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December 02, 2024 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, DealRisk®, Energy, Financial Services, Mergers and Acquisitions, State Aid, Technology, Trade
December 02, 2024 | Jean Comte
Europe
Financial Services
December 02, 2024 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Antitrust View More
December 02, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: The Indonesian Competition Commission said its study of the Low Earth Orbit, or LEO, Internet service industry found that providers pose risks of unfair competition if unregulated, particularly i... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: A plan to expedite new Australian digital-platform laws targeting app store and adtech services has received the endorsement of the country’s competition watchdog. In a statement, the Australian ... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Shein, the fast-growing Chinese e-commerce platform, is under pressure in South Korea as the country's competition watchdog launches sanctions proceedings over potential e-commerce law violations. This move ad... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
December 03, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s science ministry has issued a new version of its "zero trust" guidelines to help companies address and combat cybersecurity risks arising from the rapid evolution of artificial inte... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
Participants in the South Korean national AI committee’s inaugural workshop discussed potential shifts in US AI policy under Donald Trump’s presidency, including expectations of a reduced role for the AI safet... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Jakub Krupa and Abhishek Kumar
Europe
UK copyright holders could be given stronger protections against web crawling and web scraping done to train artificial intelligence models under three amendments proposed to the country's data reform bill. Wh... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
December 02, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: Transportation company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines's acquisition of its counterpart Gearbulk; the merger between steelmaker ArcelorMittal and iron producer China Oriental Group; and the British Petroleum... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: The planned merger between video-game developer Wanin International and Taiwan's largest theater chain Vie Show Cinemas has been released by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission for public consultati... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Several pharmaceutical companies have responded to an inquiry from the Brazilian competition authority regarding the proposed acquisition of Bayer's Cicloprimogyna by União Química, largely agreeing on key poi... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
December 03, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s National Data Bureau has proposed to crack down on industries involved in the illegal acquisition, sale, or provision of data, bolster the protection of sensitive personal information, li... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Saloni Sinha and James Panichi
Oceania
New Zealand businesses don’t take the privacy watchdog seriously due to weak penalties available under the current laws, a top regulator said. In an interview with MLex, New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michae... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: Chinese electronics company Xiaomi has received data-security management certification, while Ping An Life Insurance Company of China and Beijing Duyou Technology Company, operator of Baidu's clo... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
December 02, 2024 | Freny Patel
Asia
US fast-food giant Burger King has secured a significant victory in its 13-year trademark battle, after a court extended an interim injunction that prevents an eatery in the city of Pune from using the Burger ... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Three years after Congress sunset the Patent Pilot Program, patent cases are trending downward in the US, where the right to a jury trial and commitment to random judicial assignments make it all but impossibl... (more story)
December 02, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the 2nd circuit found that the Copyright Act statute of limitations begins when a party is first made aware of any potential conflict in copyright ownership. A pair of... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
December 02, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: Damian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the filing of a civil forfeiture complaint against more than $3.4 million from the sale of a music studio in Burb... (more story)
December 02, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security announced a package of rules designed to further impair China's capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in... (more story)
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)
Financial Services View More
December 02, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: JPMorgan Chase Bank has been fined S$2.4 million ($1.78 million) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for failing to prevent and detect misconduct by its relationship managers. In 24 over-the-c... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on its draft rules under the EU legislation on alternative fuels infrastructure. The three consultations opened today cover additional data types on pu... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: UK banks are set to see the revocation of EU-retained law on simplified obligations, according to a consultation published by the Bank of England, which will remain open until Feb. 2, 2025. Simpl... (more story)
Trade View More
December 03, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: China firmly opposes the US semiconductor export control measures announced Dec. 2, including the addition of 136 Chinese entities to the export control list. A spokesman for the Ministry of Comm... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Chinese low-speed personal transportation vehicles.
December 02, 2024
Asia, Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that brake drums from China and Turkey are being provided countervailable subsidies.
State Aid View More
December 02, 2024 | Lewis Crofts, Nicholas Hirst and Jean Comte
Europe
Teresa Ribera, Europe’s incoming competition and energy chief, is putting the finishing touches to her private office, bringing together legal and energy-policy expertise to oversee enforcement of the bloc’s p... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Joanna Sopinska
Asia, Europe
EU plans to ease market access to Chinese companies willing to transfer advanced technologies and invest in research and development are at an advanced stage, with consideration of what legal instruments can b... (more story)
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)
Energy View More
December 02, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The fifth session of negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty finished without an agreement from the UN member states. Talks will, therefore, continue in 2025. The EU regrets the inconclusive g... (more story)
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)
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)
Technology View More
December 02, 2024 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Antti Timonen has been named as head of cabinet for Henna Virkkunen, the EU's new commissioner for digital affairs, after serving as head of the Finnish politician's transition team, MLex has learned. Virkkune... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
As Poland prepares to take the reins of the EU in the first half of 2025, security is due to rank high on its list of priorities. In the digital domain, the Polish government will aim to revamp the blueprint o... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Digital platforms are feeling the pressure in the UK with the government, online safety regulator and several lawmakers all reinforcing in recent days how they expect more action from Big Tech. But a delay in ... (more story)