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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefs the press at UN Headquarters on June 27, 2025 in New York City, US.

Artificial Intelligence

July 11, 2025 | Frank Hersey

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

UN adds to global AI governance push with centralized standards database
A close-up hand image of an Asian woman in casual clothes using her smartphone while relaxing in a coffee shop.

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

July 11, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Platforms face UK push for researcher data access, but US tensions could intrude
US Assistant Attorney General nominee Abigail Slater.

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 10, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

T-Mobile, UScellular deal clears US DOJ investigation

Antitrust View More

Antitrust laws protect 'competing viewpoints' in news media, US DOJ says

July 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater of the US Department Justice’s Antitrust Division said that when companies abuse their market power to block and deplatform independent voices and protec... (more story)

Phones4U fails in UK appeal of telecom collusion suit ruling

July 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Administrators for Phones4U have failed to convince UK appeal judges that the High Court made a flawed ruling, when it said they didn’t show that O2, Vodafone and EE had forced the now-defunct co... (more story)

India's antitrust watchdog cautious on regulating AI, Kaur says

July 11, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Rather than imposing immediate regulation on artificial intelligence, the Indian antitrust watchdog intends to adopt a cautious approach while acquiring an understanding of the evolving dynamics and benefits o... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Manus AI shifts global base to Singapore amid US-China tensions

July 11, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia,North America

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Manus AI has relocated its global headquarters from China to Singapore while also slashing its domestic operations. The move comes as the company maneuvers through esca... (more story)

Indonesia collaborates with UN agency on AI governance, 5G-6G spectrum planning

July 11, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid said Indonesia is collaborating with the International Telecommunications Union, a specialized agency of the United Nations, to support ... (more story)

Meta funds AI engineer program to help UK government build public-service tools

July 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms is funding a $1 million program to attract AI engineers into the UK government to use open-source AI models such as its own Llama 3.5 to build AI tools for public services, which c... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

T-Mobile objects to US FCC giving Verizon counsel confidential information

July 11, 2025

North America

MLx Summary: T-Mobile sent a letter to the US Federal Communications Commission objecting to the disclosure of confidential and highly confidential information to counsel for Verizon Communications. "Given tha... (more story)

T-Mobile-UScellular deal will be bad for labor markets, CWA tells US FCC

July 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Communications Workers of America sent a letter to the US Federal Communication Commission saying it is concerned the proposed transaction between T-Mobile and UScellular "will further entren... (more story)

Vivendi faces charges in EU’s Lagardère merger gun-jumping probe

July 11, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Europe

Vivendi is facing a formal chargesheet from EU merger regulators over its 2023 acquisition of Lagardère, MLex has learned. The regulator will soon flesh out allegations that the French media conglomerate breac... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta appeals to EU top court against lower court’s ‘consent or pay’ rejection

July 11, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Meta Platforms Ireland has filed an appeal at the EU's highest court against a lower EU court decision that rejected the company's challenge of an opinion by an umbrella group of EU data protection authorities... (more story)

App stores’ role in age checks to be analyzed by EU study

July 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The role of app stores in verifying the age of a user will be analyzed in an upcoming EU survey, the European Commission said today. The new consultation seeks input from industry and civil socie... (more story)

Platforms fail to curb misinformation under UK Online Safety Act, report finds

July 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Social media platforms must face stricter regulations to prevent misinformation and disinformation, a UK parliamentary committee has warned today, arguing that the Online Safety Act is inadequate... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Pace of Schedule A litigation picks up despite pause by Illinois federal judge

July 11, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Intellectual property owners hoping to put a quick end to online counterfeits continue to seek relief in the Northern District of Illinois in overwhelming numbers. It’s a practice one judge there has halted — ... (more story)

Unjust enrichment claim against BNY, revived on appeal, will go to trial in US

July 11, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and the Bank of New York Mellon were denied summary judgment this week in a case brought by their former investment analyst André Pauwels. The ruling, which could carry big ... (more story)

UK signs treaty to ease global design protection, boosting harmonization drive

July 11, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

The UK became the first major signatory of an emerging global treaty to streamline procedures for design protection today, joining 19 other countries. For the UK to sign the Riyadh Design Law Treaty potentiall... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Methode Electronics discloses second US SEC subpoena over bribery compliance

July 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Methode Electronics disclosed it has received a second subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission seeking documents and information regarding the company's operations abroad, and its... (more story)

South Africa made progress against bribery, has more work to do, OECD says

July 10, 2025

Africa

MLex Summary: South Africa has made progress in detecting and investigating foreign bribery cases, despite an undermining of the rule of law and weakening of its law enforcement institutions during a period of... (more story)

Former Russian banker reaches deal with US for aiding sanctioned oligarch

July 10, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Russian banker reached a deferred-prosecution agreement with US authorities to resolve charges that he helped a blacklisted oligarch violate sanctions. In recent months, the government’s case against him unraveled.

