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Artificial Intelligence

August 06, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Colorado AI Act to be reviewed in special legislative session
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Financial Crime

August 06, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Cryptocurrency industry vows to keep fighting after Tornado Cash verdict in US

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 06, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Cardiac device makers Edwards, JenaValve elicit US FTC merger challenge

Antitrust View More

Google seeks injunction stay in Epic Games suit ahead of Aug. 14 rehearing petition

August 09, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Google will file a petition for rehearing on Aug. 14 against an order upholding an injunction forcing it to make changes to its app store in a monopolization lawsuit brought by Epic Games, the tech giant said ... (more story)

Google asks US court to stay injunction pending rehearing in Epic Games suit

August 09, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Google asked a US appeals court for a stay of the permanent injunction imposed on it in a lawsuit involving app store monopolization brought by Epic Games, pending a forthcoming petition for rehe... (more story)

Western Range Association, ranches must face largest US wage-fixing complaint yet

August 08, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

North America

The Western Range Association and eight member ranches must face the largest-ever set of US wage-fixing claims — brought against them by a sheep rancher — with a Nevada federal judge today ruling a temporary v... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Anthropic copyright class action 'death knell' for US AI industry, say tech, writer groups

August 09, 2025 | Amy Miller and Mike Swift

North America

Anthropic is facing what’s being called the largest copyright class action in US history, and tech groups as well as writers are urging a federal appeals court to weigh in, arguing the massive case could be a ... (more story)

Privacy risks abound with 'cheat on everything' AI apps

August 08, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Cluely, a controversial startup that promises users the power to “cheat on everything” with an invisible AI assistant, is raising both money and privacy red flags.

Vast procurement powers of US on display while barring purchase of ‘woke AI’ tools

August 08, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A US executive order aimed at alleged political bias in artificial intelligence is likely to have First Amendment implications, despite the government’s broad procurement authority. The government cannot enact... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Bhushan Power & Steel's promoters pitted against creditors at India's top court review

August 11, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's top court is re-hearing its decision on the Bhushan Power and Steel insolvency case, pitting former promoters against creditors. Last week, the promoters argued for a new insolvency process, citing the... (more story)

Amedisys fined $1.1 million by US DOJ for HSR Act violations

August 08, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

Amedisys was fined $1.1 million by the US Justice Department for Hart-Scott-Rodino Act violations as part of its deal with UnitedHealth Group — less than the maximum penalty amount — due to internal corrective... (more story)

Amedisys fine was less than maximum for HSR Act violations, US DOJ says (corrects*)

August 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department explained its proposed final judgement and the civil penalty enforced in its settlement with UnitedHealth Group over the acquisition of Amedisys in a competitive impact ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

AWS, US tech companies oppose Italian regulator's proposed 'fair share' rule change

August 08, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

US cloud-service provider AWS and an association of US tech companies have criticized an Italian regulator’s proposal to equate telecom companies, cloud providers, and streaming services under Italian communic... (more story)

Finance, energy, health sectors exposed to growing cross-tech cyber risks, UK report warns

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK regulators will see growing cyber risks created by the convergence of emerging technologies across sectors such as finance, energy, health and communications, a government-commissioned study w... (more story)

Cloud adoption is reshaping UK cyberattack-simulation sector, study finds

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies in the UK’s commercial offensive cyber sector — including those offering legal and ethical security testing, tool developers, and services that simulate real-world cyberattacks on behal... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Google’s AI Overviews face EU compliance review under EU’s DSA

August 08, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Google submitted an ad-hoc risk assessment for its AI-generated search summaries — known as AI Overviews — ahead of their EU launch, the European Commission said yesterday. The ongoing review forms part of ong... (more story)

US PTAB blocks shortcuts, raises questions with new ‘general knowledge’ memo

August 08, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

A memo last week to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board specifying that petitioners for inter partes review must link all challenged limitations to prior art, without relying on expert testimony or “general know... (more story)

Google’s AI summaries are under DSA scrutiny, EU regulator says

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Google submitted an ad-hoc risk assessment for its AI-generated summaries in search results — known as AI Overviews — ahead of the rollout of that feature in Europe, the European Commission said ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

