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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

November 29, 2024 | Flavia Fortes

North America

JVs under scrutiny in US with refreshed rule of reason in American Airlines case
Aerial view of Port of Santos and Santos City - Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Antitrust

November 29, 2024 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Práticos antitrust investigation extended for 12th time by Brazil's CADE
The Mini Cooper Electric on the production line at the BMW Mini plant at Cowley in Oxford, UK on Sept. 11, 2023.

Financial Services

November 29, 2024 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK car-finance saga is no threat to financial stability, PRA says

Antitrust View More

Johns Manville denied new US antitrust trial over pipe insulation

November 29, 2024 | Chris May

North America

MLex Summary: Johns Manville Corp. won't be granted a new trial after a US federal jury found the company liable for violating the Sherman Act by engaging in anticompetitive threats to withhold its products fr... (more story)

Mexico Cofece says it respects Congress’ decision to dissolve authority

November 29, 2024

North America

MLex Summary: Mexico's competition authority said it respects the will of Congress of the Union, which approved a reform to dissolve the Mexican Economic Competition Commission, or Cofece, to reform the consti... (more story)

Apple’s privilege abuse delaying US injunction-compliance discovery, Epic says

November 29, 2024

North America

MLex Summary: Epic Games and Apple are “at or close to an impasse” in a discovery dispute over Apple’s attempt to claw back 305 purportedly privileged documents, Epic told a California federal judge while accu... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI’s Italian plan in doubt as watchdog warns GEDI over content deal

November 29, 2024 | Frank Hersey

Europe

OpenAI’s deal with GEDI Gruppo Editoriale to buy access to the archives of the group’s news titles to train its artificial intelligence models is in doubt, as Italy’s data regulator warns it could breach EU da... (more story)

EDPB to support establishment of AI regulatory cooperation mechanism

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: The chair of the European Data Protection Board has replied to the director of the EU’s AI Office, noting that consistency and cooperation with other regulatory authorities is a strategic priorit... (more story)

Selling GEDI archive to OpenAI could breach EU law, Italian authority says

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: Gruppo GEDI, an Italian newspaper publisher, has received a formal warning from the country’s data watchdog over its plan to sell its archive to OpenAI for training its artificial intelligence mo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Google submits more data on Character AI gun-jumping probe in Brazil

November 29, 2024 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Google has submitted more information to the Brazilian competition authority regarding its license and release agreement with Character AI as officials investigate a potential gun-jumping violation for failing... (more story)

Nova Rede-Brasil Tecpar deal approved in Brazil

November 29, 2024 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

 Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense approved Brasil Tecpar's acquisition of Nova Rede, analyzing potential impacts on fixed broadband, fixed telephony, data centers and wholesale telecommunic... (more story)

EasyJet, IAG, Air France-KLM take up EU remedies following Lufthansa, ITA clearance

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: EasyJet, International Airlines Group and Air France-KLM have received European Commission approval as "suitable remedy takers" for the concessions offered by Lufthansa and the Italian Ministry o... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Romanian judges seek EU clarification of consent rules for emailed newsletters (correct*)

November 29, 2024 | Nicholas Wallace

Europe

A Romanian court has asked EU judges to clarify whether a publisher that emails a daily newsletter to customers who sign up for a free account needs to obtain consent under the bloc's data-protection rules. Th... (more story)

Turin local government faces Italian GDPR fine

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: The local government of Turin, northern Italy, has been fined 50,000 euros by the national Data Protection Authority, for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. The city had publi... (more story)

Google Play Store under Indian antitrust probe for money gaming app

November 29, 2024 | Freny Patel

Asia

Google's handling of real money gaming app listings on the Play Store has led the Indian antitrust authority to raise concerns over the use of alleged unfair business practices. The Competition Commission of I... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK Financial Conduct Authority updates financial crime guide

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK financial industry has seen the Financial Conduct Authority publish an updated version of its Financial Crime Guide. The regulator said the changes focus on areas where firms wanted additi... (more story)

