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Antitrust

December 10, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Generic drug antitrust case can 'bend the curve' on costs, NAAG president says

Trade

December 10, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

US lobster trade calls for level playing field in USMCA review
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Antitrust

December 10, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Intel wins fine reduction in EU ruling on 'naked' restrictions

Antitrust View More

Commercial crabbers file fourth amended complaint in US antitrust case

December 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiff Brand Little and a putative class of approximately 1,400 independent commercial crabbers filed a fourth amended class-action complaint alleging a pricing cartel. The plaintiffs allege t... (more story)

US FTC, Amazon propose pushing back antitrust trial to March 2027

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Amazon and the US Federal Trade Commission proposed pushing back the start date of the bench trial for their antitrust dispute from Feb. 9, 2027 to March 29, 2027. "The parties propose this sched... (more story)

CADE marks 15 years of Economic Studies Department with consolidation report

December 10, 2025

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian competition authority released a new working paper this Wednesday reviewing the 15-year trajectory of its Department of Economic Studies (DEE), which reached the milestone in Septem... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Major tech companies face push from US states for chatbot safeguards

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she and a bipartisan coalition of 41 other attorneys general wrote to Big Tech companies urging them to implement safeguards on artificial i... (more story)

Ring doorbell cameras are 'privacy nightmare,' US Sen. Markey says

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, shared Amazon's responses to his inquiry about its Ring doorbell facial recognition system, saying it was a "privacy nightmare." The Ring doorbell ... (more story)

US partially wins bid to bar IP expert testimony in Google AI trade secret case

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Vince Chhabria has partially granted the US government’s motion to exclude testimony from James Pooley, an intellectual property attorney and litigation consultant, in the upcom... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

IAG-RACWA insurance deal opposed by Australian competition regulator

December 11, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Insurance Australia Group's plans to enter into a strategic alliance with the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia to provide general insurance products for local members has been rejected ... (more story)

Netflix buyout 'faces severe regulatory uncertainty,' Paramount tells WBD investors

December 10, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Paramount Skydance urged Warner Bros. Discovery's shareholders to overrule the company's board and choose its bid for the company instead of Netflix's offer. "Paramount's offer not only delivers ... (more story)

Squid Game of Thrones, other Netflix-Warner Bros. merged IP scenarios

December 10, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

News that Netflix won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has drawn the ire of Hollywood elite, piqued the interest of US President Donald Trump and prompted a sizable counteroffer from Paramount Skydan... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Virtual casino owner fails to get out of US case over illegal gambling in Roblox

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Boris Said Jr., an online gambling site owner, must face a US lawsuit over illegal online gambling by children in Roblox. District Judge Vince Chhabria, of the Northern District of California, co... (more story)

UK reconsiders facial-recognition regulatory regime after evidence of bias

December 10, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Findings of demographic bias in the facial-recognition system used by UK police forces triggered questions by lawmakers on Tuesday, after a government-commissioned testing published last week showed higher fal... (more story)

Why does the US differ on content moderation? Blame the First Amendment

December 10, 2025 | Mike Swift

Europe, North America, Oceania

Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they ar... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Pharma companies, drug access advocates clash over IP in USMCA trade deal

December 10, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The review of the US-Mexico-Canada trade deal again has pharmaceutical companies at odds with organizations aiming to increase access to medications. IP protection requirements are at the center of a debate ov... (more story)

Warner Music, Atlantic Records agree to drop US AI suit against Suno

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Warner Music International Services and its subsidiary Atlantic Records have agreed to drop their claims accusing AI music generator Suno of large-scale theft of independent recording artists' mu... (more story)

Oatly defends ‘post milk generation’ trademark at UK Supreme Court

December 10, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Oatly argued before the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday that its application to trademark the phrase “post milk generation” does not violate EU rules on protected names for certain foodstuffs. The drinks maker a... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Crypto trading platform Paxful settles with US over anti-money laundering failures

December 10, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful has settled with US authorities over anti-money laundering compliance failures that enabled illicit actors like commercial sex-trade websites, darknet marketplaces an... (more story)

