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Modern furniture, sink with steel faucet, kitchen

Trade

March 17, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

EU might open safeguard probe into aluminum imports

Antitrust

March 13, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

Live Nation’s move to dismiss DOJ suit will be rejected, US judge says

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade

March 13, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Asia, Europe, North America

US tariffs can complicate merger defenses by reducing competition from imports

Antitrust View More

Kerilee's UK suit against ITA to be struck out unless security payments made: CAT

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Kerilee Investments’ damages claim against the International Tin Association will be struck out unless it makes security payments over costs in the litigation, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has... (more story)

Key non-core parts of Google decision are binding, UK judge hears

March 17, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Price-comparison sites Kelkoo and Foudem told a UK judge today that Google can’t be allowed to escape being legally bound by key non-core parts of the EU decision on the tech giant's shopping search operations... (more story)

Roche gets antitrust objections in Belgian probe of cancer drugs

March 17, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Roche Group is the target of formal antitrust charges by the Belgian competition authority over a strategy to hamper competitive tenders and share false information about rival biosimilar drugs. The substances... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

EU AI project will 'fall apart' without standards, Viola says

March 17, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Aspects of the EU AI Act could be simplified based on industry consultation said the director of the European Commission’s digital department, Roberto Viola. Speaking in London, Viola said that without AI stan... (more story)

China targets telemarketing privacy violations after media revelations

March 17, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

Companies involved in telemarketing that infringed the personal information of citizens are bracing for sweeping enforcement in China, as authorities move to tackle violations exposed by state broadcaster CCTV... (more story)

As AI spreads, South Korea sets plan to digitize financial supervision work

March 17, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s financial markets and industry supervisor announced today a three-year project to aggressively introduce AI and other digital technologies in its key operations. Lee Bok-hyun, gover... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Omnicom-Interpublic deal cleared unconditionally in Brazil

March 17, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Omnicom’s proposed acquisition of Interpublic for $13.25 billion has been approved by the Brazilian competition authority without conditions. Officials said the companies’ combined market share in the country ... (more story)

Omnicom, Interpublic receive Brazilian green light for deal

March 17, 2025

Latin America

MLex Summary: Omnicom and Interpublic have received antitrust clearance for their $13.25 billion deal from the Brazilian competition authority.

Omnicom files acquisition of IPG for EU foreign subsidy review

March 17, 2025 | Karoline Del Vecchio and Andrew Boyce

Europe

Omnicom has sought clearance under the EU's foreign subsidies law to buy rival advertising business Interpublic Group, according to an update on the European Commission's register of deals. The takeover also n... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

GDPR procedural reform should be wrapped up by June, EU official says

March 17, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

The GDPR procedural reform should be wrapped up by June 30, Karolina Mojzesowicz, a senior commission official responsible for data protection, said today. She supports the lead European legislator’s tight sch... (more story)

Capital One hacker needs new sentence, US appeals court rules

March 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated Paige Thompson’s sentence and remanded for resentencing in a case accusing Thompson of committing the second largest data breach in the US at... (more story)

Amazon, Tile must face US claims over tracking devices, plaintiffs argue

March 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs accusing Amazon and Tile of violating privacy guarantees in the California constitution and other laws through physical tracking devices that logged the location and movements of peopl... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

CUNY professor’s fair use defense against colleague affirmed by US appeals court

March 17, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed that City University of New York professor Sarah Hoiland’s use of a colleague’s copyrighted content during an academic presentation was fair use, upholdi... (more story)

Baxter Healthcare partly prevails in US norepinephrine patent row with Nevakar

March 17, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Construction in 2023 of “chelating agent” in a patent covering a formulation of norepinephrine proved fatal Friday to literal direct infringement allegations leveled by Nevakar Injectables against Baxter Healt... (more story)

Regeneron can't get injunction against Amgen over eye medication, US appeals court says

March 17, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed Friday that Regeneron is not likely to succeed on the merits in patent litigation against Amgen over its eye medication Eylea, denying Regeneron’s motio... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Indian defense middleman Bhandari faces challenge to UK extradition win

