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Data Privacy and Security
July 25, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
Energy, Financial Services
July 24, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
July 24, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Antitrust View More
July 26, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
Asia,Europe,Latin America,North America
Roger Alford and Bill Rinner, two of the top enforcers in the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, have been placed on administrative leave following tensions with leadership at the agency, MLex has learned.
July 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Panini urged a US judge to dismiss portions of Fanatics' second amended complaint, arguing that Fanatics has failed to fix the fundamental problems with what is now its third attempt to state a c... (more story)
July 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Home sellers asked a US federal judge to grant final approval to a fourth amended settlement with MLS Property Information Networks to resolve antitrust claims over broker commissions. The new ag... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
July 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
A US executive order aimed at alleged political bias in artificial intelligence includes provisions that require companies to provide insight into the workings of large language models.
July 25, 2025 | Amy Miller
North America
Anthropic is asking a US judge in California to stay a copyright class action filed by book authors that’s heading to trial in December, a case that could expose the artificial intelligence company to billions... (more story)
July 25, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
Unveiling his AI Action Plan this week, US President Donald Trump described his policy approach as a sharp contrast to “woke” former President Joe Biden and his “crazy rules.” But the document reveals a certai... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
July 25, 2025 | Wesley Brown
North America
GTCR LLC proposed selling off part of subsidiary Biocoat’s business to a third party as a divestiture in its deal to acquire Surmodics, the company told a US District Court judge. The parties provided an updat... (more story)
July 25, 2025 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Mexico has overhauled its antitrust legal framework with a major reform to the country’s competition law. Amendments published last week create a new competition authority — the National Antitrust Commission (... (more story)
July 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Counsel for Rebecca Kelly Slaughter opposed an emergency motion to stay an order that reinstated her as a commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission, saying the government cannot show it is ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
July 25, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
With Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton proclaiming his state “the watchdog for the nation’s privacy rights” this week, Google acknowledged that the $1.4 billion privacy settlement it reached with Texas this sp... (more story)
July 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Online platforms today received Ofcom’s formal response to the UK government’s strategic priorities for implementing the Online Safety Act. The UK media regulator confirmed alignment with the gov... (more story)
July 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Funding for the Austrian Data Protection Authority was cut for 2026, resulting in a reduction of activities, the regulator announced today. Despite this year’s increase to 6.1 million euros, next... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
July 25, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board announced this week that it will end remote hearings under normal circumstances beginning Sept. 1, marking the end of a COVID-era accommodation for counsel. Despite the pot... (more story)
July 25, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
AstraZeneca has called for the UK Supreme Court to hear its appeal against a recent Court of Appeal decision concerning a generic version of diabetes medication. The pharmaceutical giant intends to argue that ... (more story)
July 25, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Skechers USA Inc.’s transition to a privately held company hit a snag when a purported pioneer of hands-free footwear technology claimed responsibility for innovations at the heart of Skechers’ “most important... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
July 25, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A venture capital investor is a subject of the US investigation into the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, prosecutors told a judge today during the trial of co-founder Roman Storm. The judge sealed the matte... (more story)
July 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Financial Conduct Authority has imposed a fine of just over 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) on Jean-Noel Alba, the former deputy chief executive officer of asset manager H2O AM LLP, and ba... (more story)
July 25, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society said that the Emergency Decree on Cybercrime Prevention and Suppression has prevented over 5.8 billion baht ($180 million) in losses from online... (more story)
Financial Services View More
July 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Britain's investment companies have criticized their exclusion from the Pension Schemes Bill, which aims to enable the government to compel pension schemes to invest a percentage of their portfol... (more story)
July 24, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Transparency International US condemned the delay in implementation of a US anti-money laundering rule covering investment advisors that was scheduled to take effect at the end of this year. "Th... (more story)
July 24, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A US judge denied Samourai Wallet co-founder William Lonergan Hill's request for a separate trial that would enable his co-defendant to testify on his behalf. "Hill has not shown that any of the ... (more story)
Trade View More
July 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has raised duty rates on Canadian softwood lumber following the final determination of its sixth administrative review of an existing antidumping duty order, according ... (more story)
July 25, 2025
Europe
MLex summary: European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post on X that she will meet with President Donald Trump on Sunday in Scotland to discuss trade relations. Von der Leyen said sh... (more story)
July 25, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to exempt small businesses from President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, a measure that could build on previous Senate action and raise pressure to ... (more story)
State Aid View More
July 24, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: An allegation that Greater Manchester Combined Authority breached subsidy rules through a loan to a property developer has been dismissed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The case was brought ... (more story)
July 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A decision of the Welsh Government to grant a subsidy package to Cardiff International Airport has been appealed by Bristol Airport, following a filing at the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Bristol... (more story)
July 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Czechia’s plan to spend around 84 million euros to increase the reliance and sustainability of its agricultural sector has secured EU approval. The European Commission said the investment was in ... (more story)
Energy View More
July 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking input to support the development of an integrated EU framework for climate resilience and risk management. This initiative aims to establish a comprehensive fra... (more story)
July 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Revised rules on the identification of authorized oil and gas producers were published today in the EU's Official Journal. The producers are required to contribute to the objective of reaching th... (more story)
July 24, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi and Patrick Hatzis
Europe
Europe is set to experience a decline in solar installations for the first time since 2015, the European lobby group SolarPower Europe said in a new analysis released today. Although the EU remains on track to... (more story)
Technology View More
July 26, 2025 | Xu Yuan and Mike Swift
North America
An upcoming trial of allegations against Amazon by the US Federal Trade Commission that the e-commerce giant used manipulative techniques concerning the subscription of its Prime service has been extended as a... (more story)
July 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A federal judge in Seattle denied Amazon's motion for an interlocutory appeal of three orders in litigation filed by the US Federal Trade Commission alleging Amazon and three senior executives "t... (more story)
July 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has won its bid to increase the length of its trial against Amazon scheduled this year in federal court in Seattle to 20 days, from 15 days, giving each side 10 da... (more story)