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Data Privacy and Security

June 12, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Legal questions on 23andMe data sale raised by US states, privacy ombudsman

Trade

June 12, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

US startup launches latest challenge to Trump tariffs
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Artificial Intelligence

June 12, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

US to impose stricter licensing requirements on AI chips, Commerce industry chief says

Antitrust View More

Kakao Mobility faces South Korea Supreme Court appeal over self-preferencing ruling

June 13, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Kakao Mobility is headed to South Korea’s top court after the country’s antitrust watchdog appealed an appellate ruling that had overturned a 27.1 billion won (about $20 million) sanction over the company’s us... (more story)

Valve US antitrust sanctions scuffle highlights risky business of arbitration

June 12, 2025 | Chris May

North America

Valve is the latest company turning to controversial tactics as corporate America looks for a new litigation escape hatch now that the days of arbitration appear to be numbered. 

COVID vaccine creator BioNTech to buy mRNA drugmaker CureVac for $1.25 billion

June 12, 2025

Europe,North America

MLex Summary: German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which collaborated with Pfizer to create a globally popular COVID vaccine, intends to purchase mRNA treatment designer CureVac for roughly $1.25 billion, a... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Pause EU AI Act implementation and fix 'bad' code of practice, lawmaker urges

June 12, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

EU codes of practice on general-purpose AI are in such a poor state that implementation of upcoming parts of the AI Act should be suspended, an EU lawmaker who's in a working group tasked with monitoring the l... (more story)

EU nations urged to ensure AI Act sanction regimes cover all potential breaches

June 12, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

EU countries designing their AI Act sanction regimes should each introduce a “fallback” clause to cover all potential violations, the European Commission has urged. It is also asking them to include specific s... (more story)

AI opportunities likely to flow from new UK data law, data watchdog says

June 12, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

UK companies using and developing artificial intelligence are set to get more opportunities and clarity on using the technology when the government's data reform bill become law shortly and from the planned in... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Shanghai regulator has completed 402 merger reviews since 2022, official says

June 13, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

Shanghai market regulators have completed 402 merger reviews since 2022, when China introduced a pilot program allowing entrusted local regulators to handle simple case reviews, according to a senior official ... (more story)

Adbri-SA Premix review will focus on cement industry in South Australia

June 13, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australian cement company Adbri is proposing to acquire, through its subsidiaries Adbri Concrete and Quarries SA, a 100 percent stake in Premix Concrete S.A., Seelander Quarries, Clinton Quarries... (more story)

UK merger control to prioritize 'classic theories of harm,' senior enforcer says

June 12, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

UK merger control will seek to prioritize more traditional theories of harm to competition as part of an overhaul of regulatory guidance, according to a senior competition enforcer today. The regulatory proces... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Under-16 social-media ban prompts implementation consultations in Australia

June 13, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s online-safety agency is gearing up for a consultation to develop guidelines on what steps digital platforms must take to ensure that a social-media ban on children aged under 16 is ad... (more story)

US judge scraps GoodRx privacy settlement, orders lawyers 'back to the drawing board'

June 13, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A US federal judge threw out a proposed $25 million settlement over claims GoodRx illegally shared sensitive health data with Google, Meta and Criteo, blasting both sides for failing to justify the deal as the... (more story)

Change Healthcare urges US judge to trim 'behemoth' data breach case

June 12, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Lawyers for Change Healthcare urged a federal judge in Minnesota to trim back litigation claims stemming from the largest healthcare data breach in US history in February 2024, saying consumer plaintiffs in th... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Newgen Software wins as Indian court upholds prior trademark agreements

June 13, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

In a major win for Newgen Software, an Indian court ruled that if a company agrees in a contract to respect another's trademark, it can't later claim it innocently started using a similar name after their busi... (more story)

Japan's Zeria denied patent by Indian court on 'evergreening' grounds

June 13, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Zeria Pharmaceutical has been refused a patent by an Indian court, stopping the Japanese pharmaceutical company from extending its existing patent on an intermediate chemical compound. The Delhi High Court uph... (more story)

USPTO nominee Squires advances through Senate committee

June 12, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced John Squires’s nomination to be the next director of the US Patent and Trademark Office in a 20-2 vote, clearing the final hurdle before he can be voted into the p... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Toronto Dominion Bank placed under observation by Norway fund over laundering concerns

June 12, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe, North America

Toronto Dominion Bank has been placed under observation by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund for four years, due to the corruption and financial crime risks it poses. The bank was fined a record $3 billion by US ... (more story)

