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Antitrust

July 08, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America, North America

Apple faces pending court decision in Brazil as focus shifts to CADE Tribunal
US Assistant Attorney General nominee Abigail Slater.

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 08, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

North America

HPE, Juniper told DOJ national security interests supported settlement

Antitrust View More

German cartel prosecution has seen 'welcome turnaround,' watchdog says

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The German competition authority has seen a "welcome turnaround" in cartel prosecution, antitrust head Andreas Mundt said today, when issuing the authority's latest activity report. "We will cont... (more story)

Ski infrastructure operators under antitrust probe in Italy

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Federconsorzio Dolomiti SuperSki — an Italian association of ski-infrastructure operators and 12 local groups of ski-slope transport providers in the Dolomite mountains — are under investigation ... (more story)

Automotive sector gets guidance for licensing negotiation group from EU Commission

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission today provided antitrust guidance for the creation of a licensing negotiation group in the automotive sector that would negotiate licenses to use technologies covered by S... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korean president ties AI ambitions to cybersecurity overhaul

July 09, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korea’s drive to become a global power in artificial intelligence will hinge on whether it can build robust cybersecurity foundations, President Lee Jae Myung said today, pledging reforms to better safeg... (more story)

Global AI safety institutes to meet for first time since name changes in UK, US

July 09, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia,Europe,North America,Oceania

The 10-member International Network of AI Safety Institutes will meet next week in Canada for the first time since recent name changes in the UK and US stirred speculation about the future direction of the sti... (more story)

Beijing enforces new facial-data filing mandate amid privacy push

July 09, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

More than 60 entities in Beijing have filed with the local Internet regulator after storing facial-recognition data on at least 100,000 individuals, as authorities launch an enforcement campaign designed to cu... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Australian antitrust regulator, competition tribunal gear up for new merger regime

July 09, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

While Australia’s mandatory, suspensory merger regime came into effect on a voluntary basis from July 1, the country’s competition regulator is continuing to update its guidance designed to help businesses man... (more story)

360 ONE secures India clearance for UBS India's wealth, lending acquisition

July 09, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: 360 ONE Group has received approval from the Indian antitrust watchdog to acquire certain businesses of the Indian subsidiary of Switzerland-based UBS Group. According to the Competition Commissi... (more story)

Triton assumes Cargotec's obligations in TTS merger following Chinese approval

July 09, 2025

Asia

MLex Summar: Private equity firm Triton will assume the four obligations originally imposed on Finnish cargo-handling machinery maker Cargotec by the Chinese market regulator in the conditional clearance of Ca... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU privacy bodies back easing of GDPR record-keeping but seek clarifications

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Europe’s top data protection authorities have endorsed proposed changes to the General Data Protection Regulation that would ease record-keeping requirements for small and mid-sized companies, wh... (more story)

Online platforms asked for children’s risk reports under new UK enforcement program

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK media regulator Ofcom has asked online services to provide their children’s risk assessment reports, after it launched an enforcement program under the Online Safety Act. Ofcom didn't name the... (more story)

UK to consider further options for corporate intervention in emergencies

July 09, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

The UK government will consider whether it needs additional options for corporate intervention in the case of a company's behavior leading to an emergency, as part of a wider drive to strengthen the country's ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Spin Master Toys UK loses ‘Rubik’s cube’ shape trademarks, EU court rules

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Rubik’s Cube shape can't be protected as an EU trademark, the EU General Court ruled today. The EU’s lower-tier court confirmed that the contested marks — specific colors and placements — are... (more story)

Auto-sector licensing, port operators get EU guidance in first ‘comfort letters’

July 09, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Europe

BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and port operators are among the first companies to benefit from a new EU policy approach to giving guidance when industry players want to cooperate without falling foul of antit... (more story)

‘I (red heart)’ symbol can’t be trademarked on clothing, EU court says

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Sprd.net’s appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s rejection to trademark the “I (red heart)” sign on specific positions on items of clothing has been dismissed by the EU’s Ge... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Most people who acted on ‘finfluencer’ advice lost money, UK bank TSB says

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: More than half of people who've acted on social media financial advice have lost money, UK bank TSB said today. Four-fifths of respondents to TSB’s survey of just over 1,800 consumers said they'd... (more story)

