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Apple CEO Tim Cook, Vivek Ramaswamy and Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

Antitrust

April 23, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Europe

Apple faces tougher DMA compliance talks with EU than Meta does
Andrea Wechsler speaking

Intellectual Property

April 23, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Germany’s new IP strategy must help it compete with Asia, EU lawmaker says
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, attends Donald Trump's inauguration as the next President of the United States in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, Jan. 20, 2025.

Antitrust

April 23, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Meta fined EUR200 million over ‘consent and pay’ EU breach

Antitrust View More

New Jersey AG alleges RealPage, landlords ‘vicitimized’ renters by fixing prices

April 23, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

North America

New York Attorney General Matthew Platkin has accused RealPage and 10 of the largest landlords in the state of victimizing renters through an unlawful price-fixing conspiracy to raise residential rents through... (more story)

Brazil's CADE Tribunal fines company for false information in ongoing probe

April 23, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Lead councilor Camila Cabral Pires Alves reduced the initial penalty of 50,000 reais proposed by the CADE’s Superintendence for Super Metais, lowering it to approximately 14,000 reais ($2,400), as she said tha... (more story)

Meta faces publishers' lawsuit in new French ad litigation

April 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms is the target of a new lawsuit by 67 media organizations, including public and private TV as well radio networks, regional and national newspapers, who claim the tech company is ab... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK's AI and copyright work has far to go and must look abroad, minister says

April 23, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

UK efforts to resolve copyright tensions over AI model training require more work, data minister Chris Bryant told lawmakers in a debate today, saying he hopes to enlist help from international partners. A pub... (more story)

US data governance approach shows Chinese influence, lawyer says

April 23, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Asia,North America

The US has started adopting certain elements in data and digital governance that have been pioneered by China, in contrast to a previous reluctance to do so, a privacy lawyer with experience in both countries said.

AI uptake by UK financial sector will be nurtured with ‘supercharged sandbox'

April 23, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Efforts to boost the UK financial sector’s uptake of AI means a focus on expanding the use of digital sandboxing with greater computing power, datasets and testing capabilities, the Financial Conduct Authority... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Azul-Gol codeshare agreement under review by Brazil CADE Tribunal over gun-jumping

April 23, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

The Tribunal of the Brazilian competition authority has unanimously accepted a request to review a codeshare agreement between airlines Gol and Azul over their failure to notify the agency of their deal. The f... (more story)

BAE, Leonardo, JAIEC seek EU clearance for combat aircraft JV

April 23, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

BAE Systems, Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement have requested EU approval to jointly develop “next generation” military aircraft for the Global Combat Air Programme, an international partnersh... (more story)

Sale of Coca-Cola Indian bottling plants receives merger clearance

April 23, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Coca-Cola has received approval from the Indian antitrust watchdog for the sale of its bottling plants in North Gujarat and the Union Territory of Diu in India. Kandhari Global Beverages' acquisi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US DOJ to consider companies' good faith efforts when enforcing new data rules

April 23, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Asia, Latin America, Middle East, North America

Privacy teams will be tested by complicated new rules meant to restrict the easy flow of Americans’ most sensitive data to “countries of concern,” primarily China. At the IAPP global privacy summit today, data... (more story)

Mobile app companies to face French privacy watchdog enforcement, CNIL official says

April 23, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

France’s privacy watchdog plans to begin enforcing data protection rules against mobile apps in the coming months as it ensures that companies comply with cookie consent regulations for targeted advertising, a... (more story)

Snapchat sued by Florida over alleged ‘addictive design’

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Snap, Inc. was sued by the Florida Attorney General for allegedly violating a state law against addictive design features used to promote behavioral addiction and compulsive use by children. The ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Disney says attorney fees should 'chill' frivolous actions in US 'Moana' copyright suit

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Walt Disney Co. argued that its motion for over $5.6 million in attorney fees from animator Buck Woodall should "chill" the conduct of vexatious litigants, replying to Woodall's argument that... (more story)

Disney requests over $530,000 in US sanctions against 'Moana' copyright suit counsel

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Walt Disney Co. filed a motion for over $530,000 in sanctions against animator Buck Woodall's counsel, arguing that the attorneys knowingly pursued baseless copyright and trade secret claims ... (more story)

Disney seeks $5.6 million, attorney sanctions in US ‘Moana’ copyright suit

April 23, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The Walt Disney Co. is seeking $5.6 million in attorneys fees from the plaintiff and over $500,000 in sanctions from his counsel after it was granted summary judgment on copyright and trade secret claims and i... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Two men sentenced to prison in US for running $65 million hawala scheme