Financial Services View More

Simplified sustainability reporting rules for EU companies extended

July 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU companies will see some of the 2024 simplified rules on sustainability reporting extended to the 2025 and 2026 financial years, the European Commission said in a statement today. Under the cur... (more story)

First provisional agreements on EU retail investment plan mark fresh start

July 11, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU governments and lawmakers this week provisionally agreed on several provisions including “finfluencers” and financial education during a meeting on the Retail Investment Strategy legal package, sources in b... (more story)

First Liberty Building & Loan, owner accused by US SEC of operating $140 million Ponzi scheme

July 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: First Liberty Building & Loan and its founder and owner Edwin Brant Frost IV have been accused by the US Securities and Exchange Commission of engaging in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded approximat... (more story)

Trade View More

Clock ticks on EU retaliation suspension amid unfinished US trade talks

July 11, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

As the suspension of the EU’s 21 billion-euro retaliation against US steel tariffs nears its expiry on Monday, July 14, the bloc’s trade ministers will meet that day to discuss a possible extension, amid ongoi... (more story)

Trump threatens 35 percent tariff rate against Canada

July 11, 2025 | Zack Budryk

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

US President Donald Trump, in a letter posted to social media last night, threatened Canada, America’s largest trading partner, with 35 percent tariffs if an August 1 deadline for a deal is not reached.

Lack of harmonized customs penalties risks enforcement gaps, EU Commission warns

July 11, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Failing to include a common framework for customs penalties in the EU’s ongoing reform will risk creating loopholes and “distortion of competition,” the European Commission has warned. Customs chief Matthias P... (more story)

State Aid View More

Lottery company says seeks clarity to plead UK subsidy lawsuit

July 11, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

The New Lottery Company told a UK judge today that it needs clarity on the defense of its lawsuit against the Gambling Commission, a non-departmental public body of the UK government, over an alleged unlawful ... (more story)

Don't respond to Trump's trade policies with tariffs, Australia's economic adviser warns

July 11, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia shouldn’t retaliate against tariffs imposed by the US government on goods and services because to do so would “come at a cost” for the economy, Australia’s independent economic-advisory... (more story)

Norwegian rail-freight operators can have aid for traffic disruption, watchdog says

July 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Rail-freight operators in Norway may receive compensation for economic losses suffered after a bridge was closed due to safety concerns, the EFTA Surveillance Authority said today. The watchdog c... (more story)

Energy View More

French companies pledge to invest more than GBP1 billion in the UK

July 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: French companies have pledged to invest a total of more than 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in the UK's energy, aviation, tech and finance sectors, as part of a new UK-France industrial strategy... (more story)

EU-China meeting on Monday to discuss climate cooperation ahead of COP30

July 11, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: EU and Chinese officials will meet on Monday for the sixth EU-China High-Level Environment and Climate Dialogue, the European Commission said in a statement today. Discussions will focus on the E... (more story)

South Korea working on power-grid plan seen as 'essential' for AI ambitions

July 11, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea plans to develop a national power-grid innovation plan, that includes building an energy superhighway using advanced technologies such as HVDC and distributed power grids, to support the growth of ... (more story)

Technology View More

Deepfake detection needs mix of measures, platforms told in UK watchdog report

July 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms have fresh insights on identifying deepfakes as UK regulator Ofcom published a discussion paper examining tools such as watermarking, provenance metadata, AI labels and context a... (more story)

Japan's METI steps up oversight of digital platforms ahead of new smartphone law

July 11, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japan's industry ministry is intensifying its supervision of the relationship of large platform operators with smaller Japanese businesses to ensure fairness and transparency. The move comes four years after t... (more story)

Most Australian children have viewed harmful content, online watchdog report says

July 11, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Seven out of 10 Australian children aged between 10 and 15 have encountered social-media content associated with online harm, according to new research released today by the online-safety watchdo... (more story)