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Financial Services
November 13, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Trade
November 13, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
Financial Crime
November 12, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Europe, North America
Antitrust View More
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: MediaTek and Future Link filed a reply in support of their motion for judgment against Realtek Semiconductor US antitrust case over alleged sham patent litigation. “Each of Realtek’s Counts II, I... (more story)
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced the completion of its acquisition of Metsera, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that makes medicines for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases.
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US District Court Judge James K. Bredar said he found "good reason" to excuse the publication of Tunney Act public comments about the US Department of Justice's merger settlement with UnitedHealt... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
November 13, 2025 | Amy Miller
North America
An Arizona-based law firm is likely trying to trick authors into opting out of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion class-action settlement when it doesn’t have the experience or expertise to pursue individual claims on t... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU countries are wary of introducing an EU-level right to protect performers’ likeness from AI-generated deepfakes, preferring to rely on existing civil, criminal and privacy laws, according to a non-public do... (more story)
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, led six fellow Democratic senators in writing to Laura Swett, the new chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The letter urges Swett to ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Forty national, state, and local consumer, privacy and open markets groups filed a brief in support of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s challenge before the US Supreme Court to her firing from the Feder... (more story)
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A bipartisan group of former members of multimember boards and commissions filed a brief in support of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s challenge before the US Supreme Court to her firing from the Feder... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Canada’s Competition Bureau is seeking feedback on a draft of its updated merger guidelines, issued to more accurately reflect the bureau’s approach to merger analysis under the country's recently modernized c... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
November 13, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb told a DC Superior Court judge that she correctly ruled that Meta Platforms must turn over documents because it may have violated the crime-fraud exemption, ... (more story)
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a response opposing Meta Platforms' motion to reconsider an order that would require the company to turn over documents that were clawed back because of at... (more story)
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A coalition of US state attorneys general outlined claims against Meta Platforms under state consumer protection laws in the multidistrict litigation over social media’s impact on youth. The stat... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
November 13, 2025 | Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court issued rulings across multiple sectors this week, overturning a metal-finishing injunction, ordering a halt to an infringing stairs-related patent, and addressing evidence preservation... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Ikea should not be forced to allow a political party to use its trademark in a campaign, a member of the EU’s highest court recommended on Thursday. If followed in the final judgment, the ruling would restrict... (more story)
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A committee in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the UK's parliament, has opened an inquiry to understand how regulators can boost growth, how any changes to prioritize growth might impact... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a finding and notice of proposed rulemaking that blocked 10 Mexican casinos from the US financial system, deeming... (more story)
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Georgia businessman Carl Zaglin should serve at least 15 years in prison after being convicted of paying bribes to Honduran officials for police uniform supply contracts, US prosecutors told a judge.
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Accounting and legal firm TMF Management has been fined €130,500 by Dutch prosecutors for failing to file reports over suspected money laundering to the authorities. TMF failed to report two unus... (more story)
Financial Services View More
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve Board announced an enforcement action with a former employee of Commerce Bank for engaging in a scheme to overcharge bank customers for check adjustments cases involving di... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle
North America
British billionaire investor Joe Lewis was pardoned Thursday by President Donald Trump over a 2024 conviction for an insider trading scheme in which he gave stock tips to friends, associates and a romantic par... (more story)
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Parliament has become an “unreliable co-legislator” under the leadership of the European People’s Party, its largest political group, a legal think tank warned on Thursday. The EPP v... (more story)
Trade View More
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative requested a review of alleged labor rights violations at a San Luis Potosi factory of Mexican auto parts maker ThyssenKrupp Springs & Stabilizers de Mexi... (more story)
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU finance ministers on Thursday agreed to remove the €150 customs duty exemption for low-value imports, aiming to create a level playing field for EU sellers and curb undervaluation. Duties will... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
The EU is preparing to make foreign investments in strategic industries dependant on technology transfer and local value creation, a senior European Commission official has said, drawing parallels with China's... (more story)
State Aid View More
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Several companies including Bourbon Offshore Interoil Shipping and Sonasurf Internacional have lost appeals against their duty to pay back Portuguese tax incentives. In separate rulings made by t... (more story)
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Bulgaria failed to take the necessary steps to recover state aid granted to allow private owners of forest land to swap their estates for publicly owned forests, the EU's top court said on Thursd... (more story)
November 12, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts
Europe, Middle East, North America
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is set to gain EU sign-off for its €14.7 billion ($16.9 billion) takeover of German chemical company Covestro well ahead of a Dec. 2 deal deadline, MLex has learned.
Energy View More
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Increasing flexibility in energy sources is essential to ensuring the Europe's future energy security, industry group SolarPower Europe said in a report published Thursday. Flexible solutions cou... (more story)
November 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Trading emission allowances between the EU and the UK will soon operate without borders after EU governments approved on Thursday the formal linking of their respective emissions trading systems.... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Companies will see largely simplified sustainability reporting rules after EU lawmakers agreed on a final text to amend the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Dili... (more story)
Technology View More
November 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A bipartisan group of former commissioners of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filed a brief in support of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s challenge before the Supreme Court to her firing fr... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Meta Platforms said on Thursday it has sued Italy’s communications regulator, after it decided to classify Content Delivery Networks — a system of distributed servers designed to deliver content faster to user... (more story)
November 13, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Porn site Stripchat's operator asked EU judges on Thursday to annul a 2023 designation as a "very large online platform" under the Digital Services Act — despite the European Commission having revoked the stat... (more story)