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Data Privacy and Security

January 16, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Parental opt-in required under new US FTC child data-protection rule
UK Transport secretary Grant Shapps posing in front of superyacht Phi, detained in London in March 2022

Financial Services

January 16, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers

Europe

Seized superyacht owner is 'pawn' in Russia backlash, he tells UK Supreme Court

Antitrust View More

US DOJ wades into antitrust case over Oregon logging industry

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice submitted an amicus brief in Oregon loggers' appeal of the dismissal of their monopolization and tying claims against Iron Triangle and Malheur Lumber Co. In its brie... (more story)

Google gets ominous disbarment warning as Epic antitrust claims ramp up

January 16, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

With another round of antitrust litigation between Epic Games and Google ramping up – and a new participant, Samsung, at its heart – a federal judge advised Google today that its conduct on evidence discovery ... (more story)

US FTC Republicans criticize late-term votes, disclosure of AI case referral

January 16, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Emma Whitford

North America

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan engaged in “wholly improper” conduct by forcing votes on multiple law enforcement matters in her final days on the commission and for taking the “unusual step” of an... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Emergence of AI agents sparks concern about data-minimization standards

January 16, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Artificial intelligence agents that can complete tasks for humans on their own have arrived on the tech scene, and companies like Nvidia made big promises at this year’s CES trade show about what the latest AI... (more story)

Google seeks OpenAI browser, smartphone development docs in US DOJ search case

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI is stonewalling Google's efforts to procure discovery related to remedy proceedings in a US Department of Justice-led monopolization lawsuit, Google said in a court filing. "Given the fact... (more story)

US FTC Chair Khan held closed meeting to force votes on law enforcement matters, Holyoak says

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Republican US Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said outgoing chair Lina Khan held a closed commission meeting today to "force votes on several law enforcement matters." In a post on X, ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US merger guidelines gain traction in court

January 16, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

Europe, North America

Controversial new US merger enforcement guidelines have picked up support from judges who have incorporated them into key decisions.

Goldman Sachs fined for gun-jumping in Biocon investment by Indian watchdog

January 16, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Goldman Sachs was penalized for "gun-jumping" after having failed to notify the Indian antitrust watchdog of its investment in Biocon Biologics. The Competition Commission of India imposed a fine of 4 million ... (more story)

US Senator Klobuchar reintroduces bill to boost antitrust enforcement

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Amy Klobuchar and 13 fellow Democrats have reintroduced the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act, which aims to increase US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Comm... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta's effort to seek stay on India's antitrust decision deferred by tribunal

January 16, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

In a major setback for WhatsApp and its parent company Meta Platforms, an Indian tribunal deferred its decision on granting the messaging app interim relief to stay an order of the country's antitrust watchdog... (more story)

US FTC bars General Motors from selling driver data for five years

January 16, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission filed its first action related to connected vehicle data today, part of a flurry of last-minute actions the regulator has taken in the waning days of outgoing Chair Lina Khan's leadership.

US FTC has opportunity to crack down on data brokers with new national security law

January 16, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission was tasked by Congress this summer with ensuring data brokers do not sell American data to foreign adversaries. Now it has received one of its first complaints under that law fr... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

GSK suffers setback as UK judge denies permission to appeal patent ruling

January 16, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Europe

October 2024 findings that two patents associated with the “Arexvy” respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccine are invalid will stand, a UK judge ruled today, denying GlaxoSmithKline permission to appeal. Ju... (more story)

UK judge stands by patent claim construction, invalidity holdings in vax dispute

January 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Pfizer is entitled to $3.24 million in reimbursed costs in connection with its successful challenge to two GlaxoSmithKline patents, a UK judge ruled. The decision by Judge James Mellor went on to... (more story)

USPTO defends fee structure in report to Congress

January 16, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Patent and Trademark Office published a report today holding up its current fee structure as the most efficient way to raise funds, noting it does not create excessive barriers for innovation. The repor... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Real estate broker pleads guilty in US to violating sanctions on Russian oligarchs

