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Financial Crime, Technology

November 11, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Deemed victims by US, betting platforms emerge as conduits in sports cases
Canada  Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.

Trade

November 11, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

Canada’s push to diversify critical mineral exports away from US may take years

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

November 11, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

US tech companies face growing risk over use of shadow libraries for AI training

Antitrust View More

Australian company, labor union end restrictive deals after probe, watchdog says

November 12, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australian construction company John Holland Group and the Construction, Forestry, Maritime and Energy Union, a labor union, have voluntarily terminated anticompetitive agreements made in Decembe... (more story)

As Brazil shapes betting rules, CADE joins crowded field of enforcers

November 11, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil’s betting industry isn’t just attracting lawmakers — it’s drawing a lineup of enforcement agencies. As Congress advances regulation, the Brazilian competition authority is stepping in alongside the Mini... (more story)

Macedonian Thrace Brewery aims to quantify Heieneken damages at Dutch court hearing

November 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Macedonian Thrace Brewery is Tuesday appearing at an Amsterdam court to push for damages from Heineken, following an antitrust abuse of the Greek beer market. The company said a hearing is taking... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australia rolls out AI plan for public departments to embrace new technology

November 12, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Every Australian public official will have access to artificial-intelligence tools under a new government plan for the adoption of AI by government departments. In announcing the new AI Plan, Min... (more story)

AI developers to face new UK testing rules to tackle child sexual abuse imagery

November 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: AI developers in the UK will soon face new obligations under legislation aimed at curbing child sexual abuse imagery, the government has announced. The measure, introduced as an amendment to the ... (more story)

New bill should prevent hiring, firing based on algorithms, say EU lawmakers

November 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU businesses should not rely solely on algorithms for hiring and firing decisions, say European lawmakers calling on the European Commission to establish a new bill for protections from “algorit... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Caterpillar's acquisition of RPMGlobal attracts Australian public review

November 12, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Caterpillar’s proposed acquisition of Australian mining-software company RPMGlobal has sparked a public review under Australia’s new mandatory-notification regime. In an entry on its website, the... (more story)

Brazil CADE councilor orders economic study on Navemazônia–WPL merger, after appeals

November 11, 2025

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazilian antitrust authority councilor Diogo Thomson de Andrade has requested an in-depth economic analysis of Navemazônia Navegação's acquisition of Waldemiro P. Lustoza (WPL), following challe... (more story)

Petlove presents study, reasserts Petz-Cobasi merger would hike prices in Brazil

November 11, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Petlove, a rival to Petz and Cobasi in the pet care market, commissioned a study the results of which pointed to a concerning scenario of higher prices resulting from the merger of its competitors, the two lar... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK businesses to face new cybersecurity duties, increased oversight in bill

November 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Data centers, energy providers, transport networks and hospitals will face increased cybersecurity oversight under legislation which is due to be introduced to the UK parliament on Wednesday. The... (more story)

Meta, others argue US schools lack evidence for addiction allegations

November 11, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap are asking a US federal court to throw out claims by school districts over their social media apps’ allegedly negative impact on children and teenagers, arguing evide... (more story)

AI chatbots tackled 'case by case' under UK online safety law, regulator says

November 11, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT occupy a gray area under the UK’s Online Safety Act, regulator Ofcom has admitted, as a senior official sought to clarify how generative AI tools fit within the law. Ofcom's approac... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

California’s Prop 50 redistricting could reshape House IP policy

November 11, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

California’s Proposition 50 redistricting could unseat two of the few US House members who are consistently active in intellectual property policy — Republican Representatives Darrell Issa and Kevin Kiley — po... (more story)

OpenAI models and outputs infringed lyrics copyright, German court rules

November 11, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

OpenAI is considering its next steps after a German court found its models infringed copyright by memorizing and reproducing song lyrics contained in the repertoire of the plaintiff, German music rights body GEMA.

Panasonic Automotive Systems joins Sisvel patent pool

November 11, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Panasonic Automotive Systems has taken a license for Sisvel’s Wi-Fi 6 patent pool, agreeing to a $0.50 per device royalty rate.