March 14, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

An Indian defense middleman facing money laundering and tax evasion charges faces a challenge to a UK appeal court ruling that blocked his extradition to India. A UK court official said today that the Indian g... (more story)

Spanish judge orders former UN official held over US corruption charges

March 13, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: A Spanish judge has ordered provisional imprisonment for a former United Nations official, identified as Vitaly V., who is wanted by the US on charges of bribery, fraud and money laundering, acco... (more story)

Cryptocurrency founder convicted in US of fraud, money laundering

March 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: A federal jury convicted Rowland Marcus Andrade of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the fraudulent marketing and sale of a cryptocurrency called AML Bitcoin, a scheme that raise... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU banks get fresh rules on joint decision process for internal model authorization

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority today published its final draft amended rules on the joint decision process for internal model authorization under the Capital Requirements Regulation. The main cha... (more story)

UK FCA declines Zeux Limited’s crypto application citing risk of harm

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Zeux Limited’s application for registration as a cryptoasset exchange provider has been declined, with the UK Financial Conduct Authority citing a “significant” risk of harm. The application, sub... (more story)

EU banks quizzed on resolvability testing

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Single Resolution Board is seeking feedback from the banking industry on its operational guidance on resolvability testing. The aim of this consultation is to "ensure that European banks are ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU vows to put in place tariff tool to safeguard steel from overcapacity

March 17, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska and Oscar Pandiello

Europe

A new tariff tool to shield the EU steel industry from excess imports after the bloc’s safeguard expires — set to happen in June 2026 — will be proposed in autumn this year, the European Commission says in a d... (more story)

USITC to vote on melamine imports from six countries

March 17, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America

The US International Trade Commission will vote Wednesday on antidumping and antisubsidy reviews on melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Value of EU-US economic ties hit 8.7 trillion euros in 2024, AmCham study shows

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Economic ties between Europe and the US have reached a record 8.7 trillion euros in 2024, growing from 8 trillion euros the previous year, with trade, affiliate sales and energy partnerships acce... (more story)

State Aid View More

New Czech rental-housing support plan cleared in EU

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Czechia has secured approval for its plan to spend 90 million euros to back the construction or reconstruction and acquisition of affordable rental housing, the European Commission said today. Th... (more story)

Spain's EUR699 million to back energy storage wins state aid nod in EU

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Storage technologies in Spain will be eligible for direct grants to support the construction of new power storage capacities, under a national plan worth almost 700 million euros that won state a... (more story)

Changes to Norway's tax program for employee share options approved by EFTA watchdog

March 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary:  An update to a Norwegian employee share-option tax plan for start-up and growth companies is in line with state aid rules, the EFTA Surveillance Authority said today. Under the modifications, th... (more story)

Energy View More

EU's clean energy pivot progresses amid gas supply, weather risks, report says

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Europe’s transition to clean energy is advancing despite facing gas supply risks and unpredictable weather challenges, according to a report by the EU energy watchdog ACER. The report focuses on ... (more story)

EuroChem Antwerp's dispute over EU emissions trading system exclusion published

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Mineral fertilizers company EuroChem Antwerp's dispute against the European Commission was published in the bloc's official bulletin. The dispute concerns the exclusion of carbon emissions in pre... (more story)

Share your Power Purchase Agreement templates, Acer asks EU energy sector

March 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU energy sector participants are invited to submit their Power Purchase Agreement templates to the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. ACER ran a consultation last year on the n... (more story)

Technology View More

Risk assessments under EU DSA don't go far enough, civil society says

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The risk assessment reports of very large online platforms and search engines under the EU Digital Services Act aren't thorough enough, a civil society analysis published today says. It was led b... (more story)

High CSAM risk makes file-sharing services an enforcement priority, UK's Ofcom says

March 17, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

File-sharing and file-storage services have a higher risk of being used for spreading child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, compared to other kinds of platforms, UK online safety regulator Ofcom said as it lau... (more story)

File-sharing platforms now open to UK enforcement over child sex abuse material

March 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: File-sharing and file-storage providers face a new UK enforcement program from today to tackle the spread of child sexual abuse material, also known as CSAM. Storage platforms will receive formal... (more story)