Paxful pleads guilty in US to money laundering charges, Travel Act violations

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Paxful, an online virtual currency trading platform, agreed to plead guilty to a three-count information filed in California court, and agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $4 million. Paxful tran... (more story)

US moves to drop soccer broadcasting corruption case at Supreme Court

December 10, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

US federal prosecutors decided to end their effort to sustain the convictions of a former Fox Sports executive and a sports marketing company in a corruption case linked to broadcasting rights for internationa... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK capital markets losing ground to competitors, industry group says

December 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK capital markets are losing ground to international competitors, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe said in a report released on Thursday. The group said that the UK initial public... (more story)

UK FCA allows ‘ready-made’ financial advice in bid to close advice gap

December 11, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK consumers will be offered “ready-made” financial recommendations on how to invest or save for pensions, as the Financial Conduct Authority attempts to close the “advice gap” and push people to invest more m... (more story)

UK pension rules to be modernized under new proposals

December 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK investment platforms and firms operating pension products have seen new proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority to modernize pension rules. The FCA is seeking to enable engaging digital... (more story)

Trade View More

US House committee passes bills to extend Africa, Haiti trade deals

December 10, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday passed two bills that would restore trade deals with Africa and Haiti after they expired at the end of September.

US to impose Section 301 tariffs on Nicaragua in 2026, USTR says

December 10, 2025

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative announced that the US will impose a phased-in tariff on all imported goods on Nicaragua beginning Jan. 1, 2026. The tariff will start at zero percent and... (more story)

US trade commission votes German, Indian, Saudi hexamine imports harm US industry

December 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission voted that the importation of German, Indian and Saudi hexamine is injurious to US industry. USITC Chair Amy Karpel and Commissioner Jason E. Kearns voted th... (more story)

State Aid View More

UK subsidy suit against gambling regulator is a ‘binary' question, judge told

December 10, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

A lottery company’s case against the UK gambling regulator over an alleged subsidy is a “binary" question to be determined by competition judges, a UK judge was told Wednesday. The New Lottery Company alleges ... (more story)

Chinese platform Temu targeted in raid under EU foreign-subsidy rules (update*)

December 10, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Asia, Europe

The European Commission has carried out unannounced inspections at Chinese platform Temu, looking into suspicions of a breach under EU rules that combat the distortive effect of subsidies from foreign governme... (more story)

Norway sees end of EFTA carbon taxes state aid probe

December 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A state aid probe into Norway's proposal to exempt emissions already covered by the European Emissions Trading System from an excise duty on waste incineration has been closed, the EFTA Surveilla... (more story)

Energy View More

EU energy grids overhaul homes in on central planning, faster permitting

December 10, 2025 | Helena Freitas

Europe

Centralized cross-border energy grid planning and accelerated permitting are among plans unveiled by the European Commission on Wednesday as it warned that aging networks and slow approvals threaten the EU's e... (more story)

Simplification package for EU’s environmental rulebook presented

December 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday presented proposals to simplify existing EU environmental legislation on industrial emissions, permit granting for projects, hazardous substances and extended... (more story)

EU unveils plan to modernize grids, speed up permits and fast-track key projects

December 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled its plan to modernize and expand the EU’s grid infrastructure. The proposal introduces an EU-wide approach to infrastructure planning, seeks to accel... (more story)

Technology View More

UK minister asks lawmakers to point out Online Safety Act’s gaps on AI chatbots

December 10, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

The UK minister for AI and online safety, Kanishka Narayan, has called on lawmakers to point out any gaps in the country’s Online Safety Act with respect to risks posed by AI chatbots.

Large share of UK teens saw harmful content online prior to new rules, data shows

December 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK children’s exposure to harmful material online remained high before new child-protection rules took effect in July, with 70 percent of children between the ages of 11 and 17 saying they encoun... (more story)

Japan antitrust chief touts start of Mobile Software Competition Act on Dec. 18

December 10, 2025 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Asia

With just over one week to go before the long-awaited and politically sensitive “Smartphone Law” goes into effect, the chief of Japan’s antitrust regulator on Wednesday praised the law as a boon for competitio... (more story)