Trafigura set for Swiss bribery trial over 'Mr Non-Compliant' allegations

November 29, 2024 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Commodities giant Trafigura and a former top executive will face off in a Swiss court on Monday over allegations that five million euros in bribes were paid to an Angolan official linked to Sonagol through an ... (more story)

Wise says it implemented money laundering changes after Belgium scrutiny

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: UK fintech lender Wise has said it takes its anti-money laundering controls "very seriously," following reports that it faced scrutiny from the National Bank of Belgium. Wise said recommendations... (more story)

Financial Services View More

European banks remain robust amid geopolitical risks, EBA says

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: European banks remain robust and with strong capital positions while facing slow economic growth and downside risks due to geopolitical tensions, according to the latest risk assessment report by... (more story)

Fourteen UK banks designated as systemically important

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: The Prudential Regulation Authority has designated 14 UK banks as systemically important. The list includes Barclays, Citigroup Global Markets and Credit Suisse International. The watchdog also i... (more story)

Non-systemic UK banks receive definition of Interim Capital Regime

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: Small domestic deposit takers in the UK have seen the Prudential Regulation Authority issue the final mechanism by which firms can join the Interim Capital Regime. The ICR will enable eligible fi... (more story)

Trade View More

No deal in EU-Mercosur trade talks amid divide over environmental standards

November 29, 2024 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU and Mercosur companies will have to wait for the trade agreement between the two trading blocs to be sealed, with disagreements over environmental clauses still remaining despite more talks today, MLex has ... (more story)

Alexander named new UK transport minister after Haigh resigns

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: Heidi Alexander has been named the new UK transport minister. Formerly the deputy Mayor of London, Alexander led the city's work on transport between 2018 and 2021, and will lead the work on the ... (more story)

Okonjo-Iweala appointed for second term as WTO head

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: The World Trade Organization members today agreed to appoint incumbent Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to a second term as Director-General. Her second four-year term, which was approved at a special General... (more story)

State Aid View More

Recharging, refilling of clean vehicles to come under common EU measurement rules

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies involved in electric-vehicle charging and hydrogen-vehicle refilling have details of a European Commission proposal to include these technologies under the scope of the Measuring Instru... (more story)

Bulgarian power-storage grants plan wins EU clearance

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: Storage technologies in Bulgaria will be eligible for direct grants under a government plan worth 590 million euros aimed at backing investments in electricity storage facilities that was cleared... (more story)

DB Cargo can have EUR1.9 billion in German aid for restructuring, EU watchdog says

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: DB Cargo, a unit of the state-owned German railway operator Deutsche Bahn, can have 1.9 billion euros in support from the German state, the European Commission said today. The authority assessed ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU climate chief Hoekstra’s cabinet to be led by Han ten Broeke

November 29, 2024 | Stefano Porciello and Jean Comte

Europe

Han ten Broeke is set to lead the cabinet of Wopke Hoekstra, the commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth. He recently said that improving existing technologies like gasoline and diesel engines to c... (more story)

EU states given gas storage refilling goals for 2025

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: EU member states, required to refill their underground gas storage facilities to 90 percent by Nov. 1, 2025, have been set five intermediate refilling goals, starting in February. The targets set... (more story)

EU financial sector gets clarity on sustainable finance taxonomy rules

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission today published a set of technical clarifications on various elements of the EU Taxonomy, a classification system to identify environmentally sustainable economic activiti... (more story)

Technology View More

TikTok gets EU information request over Romanian election manipulation risk

November 29, 2024

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has asked TikTok for additional information about how it is mitigating the risk of election interference in the context of elections in Romania on Dec. 1. The EU's executi... (more story)

Digital platforms evaluated by Japanese industry-ministry panel

November 29, 2024

Asia

MLex Summary: A monitoring panel at the Japanese industry ministry that is examining large digital platforms’ relations with business users in online malls, app stores, and digital ads said in a draft report t... (more story)

Japanese panel proposes legal measures to introduce active cyberdefense

November 29, 2024

Asia

MLex Summary: A Japanese government panel is proposing legal measures to introduce an active cyberdefense system. The panel said operators of key infrastructure should report security incidents and attacks on ... (more story)