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Data Privacy and Security, Technology
December 16, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
December 16, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger
Europe, North America
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
December 16, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
December 17, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Google’s integration of AI with its search services, known as “AI Overviews,” has attracted the attention of France’s competition authority. Its chair, Benoît Cœuré, told journalists that the watchdog is looki... (more story)
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is planning to publish its proposal for a review of the law underpinning the procedural and fining powers of antitrust authorities in the third quarter of 2026, a European... (more story)
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK civil engineering sector is caught in a “cycle of inefficiency,” with high costs and low investment, the antitrust regulator has said. The Competition and Markets Authority has identified ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
December 17, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Parliament has settled its internal dispute over who will lead work on the AI Act amendments, confirming joint leadership by the Internal Market and Civil Liberties committees. Political groups mu... (more story)
December 17, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
The growing demand for electricity from artificial intelligence providers and data centers could lead to competition problems and should be closely monitored, the French Competition Authority has said in a rep... (more story)
December 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: An artificial intelligence platform in China’s Chongqing’s Rongchang district has been placed under investigation and hit with administrative penalties for suspected cybersecurity violations, acc... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Topp Holding, the parent of book wholesaler Libri, has secured German clearance to buy a minority stake in book-retail chain Heinrich Hugendubel, the national competition authority said Wednesday... (more story)
December 17, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
Greencore Group said it expects to complete the acquisition of ready-meal rival Bakkavor Group on Jan. 16 after gaining clearance from antitrust regulators in the UK and US. The company’s proposals to ease ant... (more story)
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Elis plans to buy rival O.C.L. Laundry Services are now being probed in full, the Irish competition authority said this week. Both companies are active in the outsourced supply of flat linen rent... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
December 17, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
TikTok allegedly harvested data about a user’s activity in other apps, including sessions on Grindr, and processed it without a legal basis, according to complaints filed by noyb. A second complaint says TikTo... (more story)
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: TikTok allegedly tracks users while they are using other apps, including a user’s activity on the dating app Grindr, according to two complaints filed by Noyb, a campaign group. Noyb says TikTok ... (more story)
December 17, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Coupang founder Bom Kim is facing criminal complaints from South Korea's parliament after repeatedly failing to appear to testify about a massive data breach that exposed 33.7 million user records, with lawmak... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
December 17, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia, North America
Japan’s IP Court rejected non-use attacks by US-based Zoom Communications, preserving a local company's long-standing “ZOOM” trademark and underscoring how legacy rights can prevail despite the videoconferenci... (more story)
December 17, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese bike-sharing company Hellobike has won a major reversal at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, which overturned a previous decision refusing to recognize its “Haluo” brand as well-known.
December 16, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
At their first conference of the new year the US Supreme Court will consider a Swiss apparel maker's bid to reinstate its application to trademark "vetements" — the French word for clothing. A more recent Trad... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Swedish lender Svea Bank has been fined 170 million kronor (around $18.3 million) for anti-money laundering failures, by the country's financial regulator. Finansinspektionen said Svea Bank hadn'... (more story)
December 16, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez intends to fight his bribery conviction, with his lawyer telling MLex Tuesday they aim to have the jury’s verdict vacated and potentially file an appeal ov... (more story)
December 16, 2025
Latin America, North America
MLex Summary: Glenn Oztemel, a former oil trader, filed a notice of appeal against his conviction and 15-month prison sentence for his role in a scheme to bribe Brazilian officials for business with Petrobras,... (more story)
Financial Services View More
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Bulgarian insurance company Euroins lost its legal challenge against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, with the EU’s General Court confirming that the authority acted la... (more story)
December 16, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pamela Bondi calling for their agencies to ... (more story)
December 16, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK’s legislative machinery moves too slowly to keep up with rapidly evolving financial markets and is now holding back essential consumer and market reforms, the Financial Conduct Authority's chief has war... (more story)
Trade View More
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: More steel- and aluminum-based goods will fall under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism from 2026, alongside tougher rules to stop importers sidestepping the carbon charge, the European ... (more story)
December 17, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korea aims to finalize talks in 2026 to upgrade the service-trade and investment provisions of its free-trade agreement with China as part of its strategy to manage geopolitical and trade risks, the trad... (more story)
December 16, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker
Africa, North America
The US Commerce Department correctly recalculated the antisubsidy duty rate on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers from 2.12 percent to 2.11 percent, the Court of International Trade ruled today.
State Aid View More
December 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Avinor will receive more public funding for the construction of a new airport near the Northern city of Mo i Rana, following a revised cost estimate, the EFTA Surveillance Authority said Tuesday.... (more story)
December 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
The lack of affordable housing for lower and middle-income families is pushing the European Commission to open up a new avenue to swifter clearance for larger subsidies by EU governments. A new category of sta... (more story)
December 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU approval of Belgian state aid to keep the Doel 5 and Tihange 3 nuclear power reactors running for another 10 years was published Tuesday. The European Commission cleared the support in Feb... (more story)
Energy View More
December 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU governments are urging faster and more coordinated action to strengthen Europe’s resilience to worsening climate threats. After meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, EU environment ministers called ... (more story)
December 16, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The automotive sector will in January see further local content requirements — policies forcing companies to use a certain percentage of domestically produced goods with the aim to boost the bloc’s local indus... (more story)
December 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: European carmakers will have to comply with a reduced 90 percent tailpipe emissions reduction target by 2035, while the remaining 10 percent emissions will need to be compensated by using low-car... (more story)
Technology View More
December 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan’s antitrust agency will host a global digital-competition forum on Jan. 30 in Tokyo and online. The second Global Forum on Digital Competition will feature speakers from competition regulat... (more story)
December 17, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
As the Japanese competition regulator begins enforcing the Mobile Software Competition Act tomorrow, Apple and Google — both designated under the law — have not yet submitted their compliance reports, a senior... (more story)
December 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
European companies including Mistral, Siemens, Publicis and Spotify could face regulatory blowback in the US after Donald Trump's administration warned it would use "every tool at its disposal" if the EU conti... (more story)