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Antitrust
October 10, 2025 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Data Privacy and Security
October 10, 2025 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Financial Services
October 09, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust View More
October 11, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
Europe, North America
The US Department of Justice is encouraging patent holders and users facing sham litigation to approach the agency as it looks to deepen its understanding of the area, according to Dina Kallay, one of the top ... (more story)
October 11, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
Europe, North America
Companies looking to bring a successful antitrust claim under the rule of reason, including patent disputes, must allege harm to the competitive process — because antitrust laws aren’t an “over-the-counter col... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
Congress lacks the authority to “insulate” officers of executive agencies such as the US Federal Trade Commission from being removed at will by the president, the Trump administration told the US Supreme Court... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
October 10, 2025 | Amy Miller
North America
A New York bill that would bar residential housing managers from using software to collude on rental prices was officially sent to the governor for approval this week. If enacted, landlords and software vendor... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Neil Roland
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America
The Group of 20 economic powers received an annual Financial Stability Board report saying that authorities’ monitoring of Artificial Intelligence adoption and vulnerabilities is still at an early stage due to... (more story)
October 10, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Ruben Gallego, a Democrat from Arizona, heralded the Senate's passage of an annual defense authorization bill that included a provision he led that requires the government to produce a... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
October 10, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
Electricity company Talen Energy discussed its proposed acquisition of two power plants with officials with the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, and made the decision to voluntarily supply the DO... (more story)
October 10, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The Trump administration told the US Supreme Court that it is clear that the president has the power to fire heads of multimember agencies, such as Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter of the US Federa... (more story)
October 10, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Nexstar and Tegna made the required filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act on Sept. 30, 2025 and the waiting period will expire at 11:59 pm, New York time on Oct. 30, 2025, Tegna said in a filin... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
October 10, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The Washington Attorney General opposed T-Mobile’s motion to dismiss claims in a case over data breach it suffered in 2021. “T-Mobile does not defend the truth or accuracy of its assurances, inst... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
Data brokers will face more obligations as California enacts a new law that expands the types of data collection a broker must disclose and requires additional information such as dealings with foreign governm... (more story)
October 10, 2025
North America
MLex summary: Plaintiffs have filed a stipulation of dismissal in a class action alleging Google used an IBM facial-recognition data set, obtained from the photo-sharing service Flickr, to improve its facial r... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
October 10, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
Europe, North America
European Commission guidance that carmakers can at times cooperate regarding intellectual property licenses without violating competition law was surprising, unusual and an unfortunate development as it appear... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires firmly stated his support for a broader interpretation of patent eligibility in a letter to the Senate Judiciary intellectual property subcommittee Oct. 9, ... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Eli Lilly & Co.’s struggle to put the genie back in the tirzepatide bottle following an almost two-year long, FDA-declared shortage of the Mounjaro and Zepbound active ingredient continued this week, with dism... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
October 10, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Three new unauthorized websites offering crypto-asset or digital asset services in France have been added to the country’s blacklist. France’s financial markets regulator added 22 new names in 20... (more story)
October 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is intensifying its efforts against Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical exports by sanctioning more than 50 individuals, entiti... (more story)
October 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued answers to four Frequently Asked Questions to clarify certain requirements related to suspicious activity reports.
Financial Services View More
October 10, 2025 | Fanny Roux
Europe
EU countries including France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg and Spain have decided to work on the idea of an EU-wide securitization platform that would facilitate the standardization of processes across borders, ... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Draft legislation for the UK's move to a one-day trade settlement cycle is expected to be published before the end of the year, with the finance ministry appearing to seek to exempt securities financing transa... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The EU is watching global stablecoin developments closely, debating whether its legal framework is enough to support market growth and protect its sovereignty. While some finance ministers tout the effectivene... (more story)
Trade View More
October 10, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex summary: The office of the US Trade Representative modified the port fees on foreign-built ships set to take effect next Tuesday. The fee is $46 per net ton on the operator of a foreign-built ship, up fro... (more story)
October 10, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex summary: President Donald Trump said that starting Nov. 1, the US will impose a 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods "over and above" existing duties in retaliation for China's incoming restrictions on rar... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Zack Budryk
North America
The US Court of International Trade has denied a motion for judgment from the Domtar Corporation in a case seeking to compel the Commerce Department to remand the results of an administrative review of antidum... (more story)
State Aid View More
October 10, 2025 | Anna Ferrari
Asia, Europe
India's Tata AutoComp Systems has sought EU foreign-subsidy approval to buy IAC Group Sweden. The European Commission will decide by Nov. 13. The deal won EU approval under merger-control rules in September. T... (more story)
October 10, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Special state aid rules for companies needing rescue and restructuring support will be extended by one year to the end of 2026, the European Commission said on Friday. The regime, which applies t... (more story)
October 07, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU governments and heads of states are planning an "in-depth discussion on bolstering the Union’s competitiveness" at their summit planned for Oct. 23 and 24, according to a preparatory document ... (more story)
Energy View More
October 10, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target and underlined that climate finance remains central to global action. In conclusions agreed on Friday ahead of t... (more story)
October 10, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states on Friday backed using tax incentives to boost clean technologies and industry under the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal. The move promotes measures such as targeted tax credits and a... (more story)
October 09, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Europe’s trucks — unlike the car industry — are ready to electrify, but charging and grid infrastructure must catch up, Anja van Niersen, chief executive of truck-charging venture Milence, told MLex in an inte... (more story)
Technology View More
October 10, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
The EU’s digital simplification package should focus on making the General Data Protection Regulation and the AI Act more coherent and easier to apply across member states, Danish digital minister Caroline Sta... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Social media platforms such as Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok, and Snapchat should face tougher rules to protect children online, European digital ministers agreed on Friday, but they remained divided ov... (more story)
October 10, 2025 | Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Exposure of children to the highest risk types of suicide and self-harm content was greater than previously thought before new rules in the UK's online safety law came into effect in July, a well-known online ... (more story)