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Intellectual Property
July 18, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Data Privacy and Security
July 17, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Financial Crime, Financial Services, Trade
July 16, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Antitrust View More
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Glass-specialist Corning has settled an EU antitrust probe into allegations it abused a dominant position on the market for Alkali-AS Glass used in handheld electronic devices. The US company sai... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Price comparison service Skroutz is the target of formal antitrust objections by the Greek competition authority, which believes the company may have abused its market power. The probe focuses on... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Middle East
MLex Summary: Payments networks Visa and Mastercard are the targets of a new antitrust investigation in Turkey, after the regulator said it suspected the companies were "complicating the operations of payment ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms will not sign the code of practice meant to facilitate compliance with the EU AI Act's rules for general-purpose AI models, which will start to apply on Aug. 2. The tech company wi... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: French lawyers will undergo training on the handling of personal and sensitive data when using AI, and receive tools and greater clarity on the legal framework from the CNIL, the data protection ... (more story)
July 18, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission published today its guidelines on the AI Act's rules for general-purpose AI models, setting out its interpretation of the provisions' scope, key concepts and application. The document o... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has formally accused Vivendi of breaching the rule barring merger parties from consummating a deal prior to receiving EU approval, known as the standstill rule. It said an... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The impact of foreign subsidies on public bids and M&A activity will get more clarity under draft guidelines released by the European Commission today. The regulator started a consultation on a g... (more story)
July 18, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce
Asia, Europe
Companies getting aid from non-EU governments will get more guidance on when M&A activity can be called in for review and how officials will balance the effects of any state support, under draft terms released... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
July 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs have adequately alleged that LiveRamp intercepted their communications for the purpose of “associating their data with preexisting [identity] profiles” and then preparing that data for... (more story)
July 18, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
Individuals joining a mass claim over a UK Ministry of Defence data breach are growing by more than 100 a day, the lawyer handling the claim told MLex. The breach exposed personal details of almost 19,000 Afgh... (more story)
July 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a request from SpyFone.com Chief Executive Scott Zuckerman to modify or vacate an order banning them from providing monitoring product... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
July 18, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
UK government proposals to streamline the rate-setting process for standard essential patents could hand smaller licensee businesses a valuable weapon against larger licensors: having the traditionally veiled ... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission today published its recent adequacy decision for the European Patent Organization, which confirms data protection compliance with EU standards. This is the first adequacy ... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Fujifilm's infringement action against Kodak relating to the UK part of European Patent 3,476,616 concerning lithographic printing plate precursor has been dismissed by the Unified Patent Court's... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
July 18, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Thousands of pounds' worth of Bitcoin has been frozen as part of a UK investigation into allegations of fraud involving collapsed outside broadcaster Arena TV. The Serious Fraud Office has been investigating t... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: New Zealand’s financial-crime watchdog announced today the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Taskforce and a related pilot program, together with the New Zealand Police and the Public Service ... (more story)
July 17, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
The GENIUS Act, which passed the US House today following passage in the Senate last month, would let private companies issue stablecoins — a prospect that has alarmed some Democratic lawmakers who fear it wou... (more story)
Financial Services View More
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK central counterparties have been asked for feedback to a consultation from the Bank of England on the future of the regulatory framework for the sector. The central bank said that the new rule... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Bank of England has published the "Fundamental Rules for Financial Market Infrastructures" to set out its expectations, including with regard to financial resources, operational resilience a... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK insurers have received an update on the Prudential Regulation Authority's stress test start date. The 2026 Dynamic General Insurance Stress Test will commence in May 2026. The test will cover ... (more story)
Trade View More
July 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Ribest Ribbons & Bows USA and TriMar Ribbon LLC engaged in evasion of antidumping duties against Chinese-origin woven ribbon products, US Customs and Border Protection has determined. In its prob... (more story)
July 18, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Companies could see EU environmental rules simplified with a possible easing of regulatory burdens, according to a European Commission statement today that it will be asking for feedback on the idea. It is rea... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Russia will face a crude oil price cap of $47.60 per barrel, down from $60, under the EU’s 18th sanctions package adopted today. The package strengthens restrictions on Russia’s oil shadow fleet ... (more story)
State Aid View More
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Greek support for the construction of two sections of motorway on the island of Crete has won EU clearance under state aid rules. The European Commission said the subsidy package would help creat... (more story)
July 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Jean Comte
Europe
EU powers to block bidders backed by foreign subsidies from distorting public tenders have triggered a surge in workload, but the quality of the submissions and awareness of the rules is unsatisfactory, the Eu... (more story)
July 15, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies owning forests in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France — as well as the access roads to such forests — will be eligible for direct grants, under a 40 million-eur... (more story)
Energy View More
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: If the current liquified natural gas inflows and storage injection levels continue, Europe is likely to enter winter with healthy reserves, EU energy regulators group ACER said today. The EU Agen... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states have agreed to extend the requirement to have gas reserves at a minimum of 90 percent of storage capacity heading into winter for two years to 2027, but with flexibility to meet ... (more story)
July 18, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Asia, Europe
The EU is aiming to pressure China into raising its climate ambition through its own climate agenda. While policymakers hope the EU’s 2040 emission reduction targets will push Beijing to step up, experts doubt... (more story)
Technology View More
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK mobile network operators will face revised annual license fees from October as communications regulator Ofcom today announced its decision to cut charges for the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum ... (more story)
July 18, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's media regulator has opened a seven-week consultation on calculating qualifying worldwide revenue for determining fees and financial penalties under the Online Safety Act. Ofcom proposes ... (more story)
July 18, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump, along with defendants Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, Commissioner Melissa Holyoak and Executive Director David Robbins, filed a motion to stay an order... (more story)