New Zealand Ponzi-scheme fraud leads to second guilty plea

August 11, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: A second person has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in New Zealand in connection with a Ponzi scheme involving almost NZ$3.9 million ($2.32 million) and over 55 investors. In a statement, the New... (more story)

Wife of Russian billionaire Khan sees UK top court appeal over sanctions rejected

August 08, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Anzhelika Khan, the wife of a billionaire Ukrainian-Russian business tycoon, has seen her bid to overturn her sanctions designation at the UK’s top court rejected. The Supreme Court said today that her bid to ... (more story)

Iranian financial messaging system, offshore bank sanctioned by US

August 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating 18 entities and individuals that play pivotal roles in the Iranian regime’s efforts to generate revenue and circumvent... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK FCA’s car-finance compensation scheme causes lawmakers concern

August 08, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK lawmakers have said they are concerned by the financial regulator’s proposed redress program for car-finance customers who may have received unfair treatment from lenders since 2007. In a letter from the Fi... (more story)

UK FCA asked to clarify car-finance redress program

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK Financial Conduct Authority has been asked to clarify how customers will be compensated, following last week's Supreme Court ruling on car finance. The request comes from the Financial Ser... (more story)

UK postpones amendments to trade repository reporting requirements to January 2026

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England's amendments to the trade repository reporting requirements have been postponed from Dec. 1, 2025 to Jan. 26, 2026 after input from the industry. Trade repository reporting re... (more story)

Trade View More

China defends energy trade with Russia, vows reasonable energy security measures

August 11, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: It is legitimate and lawful for China to conduct normal economic, trade and energy cooperation with countries around the world, including Russia, Chinese Ministry of foreign Affairs spokesperson ... (more story)

US ‘reciprocal’ tariffs to dent world trade through 2026, WTO says

August 08, 2025 | Bradley Dress

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

President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs are expected to significantly slow world trade through 2026, even with a surge in US imports earlier this year slightly raising growth projections, according to... (more story)

US Commerce raises antisubsidy rates on Canadian softwood lumber

August 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department raised antisubsidy rates on Canadian softwood lumber in the final results of the sixth administrative review on the product from Canada, which covered Jan. 1, 2023, to ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Updates to Emissions Trading System state aid guidelines open for feedback in EU

August 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Interested parties have until Sep. 5 to provide input on technical updates of the Emissions Trading System state aid guidelines. The European Commission started the review to address the fact tha... (more story)

Offshore wind energy gets boost in France as EUR11 billion plan secures EU clearance

August 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: France has won approval for its 11 billion-euro plan to back the development of offshore wind energy, under a program that will run for 20 years, the European Commission said today. The measure w... (more story)

EU state aid procedural regulation gets new legal challenge

August 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: An unnamed citizen has filed a lawsuit against the Council of the EU, the institution that represents member states, according to a note disclosed by the institution. The plaintiff says that memb... (more story)

Energy View More

Five EU members receive funds for renewables, transport and grid

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta and Cyprus have received a total of 42.8 billion euros in EU funding under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the European Commission said in a statement today. P... (more story)

EU energy regulator says it reviewed 416 market abuse cases in second quarter

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A total of 416 potential breaches of the EU Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency, known as REMIT, were reviewed by EU energy regulator ACER during the second quarter o... (more story)

EU's plan on sustainable transport investment opened for public feedback

August 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission opened a public consultation today on its sustainable transport investment plan, which it expects to unveil before the end of September. The initiative will assess investm... (more story)

Technology View More

Greystar to stop sharing rent data with RealPage, rivals as part of US DOJ consent

August 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division announced that it has reached a proposed settlement with Greystar Management Services, the largest US landlord, to end its participation in an al... (more story)

UK satellite operators face cyber risks from shift to cloud-based ground systems

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK satellite operators and telecom providers face growing cybersecurity risks as the ground-based systems used to control satellites — known as the space sector’s “ground segment” — shift toward ... (more story)

UK cyber strategy not ready for converging tech, government-backed study says

August 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK critical infrastructure, defense and tech sectors are unprepared for the cyber risks emerging from converging technologies such as AI, biotech and quantum computing, a new government-backed st... (more story)