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Trade
June 02, 2025 | Zack Budryk
North America
Artificial Intelligence
June 02, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
Financial Crime
May 29, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Antitrust View More
June 03, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs in a private US antitrust case urged a Washington federal judge to deny Apple's motion for reconsideration of a previous order. Apple asked the judge to reconsider her order that allo... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Alex Wilts
North America
Amazon and the US Federal Trade Commission asked a Washington federal judge to issue a ruling on whether the trial for the agency’s monopolization lawsuit against the company, which is currently scheduled to b... (more story)
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A Nevada federal judge granted the US Department of Justice's request for the court to conduct an inquiry into potential conflicts of interest of healthcare staffing executive Eduardo Lopez's new... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The Texas state legislature has sent HB 149, the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, to Gov. Greg Abbott for approval. If approved, the legislation will impose new requirements on... (more story)
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Website owner Briver has agreed to a permanent injunction prohibiting it from operating websites that help users create artificial intelligence-generated deepfake pornography, San Francisco City ... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi and Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Meta Platforms' risk assessment for its artificial intelligence feature under the EU regulation for online intermediary services is expected to be filed "shortly," the European Commission has said. The largest... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
June 03, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: A review of global infrastructure developer Acciona’s bid to acquire the East Rockingham Waste to Energy Program, which is currently in receivership, is continuing, with Australia’s competition w... (more story)
June 03, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski
Europe, North America
Keysight Technologies, a network testing hardware and software provider, and acquisition target Spirent Communications reached a divestiture settlement with the US Department of Justice regarding their $1.5 bi... (more story)
June 03, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: The Australian antitrust regulator's review of a bid by multinational industrial-gas company Nippon Sanso’s Australian subsidiary, NSC (Australia), to acquire Coregas, Coregas NZ and Blacksmith J... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
June 03, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A US federal judge has narrowed expert testimony by both Google and plaintiffs suing it in a privacy lawsuit over the alleged tracking of mobile app activities. The judge excluded certain aspects... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Xu Yuan and Mike Swift
North America
Digitalization has made the world’s economy so dependent on personal data, it isn't uncommon for people to just throw up their hands and surrender their privacy. It is “a never-ending set of chores,” said Tom ... (more story)
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs suing Meta Platforms opposed a motion to dismiss amended claims that it illegally wiretapped electronic communications on major online tax filing websites. They said that the Meta Pixe... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
June 02, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
A motion to compel discovery of complaints by other seed companies about the business practices of Inari Agriculture was made available with redactions Friday, the same day the parties filed a stipulation — si... (more story)
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Judge John F. Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation in the District of Delaware, signed a stipulation that Inari Agriculture will produce “all documents contai... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Inbar Preiss and Melissa Ritti
Europe, Latin America, North America
A bid by The Walt Disney Company for an antisuit injunction barring InterDigital from enforcing relief it may go on to win in Brazilian patent infringement litigation was denied in the US one day after Disney ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Jin Guanghua, a Chinese national extradited to the US last year to face charges of conspiracy, bank fraud and violations of North Korea sanctions through the illicit trafficking of tobacco produc... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A former Florida banker is set to plead guilty over his alleged role in a bribery scheme involving contracts to provide the Honduran national police with uniforms and related accessories.
June 02, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
UK online bank Monzo said it expects a “financial cost” to result from an ongoing regulatory investigation into suspected anti-money laundering failings. The challenger bank has been under investigation by the... (more story)
Financial Services View More
June 02, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
Portfolio funding — the funding of a group of legal cases, as opposed to litigation funding, which funds a single, specific case — should be regulated as a form of loan by the UK financial markets watchdog, a ... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
Cryptoasset businesses are unlikely to see a second consultation on secondary legislation that would pave the way for the sector to be regulated. Despite industry concern about ambiguity in the draft Cryptoass... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
The former head of cryptocurrency company Saitama, who is wanted in the US on fraud charges related to a dog-themed crypto token, appeared in a London court today as part of extradition proceedings. The hearin... (more story)
Trade View More
June 02, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
The US Court of International Trade today upheld the Commerce Department’s 2020 antidumping determination on Indian steel fluid end blocks, rejecting a challenge from American steelmakers on the federal agency... (more story)
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade sustained the US Department of Commerce's 2020 antidumping order on steel fluid end blocks from India. CIT Judge Stephen Alexander Vaden ruled that Commerce wa... (more story)
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex summary: The office of the US Trade Representative announced a resolution with Mexican auto parts maker Aludyne under the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement's Rapid Response Labor Mechanism and has resumed ... (more story)
State Aid View More
May 29, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
A UK local authority accused of subsidizing a real estate developer defended itself in the country's specialized competition court today, arguing that loans it made were independently scrutinized and weren't a... (more story)
May 27, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
Greater Manchester Combined Authority subsidized a real estate developer without going through the proper process to determine the pricing of loans, a rival told a UK specialized competition court. The challen... (more story)
May 27, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Truck and bus manufacturers are choosing electricity over hydrogen to reduce their CO2 emissions, a European Commission report said today. With one in three new heavy-duty vehicles expected to be zero emission... (more story)
Energy View More
June 02, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
European industries could become more competitive by electrifying their process heating, according to a new study by consultancy Accenture and electricity lobby group Eurelectric. The likes of heat pumps and a... (more story)
June 02, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Markus Rauramo, chief executive of Finnish utility Fortum, has been appointed president of the European electricity industry association Eurelectric today. Rauramo is joined by Catherine MacGrego... (more story)
June 02, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has issued a guidance document on anticipatory investments for developing future-oriented electricity networks. These investments address network development needs beyond ... (more story)
Technology View More
June 02, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
General Motors is fighting back against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to grill a corporate representative of the company in a privacy lawsuit, characterizing the AG’s deposition demand as a legal ... (more story)
June 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: General Motors is asking a Texas state court judge to block the state’s attempt to depose a corporate representative in privacy litigation, arguing that the proposed deposition topics are so broa... (more story)
June 02, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK online platforms will face a new consultation from Ofcom on tackling illegal content and livestreaming risks before Parliament’s summer recess on July 22. Junior minister Margaret Beryl Jones told lawmakers... (more story)