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US Circuit Judge Neomi Rao

Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Financial Services

May 19, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US appeals court questions suggest CFPB to be left in tatters
A member staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London, UK on Jan. 18, 2023.

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 19, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

Assura bidding battle puts focus on likelihood of UK merger approval
Various intelligent robotic toys arranged in packages on retail store shelves in Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 6, 2025.

Artificial Intelligence

May 19, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Manufacturers of toys using AI set to face strict AI Act regime (correct*)

Antitrust View More

Commissions paid to insurance brokers harm competition, Australia regulator says

May 20, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

Insurance brokers are once again in the crosshairs of Australia’s antitrust regulator, which has used a submission to an independent review to accuse the sector of being rife with conflicts of interest that hu... (more story)

Why Vodafone's network trash talk may trigger Australian antitrust regulator

May 20, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

Vodafone Australia launched a broadside at industry leader Telstra this week, claiming that the company was overstating — by a factor of a million square kilometers — the reach of its mobile-phone network. The... (more story)

Mastercard's Australian antitrust case has yet to move beyond discovery

May 20, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia’s antitrust case against Mastercard remains mired in discovery delays, as the country’s competition watchdog seeks to resolve questions around the waiver of legal-professional privilege over discover... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korea to launch initiative to nurture on-device AI chip startups

May 20, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

The South Korean government has unveiled an initiative valued at about $718 million to connect major domestic customers with developers of chips optimized for on-device AI systems, amid growing expectations th... (more story)

South Korean AI chip startups to get boost from industry, government

May 20, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor and other major South Korean manufacturers have agreed in principle to participate in a government-led initiative aimed at helping domestic fabless AI chip design st... (more story)

South Korea pushes AI use in farming machines via public-private alliance

May 20, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea's Rural Development Administration has partnered with LS Mtron, a major domestic agricultural machinery manufacturer, to support the development of artificial intelligence-powered machines and mana... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Xerox's takeover of Lexmark open for views in EU

May 20, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in plans by Xerox to buy Lexmark now have ten days to provide comments to the European Commission. The merger regulator has set a June 17 deadline to decide on the $1.5 billion deal. 

Sembcorp-Senoko Energy among deals unconditionally cleared in China May 5-11

May 20, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore's state-owned Sembcorp's planned increase in its shareholding in power generator Senoko Energy; as well as a joint venture involving equity group Gaohe Fengde, Tencent, JD subsidiary Be... (more story)

Constellation-Calpine reply to US FERC ignores price differences, market monitor says

May 19, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Electricity providers Constellation Energy and Calpine Corp. didn't sufficiently account for price differences within transmission zones that might justify the evaluation of submarkets within tha... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

TikTok tells court it's a 'free-expression platform' so UK GDPR fine is invalid

May 20, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

TikTok sought to paint itself as a unique “free-expression service” with a high ratio of artistic content to argue on the opening day of an appeal trial in London that the UK data watchdog had gone beyond its ... (more story)

Hong Kong sees no need for AI-specific legislation, regulator says

May 20, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Asia

Hong Kong's privacy regulator sees no immediate need for new legislation specifically targeting artificial intelligence, despite growing concerns about the technology's impact on data protection. Privacy Commi... (more story)

SK Telecom's compromised servers under close review by privacy regulator

May 20, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator is closely examining the compromised servers of SK Telecom as part of its independent investigation to determine the scope of a personal-data breach and assess the... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

MediaTek jurisdictional challenge to Huawei patent claims dismissed by top China court

May 20, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

Taiwan-based chip designer MediaTek’s challenge against the jurisdiction of a Chinese specialist intellectual property court over patent disputes with tech giant Huawei has been rejected by the Supreme People’... (more story)

US appellate decision sets up broader USPTO trademark-jurisdiction challenge

May 20, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling last year in BBK Tobacco & Foods v. Central Coast Agriculture that a district court can cancel a pending trademark application has been approvingly cited ... (more story)

Dynamic blocking injunctions available abroad remain out of reach in US

May 20, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A general reluctance by US judges to issue advisory opinions and the absence of any statutory authority means US trademark owners won’t be availing themselves of the dynamic blocking injunctions being deployed... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

