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Data Privacy and Security

June 12, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Legal questions on 23andMe data sale raised by US states, privacy ombudsman

Trade

June 12, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

US startup launches latest challenge to Trump tariffs
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Artificial Intelligence

June 12, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

US to impose stricter licensing requirements on AI chips, Commerce industry chief says

Antitrust View More

UK High Court weighs in on patent threats by MGA against former competitor

June 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK High Court Judge Kelyn Bacon ruled today that toymaker MGA Entertainment abused its dominant position and made unjustified patent threats against Cabo Concepts Ltd., maker of the discontinued ... (more story)

NASCAR says racers improperly asserting privilege in US antitrust suit

June 16, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is challenging “improper claims of privilege” asserted by the Race Team Alliance in US antitrust litigation where NASCAR is accused of being a m... (more story)

PepsiCo, Frito-Lay challenge class allegations in US Robinson-Patman suit

June 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: PepsiCo and Frito-Lay told a California federal judge that litigation brought by independent US convenience stores alleging violations of the Robinson-Patman Act is not suited for class treatment... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Authors file consolidated US complaint against OpenAI, Microsoft

June 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Authors Guild and a group of fiction and non-fiction authors filed a consolidated US class action complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft over OpenAI’s alleged infringement of their works, cop... (more story)

Applications open for experts to EU’s AI Scientific Panel

June 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission said today it's looking for independent experts in fields such as general-purpose AI models and systems, AI impacts and cybersecurity, to join a scientific panel that woul... (more story)

Product makers to see AI Act interplay with EU safety rules in future guidelines

June 16, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The European Commission will clarify in upcoming guidelines whether manufacturers of products with embedded AI, governed by EU sectoral safety laws, must comply with the AI Act’s high-risk regime. This follows... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Merck-SpringWorks deal received US antitrust clearance

June 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US waiting period for Merck's acquisition of SpringWorks Therapeutics for $3.9 billion has expired, SpringWorks said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Merck receives green light in US for SpringWorks buy

June 16, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Pharmaceutical giant Merck’s proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of cancer and rare disease drugmaker SpringWorks Therapeutics has received clearance from the US antitrust authorities. The waiting period under t... (more story)

Bunge, Viterra deal wins conditional approval from China

June 16, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s top merger-control regulator announced today that it has conditionally approved the proposed acquisition of Glencore-backed Viterra by global agricultural business giant Bunge. The State ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

WhatsApp announces ads rollout, will access ‘limited information’ of users

June 16, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Lewis Crofts

Europe

WhatsApp will introduce advertisements in the “Updates” tab on accounts that lists a user's status and channels, Meta Platforms announced today. The choice of ads will use “limited information” such as a user’... (more story)

UK makers of smart home devices receive new data protection guidance

June 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK manufacturing companies today saw new guidance on how data protection law applies to smart home products published by the national privacy watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office outli... (more story)

EU digital connectivity infrastructure rollout 'still lagging', Commission says

June 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary:  The European rollout of digital connectivity infrastructure, such as fibre and 5G stand-alone networks, is still lagging, the European Commission said in its 2025 State of the Digital Decade rep... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Buoyed by outside funding, US patent trials — and damages — soar in 2024

June 16, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A new report from Lex Machina shows patent litigation remains highly lucrative and concentrated in a handful of US district courts. While the three judges overseeing the bulk of the nation’s patent cases remai... (more story)

Data-driven insights replete in Lex Machina Patent Litigation Report 2025

June 16, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: A compilation of data and corresponding analysis by Lex Machina of 40,156 patent cases filed in US federal courts between 2015 and 2024 shows damages on the rise. Elsewhere in the report, Lex Mac... (more story)

UK music copyright mass claim hearing should be adjourned, UK judge urged (update*)

June 16, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

A UK music copyright collective targeted by a collective claim over alleged unfair distribution of royalty payments saw the claim leader ask judges today for an adjournment in an ongoing hearing over its suita... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Venture firm relied on bad legal advice for work with Russian oligarch, US says

