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Roger Alford, the US Department of Justice’s principal deputy assistant attorney general.

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade

April 23, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

Competition regulators eyeing changes to US markets from import tariffs
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin

Artificial Intelligence

April 23, 2025 | Amy Miller

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

Concerns over 'Americanized' versions of EU AI law overblown, EU's Caroli says
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Vivek Ramaswamy and Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

Antitrust

April 23, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Europe

Apple faces tougher DMA compliance talks with EU than Meta does

Antitrust View More

Human-rights court to review Ukrainian dispute over reduced antitrust fine

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Ukrainian company Fanery Ta Plyty has seen the European Court of Human Rights look more closely into its dispute with the national competition authority over a reduced antitrust fine. Judges are ... (more story)

Australian Google adtech class action lawsuits stalled over 'multiplicity' issues

April 24, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Two Australian lawsuits filed by separate firms targeting Google over allegations the search giant engaged in anticompetitive adtech policies continue to drag on, amid discussions about which law firms should ... (more story)

Japan's KYB, Suzuki Motor dealership violated subcontract law, JFTC says

April 24, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Japanese auto parts maker KYB and the Oita-based Suzuki Motor's dealership operator violated the Subcontract Act by harming their subcontractors' interests, the Japan Fair Trade Commission said t... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Malaysia, UAE, Rwanda sign MoU to boost AI adoption in Global South

April 24, 2025

Africa,Asia,Middle East

MLex Summary: Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and Rwanda have agreed work together to boost the adoption of artificial intelligence in the Global South. The countries agreed to expand the scope of the Centr... (more story)

China to unveil draft guidelines for generative AI providers to protect minors

April 24, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China is set to introduce new draft guidelines aimed at protecting minors in the realm of generative artificial intelligence services, a Chinese scholar involved in the drafting said. Speaking at a forum in Wu... (more story)

Stay away from AI-created materials, South Korea warns voters ahead of election

April 24, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea’s National Election Commission has issued a statement calling on voters to exercise extra caution when handling AI-generated materials and to boost public awareness about the rules governing these ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Omnicom's acquisition of Interpublic cleared in Singapore

April 24, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Omnicom Group’s proposed acquisition of rival Interpublic Group has been cleared by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, or CCCS. Following a public consultation held from March ... (more story)

Topps Tiles' concessions get UK CMA approval for CTD deal

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Topps Tiles' offer to divest tile stores to ease competition concerns over its acquisition of assets of CTD Tiles has been accepted by the UKCompetition and Markets Authority. The CMA said the so... (more story)

US FTC looking to bring transparency back to merger reviews, Holyoak says

April 24, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

US Federal Trade Commission member Melissa Holyoak said today that it's a priority of hers to return transparency to the merger-review process at the agency.

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta, AliExpress implement corrective orders from South Korean privacy regulator

April 24, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

Meta will ask third-party apps to confirm whether they have deleted user data sourced from Facebook, following a Supreme Court ruling that upheld South Korea’s privacy regulator’s sanctions over the company’s ... (more story)

Children’s rights, media trust in focus for Irish media regulator

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Ireland's media regulator, the Coimisiún na Meán, has said the creation of a diverse, creative and trusted media landscape are part of its strategy statement for 2025-2027 and its 2025 work progr... (more story)

Video game developer Ubisoft faces complaint over 'secret data collection'

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex summary: French video game developer and publisher Ubisoft is facing a complaint for “secret data collection” under the EU's GDPR. The complaint was filed by data protection NGO Noyb, which said that user... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

UPC sets key issues, confirms hearing dates in Dish vs. Aylo patent dispute

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court's Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order in the case of Dish Technologies and Sling TV against multiple Aylo companies and others, over the alleged infringemen... (more story)

Katy Perry Australian court clash to focus on removal of 'Katie Perry' trademark

April 24, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

A clothing entrepreneur has doubled down on claims that judges had been wrong to side with US entertainer Katy Perry in an intellectual-property dispute, with the businesswoman telling Australia’s highest cour... (more story)

