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US Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater.

DealRisk®, Energy, Mergers and Acquisitions

December 05, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Constellation, Calpine reach settlement with US DOJ, Texas AG
US Representative Jared Golden of Maine.

Trade

December 05, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

Renewables, marine industries urge USMCA tweaks on final day of hearings

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

December 05, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

Perplexity AI faces US copyright claims from New York Times, Chicago Tribune

Antitrust View More

California antitrust chief details steps to boost criminal enforcement

December 05, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

California’s antitrust chief on Friday outlined steps the attorney general’s office has taken to revitalize state criminal antitrust enforcement, discussing new laws and staffing additions.

US judge enters final judgment in DOJ search monopolization suit against Google

December 05, 2025 | Chris May

North America

MLex Summary: Google and the US Department of Justice's contested interpretations of a remedies opinion from US District Judge Amit Mehta in search monopolization litigation have been resolved in a final judgm... (more story)

Datacomp, mobile home owners get renters' US price-fixing claims dismissed

December 05, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Datacomp Appraisal Systems, along with Equity LifeStyle Properties and others, won its bid for dismissal of US mobile home renters’ antitrust claims, which accused them of operating an information-sharing cons... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Expert defends finding that Chinese national didn’t steal trade secrets from Google

December 05, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

An expert who concluded that a former Google engineer did not steal artificial intelligence trade secrets that could help startups in China defended his qualifications and technical knowledge at a hearing in S... (more story)

EU digital simplification package needs to lead to clearer rules, ministers urge

December 05, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Europe

The EU’s digital simplification package won broad backing from digital ministers on Friday, but governments said that overlapping obligations still undermine compliance. Delegations at a ministerial meeting wa... (more story)

New York Times sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The New York Times has filed a suit in New York federal court accusing artificial intelligence "answer engine" developer Perplexity AI of copyright infringement. According to the complaint filed ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Netflix–WB merger agreement clauses highlight intense, expected antitrust risk

December 05, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Europe, North America

The merger agreement between Netflix and Warner Bros. for their proposed $82.7 billion deal has key provisions that point to the intense antitrust risk the companies expect to face, embedding unusually expansi... (more story)

Netflix, Warner deal would reduce diversity of content, US writers say

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Writers Guild of America said Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for... (more story)

Netflix, Warner merger 'an antimonopoly nightmare,' US Senator Warren says

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren said the Netflix, Warner Bros. proposed merger "looks like an anti-monopoly nightmare."

Data Privacy and Security View More

Social media companies file replies seeking summary judgment in US addiction case

December 06, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap filed two replies in support of their motion for summary judgment in one of the bellwether cases involving school districts in the US litigation over so... (more story)

Accused controller of BTC-e platform seeks exculpatory evidence from US IRS agent

December 05, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Lawyers for Aliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian man accused by US prosecutors of controlling the BTC-e money-laundering platform, asked a federal judge in San Francisco Friday to compel the government to turn ov... (more story)

US judges raise doubts in fight over Zuckerberg deposition

December 05, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Plaintiffs seeking to depose Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced doubts before a US appeals court that they had exhausted alternative witness options before seeking the top executive’s testimony in a laws... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

USPTO memos clarify voluntary patent eligibility disclosures

December 05, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

Two memorandums published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office explain and recommend best practices for the use of subject matter eligibility disclosures.

Microsoft gains permission to appeal in UK licensing case

December 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Microsoft has been granted permission to appeal, after its recent failure to persuade the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal that ValueLicensing had breached copyright rules through its bulk resale o... (more story)

China tightens oversight of same-day dual filings in revised patent-examination rulebook

December 05, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s latest revisions to rules on same-day invention and utility-model dual filings aim to restore the patent system’s original purpose, the country’s top intellectual property regulator said.