UK fraud agency promises help for companies as it aligns with growth agenda

June 12, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

UK companies will be provided with training and guidance by the Serious Fraud Office as part of its “prevent” strategy, which the prosecutor hopes will help push the country’s economic growth. The new approach... (more story)

KPMG fined in UK over ‘basic, fundamental’ failings over Carr’s Group audit

June 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: KPMG has been fined 690,000 pounds ($930,000) for breaches of independence requirements in its 2021 audit of UK agricultural business Carr’s Group. The issue arose because the audit relied on the... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK financial watchdogs criticized for ‘overly risk-averse’ culture

June 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Members of Britain's upper chamber have urged UK financial regulators to move away from their "overly risk-averse" culture, which they say makes the financial regulatory framework too expensive a... (more story)

US Senator Warren warns Thune not to 'strong-arm' stablecoin bill

June 12, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US Senator Elizabeth Warren cited a Clinton administration derivatives debacle that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis to warn Senate Republican leader John Thune against steamrolling a stablecoin bill. ... (more story)

US Senators Murphy, Young reintroduce legislation to limit noncompete clauses

June 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Chris Murphy and Todd Young reintroduced the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of noncompete clauses. The law would narrow the use of noncompete agreemen... (more story)

Trade View More

US golf cart manufacturers seek antidumping duties on Chinese imports

June 12, 2025 | Zack Budryk

Asia, North America

Representatives of the US golf cart manufacturing industry called on the International Trade Commission to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese imports at a hearing today.

US steelmaker challenges Commerce over South Korean corrosion-resistant steel

June 12, 2025

North America

MLex summary: US steelmaker Nucor Corporation filed a lawsuit at the Court of International Trade to challenge the Commerce Department's 2022 review of corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea. The May 9 Com... (more story)

Plywood producers call for US duty orders as stable alternative to Trump tariffs

June 12, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

Antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders would provide greater trade relief for the US hardwood and plywood domestic industry, as recent tariffs from the Trump administration are proving temporary, petitioners said.

State Aid View More

Norway must recover purchase price from property developer, EFTA watchdog says

June 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The transfer of public land free of charge to Norwegian property developer Masserud Utvikling — due to the municipality’s failure to enforce its claim under the sale agreement — amounts to unlawf... (more story)

EU leaders to call for 'further strengthening' of bloc's competitiveness

June 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU heads of state and governments will return to the issue of competitiveness at the European Council meeting of June 26 and 27, according to an outline for the final statement. The leaders are e... (more story)

Czechs sign Korean nuclear deal despite EU’s subsidy warnings

June 05, 2025 | Lewis Crofts, Joanna Sopinska and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have signed a deal to provide nuclear reactors at the Dukovany power plant less than a month after the European Commission warned such a move would breach a... (more story)

Energy View More

EU's ‘omnibus’ scope cut, green plans scrapped under lead lawmaker's proposal

June 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's “omnibus” package aimed at simplifying sustainability reporting rules should reduce the number of companies covered by the amended directives and eliminate mandatory climate transition p... (more story)

Constellation-Calpine deal would raise utility bills, Illinois tells US FERC

June 11, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

If power generator Constellation Energy is allowed to buy rival Calpine Corporation, electricity rates are likely to surge, Illinois’ Office of the Attorney General asserted in a memo to the US Federal Energy ... (more story)

Global-365's energy market dominance abuse suit is flawed, PayPoint tells UK judge

June 11, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Technology company Global-365's lawsuit over alleged dominance abuse in the pre-pay energy market is flawed, UK payment services company PayPoint told a UK judge today. Global-365 said it was stymied in its pl... (more story)

Technology View More

Vermont governor signs age-appropriate design bill into law

June 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Vermont Governor Phil Scott has signed S.69, the state's age-appropriate design bill, into law saying that as more children use technology they need to be protected. Scott said that while he expe... (more story)

Platforms should expect further UK online safety proposals, tech minister says

June 12, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Digital platforms should expect proposals for new UK online safety measures that go beyond current legislation, technology minister Peter Kyle said today. A package of proposals "in the not too distant future"... (more story)

Crypto industry risks chill from UK overregulation, sterling stablecoin chief says

June 12, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

A cautious approach to cryptoassets by the UK financial services regulator risks holding back the sector's potential in Britain, although there is no lack of buzz about the industry in London, according to the... (more story)