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Technology
June 11, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Antitrust
June 11, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
Artificial Intelligence
June 10, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A supplier of household and garden equipment was raided by Czech antitrust officials last week over suspicions that it engaged in resale price maintenance, the authority said today. The household... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Four providers of engineering and IT services in France engaged in an anticompetitive agreement not to solicit each other's workers and must pay a total fine of 29.5 million euros (around $34 mil... (more story)
June 11, 2025 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Irish telecom operator Eircom’s damages lawsuit against BT Group over a public-sector contract must be carefully managed to trial, a UK judge told the parties today. Eircom's claim, filed at the High Court, fo... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission shared a question and answer, or Q&A, document meant to clarify the interplay between the EU AI Act and medical devices regulations, which the industry has criticized for ... (more story)
June 11, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
The EU's AI Act should apply fully in Northern Ireland to ensure the continued free movement of goods, the European Commission says. A six-week UK pause on talks over this ended this week, and a decision needs... (more story)
June 11, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korea’s science ministry is likely to unveil the subordinate decrees and notices for the framework law on artificial intelligence later than the original schedule set for the end of June, a senior minist... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: WSP’s planned acquisition of Britain’s Ricardo will need antitrust clearances in the UK and Saudi Arabia in addition to other security approvals. The Canadian professional-services provider agree... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Japanese firm Mitsui & Co. and its Australian arm have admitted to notifying the Indonesian Competition Commission, or KPPU, late about their acquisition of Australia’s Position Partners, the par... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK probe of Safran’s acquisition of actuation and flight control assets from Collins Aerospace might take until Aug. 11 to consider undertakings by the acquirer designed to ease antitrust con... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
June 11, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Matthew Newman
Europe
TikTok, Instagram and X could be forced to block users under the age of 15 in France unless European legislation moves forward “in the next few months,” the French President said yesterday. Emmanuel Macron sai... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippines’ National Privacy Commission, or NPC, has issued a circular setting guidelines for processing personal data from body-worn cameras. The measure applies to law enforcement, private... (more story)
June 11, 2025 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Australian health insurer Medibank Private’s appeal of a court decision to release a report prepared by Deloitte on its 2022 data breach to class-action applicants has been referred to a panel of judges, allow... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
June 11, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Patent and Trademark Office has discontinued the Accelerated Examination program for utility patents. The program, launched in 2006, allowed utility applications to be examined out-of-turn... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Coinbase’s bid to invalidate a rival's trademark registration of the word "coinbase" in the EU has been dismissed by the EU General Court. It ruled that the US cryptocurrency exchange had failed ... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has set aside the previous decision on Carlsberg’s patent for mutant barley plants used in brewing. The decision noted procedural shortcomings, p... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
June 11, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The sister of a former analyst at global asset manager Janus Henderson executed trades without knowing that her brother was feeding her with inside information, a London jury was told today. A barrister repres... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has updated its list of jurisdictions identified as high-risk for money laundering and financial crime. Transactions involving the countries on this list require enhanced ... (more story)
June 10, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Aliaksandr Klimenka has failed to get a federal judge to dismiss allegations by federal prosecutors that Klimenka helped operate the BTC-e cryptocurrency platform, which allegedly laundered billi... (more story)
Financial Services View More
June 11, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
Ensuring the stability of the financial system is “the most important thing” financial regulators can do for growth, a senior Bank of England official said today. Countering months of government and industry p... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has advised national responsible authorities not to impose dual authorization requirements — under the EU laws on payment services and crypto-assets — for Crypto-As... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex summary: The European Commission has opened a one-month consultation today on its plans for enhancing savings and investments accounts, part of a wider drive to boost their long-term returns and increase ... (more story)
Trade View More
June 11, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that the US and China have agreed to a trade deal, pending final approval from him and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Trump added that China would s... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China and the US have agreed on a "principled consensus" to implement a "framework" aimed at building on the outcomes of the Geneva trade talks and the strategic agreements made during the June 5... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Imports of optical fiber cables from India will face definitive countervailing duties of up to 8.1 percent at the EU borders, the European Commission said in a notice published today. The EU regu... (more story)
State Aid View More
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The transfer of public land free of charge to Norwegian property developer Masserud Utvikling — due to the municipality’s failure to enforce its claim under the sale agreement — amounts to unlawf... (more story)
June 10, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU heads of state and governments will return to the issue of competitiveness at the European Council meeting of June 26 and 27, according to an outline for the final statement. The leaders are e... (more story)
June 05, 2025 | Lewis Crofts, Joanna Sopinska and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have signed a deal to provide nuclear reactors at the Dukovany power plant less than a month after the European Commission warned such a move would breach a... (more story)
Energy View More
June 11, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
The importance for the EU of investing in electricity interconnections for energy security was stressed by Poland's deputy minister for European affairs, Ignacy Niemczycki. Discussion on electricity security h... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK-based company Aquind — created to develop a proposed electricity interconnector between France and the UK — has lost its legal dispute at the EU's General Court against the EU's Agency for the... (more story)
June 10, 2025 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
UK payment services company PayPoint abused its market dominance in the pre-pay energy market, technology company Global-365 told a UK judge today. Global-365, as well as energy supplier Utilita Energy, have t... (more story)
Technology View More
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Fully driverless taxis in the UK could be licensed take paying passengers from spring next year, according to a statement by junior transport minister Lilian Greenwood to lawmakers today intended... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Stichting Massaschade & Consument has said that a Dutch court ruling on its collective lawsuit against Airbnb reveals deep flaws in EU consumer protection. The court decided the case must be hand... (more story)
June 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: TikTok Technology and Meta Platforms Ireland have challenged the European Commission's supervisory fees under the Digital Services Act in the EU General Court, reports for the hearing for both ca... (more story)