North Korean hackers can be mentioned in US trial of Tornado Cash cofounder

July 08, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The upcoming US trial of a cryptocurrency software developer can include mentions of a North Korean hacking group, a judge ruled today, though she limited the extent to which prosecutors can discuss the organi... (more story)

North Korean hacker sanctioned by US for facilitating IT worker scheme

July 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, a malicious cyber actor associated with the North Korean hacking group Andariel, for facilitating an... (more story)

Financial Services View More

BOE to publish more market-based finance data to mitigate risks from non-banks

July 09, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The Bank of England will publish more market-based finance data to mitigate the risks from higher leverage in non-bank financial institutions, companies which offer financial services but are not regulated as ... (more story)

UK banks still resilient despite heightened geopolitical, trade tensions, BOE says

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK banks are well capitalized and would continue to support the wider economy even if economic conditions were to get worse, the Financial Policy Committee has found in its latest Financial Stabi... (more story)

Denmark steers EU securitization negotiations toward a deal by year-end

July 08, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Stephanie Lose, Denmark’s Finance Minister, today elaborated on the way to reaching an agreement on a revamped securitization framework “as soon as possible this year.” Speaking at Ecofin — a meeting of EU fin... (more story)

Trade View More

E-commerce imports need bulk processing, handling fee, EU lawmakers' report says

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: E-commerce platforms should group goods shipped into the EU and process them at warehouses, rather than sending parcels individually, in order to improve product safety checks, according to a rep... (more story)

EU–US trade deal inching closer, Von der Leyen signals, but tariff hurdles remain

July 09, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

EU-US trade negotiations are appearing to progress, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen told EU lawmakers today, reporting a "good exchange" with US President Donald Trump yesterday. The two sid... (more story)

Malaysia optimistic about positive conclusion on tariff talks, trade minister says

July 09, 2025 | Dalila Abu Bakar

Asia, North America

Malaysia’s Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul Aziz said he is optimistic about a positive conclusion to bilateral trade talks with the US between now and Aug. 1, which will include a vide... (more story)

State Aid View More

PGI Spain, others file challenge to Iberian power price aid at top EU court

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: PGI Spain, along with other companies including Berry Superfos and RPC Envases, have appealed a previous court defeat over a Spanish and Portuguese measure to back the input costs of fossil-fuel ... (more story)

Adnoc-Covestro foreign subsidy deal review restarts in EU

July 02, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has seen the European Commission resume its foreign subsidy probe into the state-owned company's takeover of German chemicals group Covestro, following a five-week suspension. Th... (more story)

Spain, Cellnex Telecom lose appeal of state aid recovery order at EU lower court

July 02, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Spain and Cellnex Telecom have lost their legal challenge to a European Commission decision that ordered Spain to recoup illegal state funding from digital terrestrial TV operators. Spain backed ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU lawmakers reject fast-track procedure for negotiating 2040 climate targets

July 09, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

The EU’s 2040 climate target proposal will proceed through the ordinary legislative process, after European lawmakers voted against using an urgency procedure during today’s full assembly in Strasbourg. The re... (more story)

EU’s national regulators defend their independence in designing grid tariffs

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's national regulatory authorities, or NRAs, should remain the primary independent bodies responsible for designing and approving the regulatory framework for grid tariffs, the Council of E... (more story)

EU’s low-carbon hydrogen and fuel industry receive new emissions savings methodology

July 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Low-carbon hydrogen and fuel producers today received clear rules for calculating emission savings compared to unabated fossil fuels, the European Commission announced in a new delegated act. Hyd... (more story)

Technology View More

Google Cloud to help UK public services use advanced tech, train civil servants

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Google Cloud will form a partnership with the UK government to help public services use advanced tech and shake off legacy contracts that leave essential services vulnerable to cyber attacks, the... (more story)

Telecom fees in EU's Digital Networks Act would harm consumers, groups say

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The inclusion of a so-called fair share settlement regime in the EU's Digital Networks Act which would require content and application providers to pay telecom companies fees for delivering traff... (more story)

Platforms to provide researchers with better access to data under UK proposal

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms will need to allow greater researcher access to data for online safety purposes under proposals published by UK regulator Ofcom. The watchdog suggested three models: one where se... (more story)