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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
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Trade

May 13, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

China tightens controls on critical minerals despite US trade truce

Antitrust View More

Google says US adtech monopoly ruling in Virginia 'neither binding nor persuasive'

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Google told a Texas federal court that a ruling by the US Eastern District of Virginia in an adtech monopolization lawsuit against it is "neither binding nor persuasive." Google told the Eastern ... (more story)

US FTC v. Anesthesia Partners gets second amended scheduling order from Texas court

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a second amended scheduling order in the US Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit alleging US Anesthesia Partners and Welsh, Carson, A... (more story)

Firefighters urge US DOJ, FTC to investigate potential emergency vehicle monopoly

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The American Economic Liberties Project and the International Association of Fire Fighters sent a joint letter urging the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to launch an invest... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Planner 5D drops US copyright case against Meta, Princeton following settlement

May 13, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Planner 5D, a company that offers three-dimensional interior design tools, dropped its allegations that Meta Platforms and Princeton University illegally used its tools to develop scene-recognition technology,... (more story)

US Commerce Department rescinding Biden's AI Diffusion Rule

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce has announced that is it rescinding the Biden Administration’s AI Diffusion Rule, and outlined additional steps to strengthen export controls on semiconductors world... (more story)

EU must stop chasing US and rethink AI strategy with agile facilities, lawmakers say

May 13, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Europe needs to “sober up” and assess its strengths in artificial intelligence to develop a coherent strategy and focus on smaller facilities, European lawmakers said. It should not and cannot pursue the US ap... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

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)

Toyota Tsusho America-Radius Recycling granted early termination

May 13, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Toyota Tsusho America, a US subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Radius Recycling received early termination of their $907 million merger.

Vivendi and EU Commission set to clash in court over gun-jumping evidence demands

May 13, 2025 | Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Vivendi will likely tells EU judges tomorrow that protections for the press over keeping sources confidential must prevent EU investigators probing an alleged breach of merger rules from demanding its journali... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Online providers’ need for age verification depends on risk to minors, EU draft guidance says

May 13, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Online providers need to implement age verification depending on the risk their services pose to minors, according to the draft version of the European Commission’s guidance for minor protection under the EU’s... (more story)

EU-UK data adequacy renewal is almost guaranteed, UK minister says

May 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The EU-UK data adequacy is “99 percent” certain to be renewed as soon as the Data (Use and Access) Bill receives parliamentary approval, the UK data minister told lawmakers today. Chris Bryant argued that, eve... (more story)

Pornhub to remove content failing verification requirements by end-June

May 13, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Pornhub, which is designated as a Very Large Online Platform under the EU’s Digital Services Act, is set to delete all content that lacks the necessary performer ID and consent verification by June 30. The mov... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Call to safeguard copyright in AI development backed by most EU countries

May 13, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The creative and cultural sectors must be effectively protected from AI development, the culture ministries of 15 EU governments have urged, citing shortcomings in copyright protections within the EU AI Act’s ... (more story)

UK rights holders see fresh AI protections again under latest data bill amendment

May 13, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

AI developers could face requirements that would allow the UK creative sector to control how their copyright-protected data is used and seek remuneration via licensing under the terms of a new legislative amen... (more story)

USPTO moves to speed up patent issuance

May 13, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

Reliance on electronic patent grants and other modernizations have allowed the US Patent and Trademark Office to begin issuing patents just two weeks after issue notification — down from three weeks — starting... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Iranian oil shipping network sanctioned by US

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is sanctioning nearly two dozen firms operating in multiple jurisdictions in virtually every aspect of Iran’s illicit international o... (more story)

Money-services business fined by Canada's FINTRAC for compliance failures

May 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada announced that it has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Marouf Management for failing to comply with anti-money launde... (more story)

Entain faces UK claims brought by investment firms

May 13, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Ladbrokes owner Entain faces fresh legal action in the UK after claims were lodged against it by a slew of investment firms in London. Entain said the claim was at an early stage and that it would "robustly" defend it.

Financial Services View More

Pension funds’ UK investment pledge conditioned on clearing regulatory obstacles

May 13, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

A voluntary pledge outlined today by 17 major pension providers to allocate more funds to UK companies lands shortly before a major review of pensions investments that could mandate such an approach. While see... (more story)

EU lawmakers split over securities financing T+1 exemption; vote postponed

May 13, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Parliament's vote on T+1 — the one-day trade settlement cycle in the EU — has been postponed to May 20. A majority of political groups from the radical left to the center-right question the idea o... (more story)

ABLV should lose appeal against SRB over its collapse, EU legal opinion says

May 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: An appeal by extinct Latvian lender ABLV in which it seeks to overturn an EU General Court ruling that the Single Resolution Board was correct not to adopt a resolution scheme for the failing ban... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court hears oral arguments in case challenging 'Liberation Day' tariffs

May 13, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade heard arguments today in a case that could rebuke President Trump’s authority to unilaterally impose tariffs under a national emergency declaration.

US announces $6 billion in Saudi trade commitments

May 13, 2025

Middle East, North America

MLex Summary: The White House announced $600 billion in US financial commitments from Saudi Arabia. The commitments include $20 billion for US data centers and energy infrastructure and $5.8 billion from IV fl... (more story)

Tech industry calls for UK-US digital trade agreement to expand on tariffs’ deal

May 13, 2025

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

MLex Summary: Associations representing the tech industry in the UK and the US have urged both governments to consider a bilateral agreement for digital commerce and technological cooperation between the two c... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

Korean subsidy concerns prompt fresh EU letter over Czech nuclear bid

May 12, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

A South Korean company is facing increased scrutiny from the European Commission over a major contract to build nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic, with fresh questions asked about the role of foreign subs... (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

UK digital ID firms warn lawmakers of potential overlaps

May 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK digital identity companies remain worried about the scope of the GOV.UK Wallet program, as they warned lawmakers today that its lack of clarity could create a monopoly and overlap with private sector produc... (more story)

Audiovisual media directive conclusions adopted by EU member states

May 13, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Council of the EU today approved conclusions that pave the way for a comprehensive review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, or AVMSD, ahead of its 2026 review. The goal is to devel... (more story)

M&S customer data stolen in cyberattack; draws UK privacy watchdog scrutiny

May 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK retailer Marks & Spencer confirmed today that customer data was stolen by hackers in a cyberattack that has been affecting the company's operations since Easter. While no payment details or passwords were s... (more story)