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Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

February 11, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

North America

US House Republicans slam FTC over in-house ‘kangaroo’ court, call for reforms
A Ryanair flight takes off at the Cologne-Bonn Airport in Germany on Feb. 3, 2025.

State Aid

February 11, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Ryanair sues EU Commission to force state-aid injunction on Lufthansa

Antitrust View More

NFL hit with fans' antitrust suit over alleged Bluesky boycott

February 11, 2025 | Chris May

North America

The National Football League’s demand that teams stay off social media platform Bluesky violates federal antitrust law, according to a suit filed today by fans who follow league news on social media.

Nokia welcomes EU decision to withdraw SEP licensing regulation

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Nokia welcomed the European Commission’s decision to withdraw the draft regulation on standard-essential patent licensing, saying the legislation was "flawed" and would not have delivered on the ... (more story)

Western Range Association, others moves to dismiss amended US wage-fixing claims

February 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Western Range Association and others moved to dismiss a third amended US complaint accusing it of illegally suppressing wages, saying the alleged collusion is a result of WRA’s strict compliance ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US Copyright’s Perlmutter teases ‘most controversial’ of three-part AI guidance

February 11, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter said today that the “most controversial” portion of the US Copyright Office’s three-part guidance on generative artificial intelligence will be published in the coming m... (more story)

Ross Intelligence out of options in US copyright fight with Thomson Reuters

February 11, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Thomson Reuters has partly prevailed on summary judgment in its infringement case against Ross Intelligence over copyrights associated with the Westlaw database. A side-by-side comparison of the works — which ... (more story)

US Rep. Obernolte calls for incremental, light-touch AI regulation

February 11, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

Last year’s highly anticipated US House report on artificial intelligence was the “planning phase,” California Rep. Jay Obernolte said today, and now he hopes to establish a dedicated body to launch related le... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Bimbo-Wickbold deal declared complex by Brazil's CADE

February 11, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Grupo Bimbo's proposed acquisition of Wickbold's baking business has being declared complex by the Brazilian competition authority. The companies were asked to break down their revenue with the affected products.

US Representative Fitzgerald introduces bill to repeal final HSR rule

February 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Representative Scott Fitzgerald has introduced legislation to repeal the US Federal Trade Commission's final rule making changes to the premerger notification form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino ... (more story)

HPE, Juniper seek expedited case management conference in US DOJ merger challenge

February 11, 2025

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Juniper filed a motion for an expedited case management conference in the US Justice Department's case against the companies' $14 billion deal. HPE and Juniper say... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US Democrat fired from PCLOB questions agency’s independence

February 11, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Europe, North America

A Democrat fired from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by President Donald Trump questioned its independence and credibility at a tech conference in Washington, DC, even as the lone remaining bo... (more story)

Twitter's fight to keep privacy case in US federal court leads to ironic twist

February 11, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

In trying to keep a Washington man’s lawsuit out of state court, Twitter (now X Corp.) found itself in the unlikely position of arguing that the man had suffered a concrete privacy injury - at the hands of Twi... (more story)

Amazon faces privacy lawsuits in US over tracking via software embedded in apps

February 11, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Amazon is accused of illegally collecting and profiting from consumer data through its software tools embedded in mobile apps in the latest lawsuits filed in the US.

Intellectual Property View More

EU draft law on standard-essential patents gets withdrawn

February 11, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Inbar Preiss

Europe

A draft law that would inject more transparency into licensing patents used in technology standards will be pulled after the European Commission said the prospects of agreement among lawmakers were slim. Unvei... (more story)

EU Commission unveils work program for 2025

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU executive published the list of the 51 binding and non-binding initiatives that it foresees for the year 2025, as well as the details of the 37 pending files it wants to withdraw. Several ... (more story)

Slater suited to address antitrust issues including SEP licensing, AI, US senators told

February 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The App Association has written to Senators Chuck Grassley and Richard Durbin, the chair and ranking member respectively of the US Senate Judiciary Committee, urging them to quickly confirm Abiga... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Global corruption levels remain high, Transparency International says in latest index

