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Artificial Intelligence
July 09, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

Data Privacy and Security, Technology
July 09, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe

Energy
July 09, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Antitrust View More
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Meta has been hit with French antitrust charges, alleging the social media giant unfairly restricted access for companies to become partners for ad verification services on its inventory. The cas... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May
North America
Timothy Leiweke, the co-founder and chief executive of entertainment company Oak View Group, allegedly conspired to rig bids in the development of an arena in Texas, an indictment unsealed today by the US Depa... (more story)
July 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice filed an indictment accusing Timothy J. Leiweke, the chief operating officer of a company that provides services for sports and entertainment venues, of conspiring wi... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A European Parliament study finds that generative AI training practices are legally incompatible with the text and data-mining exceptions under the Copyright Directive. The report, commissioned b... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea’s drive to become a global power in artificial intelligence will hinge on whether it can build robust cybersecurity foundations, President Lee Jae Myung said today, pledging reforms to better safeg... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia,Europe,North America,Oceania
The 10-member International Network of AI Safety Institutes will meet next week in Canada for the first time since recent name changes in the UK and US stirred speculation about the future direction of the sti... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
July 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Merck and Verona Pharma will file merger paperwork with the US antitrust authorities within 25 business days of their July 9 merger agreement, according to a Verona filing with the US Securities ... (more story)
July 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Merck has agreed to buy Verona Pharma, a biotech firm specializing in respiratory diseases, for about $10 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025.
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The German competition authority has seen a "welcome turnaround" in cartel prosecution, antitrust head Andreas Mundt said today, when issuing the authority's latest activity report. "We will cont... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
July 09, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Timely responses and a demonstrated effort to comply with the Connecticut Data Privacy Act are crucial for avoiding severe fines, state Attorney General William Tong said as he announced the first monetary fine under the law.
July 09, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Google has reached a preliminary agreement to resolve allegations that it illegally intercepted private health data from users of a reproductive tracking app, days before it was set to face a federal jury in a... (more story)
July 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Google has reached an agreement in principle to settle claims that it intentionally eavesdropped on people's confidential conversations with a reproductive tracking app without their consent in v... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
July 09, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
A dispute between the owner of video footage of a hurricane-ravaged Bahamas and Leonardo DiCaprio, who shared the copyrighted work with his 61.2 million Instagram followers without permission, ended in a settl... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
InterDigital argued before the UK Court of Appeal today that information on the costs of its licenses should be kept confidential as part of ongoing litigation to determine the appropriate rates for standard e... (more story)
July 09, 2025
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: IP Europe, a trade association representing companies that own technology standards such as Nokia and Ericsson, has criticized the European Commission’s guidance published today for an Automotive... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
July 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating 22 entities based in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey for their roles in facilitating the sale of Irania... (more story)
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: More than half of people who've acted on social media financial advice have lost money, UK bank TSB said today. Four-fifths of respondents to TSB’s survey of just over 1,800 consumers said they'd... (more story)
July 08, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
The upcoming US trial of a cryptocurrency software developer can include mentions of a North Korean hacking group, a judge ruled today, though she limited the extent to which prosecutors can discuss the organi... (more story)
Financial Services View More
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority, or ESMA, published new guidelines today on supervisory practices for authorities to prevent and detect market abuse under the Markets in Crypto Asse... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A draft UK law that could see pension funds forced to invest in domestic assets drew a challenge from Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey today. he told a press conference that while a review of the pension... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The Bank of England will review UK banks' capital requirements for the first time in five years, with an update foreseen in December, the central bank has said today. The update came as the BOE's Financial Pol... (more story)
Trade View More
July 09, 2025 | Bradley Dress
Asia, North America
A nascent domestic ammunition materials producer urged the US International Trade Commission today to take action against the dominant Chinese tungsten shot industry, though commissioners raised questions abou... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska and Patrick Hatzis
Europe
EU "regulatory autonomy" won't be affected by a tariff deal being hammered out with the US, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič pledged today as he updated EU lawmakers on trade negotiations with Washington — althou... (more story)
July 09, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has dismissed a case against the US government over antidumping duty determinations for epoxy resins from China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. In th... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Norway's updated innovation and development program for news and current affairs media has received approval from the EFTA Surveillance Authority, the watchdog said today. The revision ensures th... (more story)
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Norway's rail freight incumbent CargoNet has been cleared to receive a government grant of up to 475 million kroner (around $47 million), the EFTA Surveillance Authority said today. The regulator... (more story)
Energy View More
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany’s hydrogen and electricity sectors should receive clear and targeted financial support from the federal government, the German energy industry association BDEW said in a statement today. ... (more story)
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will follow newly adopted state aid guidelines from the EFTA Surveillance Authority aimed at supporting the Clean Industrial Deal. The simplified guidelines outl... (more story)
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU lawmakers should have focused their security of supply report on renewables and flexible electrification rather than staying “rooted in fossil fuels,” solar industry group SolarPower Europe sa... (more story)
Technology View More
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK media regulator Ofcom has asked online services to provide their children’s risk assessment reports, after it launched an enforcement program under the Online Safety Act. Ofcom didn't name the... (more story)
July 09, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Google Cloud will form a partnership with the UK government to help public services use advanced tech and shake off legacy contracts that leave essential services vulnerable to cyber attacks, the... (more story)
July 09, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
The UK government will consider whether it needs additional options for corporate intervention in the case of a company's behavior leading to an emergency, as part of a wider drive to strengthen the country's ... (more story)