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Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence

November 26, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

RealPage sues New York over algorithmic pricing law

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

November 26, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

Verisk, AccuLynx still answering US FTC questions about non-horizontal concerns
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Antitrust

November 26, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

UK employers face curbs on non-compete clauses as govt considers overhaul

Antitrust View More

More soccer clubs added to Brazil’s broadcast-rights gun-jumping probes

November 27, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Several more soccer teams have been added in to two separate gun-jumping investigations by the competition agency in Brazil into the formations of associations Liga do Futebol Brasileiro and Liga Forte União d... (more story)

Health services sector companies inspected in Spanish antitrust probe

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The headquarters of several companies operating in the private healthcare and health consultancy market were inspected by the Spanish antitrust authority between Nov. 18 and Nov. 21 as part of an... (more story)

CADE's Superintendence finds journalism unions coordinated prices

November 27, 2025

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian competition authority Superintendence has found that several journalism unions and associations coordinated minimum price tables for news services. In a decision published in the Of... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK's sovereign AI ambitions rest on foreign investment, not low regulation

November 27, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

The UK government wants a series of low-regulation AI "growth zones" to attract investment and be a key plank in its ambitions to use the technology to drive economic growth, but much of the private investment... (more story)

WhatsApp’s block of AI chatbots draws antitrust complaints in Brazil

November 27, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Latin America

Meta’s move to block AI chatbots from WhatsApp has drawn formal antitrust complaints and an injunction request in Brazil, according to the country’s competition authority. On Wednesday it shared the complaint ... (more story)

To bridge IP divide, WIPO board of judges plan agenda to aid developing jurisdictions

November 27, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Underscoring the World Intellectual Property Organization Advisory Board of Judges’ mission to bridge the gap between highly advanced IP jurisdictions and those that need support, the board is finalizing a two... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Regulators from Brazil, Mozambique meet to discuss Saipem–Subsea7 merger

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex summary: Brazil’s competition authority, or CADE, held a videoconference with Mozambique’s Competition Authority, known as ARC, to review the proposed merger between Saipem and Subsea7. The meeting brough... (more story)

Munich Re remedies open for input in Lithuania

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: German insurer Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft has offered to transfer all existing Gjensidige road carrier liability insurance contracts to an independent buyer, to a... (more story)

Fidelity National-Total System deal cleared by UK antitrust watchdog

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Fidelity National Information Services’ buyout of Total System Services has been cleared by the UK antitrust regulator following an initial review. The Competition and Markets Authority said it w... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

CNIL fine exposes 'fake consent' tactics at Condé Nast, campaign group says

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Privacy campaign group Noyb said French regulator CNIL’s €750,000 fine against Vanity Fair publisher Condé Nast, published on Thursday, supports its long-standing complaint that Vanity Fair’s web... (more story)

Vanityfair.fr publisher fined €750,000 over unlawful cookie practices

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Condé Nast, the publisher of vanityfair.fr, has been fined €750,000 by the French data protection authority CNIL after inspectors found that cookies requiring consent were placed on users’ device... (more story)

Teen social media ban targeted in legal challenge in Australia's top court

November 27, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, set to take effect from Dec. 10, is being challenged in the country’s top court. In a statement, the Digital Freedom Project, a group led by Australia’... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Edwards wins UPC appeal, court confirms inventive step test

November 27, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Edwards won its UPC appeal as judges upheld its heart-valve patent, confirmed infringement by Meril and confirmed the court's inventive-step test, leaving only a narrow exception for extra-large valve sizes.

SEP Regulation court clash will test EU Commission’s right to withdraw bills

November 27, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

EU lawmakers disputing the European Commission’s withdrawal of a bill on standard essential patents face a steep legal test at the bloc's highest court as they challenge the limits of the executive branch’s po... (more story)

Employer owns worker's Excel tool, Japan court says, highlighting compensation gap

November 27, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A Japanese court has ruled that a self-initiated Excel-based accounting system developed by an employee belonged entirely to the employer, noting that Japan’s Copyright Act offers no statutory compensation for... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

PrivatBank starts enforcement fight to recoup $3bn owed by former owners

November 27, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

PrivatBank said Thursday it would start international enforcement proceedings against two former owners in a bid to recoup $3 billion it is owed in the wake of a UK court ruling earlier this month. The bank ac... (more story)

Morgan Stanley fined €101m over Dutch tax evasion scheme

November 27, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Morgan Stanley units in London and Amsterdam have been fined a total of €101 million ($117 million) by the Dutch financial crime agency for tax evasion related to dividends from shares.