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Mohanad al-Zubaidi and Shaker Saleh Mohammed Hauter were each sentenced to three years in prison for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that was responsible for illicitly moving ... (more story)

Former Azure Power director yet to be served in US SEC bribery case

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Cyril Cabanes, a former member of Azure Power’s board of directors, has yet to be served by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a status report filed by the agency. The SEC su... (more story)

Indonesian state-owned telecom firm discloses US bribery probe

April 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Indonesian state-owned telecommunications firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk disclosed in a securities filing that it had received requests from the US Securities and Exchange Commission about ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US Senator Warren presses Fed nominee on Synapse financial collapse

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to Federal Reserve Vice Chair nominee Michelle Bowman seeking answers on her failure as Chair of the Fed’s Committee on Consumer and Community Affairs to appropr... (more story)

UK savings products reform won’t mandate domestic investments, minister says

April 23, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK government is considering reforms to Individual Savings Accounts, but won't require investments to be limited to the UK stock market, due to the importance of maintaining diversified portfolios, the min... (more story)

Danish krone becomes available on all EU central bank-backed settlement systems

April 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Settlement of wholesale and retail payments in Danish krone is now available on the EU's payment settlement system T2 and on the instant-payments network TIPS. Since 2018, Danish krone settlement... (more story)

Trade View More

Imports of plastics chemical harm domestic industry, USITC says

April 23, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America

A US domestic industry is materially injured by imports from four countries of a chemical often used as a plasticizer in plastic products, the US International Trade Commission said today, paving the way for a... (more story)

US appeals court rules against Commerce in Korean steel case

April 23, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Commerce erred in applying a statistical methodology known as the Cohen's d coefficient when calculating the 2015 dumping rate for South... (more story)

USITC says industry harmed by Dioctyl Terephthalate from four countries

April 23, 2025

Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America

MLex summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously determined a domestic industry is materially injured by imports of Dioctyl Terephthalate, a chemical often used as a plasticizer for plastic prod... (more story)

State Aid View More

Companies take blocked Madeira Free Zone tax incentives to top EU court

April 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Several businesses active in the Portuguese territory of Madeira have taken their lost appeal of the European Commission's order for Portugal to claw back incompatible tax reductions to the highe... (more story)

Danube CCS Ventures appeals Swedish aid for biogenic carbon capture

April 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Danube CCS Ventures, a Hungarian special purpose limited liability company, has filed an appeal at the EU's General Court, challenging a Swedish plan to support projects removing biogenic CO2 emi... (more story)

Norway wins EFTA state aid nod for offshore wind farm

April 15, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Norway has secured approval by the EFTA Surveillance Authority for its plan to fund a program to develop a wind farm in Utsira Nord, located in the North Sea. The farm will raise renewable energy... (more story)

Energy View More

Fossil-fueled cars favored over EVs in Germany by weak tax incentives

April 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Four of the EU’s largest car markets — Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland — are failing to steer companies toward electric vehicles due to low fiscal incentives, according to T&E, the European Fede... (more story)

Constellation-Calpine opponents don't object to US DOJ, FERC discussing deal

April 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Three environmental groups opposing Constellation Energy's proposed acquisition of Calpine Corporation — Public Citizen, PennFuture, and Clean Air Council — say that they "do not object" to the U... (more story)

Ukraine signs memo of intent on minerals deal with US

April 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's first deputy prime minister and minister of economy, said in a statement on X that Ukrainian officials have signed a memorandum of intent that paves the way toward an ... (more story)

Technology View More

Survey on Japan's taxi-hailing apps reveals competition concerns amid digitalization

April 23, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

The Japan Fair Trade Commission today released survey results on taxi-hailing apps — a market increasingly shaped by digital technology, at a time when there is a shortage of cab drivers. The study examines an... (more story)

Deepfake sex-crime video-removal requests soar as AI spreads, South Korea says

April 23, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea’s media-content regulator said takedown requests for suspected deepfake sex-crime videos filed during the first quarter of this year surged 167 percent from a year earlier, reflecting the growing n... (more story)

AI evolution leads to surge in deepfake sex-crime video cases in South Korea

April 23, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s telecommunications media content regulator said takedown requests for suspected deepfake sex-crime videos filed with it during the first quarter surged 167 percent from a year earli... (more story)