Financial Crime View More

Some UK financial firms not on top of economic-crime risks, FCA says

November 11, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Sofia Gerace

Europe

Building societies and wealth management firms are among UK financial companies not paying enough attention to their financial-crime risks, their sector regulator said on Tuesday. The FCA called for firms to u... (more story)

Ukraine's Energoatom at center of 'large-scale corruption,' say prosecutors

November 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Ukrainian nuclear power company Energoatom is at the center of a major corruption scheme involving government officials and business people, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Ukrainian police arrested... (more story)

Millicom unit agrees to pay $118m in US probe over bribery in Guatemala

November 11, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular agreed to pay $118 million to resolve a US investigation into bribery of Guatemalan officials, the Luxembourg-based company announced late Monday. The deferred p... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK government asked to assess framework for EU-UK financial services cooperation

November 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A committee of UK lawmakers has asked the government to set out whether it is content with the framework for UK-EU cooperation on financial services. The request, in a wide-ranging report on the ... (more story)

Rules for lenders to protect homeowners not needed, UK financial watchdog stresses

November 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK Mortgage Charter, which includes standards for lenders to help mortgage borrowers at times of higher interest rates, should be retired, the head of the Financial Conduct Authority reiterat... (more story)

US Fed survey finds surge in market practitioners' concerns over AI, interest rates

November 10, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US market practitioners’ near-term risk concerns have soared with regard to artificial intelligence and higher long-term interest rates during the last six months, a Federal Reserve financial stability survey ... (more story)

Trade View More

China tightens export controls on fentanyl precursors, adds US, Mexico, Canada to list

November 11, 2025

Asia, North America

Mlex Summary: China has expanded its export controls on precursor chemicals, the Ministry of Commerce said in a joint statement with four other agencies on Monday. The move adds the US, Mexico and Canada to th... (more story)

US export-controls rule suspended for year following China trade deal

November 10, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Asia, North America

The US government formally suspended an export-controls rule, aimed largely at China, for a year as part of a trade deal negotiated during President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Asia. When in effect, the rule... (more story)

US removes Chinese electronics company from entity list

November 10, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security has removed Chinese company Arrow China Electronics Trading Co., Ltd., and its affiliates, from an entity list. BIS said the company a... (more story)

State Aid View More

Spain’s €700 million clean tech plan wins EU approval

November 06, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a €700 million Spanish plan to support investments in net-zero technology production. The program, open to companies across Spain until the end of 2028, will ... (more story)

Ryanair pushes EU to recover ‘illegal’ Covid-19 state aid from rivals

November 05, 2025 | Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

The low-cost airline used a meeting with European Commission officials to reiterate arguments that the French and German governments should recoup state aid disbursed to Air France-KLM and Deutsche Lufthansa d... (more story)

CRRC’s bid for Lisbon metro tender sparks EU in-depth subsidy probe

November 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Chinese rail company CRRC is under investigation at the European Commission, on suspicion that its inclusion in a bid to construct part of the metro system in Lisbon may have benefited from forei... (more story)

Energy View More

China ties AI, cloud expansion to clean-energy ambitions in new guidelines

November 11, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

Beijing has unveiled new guidelines linking the country’s fast-growing artificial intelligence and cloud computing sectors with its clean-energy ambitions, calling for greater use of renewable power to run hig... (more story)

Renewables plans exceeding fossil fuel capacity in many countries, report shows

November 10, 2025

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: More than half of the countries responsible for the lion's share of global emissions have a total renewable energy pipeline that exceeds their existing fossil fuel capacity, a sign of momentum of... (more story)

North Macedonia blackout caused by overvoltage effects, expert panel says

November 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A blackout in North Macedonia on May 18 this year was triggered by overvoltage that caused a separation between the country’s transmission networks, according to an expert panel led by the Europe... (more story)

Technology View More

Platforms promised clarity on UK online safety categorization, timetable

November 11, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Online platforms will see an update in relation to the UK Online Safety Act's register of categorized services published on Wednesday, watchdog Ofcom has said, adding that a judicial review initiated by Wikipe... (more story)

Online age assurance technology should be more widely adopted, UK regulator says

November 11, 2025 | Madeline Hughes and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe, North America

Age assurance technologies to protect children online should be used more widely, a senior official for the UK's communications regulator has told a US audience, arguing that the era of “age-blind” internet is ending. 

South Korean president calls for swift legislation to curb hate speech, misinformation

November 11, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for swift legislative action to curb hate speech and misinformation online, condemning discriminatory remarks based on race and nationality that have spread across s... (more story)