimony before the US International Trade Commission ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Trump freezes new federal regulations pending White House review

January 20, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump ordered all Executive Branch departments and agencies to pause the proposal or issuance of "any rule in any manner" until a Trump administration cabinet member reviews and ... (more story)

Scai can be asked to repay public support granted to Buonotourist, EU court says

January 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Italian region of Campania can order Scai to repay support, based on a recovery decision the European Commission made with regard to Buonotourist, and on account of economic continuity betwee... (more story)

Madeira loses appeal over Portugal's tax incentives at top EU court

January 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Portuguese territory of Madeira has lost its appeal at the EU's top court against the European Commission's order for Portugal to recover tax reductions granted to companies. In 2023, the low... (more story)

Energy View More

EU has alternatives to gas price cap extension, commission says

January 21, 2025 | Stefano Porciello

Europe

Europe can cut energy prices in other ways than by extending emergency gas price capping rules, a European Commission spokesperson said today. In a speech to the World Economic Forum, the commission chief Ursu... (more story)

EU 'compass' to focus on capital markets, simplification, energy, Von der Leyen says

January 21, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s plan to boost competitiveness, known as its "Competitiveness Compass" will focus on achieving a deep and liquid capital market, bureaucratic simplification, and clean energy — including ... (more story)

US withdrawal from UN climate pact is unfortunate, EU climate chief says

January 21, 2025

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: The decision by US President Donald Trump to leave the landmark Paris agreement to fight climate change is a “truly unfortunate development,” EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra has said in a series ... (more story)

Technology View More

Manipulative designs in apps remain a problem, German consumer body says

January 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Social media platforms and online marketplaces are continuing to use manipulative designs in their apps despite the ban in force, the Federation of German Consumer Organizations has said. The gro... (more story)

Big Tech policies will come under spotlight of new Australian think tank

January 22, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Policy proposals likely to affect Meta Platforms, Google and other online tech giants will be the focus of a new think tank funded by the Australian government with the backing of tech-industry players includi... (more story)

US non-enforcement of TikTok ban still leaves legal risk

January 21, 2025 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo

North America

President Trump paused enforcement of a bipartisan law banning TikTok, citing a need for further review. But uncertainty looms for distributors facing $5,000 daily fines per user as lawmakers question the lega... (more story)