Financial Crime View More

Former Goldman banker Ng loses US appeal in 1MDB bribery case

December 06, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng lost his attempt to overturn his US conviction and sentence over his role in multibillion-dollar fraud of Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, considered one of the larges... (more story)

US appeals court rejects ex-Goldman banker's effort to overturn 1MDB conviction

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng's US conviction and prison sentence over his role in multibillion-dollar fraud of Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.

Businessman found guilty in US bribery trial

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: A jury in Houston convicted businessman Alexandro Rovirosa for his role in a scheme to bribe Mexican government officials at Petroleos Mexicanos and its exploration and production subsidiary to r... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU banks consulted on proposals to streamline oversight of mergers, asset shifts

December 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority on Friday opened a consultation on new rules for reviewing bank deals, including material acquisitions, transfers of assets or liabilities, and mergers and division... (more story)

Terraform Labs founder Kwon should serve 12 years in prison, US says

December 05, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon should serve 12 years in prison and be forced to forfeit his criminal proceeds, prosecutors said in their sentencing submission in his fraud case. Kwon pleaded g... (more story)

EU listing rules on investor clarity, small-company access open for comments

December 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Friday opened a public consultation on new rules under the listing framework designed to improve companies' access to capital markets, and to strengthen investor inform... (more story)

Trade View More

Commerce has broad discretion on countervailable subsidies, US court rules

December 06, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Europe, North America

An appellant’s arguments detailing why the US Commerce Department improperly determined that the Russian government provides countervailable subsidies to phosphate fertilizer manufacturers fail because they re... (more story)

US Federal Circuit affirms antisubsidy duty order on Russian fertilizers

December 05, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed an antisubsidy duty order on Russian phosphate fertilizers. 

US must address potential supply chain shocks with precision, analysts say

December 05, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US strategy on protecting supply chains would benefit from a more precise management of economic sectors that are truly a national security priority, analysts said at a Friday event following the release o... (more story)

State Aid View More

Czech agricultural insurance aid recovery order published by EU

December 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Friday issued the text of its recent decision, ordering the Czech government to claw back insurance premiums that were granted in 2018 to large agricultural businesses ... (more story)

Sámi news outlets can get Norwegian aid, EFTA watchdog says

December 03, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Norway has won approval for its support to news and current affairs media serving the Sámi, an indigenous northern European people, the EFTA Surveillance Authority said on Wednesday. The program,... (more story)

Icelandic aid plan for private media outlets renewed by EFTA watchdog

December 03, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Private news and current affairs media in Iceland will have parts of the costs they incurred in 2024 covered, under an updated national plan worth around 500 million krona ($4 million), which has... (more story)

Energy View More

Constellation asks to intervene in DC Circuit case on US FERC clearance

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Electricity generator Constellation Energy told the US Court of the Appeals for the DC Circuit that it had a right to weigh into appeal litigation brought by the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer A... (more story)

Constellation lauds Calpine deal settlement with US DOJ

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Constellation Energy Corp. announced it reached a resolution with the US Justice Department today on conditions to allow its acquisition of Calpine Corp. to be complete. "We are very pleased to r... (more story)

Constellation's acquisition of Calpine requires divestitures, US DOJ says

December 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Constellation Energy Corp. will be required to divest six power plants across Delaware, Pennsylvania and Texas to complete its $26.6 billion acquisition of Calpine Corp., the US Justice Departmen... (more story)

Technology View More

Musk calls for EU to be 'abolished' after fine against X

December 07, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, has called for the abolition of the EU and action against the "individuals" behind a €120 million fine for the social-media platform. In a series of posts drawing paralle... (more story)

Meta’s Section 230 defense questioned by Mass. high court

December 05, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court were deeply skeptical Friday of Meta Platforms’ argument that Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act protects it from a state lawsuit alleging har... (more story)

EU nations debate revamp of non-EU online marketplace liability regime

December 05, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

European governments debated on Friday whether the EU should change its liability regime for e-commerce platforms based outside of the bloc, following uproar over Chinese online retailer Shein’s sale of child-... (more story)