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Financial Crime

June 11, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

US bribery enforcement may be back, but proof will come in caseload, observers say

Trade

June 11, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker and Bradley Dress

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

Tariff overlap leaves US steel, aluminum importers facing mounting costs
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Technology

June 11, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Meta, TikTok ask EU court to annul 'unfair' DSA supervisory fees (update*)

Antitrust View More

Ruling in Google News case postponed by Brazil CADE after councilor seeks review

June 12, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority has postponed its decision on the Superintendence’s closing of an administrative inquiry of Google News following a request for review by Councilor Diogo Thomson de Andrade.... (more story)

Google moves for dismissal of Yelp's tying claims in amended US antitrust complaint

June 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Google asked a California federal judge to dismiss Yelp's tying claims in its amended complaint. "The Court dismissed Yelp’s original tying claims because they were deficient and untimely on thei... (more story)

Pork price-fixing trial delayed amid defense bids for appeal, US judge’s recusal

June 11, 2025 | Chris May

North America

Top US meatpackers and agriculture industry data broker Agri Stats are seeking removal of US District Judge John Tunheim from a long-running pork price-fixing case that has seen its prior June 2 trial date pus... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Hollywood studios join copyright battles against GenAI by suing Midjourney

June 11, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Hollywood is joining the copyright battle against generative artificial intelligence, with Disney and Universal suing image generator Midjourney, calling it "a bottomless pit of plagiarism.” Midjourney provide... (more story)

Musk won't get do-over on California AG joining suit against OpenAI

June 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman included in a court filing a letter from the California attorney general stating that the office won't reconsider its decision to not join Elon Musk's suit o... (more story)

Cross-Border Privacy Rules part of global AI strategy, US State official says

June 11, 2025 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford

Asia,North America

Helping to launch the Cross-Border Privacy Rules earlier this month is part of the US’s strategy to strengthen international data transfers as the country aims to lead in artificial intelligence innovation, De... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Allianz-RAA deal gets Australian competition regulator's approval

June 12, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Allianz Group’s bid to acquire RAA Insurance Holdings and its subsidiary RAA Insurance Limited, known together as RAAI, from the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia Incorporated, or R... (more story)

US FTC advertising collusion probe dials up antitrust pressure on ad agencies

June 11, 2025 | Chris May, Alex Wilts, Ilana Kowarski and Clayton Vickers

Asia, North America, Oceania

Revelations about a US Federal Trade Commission probe into whether conservative publishers were targeted by illegal group boycotts from advertisers has upped the ante for an industry already facing state and c... (more story)

Copagril-Cia Paraná de Alimentos asset deal required notification to Brazil CADE

June 11, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority ruled today that Cooperativa Agroindustrial Copagril and Cia Paraná de Alimentos should have notified the authority of the sale of supermarket assets before closing their tr... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Businesses push for unified 'New England' privacy model; lawmakers aren’t convinced

June 12, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Business groups are urging northeastern states to rally around a single framework for data privacy, calling it the “New England model.” But lawmakers in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont aren’t buying it, inste... (more story)

Vietnam's draft data-protection law specifies fines, loosens requirements on businesses

June 12, 2025 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

The latest draft of Vietnam’s personal data-protection law proposes fines of up to 5 percent of annual revenue for cross-border data-transfer violations. It also removes the strict 72-hour deadline to handle d... (more story)

Brazil Supreme Court begins ruling on platform liability for third-party content

June 12, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian Supreme Court has begun issuing its first decisions in a pair of landmark cases that could define the legal responsibilities of digital platforms for third-party content under Article 19 of Brazi... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Trump turnabout on China student visas renews trade secret threat

June 11, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Asia, North America

While some Republicans applauded the State Department’s promise last month to “aggressively retract” student visas from some Chinese citizens who study in the US, President Trump said today that visas are part... (more story)

Supreme Court ruling in Ford personal injury case takes root in US trademark appeals

June 11, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found yesterday that litigation over “SUMMER WAVES” was wrongly dismissed by a Georgia federal judge, in view of evidence British Virgin Islands-based defendant... (more story)

Georgia waterpark wins reinstatement of US trademark claims against IP holding company

June 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US-based marketing, licensing and enforcement activities of Polygroup Macau, a British Virgin Islands-based multinational, should have been enough for a Georgia federal judge to exercise juri... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Sister of ex-hedge fund analyst Korfuzi was unwittingly insider trading, UK jury told

