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Artificial Intelligence

May 13, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

California Assembly passes GenAI copyright transparency bill
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Trade

May 13, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

US Senate committee advances CBP commissioner nominee
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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology

May 13, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Meta's AI data scraping leads UK lawmakers to push GDPR change into data bill

Antitrust View More

Broadcom under scrutiny in China for potential breach of merger promises

May 14, 2025 | Yonnex Li*

Asia

Broadcom is facing scrutiny from China's antitrust regulator over allegations that the US chipmaking giant violated key pledges it made to secure Chinese approval for its acquisition of virtualization speciali... (more story)

Ventia blames Australia's defense department for talks with rivals

May 14, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Ventia Australia has blamed the country’s defense department for encouraging the services provider to contact competitors Spotless Facility Services and BGIS, asking for a “collective meeting” to work on contr... (more story)

Chinese food-delivery platforms JD.com, Meituan, Ele.me summoned by regulators

May 14, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's top market regulator, along with four other Communist Party and government agencies, summoned major food-delivery platforms JD.com, Meituan and Alibaba-backed Ele.me to address pressing competition iss... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

ChatGPT’s EU digital rulebook designation could slow innovation cycle, create precedent

May 14, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

What might the implications be if OpenAI’s ChatGPT is designated as a “systemic” search engine under the EU's Digital Services Act? Artificial Intelligence is already indirectly covered, but this would be the ... (more story)

Malta’s privacy watchdog set to become market surveillance authority for AI Act

May 14, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Malta's Information and Data Protection Commissioner will be the market surveillance authority for the EU’s AI Act, the authority's head Ian Deguara told MLex in an interview. The IDPC, which is already in cha... (more story)

AI to remain on French antitrust radar, Cœuré says

May 14, 2025 | Jean Comte

Europe

France's competition authority will keep looking into AI-related issues, its head said. Benoit Cœuré mentioned in particular the topic of energy consumption in AI model training, and added that AI-generated vi... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Lagardère, Vivendi fight info request in gun-jumping probe at EU court

May 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Lagardère and Vivendi are at the EU General Court today, in a move to contest the European Commission's request for information as part of its probe into possible gun-jumping. In 2023, the EU mer... (more story)

Interparking’s acquisition of Saba open for comments in EU

May 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in the plan by Interparking to take over Saba Infraestructuras now have 10 days to provide feedback to the European Commission. The EU merger regulator has set a June 13 deadli... (more story)

Aviva sees start of UK merger probe into Direct Line deal

May 14, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

Insurance giant Aviva’s planned 3.7 billion-pound acquisition of rival Direct Line Group, which would create the UK’s biggest car insurer, is formally being probed by the country’s merger regulator. The Compet... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Porn website operator Kick under online safety investigation in the UK

May 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Pornography website operator Kick Online Entertainment is under investigation by the UK online safety regulator Ofcom for potential breaches of the Online Safety Act, the watchdog announced in a ... (more story)

South Korea delays decision on Google's national map request over security concerns

May 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Google’s request to obtain South Korea’s high-precision national base map has hit a setback after the government postponed its decision, citing the need for further review, the Ministry of Land, ... (more story)

China's State Council unveils its 2025 legislative agenda

May 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China's State Council unveiled its 2025 legislative agenda, which includes draft amendments for the revised Foreign Trade, Trademark, and Road Traffic Safety laws — featuring provisions for intel... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Rejection of BDSwiss’s international trademark request confirmed by EU court

May 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU General Court has upheld the EUIPO’s refusal to forward BDSwiss’s international trademark application, as the company had failed to prove it had a “real and effective industrial or commerc... (more story)

UPC becomes key venue for SEP disputes amid deeper patent-standard links, EPO study says

May 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A study published by the European Patent Office shows the growing connection between technology standards and the patent system, particularly in fields such as wireless connectivity, audio/video ... (more story)

As AI powers ahead, South Korea's creative industries demand law revisions

May 14, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

Amid heated debates on the copyright issues related to the growth of artificial intelligence, 15 organizations representing South Korea’s creative industries and artists issued a rare joint statement today, ur... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US CFTC `engaged in willful and bad faith conduct' in 2023 case, court report finds

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham said the agency's "willful and bad faith conduct" in a 2023 federal case, as detailed in a US District Court report, is "i... (more story)

Former Safemoon employee admits at US fraud trial he joined rival crypto project

May 13, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former employee of Safemoon acknowledged under cross-examination today that he and other colleagues had launched a rival cryptocurrency project while employed at the decentralized finance firm.

