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Artificial Intelligence, Trade
November 03, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
October 31, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
Financial Crime, Financial Services
October 31, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Antitrust View More
November 03, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst
North America
Novo Nordisk has hit back at allegations from Pfizer that its bid for Metsera should be blocked on antitrust grounds, saying the unusual deal structure is consistent with merger law and that it is confident th... (more story)
November 03, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
The US Department of Justice asked a federal judge to appoint Washington, DC, law firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman's head of antitrust and competition to monitor UnitedHealth's compliance with settlem... (more story)
November 03, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Google asked a District of Columbia federal judge overseeing US monopolization litigation brought by a Department of Justice-led coalition to deny OpenAI's request to file support for the plainti... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
November 03, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A series of non-public documents obtained by MLex illustrate the structure and governance of the EU’s forthcoming industrial facilities for AI, indicating that access to computing power will be treated as a st... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner has been appointed by the UK government to oversee police use of biometric and surveillance technologies. William Webster’s role will cover c... (more story)
November 03, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Over half of UK adults — around 28.8 million people — have used artificial intelligence platforms to get financial advice in the past year, a study commissioned by Lloyds Banking Group has found, raising conce... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
November 03, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice asked the District of Maryland Court to appoint William Berlin as the monitor in the UnitedHealth-Amedisys merger settlement. Berlin, a partner at the Washington, DC ... (more story)
November 03, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Pfizer filed a US complaint against Novo Nordisk, Metsera, and three investment funds to enjoin Novo’s competing bid for Metsera, calling it “one of the most cynical and anticompetitive mergers e... (more story)
November 03, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Denver-based SM Energy and Civitas Resources have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction. The combined company's enterprise value of approximately $12.8 billion is inclusive of each company’... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
November 03, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Union's planned revamps of telecom and cybersecurity legislation — two key parts of the bloc's digital legislative agenda — have been delayed following internal reviews. The proposals had been sch... (more story)
November 03, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Texas Assistant Solicitor General Cameron Fraser urged a US appeals court Monday to allow a law regulating social media for children to take full effect because the trade association suing to halt it did not c... (more story)
November 03, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi wrote to the Federal Trade Commission, calling on it to investigate surveillance technology company Flock Safety for failing to impleme... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
November 03, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
One day before the first batch of “thumbs down” denials of inter partes review were issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office director, a petitioner teed up —for potential appellate review — the question of... (more story)
November 03, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Asia, Europe
ZTE’s push to have a court in Chongqing, China, hear a dispute about fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, or FRAND, rates for Samsung’s use of standard essential patents, or SEPs, was not in bad faith, the... (more story)
November 03, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s Greater Bay Area, one of the nation’s most open and economically vibrant regions, is ramping up intellectual property protection to fuel the flow and application of innovation, reinforcing its push to ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
November 03, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
The corruption trial of a Mexican businessman was moved to Dec. 1 amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez, a Texas-based Mexican businessman who owns a series of energy ... (more story)
November 03, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Eleven former executives at GVC Holdings, now known as Entain, one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, are due to face three separate months-long trials on bribery and fraud charges beginn... (more story)
October 31, 2025
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Singaporean police announced an enforcement operation at multiple locations island-wide against Prince Group chair Chen Zhi and his associates in relation to offences of money laundering and forg... (more story)
Financial Services View More
November 03, 2025
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The International Organization of Securities Commissions is seeking public feedback on a draft proposal to clarify and standardize global rules for secondary securities markets disclosure principles.
November 03, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
First Trust Portfolios, a wholesale distributor of securities, was fined $10 million by Finra for providing excessive gifts, meals and entertainment over a six-year period to retail broker-dealers that in turn... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The reviewed EU bank crisis management framework is in the final stages of formal adoption, more than four months after EU lawmakers and governments reached an agreement on the reform. The propos... (more story)
Trade View More
November 03, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Zack Budryk
Asia, Europe, North America
The US-China truce over rare-earth export controls has eased immediate supply fears for Western industries but left deeper concerns unresolved. The suspension of export curbs, extended to EU companies late las... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU's extensive network of trade deals helps businesses find alternative markets for their exports, the European Commission said in its fifth annual report on trade policy released Monday, wit... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce and the European Commission held an “upgraded” round of export-control talks in Brussels on Friday and Saturday, according to China’s state broadcaster CCTV. Jiang Qi... (more story)
State Aid View More
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU General Block Exemption Regulation, which defines conditions for state aid to be exempted from EU-level approval, must be simplified, the Czech Republic said in a note circulated in Octobe... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: An Italian initiative to provide €219 million in direct grants to support manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies in the region of Lazio has been approved by the Europe... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Ryanair has appealed the European Commission's decision to waive 2023 commitments by Denmark and Sweden for Scandinavian Airlines System's recapitalization. In its appeal from August, published M... (more story)
Energy View More
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has awarded 2.9 billion euros to 61 projects developing clean technologies, across 18 countries. The selected initiatives target emissions cuts in heavy industry, renewabl... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: International financial institutions, corporates, regulators and standard setters have been asked to share their feedback to a UK consultation on transition finance guidelines published on Monday... (more story)
October 31, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Fresh EU rules establishing a common framework to calculate cost-optimal energy-efficiency standards for buildings have been published in the bloc’s official journal. From 2026, member states mus... (more story)
Technology View More
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Danish government proposals for how to simplify Europe’s digital legislation include a one-year pause for the AI Act’s high-risk requirements, moving toward a more risk-based approach for the Gen... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: More than a million UK company directors and controllers have verified their identity ahead of new requirements that will take effect later this month, the government said on Monday. From Nov. 18... (more story)
November 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The use of age-assurance systems to keep children safe online, and the role of app stores in minors’ access to harmful content, is under scrutiny by the UK regulator. Ofcom has opened a call for ... (more story)