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Google headquarters in Mountain View, California

Artificial Intelligence

July 01, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Google hopes to escape US Character.AI suit as chatbot risks ensnare suppliers
Apple store sign against a blue sky

Antitrust

June 30, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Anna Ferrari

Europe

Apple says ‘moving target’ of EU compliance poses risks for users, developers

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

June 26, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Emma Whitford

North America

OpenAI must continue retaining ChatGPT conversation logs, US judge affirms

Antitrust View More

Foodstuffs North Island likely breached New Zealand grocery laws, regulator says

July 02, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: New Zealand supermarket operator Foodstuffs North Island likely breached the country’s grocery laws by failing to comply with the supply code, the competition regulator has said. In a statement t... (more story)

MiCamp files opposition to Visa's move to dismiss US antitrust complaint

July 02, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Visa's motion to dismiss MiCamp's second amended complaint "misconstrues the applicable legal standards under federal, Arizona and California antitrust law," Micamp argued. In an opposition to Vi... (more story)

Asian Paints under Indian antitrust scrutiny over alleged market abuse

July 02, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Asian Paints is under scrutiny by the Indian antitrust watchdog for allegedly abusing its market position. The probe by the Competition Commission of India was triggered by a complaint from Grasim Industries. ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US Senate Commerce Republicans celebrate passage of 'Big Beautiful Bill'

July 01, 2025

North America

MLex summary: Republicans on the US Senate Commerce Committee are celebrating their chamber's passage of a budget reconciliation deal containing many of President Donald Trump's domestic policy priorities. The... (more story)

UK office to work with digital watchdogs to cut fintech AI red tape

July 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK fintech sector is set to benefit from a new partnership between the Regulatory Innovation Office and the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum. The collaboration will bring “one-stop shop” ... (more story)

Copyright Alliance launches campaign for 'pro-America,' 'pro-IP' US AI policy

July 01, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The Copyright Alliance has launched a campaign to "mobilize creative community voices" to help shape US artificial intelligence policy. “Our message is simple: America does best when there is hon... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Mexico’s Cofece will be as independent as possible, senior official says

July 01, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

North America

Victor Meyer, general director of cartel investigations at Mexico's competition authority, discussed how the reformed agency will operate in the coming weeks, highlighting institutional changes, increased powe... (more story)

Trump, CBS in ‘advanced’ settlement discussions, US court filing says

July 01, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

US President Donald Trump and Paramount subsidiary CBS are engaged in “good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations,” according to a court filing. Trump and his legal team filed a motion for a temporary stay ... (more story)

Fortune Brands motion for clarification in contract dispute with Assa Abloy denied

July 01, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

North America

A federal judge has denied a motion from Fortune Brands Innovations, the buyer of divested assets in the Assa Abloy-Spectrum Brands settlement in 2023 with the US Department of Justice, seeking judicial clarif... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Qantas airline data breach may affect six million Australians

July 02, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s largest airline Qantas has confirmed that a cyber incident occurred in one of its contact centers and may have compromised the data of six million customers. In a statement today, Qan... (more story)

California AG Bonta fines Healthline for failing to honor opt-outs for tracking

July 01, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Healthline Media was fined $1.55 million by California Attorney General Rob Bonta for illegally sharing sensitive health data with advertisers even after users opted out of tracking, marking the state’s larges... (more story)

NetChoice challenges Minnesota’s social media law in US First Amendment lawsuit

July 01, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Tech industry association NetChoice is suing Minnesota over what it calls a “paternalistic” law forcing social media companies to divulge valuable information concerning the use the algorithms in its latest la... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Amazon scores big as Indian court rips prior trademark order, stays damages

July 02, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

In a partial victory for Amazon Technologies, an Indian court delivered a scathing critique of a previous ruling, effectively dismantling the $39 million in damages ordered in a trademark-infringement case inv... (more story)

Amazon gets relief as Indian court stays order on trademark damage claims

July 02, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: An Indian court has stayed a judgment that had ordered Amazon Technologies to pay 3.4 billion rupees ($39 million) in an alleged trademark infringement case. The trademark violation involved Amst... (more story)

GM fender fight with LKQ continues to push boundaries of US design patent law

July 01, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A federal judge in Illinois has reiterated that a design patent can cover a component of a larger product under US Supreme Court precedent but said it will be up to a jury to decide whether General Motors trig... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Huawei loses effort to throw out US racketeering case, must face charges

