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July 11, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
Intellectual Property
July 11, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Artificial Intelligence
July 11, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Antitrust View More
July 14, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Choose ride-hailing apps such as Bolt and DiDi because they charge drivers lower commissions than Uber, New Zealand competition regulator says. In a social media post through his LinkedIn account... (more story)
July 12, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers
North America
Universities accused of price-fixing could not convince a US federal judge today to reopen discovery following allegations of unethical conduct by plaintiffs’ attorneys.
July 11, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Fanatics Collectibles Topco told a New York federal judge that rather than compete on the merits, Panini instead launched a campaign of retaliation when athletes, leagues and players associations... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
July 11, 2025 | Amy Miller
North America
Meta Platforms’ copying of authors’ books to train its artificial intelligence models legal was deemed legal by a US judge, but the tech company could still be held liable for illegally uploading those books f... (more story)
July 11, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
Lovo Inc., which offers artificial intelligence-powered voice generation services, has ducked a copyright infringement claim on the basis that AI-generated voice clones fall into a liability exclusion for imit... (more story)
July 11, 2025
Asia,North America
MLex summary: Hesai Technology was denied a judgment against the US Department of Defense including Hesai on its 1260H list in 2024. US District Judge Paul L. Friedman found that Hesai failed to show that it w... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
July 11, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Electricity providers Constellation Energy and Calpine Corporation asked the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to clear their merger "without further delay" and to dismiss complaints from t... (more story)
July 11, 2025 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo, the first in Brazil to hold the three most notable positions in the country's competition authority — councilor, superintendent and president — is departing as president of the Admin... (more story)
July 11, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski and Chris May
North America
US Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition Director Daniel Guarnera said today that conservative antitrust law enforcers should be meticulous about ensuring that the government’s theories of harm mesh... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
July 14, 2025
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The Chinese government attaches great importance to and protects data privacy and security under the law and has never and will never require companies or individuals to collect or store data ill... (more story)
July 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator has released a comprehensive new guidance manual that consolidates various privacy compliance requirements under the country’s revised 2023 Personal Information Pr... (more story)
July 11, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
A prominent cybersecurity group is warning that a recent appellate court ruling upholding the conviction of former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan could undermine the use of bug bounty programs, a cornerstone... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
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)
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)
July 11, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Japanese appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that found Daiso Industries infringed a registered design for plastic storage bins, rejecting the claim brought by patent-holder Hachiman-kasei. The... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
July 11, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A US judge denied an effort on the eve of trial by Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm to throw out conspiracy charges due to a lack of venue, but she was skeptical of the government’s evidence and said the ma... (more story)
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)
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)
Financial Services View More
July 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK lawmakers voiced their concerns in a report on how the Financial Ombudsman Service has handled the departure of its former chief executive Abby Thomas. The parliamentary Treasury committee sai... (more story)
July 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK insurance brokers have asked the finance ministry to consider streamlining rules, ahead of Finance Minister Rachel Reeves' annual Mansion House address. In a letter to Reeves, the British Insu... (more story)
July 12, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government has confirmed that the Bank of England will monitor the acceptance of cash, following a report from the parliamentary Treasury committee. The committee had voiced concerns that ... (more story)
Trade View More
July 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Malaysia now requires a strategic trade permit for all exports, transshipments and transit of high-performance AI chips of US origin, the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry announced toda... (more story)
July 13, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska
Europe
The EU has chosen not to respond immediately to yesterday's US threat of a 30 percent import tariff from Aug. 1. But politicians and experts argue ever more loudly that the European Commission should reinforce... (more story)
July 12, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Citing "Tariff, and Non-Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers," US President Donald Trump told Mexico and the European Union in letters posted on Truth Social that the US will impose tariffs of 30 ... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
Technology View More
July 11, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
A California law that would require Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor and other online marketplaces to scrutinize transactions on their platforms was halted by a federal judge on the grounds that it is preempted by federal laws.
July 11, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US House committee for energy and commerce will mark up the SCORE Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that seeks to standardize name, image and likeness (NIL) protections for student athle... (more story)
July 11, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A federal judge in California halted enforcement of a law that imposes requirements on Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor and other online marketplaces over transactions involving stolen goods. The s... (more story)