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Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 24, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski
Asia, North America, Oceania
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
April 24, 2025 | Amy Miller and Emma Whitford
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Financial Services
April 24, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Antitrust View More
April 28, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Xianju Pharmaceutical, a Zhejiang-based drug manufacturer listed in Shenzhen, received a pre-penalty notice in April from the Tianjin market regulator for alleged price fixing. According to the company's lates... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Qualcomm is seeking to overturn a court defeat from November that upheld European Commission sanctions for abusing its power on the market for UMTS baseband chipsets. The EU's Official Journal to... (more story)
April 26, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Google's top executive in charge of Chrome today warned against the “unprecedented” forced sale of the browser, saying the product can't be run independently as it relies heavily on Google for investments and ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 28, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Africa,Asia,Europe,Latin America,Middle East,North America,Oceania
Simplifying the EU’s data protection rules requires a cautious and “common sense” approach from European Commission officials to reduce the burden on smaller businesses, a senior official at France’s privacy w... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has resumed its services in South Korea after agreeing to implement corrective measures recommended by the country's privacy watchdog, ending a self-imposed sus... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
The leading candidate for South Korea’s presidential election in early June promised his government will take steps to safeguard the country’s semiconductor industry against multiple challenges. Lee Jae-myung ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 28, 2025 | James Panichi
Oceania
The market strength of Australia’s largest banks would allow them to hold the country’s only significant cash-delivery provider to ransom if they decided to leverage their “immense amount of countervailing pow... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: The clock has been restarted on the review of global insurance provider Allianz Group’s proposed acquisition of RAA Insurance Holdings and its subsidiary RAA Insurance Limited, known together as ... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: The Australian competition regulator has restarted its review of Insurance Australia Group’s bid to acquire a 90 percent stake in RACQ Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Automobile... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Malaysia’s Data Sharing Act 2025 goes into effect today, providing a legal and structured framework for the secure sharing of data between ministries and federal government agencies. Digital Mini... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The request by a court in Belgium for the EU Court of Justice to issue a preliminary ruling in the Apple Distribution International case has now been published in the EU Official Journal. The Ant... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea's privacy regulator recently convened with major healthcare organizations, including the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, to discuss... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s State Administration for Market Regulation is seeking public comment on the draft rules for protecting trade secrets. The new rules will replace the regulations on prohibiting the misappr... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: The Commercial Court at the Central Jakarta District Court directed the removal by the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of Elis Lamita's trademark registration for "Florasis" from the... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Ziff Davis, publisher of sites including IGN, Everyday Health, CNET, Mashable and PCMag, sued OpenAI for copyright infringement in the District of Delaware yesterday, accusing the artificial intelligence compa... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced settlements with two former Wells Fargo internal auditors, resolving an enforcement action initiated in 2020.
April 25, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A Pennsylvania coal sales executive’s bribery case isn’t ready for trial, his defense lawyers said today. The case was cleared to proceed following a US Justice Department review in line with a pause on Foreig... (more story)
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission said in a status report that the agency is continuing its efforts to serve Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, in its lawsuit al... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve's April 2025 financial stability report cited its survey of researchers, academics and market participants showing a jump in concern about global trade risks. In the fall o... (more story)
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, wrote to Paul Atkins, the newly sworn-in chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, asking how the agency plan... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe, North America
The chief of the Financial Conduct Authority said in a TV interview on Friday said he does not fear a "race to the bottom" prompted by Donald Trump's administration when it comes to deregulation of the financi... (more story)
Trade View More
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China has dismissed concerns that US tariffs could disrupt its grain and energy supplies, vowing to ensure stable domestic markets. Zhao Chenxin, deputy head of the National Development and Refor... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China unveiled a series of measures aimed at stabilizing economic growth amid global uncertainties at a press conference today. Introduced by senior officials from the National Development and Re... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao urged German automakers to invest in China during a meeting yesterday with Hildegard Müller, president of the German Association of the Automotive Industry. ... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Romanian antitrust authority has said that ensuring a balanced tax regime for all transport modes, to avoid favoring one transport means over less-polluting options, is one of the suggestions... (more story)
April 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Last year, the European Commission continued to "vigorously enforce" EU competition rules in the fields of antitrust, merger and state aid control, including its two internal market tools, the Di... (more story)
April 24, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
The billions of euros handed to Air France and KLM during the coronavirus pandemic face further scrutiny from EU judges, after Ryanair filed an appeal against the state aid regulator’s latest approval for the ... (more story)
Energy View More
April 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority, the EU body overseeing the banking sector to support financial stability, today released a monitoring tool on Environmental, Social and Governance-related risk acr... (more story)
April 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Italian oil and gas company ENI closed a deal worth 2 billion pounds with the UK Government for its Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage project. The sum will finance supply chain contrac... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK's efforts to become a global leader in transition finance may be hindered by competing government priorities, warns Vanessa Havard-Williams, who recently chaired the Transition Finance Market Review. Th... (more story)
Technology View More
April 25, 2025 | Matthew Newman, Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes
Europe, North America
Andrew Ferguson, chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, told a global gathering of data protection watchdogs this week that the FTC is concerned about censorship by social media companies, MLex understands.... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Chris May
North America
US Federal Trade Commission employees have been offered three potential ways to cut short their employment at the nation’s competition and consumer protection watchdog, according to agency memoranda seen by MLex.
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has scheduled an evidentiary hearing on May 2 regarding equitable remedies to be imposed in the US Department of Justice's lawsuit against Google over illegal mo... (more story)