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Artificial Intelligence
November 19, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
Artificial Intelligence
November 19, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
November 19, 2025 | Wesley Brown
North America
Antitrust View More
November 20, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
The UK government’s move to scrap the antitrust watchdog’s expert panel system will help enhance the accountability of the regulator, according to the UK antitrust chief -- who asserted that the watchdog will ... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Alma Career, the operator of job portals jobs.cz and prace.cz, and producer of recruitment management software, has agreed to make its job portal more accessible to competitors, the Czech antitru... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Competition and Markets Authority's purpose over the next three years is to promote competition and protect consumers with a clear goal to drive economic growth and improve household prosperi... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
November 20, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi and Sara Brandstätter
Europe
The European Commission and the EDPB will issue joint guidelines clarifying how the AI Act and GDPR interact early next year, according to the data protection chief for the EU institutions, Wojciech Wiewiórows... (more story)
November 20, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A study found that poetic prompts can bypass safety features in leading AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others, triggering instructions for building chemical weapons and malware. The research show... (more story)
November 20, 2025 | James Panichi
Oceania
Australia's top online-safety official has revealed she declined an invitation to discuss artificial intelligence at the 2025 conference organized by Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest, following MLe... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The public version of the regulatory approval of American Axle & Manufacturing's acquisition of UK rival Dowlais has been published by the European Commission. The merger regulator said last mont... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Euronext said on Wednesday that its voluntary share exchange tender offer to buy the Greek stock exchange ATHEX has been successful. The pan-European stock exchange secured enough shares to obtai... (more story)
November 20, 2025 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks expects to complete its $25 billion acquisition of identity security company CyberArk in fiscal Q3, the company said in an investors call Wednesday. Its chief executive... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
November 20, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Anu Talus, chair of an umbrella group of European data protection authorities, said on Thursday that she’s “quite relieved” that a draft change to the treatment of sensitive data – including religious, politic... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Children need better protection under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, German privacy regulators said in a joint statement on Thursday. The Datenschutzkonferenz, representing all of t... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australians have called for consent-first data practices along with direct and upfront explanations about how companies handle children’s personal information, a report says. In a statement on Th... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
November 20, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm, Huawei and Sisvel have signed a pledge committing to offer mediation as a first resort for disputes with small businesses over crucial patents for the development of internet of thin... (more story)
November 20, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
An Osaka District Court has dismissed a former employee’s 20 million yen ($127,000) lawsuit against automotive-lighting maker Nihon Coating in a ruling that underscores Japanese courts’ interpretation of inventorship.
November 19, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
The recent proliferation of synthetic data, especially in medical research, may increase patent infringement litigation risk for innovative companies via unintended disclosures of research methods and uses, at... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
November 19, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
John Christopher Polit, the son of a convicted former Ecuadorian official, was sentenced in the US to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he helped launder bribes paid to his father.
November 19, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of Samourai Wallet, were each sentenced to prison for developing the cryptocurrency mixing service and helping its users launder their money.
November 19, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A co-founder of Samourai Wallet was sentenced Wednesday to 48 months in prison for developing the cryptocurrency mixing service and helping its users launder their money. Another co-founder received a maximum ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
November 20, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Financial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey said the global financial watchdog will intensify its scrutiny of private credit markets and stablecoins as regulators confront the risks emerging from rapid marke... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has published plans for revising the EU's transparency framework for financial products integrating environmental or social aims which aims to make the rules simpler and m... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government has confirmed that securities financing transactions, or SFTs, will be excluded from the move to one-day trade settlement cycle, or T+1. In a draft statutory instrument publishe... (more story)
Trade View More
November 20, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
An EU Economic Security Package, due Dec. 3, will emphasize adapting and strengthening existing trade instruments and coordination between the bloc’s governments, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič has said. Faster... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Turkish steel companies including Çolakoğlu Metalurji, Çolakoğlu Dış Ticaret and Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları on Thursday saw the EU's top court issue non-binding legal opinions in their leg... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Imports of hardwood plywood from China into the EU will be subject to punitive dumping tariffs of up to 86.8 percent at EU borders, the European Commission said Thursday. The measures follow an i... (more story)
State Aid View More
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Compensation paid by the Swedish Maritime Adminstration to Stockholms Hamn is state aid if the wholly owned municipal company is an undertaking and the support gives it an advantage, the EU Court... (more story)
November 19, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Finnish company Huhtamaki is continuing its fight over accessing documents held by the European Commission as part of an investigation into its tax treatment, which dates back to 2018. A lower court rejected a... (more story)
November 18, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
The looming clash between the EU’s strict internal rulebook and the demands of trading partners outside the bloc needs a tied-up approach bringing in economic security and trade policy that goes beyond specifi... (more story)
Energy View More
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU and Norway will discuss how to enhance their energy cooperation at an annual conference in Brussels on Friday. The EU–Norway Energy Dialogue, co-chaired by the commissioner for energy and ... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Mechanisms to ensure there’s always enough electricity available to meet demand in Europe should be cleaner and more efficient, the EU’s energy watchdog ACER said on Thursday. Nearly €11 billion ... (more story)
November 19, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
Leading companies that work in critical minerals told Congress on Wednesday that the US will need to support the private industry and even enter into partnerships with firms if it wants to erode China’s domina... (more story)
Technology View More
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Itai Tech Ltd, operator of the Undress.cc nudification service, has been fined £50,000 for failing to implement robust age assurance technologies for stopping children from accessing pornography,... (more story)
November 20, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Systemic risks of major online platforms are the focus of the first report on the Digital Services Act, drafted by the European Commission in cooperation with the European Board for Digital Servi... (more story)
November 20, 2025 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Meta Platforms is moving ahead of Australia’s upcoming social-media restrictions for children under 16, announcing it will begin removing affected users from Dec. 4 — six days before the new laws take effect. ... (more story)