South Korea's Democratic Party readies sweeping digital asset legislation

May 20, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korea's Democratic Party of Korea is accelerating efforts to introduce a comprehensive framework law on digital assets — a long-anticipated follow-up to last year’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act. The... (more story)

Spark IT manager, contractor jailed over New Zealand's largest corruption case

May 20, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Two IT experts connected to Spark New Zealand have been sentenced to three years in jail for their roles in a bribery and corruption case involving over NZ$4 million ($2.37 million) in kickbacks,... (more story)

Former Safemoon chief’s mentor testifies in US fraud case about firm’s plans

May 20, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A friend and mentor of former Safemoon Chief Executive Braden John Karony testified on his behalf today as the defense began its case in a US fraud trial.

Financial Services View More

Former Wamco chief investment officer's US fraud trial set for April 2026

May 19, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Ken Leech, former chief investment officer of Western Asset Management Co., will face trial in April 2026 on charges of securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, commodity trading adviser fraud... (more story)

US SEC to review its limitations on private investment fund access

May 19, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission will review its rules providing that closed-end funds investing 15 percent or more of their assets in private funds should impose a minimum initial inves... (more story)

US GAO reiterates 2015 recommendation for examining AI use in credit unions

May 19, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Government Accountability Office recommended that Congress consider granting the National Credit Union Administration authority to examine technology service providers for credit unions, a... (more story)

Trade View More

Chinese passenger car and light-truck tires to face EU dumping probe

May 20, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

Chinese producers of passenger car and light-truck tires might face an EU dumping investigation over unfairly priced imports into the bloc, MLex has learned. If the investigation reveals “injurious” dumping, w... (more story)

Cast-iron articles subject to registration at EU borders

May 20, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU imports of certain cast-iron articles originating in India and Turkey will be subject to registration by customs authorities, the European Commission said in a formal notice today. The step wi... (more story)

China slams US chip export rules as 'discriminatory,' demands immediate correction

May 20, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce said adjustments by the US Commerce Department did nothing to alter the chip export guideline's underlying "discriminatory nature and market-distorting essence." In a... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU cross-border aid program needs further simplification, France says

May 20, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Jean Comte

Europe

Paris is pushing for more exemptions and co-financing for the EU-wide program that allows the unlocking of state-aid for cross-border strategic projects, according to a note seen by MLex. The country also sugg... (more story)

Huhtamäki fights for access to tax-ruling state aid file at EU court

May 20, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Finnish packaging maker Huhtamäki is at the EU's first-tier court, in an attempt to win access to European Commission documents on the watchdog's state aid probe into allegedly illegal tax treatm... (more story)

Romanian questions on competition and port services reach top EU court

May 19, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania's highest court has asked the EU's highest judiciary whether a measure adopted by an EU country — to ensure that mandatory port pilotage services may only be provided by state bodies and ... (more story)

Energy View More

Constellation-Calpine deal critics seek another deficiency letter from FERC

May 19, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Policy organizations opposing Constellation Energy's proposed acquisition of rival electricity provider Calpine have asked the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue another deficiency ... (more story)

Russia challenges EU’s carbon border tax, free emission permits at WTO

May 19, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Russia has challenged the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, or CBAM, and its system of free emission permits, at the World Trade Organization. The Russian government argues that the measur... (more story)

UK could participate in EU’s single electricity market, EU Commission says

May 19, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

UK electricity traders might be able to rejoin the EU electricity market, the EU and the UK said today at their first summit since Brexit. This will entail British power companies participating in various EU t... (more story)

Technology View More

Platforms to see EU Digital Services Act 'supervisory' fee rule change

May 20, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The largest online platforms will see a change to the rule underpinning fees they pay to fund enforcement of the EU's Digital Services Act proposed by the end of June, the European Commission has said. Google,... (more story)

EU Digital Fairness Act lobbying asks questions over enforcement of current rules

May 19, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Tech platforms including gaming, e-commerce and social media platforms are in lobbying mode over the planned EU Digital Fairness Act. While they don't see a new law as needed at all, consumer organizations sup... (more story)

EU's consumer policy agenda 2025-30 open for public feedback

May 19, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's policy agenda for consumers for 2025-30 has been published by the European Commission for public feedback today. The agenda for the next five years aims to "strengthen consumer protectio... (more story)