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Trade

December 17, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

US industry groups clash over China’s phase one trade commitments

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

December 17, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FTC's Henkel-A-Paint challenge relies on structural presumption, hot docs

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

December 16, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Case alleging Google, TikTok used faulty moderation tools dismissed by US judge

Antitrust View More

OpenAI opposes X Corp.'s motion to compel in US antitrust litigation

December 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI asked a US federal judge to reject X Corp.'s motion to compel in antitrust litigation filed in Texas. "This action is just one in a series of lawsuits that Elon Musk has instigated against... (more story)

Monopoly Busters Caucus blasts 'abandoning' of USDA, state AGs' antitrust partnership

December 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Monopoly Busters Caucus, led by US Democratic Representatives Chris Deluzio, Pramila Jayapal, Pat Ryan and Angie Craig, sent a letter to US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins blasting the T... (more story)

US Sens. Warren, Wyden seek regulatory scrutiny of Compass-Anywhere merger

December 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden urged the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to closely scrutinize the proposed merger between real estate brokerages Compass, Inc. and ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK AI Energy Council calls for ‘SWOT team’ on regulatory, planning complexity

December 18, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Members of a group to address the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence in the UK, which includes Google, Microsoft, and power companies, want the government to create a “SWOT team” to help navigat... (more story)

UK told to tighten facial recognition rules after committee calls for safeguards

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Rules for the use of facial recognition tools by UK police forces should be reviewed, a parliamentary committee has told the Labour government, asking it to set clear legal limits on when childre... (more story)

AI capabilities improving fast, models still vulnerable, UK testing agency says

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Frontier AI models are improving across all areas tested by the UK AI Security Institute, the agency's first trend report showed on Thursday. After testing more than 30 frontier models, the insti... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Vandemoortele wins EU approval for Délifrance takeover

December 18, 2025 | Andrew Boyce and Jean Comte

Europe

Belgian food maker Vandemoortele has won EU approval for its takeover of Délifrance, after agreeing to divest two Délifrance production sites for frozen laminated dough. The remedy ensure that the merger will ... (more story)

Anglo American-Teck deal faces Feb. 3 EU foreign subsidy deadline

December 18, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Anglo American today sought EU foreign subsidy clearance for its Teck Resources merger, according to an update by the European Commission. The regulator has set a Feb. 3 deadline to decide on the deal.

Novartis-Avidity Biosciences deal gets early clearance in US

December 18, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Novartis and Avidity Biosciences have received antitrust clearance for their $12 billion deal from the US competition authorities. On Dec. 17, the agencies granted early termination of the waiting period under... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Telefónica, Orange, others to face EU telco rule revamp after internal review

December 18, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Telefónica, Orange and Deutsche Telekom, and other telecom operators will see an EU proposal to revamp telecom regulations early next year after the European Commission's internet scrutiny body gave the draft ... (more story)

USTR’s Greer tells Congress that US will keep ‘options open’ in USMCA review

December 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer this week told the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee in a closed session that the Trump administration will keep “options open” in... (more story)

Meta loses 11-year landmark data access case in Austria

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta lost the landmark case against Max Schrems, the founder of the privacy group NOYB, the Austrian Supreme Court said on Thursday. After an 11-year legal battle, Meta must disclose all personal... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Acer awarded UK interim license in Nokia SEP dispute

December 18, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

A UK judge granted Acer an interim license in its dispute with Nokia over standard essential patents on Thursday. The judge rejected Nokia’s argument that Acer’s refusal to enter into arbitration would make Ac... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Dec. 12-18

December 18, 2025 | Inbar Preiss and Charlotte Westphal

Europe

This week, the Unified Patent Court saw an infringement case, the revocation of a patent and a matter about costs. It also gave guidance on the enforcement of security of costs decisions in non-UPC territory.

Facebook post may be copyrighted but Romania’s rules overreach, EU court adviser says

December 18, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Social media posts may qualify for copyright, an adviser to the EU's top court has said, and media can rely on the current-events exception when reporting news. But Romania’s additional restrictions are unlawf... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Axiom legal financing fraudster ordered to pay back almost £1m by UK court

December 18, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

David Kennedy, a former investment manager found guilty for his role in a £100 million fraud linked to collapsed legal financing fund Axiom, has been ordered to pay back almost £1 million.

