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The grilles of vehicles lined up in a lot.

Trade

August 28, 2025 | Zack Budryk and Eliana Hubacker

North America

US auto importers face new challenges on multiple fronts
teenage boy watching phone screen

Technology

August 28, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK's new online porn age-check rules raise question of enforcement priorities

Data Privacy and Security

August 26, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Plaintiffs pass case to Google in US trial over app-activity data

Antitrust View More

Delta Building Automation loses key appeal in Australian bid-rigging case

August 29, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

Australian maintenance contractor Delta Building Automation has lost in its attempt to overturn an antitrust decision against it, with an appeals court today confirming an earlier ruling that found Delta and i... (more story)

Indian antitrust watchdog directed by court to clarify Publicis investigation

August 29, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

The Indian antitrust watchdog has been directed by a local high court to produce its initial order in the high-profile investigation of leading advertising companies in India, which included the French multina... (more story)

India's top regulatory bodies tackle digital economy's data challenges

August 29, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

India’s top regulatory bodies have agreed to collaborate to tackle the complex challenges of data privacy, competition and consumer welfare in the country's booming digital economy. The Competition Commission ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Tech industry relieved after Colorado AI Act postponed

August 29, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Tech groups are relieved after the Colorado legislature delayed the effective date of the first artificial intelligence law in the US. But efforts to tweak the statute continue, especially provisions holding c... (more story)

US FTC gives final approval to consent order with Workado

August 28, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to its consent order against Workado over alleged misrepresentations of the accuracy of its artificial intelligence content detection prod... (more story)

OpenAI tool used to draft UK criminal prosecutions correspondence

August 28, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: An OpenAI large language model is being used to draft correspondence for the Crown Prosecution Service, the agency that handles criminal prosecutions in England and Wales, according to transparen... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Baker Hughes, Chart Industries to file US premerger paperwork around Sept. 2

August 28, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Baker Hughes and Chart Industries intend to file their Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Notification and Report Forms "on or about September 2, 2025," according to a Chart securities filing. The c... (more story)

UniCredit to increase stake in Alpha Bank to 26 percent

August 28, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Italian bank UniCredit announced today that it entered into a new financial instrument allowing it to increase from 5 to 26 percent its stake in Greek lender Alpha Bank. The financial instruments... (more story)

Trump fires US Surface Transportation Board Democrat Robert Primus

August 28, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

US President Donald Trump fired Robert Primus, one of two Democrats on the Surface Transportation Board, the government body that regulates railroad mergers and is investigating Union Pacific’s proposed acquis... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US judge questions NSO's bid for new trial over spyware following $168 million award to Meta

August 29, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Middle East, North America

A US federal judge challenged NSO Group Technologies, owner of spyware Pegasus, to reconcile its seemingly contradictory arguments with respect to its request for a new trial after a federal jury awarded Meta ... (more story)

At Google US privacy trial, MIT professor rebuts plaintiffs’ damages theory

August 29, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

The nearly $1.5 billion that Google was alleged to have made from collecting data on its users’ app activity was grossly overstated, an economist told jurors today as Google continues its defense in a federal ... (more story)

South Korea-EU Digital Trade Agreement invites public feedback

August 28, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The full text of the Digital Trade Agreement between South Korea and the European Commission is now available for public feedback, South Korea’s Ministry of Trade and Industry said. The ministry ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: Aug. 15-29

August 28, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Asia, Europe, North America

Patent licensing in recent weeks was again dominated by the pharmaceutical industry, with Saniona reaching the biggest agreement — worth up to $1 billion — with Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Catalyst and Lupin Pharmac... (more story)

Sovereign immunity in Curadev trade secret dispute splits Texas specialist court

August 28, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

On the cusp of its one-year anniversary, a divided Court of Appeals of Texas, 15th District, last week said sovereign immunity shields two cancer researchers and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ce... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Aug. 22-28

August 28, 2025 | Inbar Preiss and Charlotte Westphal

Europe

This week’s Unified Patent Court decisions and orders span injunctions, proportionality, settlement stays, service abroad, costs and confidentiality. The rulings refine how the UPC approaches enforcement, tran... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Five more UK rate rigging convictions could be 'unsafe,' fraud office says