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Miami real estate broker Roman Sinyavsky pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to violate US sanctions and commit money laundering by conducting transactions involving blocked property owned by ... (more story)

North Korean IT worker network sanctioned by US for funding weapons programs

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two individuals and four entities for generating illicit revenue for the North Korean government through a weapons-tra... (more story)

Block ordered by CFPB to pay $175 million for allowing fraud on Cash App

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Block, the operator of the peer-to-peer payments app Cash App, to refund and pay other redress to consumers up to $120 million and pay a penalt... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US Dodd-Frank reforms were 'overshoot,’ Treasury nominee Bessent says

January 16, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US Treasury Secretary-nominee Scott Bessent said capital reforms for large US banks after the 2008 Great Financial Crisis over-reached, resulting in banking concentration and the flight of assets to unregulate... (more story)

Two Sigma settles with US SEC over claims it failed to address vulnerabilities

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Two Sigma Advisers settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over claims that it breached its fiduciary duty by failing to reasonably address known vulnerabilities in their investmen... (more story)

Amex agrees to $108.7 million settlement with US DOJ over deceptive marketing

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: American Express agreed to pay a $108.7 million civil penalty to resolve allegations it violated the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act by deceptively marketing credit ca... (more story)

Trade View More

US, EU, Taiwan, Japan POM Copolymer dumped in China, Mofcom finds

January 16, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce has found that POM Copolymer imported from the US, EU, Taiwan, and Japan have been dumped in the country and the domestic industry has been materially impaired, the r... (more story)

US CIT sustains Commerce's redetermination for Korean steel plate subsidies

January 16, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has sustained the Commerce Department’s redetermination explaining how the Korean government’s provision of 100 percent of carbon trading units to some emitter... (more story)

Commissioner Schmidtlein to leave US trade commission

January 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Commissioner Rhonda K. Schmidtlein will step down from the US International Trade Commission on Feb. 1.

State Aid View More

Scai can be asked to repay public support granted to Buonotourist, EU court says

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)

Madeira loses appeal over Portugal's tax incentives at top EU court

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)

Ryanair’s appeals of re-approved Italian Covid aid published by EU court

January 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU General Court today released summaries of appeals by Ryanair against an earlier decision to readopt Italian support to airlines to compensate them for damages triggered by the Covid pandem... (more story)

Energy View More

Global financial system sees FSB release toolkit to assess climate risks

January 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Financial Stability Board today released a report on the assessment of climate-related vulnerabilities, which contains an analytical framework and toolkit to assess those vulnerabilities. The... (more story)

EU carmakers call for realignment of Green Deal

January 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The industrialization of the EU automotive sector should be based on market rather than penalties, and a “reality check” and “realignment” of the Green Deal is needed, the European Automobile Man... (more story)

Nuclear power buildup led by China and Russia, IEA says

January 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Nuclear power build-up worldwide is being led by China and Russia, the International Energy Agency said in a report. Chinese and Russian designs are used in all but four of the 52 reactors that s... (more story)

Technology View More

Musk's X actions in German elections should be probed by EU commission, EU lawmakers say

January 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Elon Musk's support of Germany’s far-right party Alternative for Germany has raised "serious concern" about election interference, a group of 38 European Parliament members told the European Comm... (more story)

UK’s online age-assurance rules kick in, with porn sites first for enforcement

January 16, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo and Frank Hersey

Europe

Social-media, pornography and other online platforms received final guidance from the UK's online safety watchdog today on what constitutes “highly effective age assurance” in the effort to keep children away ... (more story)

EU may take ‘more measures’ to tackle telecom cyber risks, EU's Virkkunen says

January 16, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

European mobile telecom operators may face “more measures” to ensure they aren't using equipment that poses a cybersecurity risk as EU governments have failed to take action, the EU's digital chief, Henna Virk... (more story)