June 11, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The sister of a former analyst at global asset manager Janus Henderson executed trades without knowing that her brother was feeding her with inside information, a London jury was told today. A barrister repres... (more story)

EU list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering, financial crime updated

June 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has updated its list of jurisdictions identified as high-risk for money laundering and financial crime. Transactions involving the countries on this list require enhanced ... (more story)

US judge denies move by alleged BTC-e operator to dismiss money laundering case

June 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Aliaksandr Klimenka has failed to get a federal judge to dismiss allegations by federal prosecutors that Klimenka helped operate the BTC-e cryptocurrency platform, which allegedly laundered billi... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU market integration, supervision, pensions package proposal due on Dec. 10

June 11, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Commission is expected to present a package proposal as part of its Savings and Investments plan on Dec. 10, according to a draft agenda seen by MLex. The package will aim to improve EU market int... (more story)

Ensuring UK financial stability ‘most important’ thing for growth, BOE says

June 11, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

Ensuring the stability of the financial system is “the most important thing” financial regulators can do for growth, a senior Bank of England official said today. Countering months of government and industry p... (more story)

Don’t impose dual authorization requirements on certain CASPs, EBA says

June 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has advised national responsible authorities not to impose dual authorization requirements — under the EU laws on payment services and crypto-assets — for Crypto-As... (more story)

Trade View More

USCIT judge confirmed for agricultural leadership job in Trump administration

June 11, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

A US Court of International Trade judge has been confirmed to serve as the deputy secretary of Agriculture in the Trump administration.

'Revenge tax' in spending bill divides US Senate Republicans

June 11, 2025 | Zack Budryk and Bradley Dress

Asia, Europe, North America

A provision of the sweeping Republican spending and tax cut bill that would tax investments by foreign-owned firms is dividing the Senate GOP caucus, potentially putting its inclusion in the final package at risk.

White House clarifies US tariff rate on China is 55 percent

June 11, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

The White House clarified today that the tariff rate on Chinese goods is 55 percent, following a post from President Donald Trump on the latest deal struck in London that had sparked some confusion.

State Aid View More

Norway must recover purchase price from property developer, EFTA watchdog says

June 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The transfer of public land free of charge to Norwegian property developer Masserud Utvikling — due to the municipality’s failure to enforce its claim under the sale agreement — amounts to unlawf... (more story)

EU leaders to call for 'further strengthening' of bloc's competitiveness

June 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU heads of state and governments will return to the issue of competitiveness at the European Council meeting of June 26 and 27, according to an outline for the final statement. The leaders are e... (more story)

Czechs sign Korean nuclear deal despite EU’s subsidy warnings

June 05, 2025 | Lewis Crofts, Joanna Sopinska and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have signed a deal to provide nuclear reactors at the Dukovany power plant less than a month after the European Commission warned such a move would breach a... (more story)

Energy View More

Constellation-Calpine deal would raise utility bills, Illinois tells US FERC

June 11, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

If power generator Constellation Energy is allowed to buy rival Calpine Corporation, electricity rates are likely to surge, Illinois’ Office of the Attorney General asserted in a memo to the US Federal Energy ... (more story)

Global-365's energy market dominance abuse suit is flawed, PayPoint tells UK judge

June 11, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Technology company Global-365's lawsuit over alleged dominance abuse in the pre-pay energy market is flawed, UK payment services company PayPoint told a UK judge today. Global-365 said it was stymied in its pl... (more story)

Permit-granting challenges for EU clean energy projects under discussion

June 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A "high-level implementation dialogue" on permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects and related infrastructure was held today by the European Commission. The discussion, hosted by ... (more story)

Technology View More

Tech companies to discuss data-retention impact assessment on June 25

June 11, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Tech companies and Internet service providers will take part in workshop this month on strategies for possible legislation on the retention of metadata for law-enforcement purposes, MLex has learned. The works... (more story)

European Commission’s proposal for digital amendments due on Dec. 10

June 11, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The European Commission has set a provisional date of Dec. 10 for the publication a digital package, including a so-called omnibus that will propose amendments to legislation, potentially addressing landmark l... (more story)

French social-media ban for under-15s gathers pace after school stabbing (update**)

June 11, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Matthew Newman

Europe

TikTok, Instagram and X could be forced to block users under the age of 15 in France unless European legislation moves forward “in the next few months,” the French President said yesterday. Emmanuel Macron sai... (more story)