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Trade
May 13, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
May 13, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
Trade
May 13, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
Antitrust View More
May 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Google told a Texas federal court that a ruling by the US Eastern District of Virginia in an adtech monopolization lawsuit against it is "neither binding nor persuasive." Google told the Eastern ... (more story)
May 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a second amended scheduling order in the US Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit alleging US Anesthesia Partners and Welsh, Carson, A... (more story)
May 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The American Economic Liberties Project and the International Association of Fire Fighters sent a joint letter urging the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to launch an invest... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
May 13, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
Planner 5D, a company that offers three-dimensional interior design tools, dropped its allegations that Meta Platforms and Princeton University illegally used its tools to develop scene-recognition technology,... (more story)
May 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce has announced that is it rescinding the Biden Administration’s AI Diffusion Rule, and outlined additional steps to strengthen export controls on semiconductors world... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
Europe needs to “sober up” and assess its strengths in artificial intelligence to develop a coherent strategy and focus on smaller facilities, European lawmakers said. It should not and cannot pursue the US ap... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
May 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater asking her to blo... (more story)
May 13, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Toyota Tsusho America, a US subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Radius Recycling received early termination of their $907 million merger.
May 13, 2025 | Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Vivendi will likely tells EU judges tomorrow that protections for the press over keeping sources confidential must prevent EU investigators probing an alleged breach of merger rules from demanding its journali... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
May 13, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Online providers need to implement age verification depending on the risk their services pose to minors, according to the draft version of the European Commission’s guidance for minor protection under the EU’s... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The EU-UK data adequacy is “99 percent” certain to be renewed as soon as the Data (Use and Access) Bill receives parliamentary approval, the UK data minister told lawmakers today. Chris Bryant argued that, eve... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Pornhub, which is designated as a Very Large Online Platform under the EU’s Digital Services Act, is set to delete all content that lacks the necessary performer ID and consent verification by June 30. The mov... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
May 13, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The creative and cultural sectors must be effectively protected from AI development, the culture ministries of 15 EU governments have urged, citing shortcomings in copyright protections within the EU AI Act’s ... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
AI developers could face requirements that would allow the UK creative sector to control how their copyright-protected data is used and seek remuneration via licensing under the terms of a new legislative amen... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Reliance on electronic patent grants and other modernizations have allowed the US Patent and Trademark Office to begin issuing patents just two weeks after issue notification — down from three weeks — starting... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
May 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is sanctioning nearly two dozen firms operating in multiple jurisdictions in virtually every aspect of Iran’s illicit international o... (more story)
May 13, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada announced that it has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Marouf Management for failing to comply with anti-money launde... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Ladbrokes owner Entain faces fresh legal action in the UK after claims were lodged against it by a slew of investment firms in London. Entain said the claim was at an early stage and that it would "robustly" defend it.
Financial Services View More
May 13, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
A voluntary pledge outlined today by 17 major pension providers to allocate more funds to UK companies lands shortly before a major review of pensions investments that could mandate such an approach. While see... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The European Parliament's vote on T+1 — the one-day trade settlement cycle in the EU — has been postponed to May 20. A majority of political groups from the radical left to the center-right question the idea o... (more story)
May 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: An appeal by extinct Latvian lender ABLV in which it seeks to overturn an EU General Court ruling that the Single Resolution Board was correct not to adopt a resolution scheme for the failing ban... (more story)
Trade View More
May 13, 2025 | Zack Budryk
North America
The US Court of International Trade heard arguments today in a case that could rebuke President Trump’s authority to unilaterally impose tariffs under a national emergency declaration.
May 13, 2025
Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The White House announced $600 billion in US financial commitments from Saudi Arabia. The commitments include $20 billion for US data centers and energy infrastructure and $5.8 billion from IV fl... (more story)
May 13, 2025
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Associations representing the tech industry in the UK and the US have urged both governments to consider a bilateral agreement for digital commerce and technological cooperation between the two c... (more story)
State Aid View More
May 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Nestlé Italiana may receive 60 million euros in public funding from the Italian government, the European Commission said today, clearing the plan under EU state aid rules. The support is meant to... (more story)
May 12, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Pressure groups will be able to request an EU review of subsidy decisions to check their compliance with environmental law, under changes adopted today. The increased rights for non-governmental groups are par... (more story)
May 12, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
A South Korean company is facing increased scrutiny from the European Commission over a major contract to build nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic, with fresh questions asked about the role of foreign subs... (more story)
Energy View More
May 13, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Different charging technologies for transport will be rated “any day now” in a European Commission report evaluating their market maturity and technology readiness, a senior official from the regulator's susta... (more story)
May 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU energy chief Dan Jørgensen and energy ministers of the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan High-Level Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance energy cooperation. The B... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
The EU and UK emissions trading systems should be linked to cut costs, increase market efficiency, and avoid trade friction, EU lawmakers have urged. Irish MEPs Seán Kelly and Barry Andrews stressed the need f... (more story)
Technology View More
May 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK digital identity companies remain worried about the scope of the GOV.UK Wallet program, as they warned lawmakers today that its lack of clarity could create a monopoly and overlap with private sector produc... (more story)
May 13, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Council of the EU today approved conclusions that pave the way for a comprehensive review of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, or AVMSD, ahead of its 2026 review. The goal is to devel... (more story)
May 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK retailer Marks & Spencer confirmed today that customer data was stolen by hackers in a cyberattack that has been affecting the company's operations since Easter. While no payment details or passwords were s... (more story)