June 13, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A San Francisco venture capital firm turned to lawyers in 2018 for an opinion on whether US sanctions imposed on a Russian billionaire would apply to its investments. The advice GVA Capital received was incorr... (more story)

Financial Action Task Force approves changes to standards on cross-border payments

June 13, 2025

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

MLex Summary: At a plenary this week, the global Financial Action Task Force approved changes to its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance standards that it said will improve the safety and secur... (more story)

Florida real estate broker sentenced in US to prison for aiding Russian oligarchs

June 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Miami real estate broker Roman Sinyavsky was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for violating US sanctions and money laundering laws after conducting transactions involving blocked property ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK domestic premises suppliers get key exemption in BNPL rules

June 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government is set to exempt companies designated as “domestic premises suppliers” from seeking credit-broking permissions to offer Buy Now, Pay Later products. The finance ministry had ini... (more story)

Could reform of UK savings accounts herald new era of investment in stocks?

June 16, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK government is set to open a consultation in the coming weeks to gather views on how to encourage people to invest more of their tax-free savings into the stock market, rather than cash. The review of In... (more story)

BPCE to acquire Portuguese bank Novobanco

June 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: French bank BPCE said today that it will acquire 75 percent of Portuguese lender Novobanco from private equity firm Lone Star Funds, for approximately 6.4 billion euros. It is also in talk with t... (more story)

Trade View More

Poland’s defense-first agenda is testing EU’s green and trade objectives

June 16, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Poland has used its leadership role as chair of the Council of the EU, the body that represents national governments in Brussels, to push defense and reduce Europe’s reliance on foreign powers to the forefront... (more story)

Indian grinding media dumped in US, US Commerce says

June 16, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined high chrome cast-iron grinding media imports from India were sold at less-than-fair value and subsidized by the government of India. The International Tr... (more story)

Chinese slag pots dumped in US, US Commerce determines

June 16, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that slag pots imported from China were dumped in the US.

State Aid View More

German railway group DB's dual role 'problematic', monopolies watchdog says

June 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: There is a risk that public funds from the special infrastructure fund to modernize Germany's rail network may indirectly benefit other areas of railway group DB through cross-subsidization, the ... (more story)

Best practices for state aid control published in EU

June 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission's procedure for dealing with state aid complaints could get a boost, under a Code of Best Practices issued today. The guidance lays out how state aid procedures work in pr... (more story)

Norway must recover purchase price from property developer, EFTA watchdog says

June 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The transfer of public land free of charge to Norwegian property developer Masserud Utvikling — due to the municipality’s failure to enforce its claim under the sale agreement — amounts to unlawf... (more story)

Energy View More

Italy joining EU's pro-nuclear alliance, energy minister says

June 16, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi and Helena Freitas

Europe

Italy is becoming a full member of the EU's pro-nuclear alliance, the country's environment and energy security minister said today, as part of the government's wider National Integrated Energy and Climate Pla... (more story)

Energy Union Task Force established by the EU to strengthen policy cooperation

June 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: An Energy Union Task Force has been established by the EU today to promote cooperation and coordination on key energy policy issues, with the first meeting planned for early September. The body f... (more story)

Spain-France interconnector receives EUR1.6 billion loan from EU Investment Bank

June 16, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Spanish and French power system operators secured today 1.6 billion euros in loans from the European Investment Bank to complete the Bay of Biscay power interconnector. The project represents the... (more story)

Technology View More

Vietnam adopts law on digital technology industry

June 16, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Vietnam’s National Assembly on Saturday passed the Law on the Digital Technology Industry, with over 92 percent of lawmakers ((441 out of 445)  voting in favor. The law provides a legal framework... (more story)

Social-media under-16 ban could lead to bulk-data collection, NZ regulator says

June 16, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A proposed social-media ban for children under 16 could be “challenging” in practice, because it would be likely to trigger the collection of large volumes of personal data to verify the age of users, New Zeal... (more story)

Google 'slow-rolling' disclosure of internal divestiture analyses, US DOJ says

June 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Google is paying “lip service” to its discovery obligations by “slow-rolling” the production of remedy feasibility submissions to the European Commission and “continuing to withhold relevant, non... (more story)