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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

March 25, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

Revisions to HSR filing rules possible, US FTC Chairman Ferguson says

Artificial Intelligence

March 25, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Virginia high-risk AI bill vetoed by governor

Antitrust View More

India proposes to drop 'Google tax' amid US trade pressure

March 26, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

India proposes to remove the “Google tax,” an equalization levy that primarily targets American tech giants, including Google, Meta, and Amazon. The Indian government's decision signals a strategic effort to s... (more story)

UBS, UniCredit, Nomura largely fail to overturn EU bond-cartel fines

March 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UBS, UniCredit and Nomura have largely lost their legal challenges to a European Commission decision finding that they colluded with other lenders on the market for European government bonds, the... (more story)

Jewelry group Morellato probed in Italy over online sales bans

March 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Morellato, an Italian manufacturer and seller of jewelry and watches, is now under investigation by the national antitrust authority, to see if it is prohibiting its own authorized distributors f... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korea's AI computing center plan hindered by politics, official says

March 26, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea's recently announced attempt to secure fresh funding to expedite and expand the planned establishment of a national artificial intelligence computing center risks being delayed due to a political d... (more story)

Anthropic defeats US preliminary injunction motion from music publishers

March 26, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: A group of music publishers have lost their motion for a preliminary injunction blocking Anthropic from using song lyrics to train its large language models, with a federal judge in San Francisco... (more story)

Musk battle against OpenAI, Microsoft could go to trial this year on some claims

March 25, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Elon Musk's legal battle against OpenAI and Microsoft over the founding of the company behind ChatGPT could move toward a trial as soon as December on some non-antitrust claims. Musk claims OpenAI's "disturbin... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Groundbreaking verdict clarifies China's merger-control benchmarks

March 26, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Asia

In a pivotal ruling, a Chinese court has clarified that previous antitrust penalties do not prejudice the competition authority's assessment of new mergers. This judgment marks China's first judicial review of... (more story)

Omnicom-Interpublic review moves forward in New Zealand

March 26, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Omnicom Group’s $13.25 billion all-stock acquisition of Interpublic Group of Companies is moving ahead in New Zealand, with the country’s antitrust watchdog issuing a statement of preliminary iss... (more story)

Grupo Atem-WPL deal faces third-party opposition in Brazil over market definition

March 25, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Third parties have asked Brazil’s competition authority to block or heavily condition Grupo Atem’s proposed acquisition of WPL. Ipiranga, Vibra Energia and Petróleo Sabbá — the latter of which is part of the ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Japan's PPC to initiate stakeholder dialogues, continue reviewing data-protection law

March 26, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The commissioners of Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission, or PPC, today agreed to start roundtable discussions with stakeholders — including legal experts, business groups and cons... (more story)

Cyber threats to commercial satellites on the rise, EU agency's report warns

March 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Cyber threats to commercial satellites are increasing, with vulnerabilities in supply chains, weak encryption, and outdated systems putting critical infrastructure at risk, according to a new rep... (more story)

Baidu doxxing scandal reveals insider leaks, China's real-name registration risk

March 26, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

A doxxing scandal involving the teenage daughter of a Baidu executive has fueled concerns and criticism about the tech giant's data security management. Critics are also raising alarms about the risks of insid... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Commercial use doesn't affect invalidation of falsely registered trademarks, China court rules

March 26, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

The use of a trademark should not be considered in the determination of a trademark registration that was obtained through fraudulent information, according to an appeal decision published by the Beijing High ... (more story)

Japan reveals guidelines to manage university researchers' IP during job transfers

March 26, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's Cabinet Office has published a set of guidelines for handling intellectual property for university and institutional researchers. Released by the Intellectual Property Strategy Promotion ... (more story)

Australian government will ban 'no-poach' deals, noncompetes if reelected

March 26, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

“No-poach” agreements among employers would be banned under proposed changes to Australia’s competition law, while all employees earning under $110,000 would be freed from the “handcuffs” of noncompete contrac... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK set for expanded fraud strategy, amid plans for global summit

March 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The new expanded Fraud Strategy will be published by the UK government later this year, fraud minister David Hanson will announce later today. “The Fraud Strategy will include new proposals which... (more story)

