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Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
July 30, 2025 | Anna Ferrari
Europe

Data Privacy and Security, Technology
July 30, 2025 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania

Financial Crime, Financial Services
July 29, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust View More
July 30, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
Europe,North America
News of a $1.05 billion arbitral award to standard-essential patent owner InterDigital could prompt adversaries to rethink global litigation as a winning strategy.
July 30, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Direct purchasers of pork products asked a US federal judge to grant final approval to their settlements with Tyson, Clemens and Triumph totaling $66 million to resolve US price-fixing claims.
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: School accessories and toys retailer Public has received a statement of objection in a probe by the Hellenic Competition Commission into alleged collusion with suppliers since 2017. The case cent... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
July 30, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission will brief EU countries in September on plans to update the AI Act’s threshold for designating “systemic risk” AI models. The current threshold — based on computing power used in traini... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Amazon and Anthropic have joined a UK-led initiative to fund research into controlling advanced AI systems, as part of a 15 million-pound ($20 million) project launched today by the AI Security I... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A broad coalition of rights holders, ranging from authors, publishers and producers, issued a statement arguing that the AI Act’s implementation has so far resulted in a missed opportunity for th... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
July 30, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
Spanish telecoms company Telefónica has been fined 20 million euros by the national antitrust regulator, for not respecting one of the conditions imposed for the acquisition of broadcasting company DTS in 2015... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Vodafone and Digi’s takeover of Telekom Romania Mobile Communications has secured approval from the country’s competition authority, with commitments. The telecom operators pledged to continue to... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Spanish competition authority has imposed a fine of 20 million euros on Telefónica, for failing to comply with the conditions tied to its acquisition of pay-TV service DTS in 2015. Telefónica... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
July 30, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe, North America
Google has denied receiving a secret surveillance request from the UK government that would mean weakening encryption and potentially opening the door to users’ personal data. Political scrutiny of the UK’s In... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Profiling tools can help detect harmful content and meet obligations established by the UK Online Safety Act, but privacy must also be taken into consideration when such tools are used for online... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Cologne Administrative Court has published its decision confirming that the German government’s press office can continue to operate its Facebook Fan Page. The ruling backs the government and... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court’s Local Division in Düsseldorf has accepted the withdrawal of the infringement action between Nutricia and Nestlé Germany over EP 2,359,858 B1. It has closed the proceedi... (more story)
July 30, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s southeastern Zhejiang Province is pioneering a new approach to patent commercialization through what it describes as a “public implementation” mechanism, which transforms dormant patents held by state-... (more story)
July 30, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court is reviewing a decision by the Japan Patent Office that upheld Boehringer Ingelheim’s patent for a type 2 diabetes treatment involving a DPP-4 inhibitor used in combina... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
July 30, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Justice Department told GE Healthcare in May that they will not be proceeding with a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation over the comp... (more story)
July 30, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A businessman facing a criminal investigation by the UK’s financial regulator for an alleged mortgage-linked scam was today handed a 12-month prison sentence for contempt of court. Iain Clifford Stamp, who ran... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Asia, Latin America
MLex Summary: Seatrium has struck agreements with Brazilian and Singaporean authorities which will see it pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle corruption allegations linked to the "Car Wash" bribery s... (more story)
Financial Services View More
July 30, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published a series of consultations on proposed crypto and stablecoin regimes, including on stablecoin issuance, cryptoasset custody and prudential requirements. The dead... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK banks have been asked for feedback by the prudential watchdog on a proposal to enhance the clarity of definitions related to capital regulation in the Prudential Regulation Authority's Ruleboo... (more story)
July 30, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
A more ambitious approach to regulating stablecoins is needed in the UK, the co-chair of a parliamentary group on digital assets told MLex in an interview. Responding to Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey’... (more story)
Trade View More
July 30, 2025
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Sibanye-Stillwater, a multinational mining company headquartered in South Africa, and the United Steelworkers Union petitioned the US Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commiss... (more story)
July 30, 2025 | Zack Budryk
North America
US President Donald Trump said today that the US will impose a 25 percent tariff on India beginning Friday, and a further, unspecified "penalty."
July 30, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
China and the US will work towards an extension to the pause on reciprocal tariffs following trade talks in Sweden, according to Li Chenggang, China's international trade representative and vice minister of co... (more story)
State Aid View More
July 30, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China convened a meeting this morning chaired by President Xi Jinping to assess the current economic situation and set priorities, emphasizing the need to regulate disordered competition and addr... (more story)
July 29, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: SHINE Technologies has welcomed the "tough" terms of a European Commission subsidy intervention against Dutch support to PALLAS, a Dutch-backed nuclear medical reactor. Pointing towards the publi... (more story)
July 29, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved Denmark’s 1 billion kroner (around $155 million) program to support industrial operators and ferries in switching to cleaner fuels. Aid will be awarded via co... (more story)
Energy View More
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: New registrations of battery-electric vehicles in the EU fell by 6.1 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, according to new data released by EU statistical office Eurostat. Plug-in hybrid vehicle reg... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU law postponing due-diligence requirements for battery producers by two years has been published in the bloc's official bulletin. The new rules will now take effect on Aug. 18, 2027. This d... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking public feedback on draft terms and conditions for the third hydrogen auction under the EU Innovation Fund. Due to oversubscriptions in previous auctions, the EU... (more story)
Technology View More
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Google's video-streaming site YouTube has overtaken ITV to become the UK’s second-most-watched TV service behind the BBC, regulator Ofcom has found in its latest media report, published today. Wi... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Meta faces an antitrust probe in Italy over WhatsApp’s AI chatbot, the Italian antitrust authority said today. The headquarters of Meta’s Italian subsidiary were raided yesterday, the authority s... (more story)
July 30, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s government said a newly developed artificial intelligence model for authenticating deepfake materials performed successfully during its first two months of operation. The AI model —... (more story)