USPTO targets patent, trademark application and fee fraud with new initiatives

April 23, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Patent and Trademark Office last week announced the creation of a new working group devoted to uncovering patent fraud which will mirror anti-fraud efforts that have been in place for trademarks for yea... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK fraud office publishes guidance on corporate reporting

April 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has published fresh guidance under which companies can escape prosecution for serious wrongdoing if they self-report it. Under the new approach, such companies will ... (more story)

Two men sentenced to prison in US for running $65 million hawala scheme

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Mohanad al-Zubaidi and Shaker Saleh Mohammed Hauter were each sentenced to three years in prison for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that was responsible for illicitly moving ... (more story)

Former Azure Power director yet to be served in US SEC bribery case

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Cyril Cabanes, a former member of Azure Power’s board of directors, has yet to be served by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a status report filed by the agency. The SEC su... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK investment firms to see 70 percent cut in legal text linked to capital rules

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK investment firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority will see the volume of legal text pertaining to capital rules drop by 70 percent, the watchdog has said today. The rules themselve... (more story)

Capital One-Discover merger still under review in California, AG Bonta says

April 23, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

Capital One’s acquisition of Discover is still being reviewed by the California Department of Justice, California Attorney General Rob Bonta told MLex today.

US Senator Warren presses Fed nominee on Synapse financial collapse

April 23, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to Federal Reserve Vice Chair nominee Michelle Bowman seeking answers on her failure as Chair of the Fed’s Committee on Consumer and Community Affairs to appropr... (more story)

Trade View More

China's legal arsenal stands ready as trade war persists

April 24, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has yet to deploy its full array of legal countermeasures against US trade frictions, keeping in reserve expanded extraterritorial powers and other mechanisms that could escalate tensions between the wor... (more story)

China denies reports of trade talks with US

April 24, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China has denied any ongoing trade negotiations with the US, labeling reports about them as baseless. This was stated by He Yadong, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, during today's r... (more story)

South Korea's AI, tariff-hit industries need quick extra budget, leader says

April 24, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea urgently needs additional fiscal spending to address a mix of challenges, such as US tariff policies, intense global competition in artificial intelligence and a sustained economic slump, the count... (more story)

State Aid View More

Portuguese energy-intensive sector can receive EUR612 million in aid

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies in Portugal that rely heavily on electricity will be eligible for reduced levy rates, under a 612 million-euro program that has secured state aid approval. The measure is meant to mitig... (more story)

Romanian airline Tarom sees conditional EU state aid decision published

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Romanian flag carrier Tarom has seen the European Commission issue details of its earlier decision to approve government aid worth up to 95.3 million euros to restore the company's long-term viab... (more story)

Companies take blocked Madeira Free Zone tax incentives to top EU court

April 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Several businesses active in the Portuguese territory of Madeira have taken their lost appeal of the European Commission's order for Portugal to claw back incompatible tax reductions to the highe... (more story)

Energy View More

Fossil-fueled cars favored over EVs in Germany by weak tax incentives

April 23, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Four of the EU’s largest car markets — Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland — are failing to steer companies toward electric vehicles due to low fiscal incentives, according to T&E, the European Fede... (more story)

Constellation-Calpine opponents don't object to US DOJ, FERC discussing deal

April 21, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Three environmental groups opposing Constellation Energy's proposed acquisition of Calpine Corporation — Public Citizen, PennFuture, and Clean Air Council — say that they "do not object" to the U... (more story)

Ukraine signs memo of intent on minerals deal with US

April 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's first deputy prime minister and minister of economy, said in a statement on X that Ukrainian officials have signed a memorandum of intent that paves the way toward an ... (more story)

Technology View More

Online platforms in UK must keep children safe through age checks under new codes

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms active in the UK have been given three months to assess the risks their services pose to children by Ofcom — the online safety regulator — under its much-awaited Protection of Ch... (more story)

Conclude DSA investigations into social-media giants, S&D group urges EU

April 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament is urging the European Commission to conclude its investigations into X, TikTok and Meta under the EU'... (more story)

Fired FTC commissioners prepared to go to US Supreme Court

April 23, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Former US Federal Trade Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are prepared to go to the US Supreme Court over their jobs, as they are committed to fighting the lawless behavior that has seemingly t... (more story)