Online platforms in UK should strengthen fraud measures, advisory body says

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms operating in the UK should deliver more granular data on financial harms, strengthen protections for children and teenagers exposed to fraud, and support evaluations of the law's... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU's executive braces for capital markets showdown with member states

November 27, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

A recent rap on the knuckles for EU countries over enforcing market rules is yet another signal of the European Commission's determination to defend better integrated capital markets. While the EU's executive ... (more story)

New UK bond transparency regime hampered by trading tape delivery gap

November 27, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

New rules requiring greater disclosure of bond trades take effect in the UK on Dec. 1. But a legal dispute over the rights to operate the country's first consolidated feed of bond trading data threatens to und... (more story)

UK amends margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives have been amended by the UK Prudential Regulation Authority, including a permanent exemption from bilateral margin for single-stock a... (more story)

Trade View More

EU commission mishandled urgent sustainability simplification rules, Ombudswoman says

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho found maladministration in the European Commission’s handling of its urgent legislative package to simplify sustainability rules for companies, dubbed Omnibus I. Sh... (more story)

Skouris set to chair EU judges' vetting committee

November 27, 2025 | Jean Comte

Europe

Vassilios Skouris is set to be appointed president of the seven-strong committee tasked with evaluating candidates for EU judges positions, according to a document seen by MLex. The consultative body, whose op... (more story)

CRRC subsidy, contracts and tax break raise EU flags in Lisbon metro probe

November 27, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

State benefits for the Chinese rail company CRRC resulting from €36 billion of public contracts, a €471 million subsidy and a sizeable tax break have triggered suspicions its bid for a Lisbon Metro contract mi... (more story)

State Aid View More

Scrap EU decision on Danish Fehmarn Belt tunnel aid, legal opinion recommends

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A European Commission finding that Danish support measures including capital injections and a mix of state loans and guarantees for the Fehmarn Belt tunnel linking Denmark and Germany were state ... (more story)

EU state aid system should be less burdensome and complex, Slovenia says

November 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU state aid system should be less burdensome and complex, the Slovenian government has told other member states as part of a broader discussion about how to simplify the rules. In a paper to... (more story)

Norwegian aid for floating offshore wind projects approved, watchdog says

November 24, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Norway has won approval for its plans to grant up to 10 billion kroner for the development of floating offshore wind projects, the EFTA Surveillance Authority said Monday. This is the first plan ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU plans to reinforce carbon system stability with market reserve amendment

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A targeted amendment to the market stability reserve rules for the EU’s new emissions trading system for road transport and buildings was proposed on Thursday. The European Commission plan implem... (more story)

Coordinated power-market reforms needed to curb investment uncertainty, IEA says

November 26, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The International Energy Agency says governments must overhaul long-term electricity market arrangements to help investors manage price risks and back new generation, storage and electrification ... (more story)

South Korea launches forum to assess AI, carbon-neutrality impacts on labor market

November 26, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor has launched a forum of experts to assess the impact on the labor market from industrial transition driven by factors such as artificial intelligenc... (more story)

Technology View More

UK telecoms firms and regulator challenged by government on price increases

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK telecom providers were urged on Thursday to rule out mid-contract price increases beyond what customers agreed, as the finance and tech ministers wrote to company chiefs calling for clearer pr... (more story)

UK streaming platforms' content warnings should be clearer, regulator says

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Streaming platforms' age ratings, content warnings and parental controls are broadly adequate but need clearer information and more consistent performance across devices, the UK communications re... (more story)

Italy unlawfully derailed digital TV licensing process, Strasbourg judges say

November 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy violated broadcasters’ free expression rights when it suspended and later annulled a digital television frequency tender, according to a press release Thursday from the European Court of Hu... (more story)