February 11, 2025

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: Global corruption levels remain high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, released by Transparency International. The report has exposed ser... (more story)

Klubb France and Paprec fined following French bribery probes

February 11, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Handling equipment maker Klubb France and waste management company Paprec Group have been separately fined millions of euros by French prosecutors as part of plea deals for bribery offenses. The agreements are... (more story)

Russian services provider sanctioned by US, UK, Australia for support to LockBit

February 11, 2025

Europe, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office are... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US Fed’s Powell says he'll work on Basel III with new FDIC, OCC chiefs

February 11, 2025 | Neil Roland

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he will coordinate with the new heads of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Basel III capital requirements that... (more story)

Financial data access regulation retained in EU Commission's final work program

February 11, 2025 | Jean Comte

Europe

The proposal for an EU Financial Data Access Regulation has been retained in the final version of the European Commission's work program for 2025, adopted and published today. The draft proposal appeared slate... (more story)

EU’s occupational pension fund market consolidating, insurance regulator says

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European occupational pension fund market shows "ongoing consolidation, a continued shift toward defined contribution plans and a noticeable recovery in terms of assets under management," acc... (more story)

Trade View More

Italian tire exporter fails to get separate US dumping rate

February 11, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

Pirelli, an Italian tire manufacturer, failed to prove that it maintained autonomy from the Chinese government in selecting its management, a key component in determining whether the company qualified for a se... (more story)

Arizona woman pleads guilty to role in North Korean IT worker scheme

February 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Christina Marie Chapman, of Arizona, pleaded guilty for her role in a scheme that assisted overseas IT workers — posing as US citizens and residents — in working at more than 300 US companies in ... (more story)

EU prepares comments on US export control rules for AI chips

February 11, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi and Oscar Pandiello

Europe, North America

The EU is preparing feedback for the new US administration on the recently published export control measures on advanced AI chips to push for changes before the regime takes effect in mid-May. The bloc is part... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU's challenges require 'ambitious budget' to tackle, European Commission says

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU needs "an ambitious budget, both in size and design" to tackle the economic, industrial, climate-related and geopolitical risks that it faces, the European Commission says in a draft commu... (more story)

German rail interoperability plan gets four-year extension, EU watchdog says

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won European Commission approval for its plan to prolong an aid program that supports the upgrade of traffic-management equipment for rail vehicles in the city of Stuttgart. The plan,... (more story)

Ryanair appeals EU decision not to make Lufthansa temporarily repay state aid

February 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Irish airline Ryanair has filed an action at the EU General Court challenging the European Commission's position of not forcing Deutsche Lufthansa to temporarily repay state aid pending an invest... (more story)

Energy View More

US SEC to ask court to pause consideration of climate disclosure rules

February 11, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex summary: Mark Uyeda, the acting chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, said he will ask the Eighth Circuit to pause consideration of the agency's climate-related disclosure rules. "The Rule i... (more story)

Carmakers see EU clean transition working group begin tomorrow

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The working group dedicated to clean transition and decarbonization as part of the "Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry" will begin tomorrow. The group is led by ... (more story)

Trump signs order for 25 percent steel, aluminum import tariffs from March 12

February 11, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe, North America

Steel makers will see a global tariff of 25 percent reimposed on exports to the US under an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump last night. The order also raised to 25 percent the US import lev... (more story)

Technology View More

Publishers, advertisers, platforms to discuss deceptive ads for EU code of conduct

February 11, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Publishers, advertisers and online platforms will discuss deceptive ads and various issues around transparency of personal data use for targeted ads to gather insights for possible codes of conduct under the D... (more story)

EU media companies see introduction of services board to support enforcement

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Board for Media Services held its first official meeting yesterday, marking a step in enforcing the European Media Freedom Act. As an independent advisory body composed of national m... (more story)

Traders in EU to see start of EU evaluation of Geo-blocking Regulation

February 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Traders in the EU will see the European Commission begin a mandatory evaluation of the 2018 Geo-blocking Regulation. Under the law, traders can’t block or restrict access to websites and apps whe... (more story)