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Antitrust
November 27, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Trade
November 27, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence
November 26, 2025 | Alex Wilts
North America
Antitrust View More
November 28, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
The French competition watchdog's decision to fine Doctolib, the leading online medical appointment booking platform, over its acquisition of a rival seven years ago is raising questions about where the line i... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong's antitrust regulator said Friday it has identified potential bid-rigging syndicates operating across the city's property maintenance sector. The disclosure comes as the deadly fire in Tai Po throws ... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
Nearly 100 online lenders in Indonesia acted lawfully when they agreed to set a daily interest-rate ceiling of 0.8 percent, economists and state-administration experts told competition judges, arguing the move... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
November 28, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Beijing will tighten oversight of artificial intelligence and other fast-moving technologies under its newly amended Cybersecurity Law, a senior internet official said Friday, with additional plans to strength... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: A recent survey of 500 major South Korean companies found that nearly 90 percent of the nation's leading firms use artificial-intelligence tools, either officially or unofficially, in human resou... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: South Korea and the EU have agreed to expand cooperation in advanced technology and industry fields such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, future mobility, and batteries. The agreement ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK merger regulator has said it is formally starting its initial probe of Beacon Rail Lux Holdings’ planned acquisition of passenger and freight rolling stock company Eversholt UK Rails. The ... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Belgian food manufacturer Vandemoortele has offered to amend its plan to buy frozen bakery products maker Délifrance, in a bid to address EU competition concerns. The European Commission has extended its deadl... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust regulator said it received a merger filing from Naver Financial and Dunamu on Friday and has begun its review. The merger filing comes a day after South Korean tech giant ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The clinical research center Humanitas Mirasole was fined €70,000 for violating the EU’s GDPR data protection rules, the Italian Data Protection Authority said on Friday in a statement dated Oct.... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is facing parallel on-site inspections from South Korea’s financial and cybersecurity authorities following a 44.5 billion won ($30.2 million) hack that auth... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Jeyup S Kwaak
Asia
Asahi Group Holdings in its first press conference since the debilitating September ransomware attacks defended its existing systems as having “necessary and sufficient cybersecurity measures." The attacks tha... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
November 28, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Cox Communications and Sony Music Entertainment will face off before the US Supreme Court on Monday over whether internet service providers can be held liable for contributory and vicarious copyright infringem... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss
Europe
The UPC clarified its test for inventive step this week, as the Court of Appeal restored Amgen’s cholesterol-related patent and upheld Edwards’ heart valve patent. The court also issued rulings on preliminary ... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
The UK Intellectual Property Office, or IPO, may be forced to delay the publishing of some patents by up to three months as it implements new systems. The authority has been forced to apologize to an industry ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
November 27, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Morgan Stanley units in London and Amsterdam have been fined a total of €101 million ($117 million) by the Dutch financial crime agency for tax evasion related to dividends from shares.
November 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Online platforms operating in the UK should deliver more granular data on financial harms, strengthen protections for children and teenagers exposed to fraud, and support evaluations of the law's... (more story)
November 26, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Whistleblowers who report tax fraud to the UK authorities now have a formal reward program, the government has said. The tax authority has been able to use its discretion to reward informants, but the governme... (more story)
Financial Services View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Bank of England has published its 2025 update on systemically important financial institutions. It identified HSBC, Standard Chartered, Barclays as globally systemically important, in line wi... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Prudential Regulation Authority will include a focus on risk management in its assessment of credit unions in 2026. The watchdog said in a letter to credit unions on Friday that operationa... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Treasury committee has opened an inquiry into the government's financial inclusion strategy. The committee, responsible for overseeing the work of the ministry and financial regulators, sa... (more story)
Trade View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: US companies exporting industrial goods, seafood and certain farm goods to the EU would gain improved market access under two draft regulations endorsed by national governments on Friday. The Cou... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Imports of ironing boards from China into the European Union will continue to be subject to dumping duties of up to 42.3 percent, the European Commission said Friday. The decision follows an exp... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Imports of alkyl phosphonic acids and their sodium salts from China into the European Union will be subject to registration by customs authorities, the European Commission said Friday. The step w... (more story)
State Aid View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Latvia's methodology for calculating guarantee premiums on new loans to large enterprises has been approved, the European Commission said Friday. It is meant to establish fair and market-oriented... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Latvia has secured approval for its plans to grant around €70 million in state aid support to boost investments in companies active in primary agricultural production. The measure, meant to rende... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Amazon and Fiat on Friday saw the European Commission issue the texts of last year's decisions by which it closed in-depth state aid investigations into the companies' tax treatment in Luxembourg... (more story)
Energy View More
November 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A targeted amendment to the market stability reserve rules for the EU’s new emissions trading system for road transport and buildings was proposed on Thursday. The European Commission plan implem... (more story)
November 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho found maladministration in the European Commission’s handling of its urgent legislative package to simplify sustainability rules for companies, dubbed Omnibus I. Sh... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
Vassilios Skouris is set to be appointed president of the seven-strong committee tasked with evaluating candidates for EU judges positions, according to a document seen by MLex. The consultative body, whose op... (more story)
Technology View More
November 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Office has nominated Kim Jong-cheol, a 59-year-old law professor at Yonsei University, as the new chairman of the Korea Media and Communications Commission. It has also... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK telecom price rules introduced in January could be revisited after ministers asked the communications regulator to review how transparency duties are working and whether the 30-day notice period gives custo... (more story)
November 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK telecom providers were urged on Thursday to rule out mid-contract price increases beyond what customers agreed, as the finance and tech ministers wrote to company chiefs calling for clearer pr... (more story)