July 01, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US federal judge denied Huawei Technologies’ motion to dismiss much of a US indictment alleging that the Chinese telecommunications giant had engaged in a decades-long racketeering conspiracy to steal trade ... (more story)

US CFPB funding cap nearly halved in tax cut bill passed by Senate

July 01, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The funding cap for the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was cut from 12 percent of the Federal Reserve's inflation-adjusted profits in 2009 to 6.5 percent in the sprawling tax cut bill pa... (more story)

Huawei loses effort to break US criminal case into parts

July 01, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Ann Donnelly has denied Huawei Technologies' motion to sever a US criminal case against the Chinese technology giant into its component parts. 

Financial Services View More

UK’s FCA told to stop running zero-failure regime, being afraid of public scrutiny

July 01, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK’s financial watchdog has been urged to stop attempting to run a zero-failure regime and to allow more risks in the system by the former head of the influential Treasury committee, Harriett Baldwin. Spea... (more story)

Market participants voice concerns on upcoming proposals on EU market integration

July 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A coalition of market participants today published an open letter supporting the EU’s Savings and Investment Plan, while voicing concerns about the European Commission’s approach outlined in its ... (more story)

Bank of England sounds warning over concentration in AI-related services

July 01, 2025 | Phoebe Seers and Frank Hersey

Europe

The increasing concentration of AI-related services — such as cloud, models and data — used by banks, insurers and other financial sector companies in the UK requires careful examination, a Bank of England off... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court skeptical of Commerce hardwood circumvention inquiry

July 01, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

A US Court of International Trade judge today appeared skeptical of the Commerce Department’s 2020-23 anti-circumvention investigation into Vietnam’s alleged use of hardwood plywood from China, raising questio... (more story)

USITC issues second report on effects of USMCA rules on auto industry

July 01, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US International Trade Commission today released its second of five reports on the economic effects of the automotive rules of origin (ROO) within the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), with th... (more story)

US poultry producers to have greater market access to Namibia

July 01, 2025

Africa, North America

MLex Summary: US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that US poultry producers will now have greater market access to Namibia. US producers can now export fresh, frozen, and chilled poultry to Namibia.

State Aid View More

Ryanair, Malta Air challenge French and Dutch aid to Air France-KLM at EU court

June 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Ryanair and Malta Air are contesting France and the Netherlands' 10.4 billion-euro support measures in favor of Air France-KLM. In their appeal filed in April and published today the airlines arg... (more story)

DB Cargo sees more details of cleared German aid published by EU watchdog

June 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: DB Cargo, a unit of the state-owned German railway operator Deutsche Bahn, has seen details released by the European Commission of the regulator's decision last year to approve Germany's 1.9 bill... (more story)

EU, South Africa seek deal on clean trade and investment partnership

June 26, 2025 | Patrick Hatzis

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America

The European Union is aiming to complete a Clean Trade and Investment Partnership with South Africa by November, a senior EU official said. Christina Miranda, a senior official at the European Commission, note... (more story)

Energy View More

ENTSO-E’s internal electricity market consultation open for comments

July 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity today opened a public consultation on their Annual Work Programme. This is a formal planning document mandated by the EU outl... (more story)

EU opens consultation on energy label for low-temperature heat emitters

July 01, 2025

Europe

MLex summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on an initiative intended to increase energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of space heating systems. The initiative, titled “Energy la... (more story)

EU battery manufacturers have a new platform to lobby the EU

July 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU battery companies now have a new platform to strengthen their advocacy at the EU level, with the launch today of the Battery Storage Europe Platform by solar lobby group SolarPower Europe. The... (more story)

Technology View More

NetChoice sues Minnesota over social media disclosure law

July 01, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Tech trade association NetChoice sued to halt the implementation of part of the Minnesota Prohibiting Social Media Manipulation Act. The law that requires companies to disclose certain informatio... (more story)

EU’s minor-protection draft guidelines open door to national-level social media ban

July 01, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Age checks are considered an appropriate measure to protect children online when a national law sets a minimum age for accessing online platforms, according to a new draft of the EU’s Digital Services Act guid... (more story)

US DOJ, states file reply supporting bid to enforce order compelling Google to produce remedy feasibility submissions to EU

July 01, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice and state plaintiffs filed a reply in support of a motion to enforce an order to compel Google to produce its remedy feasibility submissions to the European Commissio... (more story)