August 28, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers

Europe

Five more rate rigging convictions secured by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office could be unsafe, the prosecutor said today, after the Supreme Court quashed the conviction of former UBS trader Tom Hayes for the sam... (more story)

Miner Glencore ordered to hand investors documents linked to Dutch bribery probe

August 28, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Glencore and its former chief executive Ivan Glasenberg have been ordered to give investors suing the company documents related to a bribery probe by Dutch prosecutors. A UK judge said today the ... (more story)

Former Entain head among 11 charged in UK over bribery and fraud allegations

August 28, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers

Europe

The former head of GVC Holdings, the parent company of gambling firm Entain, is among 11 individuals who have been charged with fraud and bribery offenses by UK prosecutors today. The charges relate to the pro... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US Fed's Cook goes to court to deny ouster, cites due process, federal law

August 28, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump over his allegedly illegal dismissal of her cites the Federal Reserve Act's requirements for dismissal and the Constitution's guar... (more story)

US Commerce posts second quarter gross GDP to Blockchain

August 28, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department announced that it will begin posting real gross domestic product data on the blockchain beginning with the July 2025 data.

TikTok fails to get US money transmission violations tossed in DC suit

August 28, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals declined TikTok’s interlocutory appeal seeking to dismiss DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s allegations the company violated the DC Money Transmitters Act by failing... (more story)

Trade View More

US opens labor dispute with Mexican meat packaging company

August 28, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The office of the US Trade Representative invoked a labor mechanism within the US-Mexico-Canada Act to review whether workers at a plant in Cuidad Obregon, Mexico, employed with meat-packing Mexi... (more story)

End of 'de minimis' threatens families, small businesses, Democratic leaders say

August 28, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia

Democratic state financial leaders today blasted the Trump administration’s ending of the “de minimis” rule tomorrow, warning the move to end duty-free privileges for low-cost packages threatens small business... (more story)

EU proposes US tariff reductions under deal agreed last week

August 28, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has proposed measures to implement the EU-US trade joint statement, ensuring retroactive US tariff relief on EU cars from Aug. 1. Proposals include cutting tariffs on US i... (more story)

State Aid View More

Ryanair CEO talks up Booking deal in fight with OTAs

August 27, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Ryanair’s CEO has hailed yesterday’s deal on a framework for Booking to sell its flights as a victory for consumers and for the Irish low-cost airline. He also defended the Irish carrier's lawsuits against EU ... (more story)

Denmark’s afforestation plan wins state aid backing from EU regulator

August 25, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Denmark has secured approval for its plan to spend 626 million euros to support landowners in converting agricultural land into forests. The project comes as part of a national political agreemen... (more story)

Steel sector may fall under revised EU rescue subsidy approach

August 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The steel industry may be covered by revised EU rules that determine when governments can use state funds to rescue and restructure companies. In a consultation opened today, the European Commiss... (more story)

Energy View More

CBAM initiative is open for feedback in EU until Sept. 25

August 28, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU importers and third-country producers of goods under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism can now provide feedback on a revised emissions-calculation methodology. Today's call for evidence s... (more story)

EU supply security intact despite Ukraine's attack on Russian oil pipeline

August 28, 2025 | Helena Freitas

Europe

The EU’s security of supply “has not been affected” by recent Ukrainian attacks on the Russian Druzhba oil pipeline, the European Commission said today at a press conference. After strikes that temporarily hal... (more story)

Improve customs controls to raise product safety, EU Commission says

August 28, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Products imported from third countries — including those purchased online — don't always comply with EU safety or environmental standards, which poses risks for EU companies and consumers, the Eu... (more story)

Technology View More

US FTC Chair Ferguson warns Google 'partisan' e-mail filters could be deceptive

August 28, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai warning him that the company could be engaging in behavior that is deceptive or unfair under Section... (more story)

Big Tech dominance poses privacy risks, warrants antitrust action, campaign group says

August 28, 2025

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

MLex Summary: Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple have concentrated powers that pose serious risks to privacy rights, a new report by campaign group Amnesty International argued today. The briefing, desc... (more story)

Social media sites, brands warned over hidden ads, fake reviews in UK guidance

August 28, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Social media platforms should detect, prevent and remove hidden advertising and fake reviews under updated UK guidance published today by the Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA. The new pr... (more story)