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Energy, Technology, Trade
June 04, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Artificial Intelligence
June 03, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
June 03, 2025 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Antitrust View More
June 04, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: FUSE Media Chief Executive Mike Roggerro and other representatives met with senior counsel to the US Federal Communications Commission chairman and acting Media Bureau chief last week, expressing... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Stellantis can partly appeal a ruling which said the company failed in its lawsuit targeting Autoliv over the impact of car-parts cartels on vehicle manufacturers, the UK's specialized competitio... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Consumers wishing to file collective redress action face an "unnecessary burden" throughout the bloc under the EU regulation dedicated to recognition and enforcement of judgments, the European Co... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
June 04, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Reddit has filed a lawsuit in California state court accusing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic of using the online-discussion site’s data without a licensing agreement and violating its ... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
The EU’s intention to apply the EU AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act in Northern Ireland will be discussed at a meeting between representatives from the European Commission and UK central government next week, e... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A short delay might be helpful to “get our act together,” but companies also need legal stability to understand the regulatory requirements they face, Aura Salla, a center-right lawmaker, said today. The Europ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
June 04, 2025 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
The Brazilian competition authority has approved the merger of pet care companies Petz and Cobasi without restrictions, but the decision can still be appealed to the agency’s Tribunal for a fresh review. Rival... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Italian bank UniCredit said that it got clearance from the EU Commission under foreign subsidies rules to acquire its domestic rival Banco BPM. It is still waiting by June 19 for a greenlight on ... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Latin America
MLex Summary: The clearance of a merger between Petz and Cobasi in the Brazilian pet care sector has been published in today’s Official Journal. The approval is only final after the 15-day period for third-par... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
June 04, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
A French law requiring adult websites to verify users' ages to protect minors is under scrutiny by the European Commission. The EU regulator is assessing whether the national legislation aligns with existing E... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Aylo, the parent company of websites including Pornhub, YouPorn and Redtube, has suspended access to its platforms in France, denouncing the country’s site-based age-verification law as a privacy... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU mobile telecom operators may be obliged by EU governments to restrict “high-risk” suppliers of telecom equipment, such as Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE, from their telecom networks, the EU’s digital chief ... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Makers of innovative drugs will be able to prevent rivals from accessing the data used to develop them for a period of eight years, under a position on new rules for the pharma sector that EU gov... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Right holders are urging EU lawmakers to revise copyright rules to ensure transparency and fair remuneration for works used to train generative AI. European Commission official Emmanuelle Du Chalard said that ... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan’s new Intellectual property strategy for 2025 aims to raise the country's global innovation ranking from 13th to 4th by 2035. The strategy focuses on promoting the use of artificial intelli... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
June 04, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
United Insurance Brokers Limited was today given a trial date of June 2027 over a charge brought by the UK’s fraud agency that it failed to prevent bribery in Ecuador. The prosecutor alleges that millions of d... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Martin Coyle and Phoebe Seers
Europe
A top government lawyer has thrown her weight behind Serious Fraud Office attempts to pay whistleblowers to help crack open complex cases. The head of the SFO Nick Ephgrave has been calling for the agency to b... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Russia’s Alfa-Bank has had its appeal against EU sanctions related to the war in Ukraine dismissed by the EU’s lower court. The bank had argued that the Council of the EU, which represents member... (more story)
Financial Services View More
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Safety and security are the highest priorities for European merchants and consumers when selecting a payment method, according to a report released today by Payments Europe. The report, which inc... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The move to a one-day securities trade settlement in the EU is set to be more expensive than it had been in the US last year, a report from advisory firm Firebrand Research has found. Global custodians — finan... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The number of currencies, market infrastructures, market participants and regulators involved in the European shift to a one-day securities trade settlement will make the move more costly than it... (more story)
Trade View More
June 04, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, North America
The Commerce Department didn't deviate from prior practice when it didn't use financial statements containing countervailable subsidies to calculate the constructed value of Indian boltless steel shelving unit... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Bradley Dress
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
A coalition of domestic steel rebar producers filed a petition today with the US Commerce Department and International Trade Commission requesting antidumping and antisubsidy duties on steel concrete reinforci... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska
Europe
The EU trade chief, Maroš Šefčovič, has urged China to exclude civilian production from its export control regime for rare earths to address the situation faced by the bloc's industries that rely on Chinese im... (more story)
State Aid View More
June 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU needs to improve the "agility, transparency and inclusiveness" of its program for cross-border strategic funding — also called Important Projects of Common European Interest — when it c... (more story)
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)
Energy View More
June 04, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
EU lawmakers’ diverging views on renewables and on the perception of Russian threats are delaying the European Parliament’s report on energy security, said Socialists & Democrats lawmaker Thomas Pellerin Carli... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A new version of the EU’s “omnibus” directive aimed at simplifying due-diligence reporting requirements was circulated today for discussion among EU capitals. The text, presented by Poland in its... (more story)
June 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Members of the European Parliament have today called for the European Commission to resolve permit-granting bottlenecks for industrial energy access and decarbonization, enhance cross-border ener... (more story)
Technology View More
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A coalition of leading tech and business associations has warned EU policymakers against layering new obligations under the Digital Fairness Act, calling instead for stronger enforcement of exist... (more story)
June 04, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
A push for social-media age controls led by Greece, France and Spain has gained broader backing from other EU member states, MLex has learned. Denmark, Slovenia and Cyprus are also supporting the paper, due to... (more story)
June 04, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Digital Europe, one of the largest trade associations focused on digital policy, published a series of policy recommendations addressing EU laws related to AI, data and cybersecurity meant to inf... (more story)