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Former Fed Governor Adriana Kugler

Financial Services

November 16, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

Former US Fed Governor Kugler violated stock policies, ethics office says

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

November 14, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Google, Meta, TikTok launch new challenge to Calif. social media law

Trade

November 14, 2025 | Bradley Dress

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

US announces major trade deal with Switzerland

Antitrust View More

RWJ Barnabas accuses CarePoint, hospital of engaging in sham US litigation

November 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: RWJ Barnabas Health filed a US complaint accusing Hudson Regional Hospital and the CarePoint Litigation Trust of conspiring to illegally monopolize the market for emergency services in Bayonne, N... (more story)

Ryanair sees appeal against Italian antitrust chargesheet rejected

November 17, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Italy’s lower administrative court has ruled that Ryanair’s bid to annul a confidential chargesheet in a national antitrust probe was inadmissible, and it rejected a request to suspend the investigation. The j... (more story)

Dynegy, Xcel settlement with Wisconsin natural gas consumers gets preliminary nod

November 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Dynegy and Xcel’s $16 million settlement with Wisconsin consumers of natural gas to resolve price-fixing claims has been granted preliminary approval by a US federal judge.

Artificial Intelligence View More

No UK AI bill timeline until copyright discussion complete, minister says

November 17, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

The timeline of any future UK legislation on AI is unlikely to be discussed until after working groups report back on the government’s AI copyright consultation, lawmakers heard Monday. 

EU AI Act’s high-risk regime faces lengthy pause, with tight approval schedule

November 17, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The European Commission will propose a postponement of the entry into application of the AI Act's requirements on high-risk AI systems, with a final decision on the exact length — likely to be between 12 and 1... (more story)

Japan actors' union, Itochu launch first official voice database to curb AI misuse

November 17, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s largest actors and voice-artists union has teamed up with trading house Itochu and its systems arm to launch what it called the country’s first official voice database, designed to protect performers f... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Tata Motors receives EU merger clearance for Iveco acquisition

November 17, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Asia, Europe

Tata Motors's €3.8 billion deal to buy European truck maker Iveco has been cleared by the European Commission after the merger regulator concluded the acquisition would not raise competition concerns. The Indi... (more story)

Potential Amazon acquisition of Warner Bros. raises concerns with key EU lawmaker

November 17, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The planned sale of Warner Bros. Discovery is set to yield preliminary offers this week, with the likes of Netflix and Paramount in the running, but a potential bid by Amazon has triggered questions by promine... (more story)

Molex-Smiths Interconnect Technologies deal reviewed in Australia under mandatory regime

November 17, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Molex Electronic Technologies’ proposed acquisition of Smiths Interconnect Group is being reviewed under Australia’s new mandatory merger regime. In publishing a questionnaire as part of its Phas... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU court asked to clarify if Dutch collective action rules align with GDPR

November 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Rotterdam District Court has asked the EU’s top court to rule on whether WAMCA — the Netherlands’ collective action law — imposes admissibility conditions that go beyond what's allowed under ... (more story)

Japan's Muji says customer data implicated in Askul cyberattack

November 17, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Ryohin Keikaku, the Japanese fashion and lifestyle retailer better known as Muji, said Friday its user data have been implicated in the October ransomware attack on Askul, a major office-supplies... (more story)

Japan has thousands of entry points vulnerable to ransomware attacks, local expert says

November 17, 2025 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Asia

Despite high-profile ransomware attacks in Japan that paralyzed supply chains of a top brewery and a major office-goods supplier in recent weeks, cyber defenses at the country's businesses remain dangerously p... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US Supreme Court leaves intact Section 230 immunity for false e-commerce listings

November 17, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Supreme Court on Monday left in place a broad interpretation of safe harbor under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for e-commerce sites. Planet Green Cartridges had petitioned the court to ... (more story)

US Supreme Court passes on challenge to invalidation of expired patents

November 17, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Two petitions for writ of certiorari by Gesture Technology Partners were denied Monday at the US Supreme Court in a blow to patentees hoping to extract damages for past infringement. The nonpracticing entity ... (more story)

AI, bitstream changes anchor China's revamp of patent-examination rulebook

November 17, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top intellectual property authority has introduced sweeping revisions to its patent-examination guidelines, putting artificial intelligence and digital bitstream-related inventions under closer scrutiny.

