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Artificial Intelligence
January 21, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
January 20, 2025 | Natalie McNelis
Europe
Antitrust
January 20, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Antitrust View More
January 21, 2025 | Chris May
North America
Wayne-Sanderson Farms’ continued sharing of competitively sensitive information with data broker Agri Stats constitutes ongoing violation of a wage-fixing settlement with the US Department of Justice, the agen... (more story)
January 21, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
The chairman of the UK competition regulator, Marcus Bokkerink, has been replaced in an apparent nod to a drive for regulators to do more to support economic growth. The Department for Business and Trade is un... (more story)
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Events company NST Worldwide has filed a damages claim in the UK against promoter World Snooker and governing body World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, alleging an abuse of a dom... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
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)
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Spain has set out a long-term agenda for artificial intelligence, dubbed “HispanIA 2040,” intended to harness the technology to boost productivity, particularly in the public sector and among sma... (more story)
January 21, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The uptake of AI services and products by the public sector will be the subject of strategic discussions among European governments to influence the European Commission’s upcoming Apply AI strategy. The discus... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 21, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Respondents to Brazil's competition authority have raised concerns about the potential impact on competition in the national market for industrialized bread and small cakes in the agency's review of Wickbold’s... (more story)
January 21, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
The proposed acquisition of Waldemiro P. Lustoza & CIA. by Navemazônia Navegação, a subsidiary of Grupo Atem, is under review by the Brazilian competition authority.
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Italian insurance company Generali and the French bank BPCE today announced their intention to create a joint venture between their asset management operations. The new structure, a "major gl... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK online services today saw the media regulator Ofcom publish a step-by-step guide to help businesses comply with the Online Safety Act. The toolkit is designed for small and medium-sized busine... (more story)
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Club Atlético Osasuna has been fined 200,000 euros by the Spanish Data Protection Agency for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. The club illegally processed biometric data for... (more story)
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK announced today the creation of a digital wallet that will include government-issued documents such as driver’s licenses and Armed Forces Veteran Cards. As the UK does not have a full-scal... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 21, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
Middle East
The World Intellectual Property Organization announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia will become the 82nd member of the Hague Union and the 76th contracting party to the Geneva Act of the Hague System. Beginnin... (more story)
January 21, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Brand name drugmakers, or originators, which hold patents on medicinal products, now have a path to longer protection on combination drugs under Supplementary Protection Certificates. In response to questions ... (more story)
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court dismissed requests for reimbursement of legal costs by Meril Life Sciences in a patent dispute case involving Edwards Lifesciences over European patent 3,769,722. The cou... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
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)
January 21, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission named Caroline Pham as its acting chairman.
January 21, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
UK banks and payments firms are reimbursing more than 90 percent of fraud claims since new rules took effect in October, the head of the payments regulator said today. It's a marked increase from approximately... (more story)
Financial Services View More
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)
January 21, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Acting US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mark Uyeda has launched a crypto task force dedicated to developing a comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto assets, the agency said.
January 21, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Frank Hersey
Europe
Tech platforms could be effectively targeted under the UK's online safety laws to tackle consumer fraud emanating from their services, a senior official with the Financial Conduct Authority said today, noting ... (more story)
Trade View More
January 21, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump has formally nominated three people to cabinet trade positions: Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce, Jamison Greer as US Trade Representative with the rank of Ambassado... (more story)
January 21, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Chinese activated carbon producer GHC and Jilin Bright contested the Commerce Department’s 2022-2023 review results for the antidumping duty order on Chinese activated carbon.
January 21, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Chamber of Commerce released a statement following President Donald Trump’s inauguration saying that they look forward to working with his administration on shared priorities, including re... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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
January 21, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK laws on online safety and counter-extremism could be reviewed to recognize “new and dangerous” threats, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today in a statement after an inquiry was launched to examine events ... (more story)
January 21, 2025 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Online threats to European democracy and how to ward them off dominated a debate among EU lawmakers today focused on enforcement of the bloc's new content moderation law, the Digital Services Act, but ranging... (more story)
January 21, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Council of the EU today adopted the European Health Data Space regulation, with the stated aim to improve individuals’ access to — and control of — their personal electronic health data. The ... (more story)