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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

December 31, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Saipem, Subsea7 rivals, customers queried anew on deal in Brazil

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade

December 31, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

CFIUS politicization, state CFIUS copycats foreshadow 2026

Intellectual Property

December 31, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

Companies rethink trade secret strategies even without US FTC noncompete ban

Antitrust View More

South Korean antitrust chief lays out four-pronged 2026 enforcement push in New Year speech

January 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust chief Ju Biung-ghi said the Korea Fair Trade Commission will concentrate its 2026 work on four policy tracks, starting with rebalancing bargaining power by tightening rule... (more story)

Flannery Associates settles US property price-fixing litigation

December 31, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Flannery Associates notified a US federal judge in the Eastern District of California that settlement terms have been reached with Paul and William Dietrich, the only remaining defendants in liti... (more story)

Tyson settles with restaurants in US price-fixing case over beef

December 31, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Tyson Foods reached a settlement with commercial and institutional indirect purchasers to resolve US price-fixing allegations over beef, according to a court filing. The parties intend to file th... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korean president pledges expanded regional AI, energy projects in 2026

December 31, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday reaffirmed his administration’s pledges to implement policies aimed at eliminating unfair competition between businesses and favoring provincial a... (more story)

Consensus emerges on AI governance as Brazil closes the year; results will take time

December 31, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil ends 2025 without a definitive AI law in force, but the year closes with a clear roadmap for governance. Two major bills and the Redata program for data infrastructure form the backbone of a national st... (more story)

US regulators to use same playbook for battling social-media harms to assess chatbots

December 31, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

From US courts to the halls of Congress, AI chatbots are seen as the next frontier in online harm to children, and regulators are using the same strategy to address it.

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US states' can seek discovery about DOJ role in HPE-Juniper deal, judge rules

December 31, 2025

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: A federal judge has ruled that states will be permitted some discovery about the actions of the US Department of Justice in permitting the acquisition of Juniper Networks by Hewlett Packard Enter... (more story)

In 2025, Brazil’s CADE recorded no blocks, acted mostly on national merger cases

December 31, 2025 | Flavia Fortes, Henrique Santiago and Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil’s antitrust authority closed out 2025 without blocking a single transaction, focusing its merger control enforcement actions mostly on domestic deals. While the absence of prohibitions underscored a gen... (more story)

UK decision on Vandemoortele-Délifrance deal to come by Feb. 20

December 31, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Vandemoortele and Délifrance have been served with an order preventing integration of the two suppliers of frozen bakery products before the UK merger regulator decides whether to accept measures... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Coupang interim South Korea chief faces perjury push after NIS rebuts hearing testimony

December 31, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Coupang’s interim South Korea chief Harold Rogers has been thrust into a political and legal storm after the country’s intelligence agency asked parliament to file a perjury complaint, saying his testimony abo... (more story)

Local company in China's Chongqing warned over cybersecurity-compliance failures

December 31, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s internet regulator in Chongqing’s Kaizhou District has warned a local company after uncovering multiple cybersecurity-compliance failures following an investigation, according to an offic... (more story)

China opens cross-border certification access through three approved entities

December 31, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Personal information handlers in China can now apply for cross-border certification through three professional certification entities, after the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, and th... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: Dec. 19-Jan. 1

December 31, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Asia, North America

Nvidia’s blockbuster $20 billion licensing and talent acquisition deal with Groq could give the tech giant an advantage in the competitive AI chatbot market, while Lupin announced its first foray into the GLP-1 space.

This week at the UPC: Dec. 25-31

December 31, 2025 | Charlotte Westphal

Europe

It has been a slow week for the Unified Patent Court, whose Court of First Instance was open between the Christmas holidays and New Year's Day. Apart from developments in the InterDigital-Amazon dispute, the c... (more story)

India opens nuclear power to private firms while tightening IP controls

December 31, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

India has opened its nuclear power sector to private investment as it seeks to reach 100 GW of capacity by 2047. While companies can now build and operate reactors under the 2025 Sustainable Harnessing and Adv... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US FinCEN postpones effective date of Investment Adviser Rule to 2028

December 31, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced it has issued a final rule to extend the effective date of the rule establishing Anti-Money Laundering/Counterin... (more story)