Financial Crime View More

California man receives home confinement over role in AAR bribery scheme

November 17, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker and Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Julian Aires, a California man, was sentenced to a year of home confinement over his role in a scheme to bribe South African officials on behalf of a services supplier with whom his company had a joint venture.

US secures guilty pleas, files forfeiture cases over North Korea IT fraud schemes

November 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced five guilty pleas and more than $15 million in civil forfeiture actions against North Korean remote information technology work and virtual currency heist sche... (more story)

Mexican casinos blocked from US financial system for laundering cartel funds

November 13, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a finding and notice of proposed rulemaking that blocked 10 Mexican casinos from the US financial system, deeming... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Court approval to award UK bond tape contract sought by FCA, amid legal challenge

November 17, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK financial watchdog has asked the High Court to lift the suspension on the awarding of the bond consolidated tape, so that it can enter into a contract with selected provider Etrading Software. The suspe... (more story)

UK life insurers found resilient in first stress test

November 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK life insurers are resilient and can sustain a severe financial market stress scenario, according to the results of the first stress test under the new Solvency UK regulatory regime implemented... (more story)

AI dominance, global antitrust gaps come under scrutiny in OECD papers

November 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: AI infrastructure concentration is emerging as a central concern for competition regulators, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said in a series of policy papers. The ... (more story)

Trade View More

US appeals court affirms special medical food duty exemptions

November 17, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday upheld a claim from an importer that its special medical foods should be duty-free because they are used to treat ill children.

US appeals court supports importer on special medical food duties

November 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit supported a claim from importer Nutricia North America Inc. that certain imported products to treat ill children are applicable under a duty-free c... (more story)

US appeals court backs Commerce in Turkish rebar subsidy attribution case

November 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Commerce was correct to determine that Turkish government’s subsidies to Nur, a shipbuilder and co-owned affiliate of Kaptan, should not... (more story)

State Aid View More

Czech agri businesses fight state aid recovery order at EU court

November 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Two Czech companies — Úsovsko Agro and Úsovsko Eko — were at the EU's first-tier court on Monday afternoon to contest a European Commission decision that ordered recovery of state aid from large ... (more story)

Zenobē Energy appeals subsidy decision of UK regulator

November 14, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy is challenging a subsidy decision made by the UK energy regulator, according to the UK antitrust tribunal. The claimant said the regulatory board for the UK's gas and electricity ma... (more story)

ADNOC’s Covestro commitments addressed subsidy concerns, EU regulator says

November 14, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

State subsidies from the United Arab Emirates could have allowed Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Covestro to restrict competition by making the companies indifferent to risk and able to engage in “aggressiv... (more story)

Energy View More

Denmark sets 2035 emissions reduction target of at least 82%, minister says

November 17, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Denmark announced on Monday it will set at least an 82 percent emissions-reduction target by 2035 compared with 1990 levels. The figure is the lower bound of a range that goes up to 85 percent by 2035. The dom... (more story)

Alternative fuel infrastructure projects to receive €600 million in EU funding

November 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Seventy EU projects for recharging and refueling transport infrastructure were awarded more than €600 million ($695 million) in EU funding, the European Commission said on Monday. The funds, to b... (more story)

EU seeks feedback on new binding targets for land-based carbon removal

November 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on revised EU rules introducing new binding targets for member states to achieve additional land-based carbon removals by 2030. The proposal sets out n... (more story)

Technology View More

Digital Services Act to be assessed as part of EU drive to simplify digital regulation

November 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s Digital Services Act largely complements other EU legislation, reinforcing sectoral rules and contributing to a coherent framework for online regulation, according to a European Commissi... (more story)

AAI argues for maintaining US FTC's independence from president

November 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The American Antitrust Institute and Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws told the US Supreme Court that the president does not wield unrestrained power to remove commissioners at will from th... (more story)

US judge inquires about potential federal antitrust, labor probes into MultiPlan

November 14, 2025 | Clayton Vickers and Chris May

North America

A US judge inquired Friday about potentially live investigations into MultiPlan by the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Department of Labor over its allegedly anticompetitive use of pricing a... (more story)