Four Russian oil companies sanctioned by UK

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Four of Russia's largest remaining unsanctioned oil companies have been hit with UK sanctions, the government said on Thursday. PJSC Tatneft, PJSC Russneft, LCC NNK-Oil, and LLC Rusneftegaz Group... (more story)

Brother of former US oil trader asks for early release from probation

December 18, 2025

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Gary Oztemel, the brother of former US oil trader Glenn Oztemel, asked a US judge for early release from his probation over his role in his sibling's bribery scheme, citing health issues, among other things.

Financial Services View More

Last part of EU market infrastructure reform now open for feedback

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A consultation on revamped EU settlement rules was opened on Thursday. The proposed regulation is part of a broader package proposal aimed at better integrating and overseeing the bloc’s capital ... (more story)

Talks on EU market infrastructure proposal to be led by three lawmakers

December 18, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European People's Party, the Socialists & Democrats and the European Conservatives & Reformists will jointly lead the talks on the jumbo package proposal aimed at better integrating the EU capital markets,... (more story)

Schufa wins appeal in Germany in data retention case

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Schufa has won its appeal in Germany against a ruling that it had breached the EU's GDPR data protection law by retaining an individual's data after the person's debts had been settled. The Germa... (more story)

Trade View More

Incoming EU chair aims to get states aligned on clean industry investment law

December 18, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Cyprus, which is chairing ministers’ meetings in the first half of 2026, has said it wants to reach a first compromise among the 27 EU member states on the upcoming Industrial Accelerator Act, MLex understands... (more story)

US Commerce says Algerian steel rebar was dumped in US

December 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Algerian imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar are or are likely to be sold at less than fair value in the US market, the US Commerce Department said in a preliminary determination. The deter... (more story)

US Commerce imposes duty orders on CORE steel from 10 countries

December 18, 2025

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

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has issued antisubsidy duty orders on corrosion-resistant (CORE) steel products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam. It has also imposed antidumping duty orders on... (more story)

State Aid View More

BdM Banca shouldn’t get compensation for EU recovery order, court opinion says

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: BdM Banca isn't entitled to receive compensation for the damage it allegedly suffered due to the European Commission's decision for Italy to recoup illegal state aid from Banca Tercas, a legal op... (more story)

Hungary gets EU approval for its €4.1 billion aid to net zero tech manufacturing

December 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: On Wednesday, the European Commission approved a €4.1 billion Hungarian state aid scheme to support investment toward net zero technology manufacturing capacity and its components, under CISAF, t... (more story)

EV charging stations on German motorways get EU state-aid approval

December 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany's plan to give state support to aid the roll out of fast-charging stations for electric heavy-duty vehicles at non-serviced rest sites along motorways has won EU approval. The European Co... (more story)

Energy View More

EU opens 12-week consultation on planned revisions to energy and climate policy

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Professionals, experts and other interested parties have until March 12, 2026, to provide their views on the planned revision of the EU's 2018 Governance Regulation on the Energy Union and Climat... (more story)

Energy companies in Germany reimbursed €200m collected during energy crisis

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany's competition authority has said that most energy companies had not imposed excessive prices during the country's energy crisis in 2022-23, and that some had already reimbursed around €20... (more story)

Former Goldman banker’s bribery indictment was properly sealed, US judge rules

December 17, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The indictment of former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko was properly sealed, a US judge ruled Wednesday, denying his motion to dismiss charges stemming from an alleged bribery scheme in Ghana. Prosecutors s... (more story)

Technology View More

EU cybersecurity agency seeks feedback on software supply-chain guidance

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: ENISA, the EU's cybersecurity agency, has opened two public consultations on its draft SBOM Landscape Analysis and a new Technical Advisory on the Secure Use of Package Managers. SBOM — a Softwar... (more story)

UK strategy avoids urging tech firms to add device-level nudity-blocking tools

December 18, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK’s new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, published Thursday, steers away from calls to encourage device-level nudity-blocking tools, despite ministerial claims that children should be ... (more story)

UK confirms plans to ban nudification apps, AI models that generate child-abuse imagery

December 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government has confirmed it will ban nudification apps and introduce new criminal offenses for AI models adapted to generate child sexual abuse material under a new strategy to tackle viol... (more story)