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Intellectual Property
March 18, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
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Data Privacy and Security
March 18, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
Trade
March 18, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, North America
Antitrust View More
March 18, 2025 | Clayton Vickers
North America
A US judge told parties in a private antitrust suit challenging the T-Mobile-Sprint merger that he was “astounded” by delays stemming from apparent minor disputes, such as the amount of time allowed for filing... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Chris May
North America
A former Jenni-O Turkey Store executive and Cargill sales VP must sit for depositions by the US Department of Justice as part of antitrust litigation accusing Agri Stats of facilitating the illegal exchange o... (more story)
March 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission filed a reply in support of its motion for the testimony of two executives from TikTok and Pinterest to be admissible at trial in a monopolization case against Met... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 19, 2025 | Amy Miller
North America
California state lawmakers today advanced a bill that would require developers of GenAI models to document and disclose any registered copyrighted works used in training data, despite strong opposition from bo... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Emma Whitford and Amy Miller
Asia,Europe,North America
Tech giants including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI are urging US President Donald Trump to crank open the spigot on artificial intelligence training data, override state regulation and speed up AI adoption at ... (more story)
March 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Former US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said in a statement that President Donald Trump "illegally fired" her. She added that the dismissal from her position of FTC comm... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Alvaro Bedoya said he has been fired as a commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission by President Trump. "The president wants the FTC to be a lapdog for his golfing buddies," Bedoya said in ... (more story)
March 18, 2025
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Google has said it has agreed to buy Wiz, a "leading" cloud security platform, for $32 billion. It said the deal was conditional on "regulatory approvals."
March 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Yeast manufacturer Compagnie Des Levures Lesaffre’s acquisition of a 70 percent stake in food ingredients company Biorigin is to be reviewed by the UK antitrust regulator. The Competition and Mar... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 19, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Use of messaging applications such as Signal and WhatsApp by Australian government agencies must meet legislative obligations, the country’s privacy regulator said. In a statement today, the Offi... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
A California bill that would ban "surveillance pricing" made it out of the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee today, but some lawmakers warned that they won't support the current version if it contains ... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
The national data protection authority has launched an investigation into 23 soccer teams’ mishandling of data for individuals under 16, including practices like facial recognition of infants and the installat... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 18, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
The Department of Commerce announced today that it will allow employees to seek early retirement or buyouts up to $25,000 as it prepares for a reduction-in-force. At the US Patent and Trademark Office, all emp... (more story)
March 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: ROSS Intelligence asked a US federal judge to allow it to immediately appeal a summary judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement of certain Westlaw headnotes and again... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Stephen Thaler’s attempt to register a copyright for artwork created by artificial intelligence failed at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit today. The appellate panel affirmed a 2023 decision by a DC ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US filed a civil forfeiture complaint against a Dassault Falcon 900 EX aircraft operated for the benefit of Nicolás Maduro and his representatives in violation of US sanctions and export cont... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A Florida businessman pleaded not guilty today in Brooklyn federal court to charges that he led a scheme to launder more than $300 million, including for people affiliated with drug cartels and transnational c... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A former Russian government minister was helped by his brother and wife to avoid UK sanctions to open a bank account and buy a luxury Mercedes-Benz car, a London court was told today. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is ch... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Parliament's committee on economic and monetary affairs today published a non-binding own-initiative draft report on facilitating the financing of investments and reforms to boost EU... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Following an announcement from Britain's government that the performance of UK watchdogs will be reviewed twice a year, the head of the Financial Conduct Authority said that given its broad powers, it is impor... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
More details of the pilot digital bond have been published today by the UK's finance ministry as it seeks input from potential suppliers and financial services firms on the design and technology to support its... (more story)
Trade View More
March 18, 2025 | Bradley Dress
Asia, North America
American companies and lawyers argued before the US International Trade Commission today over Chinese imports of aluminum containers, pans, trays and lids as the government grows closer to potentially imposing... (more story)
March 18, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex summary: The US has accepted dispute resolution talks with both China and Canada at the World Trade Organization. In filings published at the WTO today, the US said it's ready to enter into negotiations a... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, North America
Four US plastic box manufacturers claimed that dumped and subsidized imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes from China and Vietnam are driving down prices to unsustainable levels for the domestic industry.
State Aid View More
March 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Czech government has won approval for its plan to grant 960 million euros to spur investment in the production of equipment relevant for the transition to a climate-neutral economy, such as b... (more story)
March 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Czechia has secured approval for its plan to spend 90 million euros to back the construction or reconstruction and acquisition of affordable rental housing, the European Commission said today. Th... (more story)
March 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Storage technologies in Spain will be eligible for direct grants to support the construction of new power storage capacities, under a national plan worth almost 700 million euros that won state a... (more story)
Energy View More
March 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Shortcomings in permit-granting procedures for clean energy projects, as well as unfair competition, are key obstacles holding back EU energy-intensive industries' competitiveness, the European P... (more story)
March 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Emissions from the transport sector are "structurally falling," but the increase of air travel is undermining this reduction, according to a report published today by green NGO Transport and Envi... (more story)
March 17, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska and Oscar Pandiello
Europe
A new tariff tool to shield the EU steel industry from excess imports after the bloc’s safeguard expires — set to happen in June 2026 — will be proposed in autumn this year, the European Commission says in a d... (more story)
Technology View More
March 18, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Thibaut Kleiner, a director for policy, strategy and outreach at the European Commission’s digital department, has taken on a new role as director of future networks. His appointment comes as the commission fa... (more story)
March 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Tech trade association NetChoice has sued Louisiana to halt its SB 162 from going into effect this July. The law would restrict personalized ads to minors and restrict minors' use of social media... (more story)
March 18, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
NetChoice filed suit today to halt a Louisiana law restricting personalized ads to minors and restricting minors' use of social media websites.