Trump cites attorney's anti-bribery work in executive order targeting law firm

March 25, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: In an executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, President Donald Trump singed out its hiring of the attorney Andrew Weissmann, who had once served as chief of the US Justice Departme... (more story)

US CFTC needs more funds to oversee crypto assets, House committee top Democrat says

March 25, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Representative Angie Craig, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, called on Democrats and Republicans to work out a "durable plan" to increase funding for the Commodity Futures ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU bank crisis management framework remains in debate; more talks on April 28

March 25, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmakers and governments negotiating an overhaul of the bloc's bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework failed to make a breakthrough in a fifth session of talks today and will hold another m... (more story)

Meta in 'last chance saloon' on fraud, UK lawmaker Charters says

March 25, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

Social media platforms like Meta have been warned they are in the “last chance saloon” when it comes to their inaction on fraud. Luke Charters, a Labour lawmaker and former regulator, said now is the time for ... (more story)

UK payments regulator’s policy head Fitzgerald quits

March 25, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

Kate Fitzgerald, head of policy at the UK Payment Systems Regulator and architect of its fraud-reimbursement regime, is leaving the regulator at the end of April, MLex has learned. News of her departure comes ... (more story)

Trade View More

China fortifies legal framework to counter foreign sanctions

March 26, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

In a strategic move to counter escalating trade pressures from the US and other countries, China has fortified its legal framework against foreign sanctions. On Sunday, Chinese Premier Li Qiang signed a State ... (more story)

US CIT agrees to joint dismissal of lawsuit over fisheries rule

March 25, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America, Oceania

The US Court of International Trade today granted a request for a joint dismissal by the Commerce Department and National Marine Fisheries Service and a coalition of environmental groups after the parties reac... (more story)

US trade court approves settlement with Commerce over fisheries rule

March 25, 2025

North America

The US Court of International Trade today granted a joint request by the Commerce Department and National Marine Fisheries Service settling litigation over the delay of a federal marine mammal protection rule.... (more story)

State Aid View More

Finnish aid to bus operator now open for comments

March 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in Finnish support to Helsinki bus operator, Koiviston Auto, formerly Helsingin Bussiliikenne, have until April 28, 2025 to file comments to the European Commission. In 2019, t... (more story)

Power company DEI fighting Greek support to aluminum maker at EU court today

March 25, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Greek power company Dimosia Epicheirisi Ilektrisimou is at the bloc's first-tier court today to challenge a European Commission decision which found that a preferential tariff, set by an arbitrat... (more story)

German aid to DB Regio is in line with EU state aid rules, watchdog says

March 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Compensation granted by the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg to Deutsche Bahn's unit DB Regio — for the provision of regional passenger train services between 2002 and 2012 — is in line wi... (more story)

Energy View More

Getting energy price signals right optimizes grid use, lowers costs, watchdog says

March 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Ensuring that network tariffs send the right price signals optimizes grid use and keeps network costs down, the EU energy watchdog ACER says in its report on electricity network tariff methodolog... (more story)

EU emissions trading system's verification, accreditation rules under consultation

March 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission opened a public consultation on its draft updated rules for the implementation of the revised directive on the emissions trading system. Rules on verification and accredit... (more story)

EU 2035 zero-emission goal divides lawmakers debating automotive sector plan

March 25, 2025 | Helena Freitas and Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s 2035 de facto ban on cars with internal combustion engines must be revised, the center-right European People’s Party has said, while the center-left party Socialists and Democrats want the target reta... (more story)

Technology View More

Newspapers seek deadline for OpenAI to provide clarity on data preservation

March 25, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

News outlets are demanding that OpenAI identify the ‘nature and extent’ of allegedly destroyed user chats that could be relevant to their discovery dispute in federal litigation accusing the company and Micros... (more story)

US Senator Cruz prioritizes children’s online safety in tech legislative priorities

March 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Laws regulating deepfake images online and children’s use of social media are priorities when it comes to tech regulation for US Senator Ted Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, he said today.

US FTC's Holyoak calls for absolute vigilance on AI fraud, competition concerns

March 25, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

US Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak today called on antitrust and consumer protection enforcers to watch out for potential competition as well as fraud concerns when it comes to artificial intelligen... (more story)