Cred LLC chief executive, finance chief plead guilty in US crypto fraud case

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Daniel Schatt and Joseph Podulka, the chief executive and finance chief of Cred LLC, respectively, each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud over their roles in an alleged scheme to ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK's insurance rulebook to be heavily pruned in competitiveness drive

May 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's financial markets watchdog aims to scrap even more insurance red tape than initially planned in a paper last July. In a consultation released today, the Financial Conduct Authority outli... (more story)

UK insurers to see lighter regulatory burden with range of simplifying measures

May 13, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

Large commercial insurers could see a significant reduction in red tape in the UK under proposals rolled out by the Financial Conduct Authority today. The regulator has proposed removing detailed regulatory pr... (more story)

US Senator Warren asks DOJ's Slater to block Capital One-Discover merger

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater asking her to blo... (more story)

Trade View More

EU emissions trading revisions can boost competitiveness, top climate official says

May 14, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Energy-intensive companies should partially benefit from their CO2 offsets under revisions to the EU's Emissions Trading System to finance their decarbonization, the European Commission's climate director told... (more story)

US-China business council hails trade truce, urges further fentanyl controls

May 14, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: US-China Business Council President Sean Stein said in a statement that the joint announcement — following the China-EU trade talks in Geneva — was a positive step toward resuming some bilateral ... (more story)

China officially announces tariff cut on US imports to 10%, effective midday today

May 14, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China will adjust the tariff on US imports to 10 percent from midday today, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced. The commission will suspend 24 percent of an additional a... (more story)

State Aid View More

Telly, Czech association lose appeal over digital TV radio spectrum at EU court

May 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Broadcaster Telly and the Czech Association of Satellite Operators today lost their appeal of the European Commission's approval of the extension of the validity of the rights to use radio-freque... (more story)

Nestlé can receive EUR60 million in aid for Italian pet-food plant

May 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Nestlé Italiana may receive 60 million euros in public funding from the Italian government, the European Commission said today, clearing the plan under EU state aid rules. The support is meant to... (more story)

NGOs get more rights in EU state aid reviews

May 12, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Pressure groups will be able to request an EU review of subsidy decisions to check their compliance with environmental law, under changes adopted today. The increased rights for non-governmental groups are par... (more story)

Energy View More

Hydrogen and electric transport tech readiness to be rated by EU Commission

May 13, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Different charging technologies for transport will be rated “any day now” in a European Commission report evaluating their market maturity and technology readiness, a senior official from the regulator's susta... (more story)

Energy cooperation in Baltic region strengthened

May 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU energy chief Dan Jørgensen and energy ministers of the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan High-Level Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance energy cooperation. The B... (more story)

EU, UK should link their carbon markets, lawmakers say

May 13, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU and UK emissions trading systems should be linked to cut costs, increase market efficiency, and avoid trade friction, EU lawmakers have urged. Irish MEPs Seán Kelly and Barry Andrews stressed the need f... (more story)

Technology View More

Addictive design suit in Massachusetts should never have been brought, Meta says

May 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms argues Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell should never have been able to bring the lawsuit that alleges the platform's design features harm children because Section 23... (more story)

Meta says Massachusetts AG's suit 'fatally flawed' due to Section 230 protections

May 14, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Meta Platforms today asked the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to decide that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields it from Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s lawsuit alleging that it enga... (more story)

Merger guidelines, cases shine light on future of tech enforcement, US FTC's Andrew says

May 13, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

Recent cases targeting roll ups and vertical mergers, as well as acceptance of 2023 merger guidelines, show how antitrust enforcement in tech is set to evolve, said an official with the US Federal Trade Commis... (more story)