US CFPB must continue to be funded, judge rules

December 31, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must continue to seek funding for the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the Federal Reserve even though the Fed has been operating at a loss. US D... (more story)

Former Honduran official gets 30 months in prison in US bribery case

December 31, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Former Honduran procurement official Juan Ramon Molina Rodriguez was sentenced in the US to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty and cooperating with authorities over his role in a police-un... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK 'critical third parties' regime to mark one year with no firms designated

December 31, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK's regime for overseeing technology suppliers deemed critical to the financial system is set to reach its first anniversary without a single company being formally designated, despite warnings from lawma... (more story)

Application of EU sustainable finance rules for defense sector explained

December 30, 2025

Europe

MLex summary: The European Commission has clarified that the EU's sustainable framework—the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, the EU taxonomy, and the Benchmark Regulation—is compatible with investing... (more story)

‘Controversial weapons’ clarified as ‘prohibited’ in EU green benchmarks

December 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU financial benchmark administrators have seen “controversial weapons” redefined as “prohibited weapons” in a regulation published today in the bloc's Official Journal. The former definition lef... (more story)

Trade View More

Indian, Turkish chromium trioxide materially injures US industry, US trade commission says

December 31, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: There is a reasonable indication that US industry is materially injured by Indian and Turkish imports of chromium trioxide, the US International Trade Commission voted. Commissioners David S. Joh... (more story)

US-EU trade deal may not be finalized until well into 2026

December 31, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker and Cynthia Kroet

Europe, North America

The EU and US signed the outline of a Trade Framework Agreement in August in a bid to ensure stability in transatlantic trade relations. But the Trump administration’s protests against European tech laws and t... (more story)

China orders three-year bovine meat safeguard with quotas, 55% out-of-quota tariff

December 31, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday it has finalized a safeguard ruling on imported bovine meat, finding that a sharp rise in volumes caused serious injury to the domestic industry and or... (more story)

State Aid View More

Corsair sees EU state aid approval for €167.8m French funding plan

December 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Corsair is set to benefit from €167.8 million in support after the EU approved the state aid from France following an in-depth probe. In a statement, the European Commission said the aid for the ... (more story)

Carbon leakage risk sees EU tweak emissions-trading guidelines

December 23, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

More European industries will benefit from compensation under the bloc’s state aid rules as technical guidelines get an update to ensure companies don’t shift activities outside of the EU to countries with wea... (more story)

Czech funding for TV firms incompatible with state aid rules, EU watchdog says

December 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Czech government's planned €18 million support for three digital terrestrial television infrastructure operators, České Radiokomunikace, Digital Broadcasting and Česká televize, was incompati... (more story)

Energy View More

Murky rules, bubble fears cloud South Korea's reignited AI push

December 26, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

The administration of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s early AI overhaul has succeeded in reviving momentum after some delay due to domestic politics, but his AI policy agenda now faces tougher regulator... (more story)

Fair plastics competition targeted by EU through new import controls

December 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission moved to tighten oversight of plastic imports by introducing separate customs codes for virgin and recycled plastics and stepping up monitoring of EU and global markets, l... (more story)

UK businesses see trade challenges increase five years after Brexit

December 23, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

The British Chamber of Commerce has listed 25 recommendations to the UK government in order to improve ties between the EU and UK, five years after the trade agreement between the two regions was concluded. Th... (more story)

Technology View More

Epic Games' US antitrust fights with Google, Apple near end, but issues linger

December 31, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

Epic Games’ US antitrust battles could wind down in 2026 after a key appellate ruling against Apple and a proposed settlement with Google. Still, issues remain to be worked out at the district court level in b... (more story)

Chinese regulator plans monthlong crackdown on AI-manipulated videos

December 31, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s National Radio and Television Administration said it will launch a monthlong enforcement campaign starting Jan. 1, 2026 to curb the spread of “artificial intelligence–manipulated” videos.... (more story)

Porn that 'de-ages' adults to resemble children is illegal, top Swiss court says

December 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Pornographic content featuring adults digitally altered to resemble children is illegal, Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court has said in a statement referring to an appeal judgment from Nov. 20 t... (more story)