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Energy

September 12, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Denmark pushing to set EU states' 2040 climate stance without referral to leaders

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 11, 2025 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

North America

GTCR ruling to advance US precedent on litigating the fix, divestitures

Antitrust View More

Google unlikely to reverse injunction in US Epic Games suit, appeals court says

September 12, 2025 | Chris May

North America

Google faces an uphill battle as it seeks to reverse a US federal court order requiring the company to open up its Play Store to competition from Android app-distribution services, an appeals court said today.

Google denied panel rehearing, rehearing en banc in Epic Games US suit

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Google will not get a panel rehearing or rehearing en banc after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit court found for Epic Games in an app store monopolization lawsuit and imposed an inj... (more story)

Wabtec seeks dismissal of US antitrust claims over freight locomotives

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss amended antitrust claims brought Progress Rail Services challening Wabtec's acquisition of General Electric Transport... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

California governor facing balancing act as AI bills head to his desk

September 13, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a balancing act as more than a dozen bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence tools in a wide range of settings head to his desk for approval. He could approve b... (more story)

Political neutrality in AI can be approximated, if not perfected, researchers say

September 12, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Achieving perfect political neutrality in artificial intelligence large-language models is impossible, but it can be approximated, a group of researchers say in a new study, in the wake of a recent Trump Admin... (more story)

Microsoft exec calls UK's sovereign AI ambitions misguided

September 12, 2025 | Frank Hersey and Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK’s approach to achieving both sovereign AI capabilities and technology-driven economic growth by building physical infrastructure such as data centers could be ineffective, a senior Microsoft official ha... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Western-Aris US premerger waiting period set to expire Sept. 26

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Pipeline operator Western Midstream and infrastructure company Aris Water Solutions submitted their US federal premerger forms Aug. 27, according to a filing submitted to the US Securities and Ex... (more story)

Palo Alto Networks, CyberArk Software filed US HSR Act paperwork Sept. 4

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Palo Alto Networks and CyberArk Software each filed Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Notification and Report Forms with the US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on Sept. 4, according to a s... (more story)

Pressure mounts in HPE-Juniper case for fact discovery under US Tunney Act procedure

September 12, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

State attorneys general and other observers are pushing for a thorough Tunney Act procedure, including fact discovery, as a US judge considers whether Hewlett Packard Enterprise's merger with Juniper Networks ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Plaintiffs say 'groundbreaking' US privacy settlement is new Google privacy tool

September 13, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Class-action privacy settlements often put a monetary check before business changes, but a group of plaintiffs who alleged Google’s “Real-Time Bidding” ad auction violates their privacy say they've achieved a ... (more story)

USDA’s collection of SNAP data done without proper analysis, plaintiffs argue

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Agriculture is attempting to bury the fact that there is no reasoned decision-making in the administrative record regarding its collection of Supplemental Nutrition Assistanc... (more story)

USDA opposes summary judgment in case over SNAP data collection

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Agriculture told a federal judge it has the statutory and regulatory authority to gather Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits data that is currently spread acro... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

UK surgeon fails in claim for patent as blood monitor inventor

September 12, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

A UK surgeon has lost a claim that he is entitled to the patent for a blood-flow monitoring device. The Intellectual Property Office found that Ali Kordzadeh’s initial proposal and subsequent contributions to ... (more story)

Japan launches debate on AI Basic Plan under new AI Act

September 12, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japanese cabinet ministers, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, held the first meeting of the Artificial Intelligence Strategy Headquarters on Friday to discuss a draft basic plan under the recently implemen... (more story)

Katy Perry's clothing brand move unforeseeable, top Australian court told

September 12, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

Katy Perry’s reputation as a singer didn’t spill over into a reputation as a purveyor of clothing, and her decision to use her name to brand her clothing couldn’t have been predicted, Australia’s top court has... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Georgia businessman paid bribes, US says, as defense points to lack of intent

September 12, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A Georgia businessman bribed Honduran officials to win business and to get paid on government contracts, prosecutors said Friday in their closing argument of his corruption trial, while the defense said he had... (more story)

SIGA fined by Canada's FINTRAC for anti-money laundering compliance failures

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada imposed a C$1.2 million administrative monetary penalty on the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, also operating as SIGA, for f... (more story)

Record sums returned to victims in dirty cash crackdown, says UK government

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Almost £300 million worth of dirty cash was stripped from criminals in the UK last year, the government said Friday. The asset recoveries saw nearly £50 million returned to victims, a record figu... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK FCA warns car-finance claimants against using CMCs or law firms

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK Financial Conduct Authority has launched a £1 million advertising campaign, warning those seeking car-finance compensation against using a Claims Management Company or a law firm to submit... (more story)

EU banks get revised rules on loss-absorbing requirements reporting

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has published final draft technical standards revising how resolution authorities report decisions on minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities, or... (more story)

Vietnam's crypto decree seen curbing fraud, attracting foreign capital

September 12, 2025 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Vietnam’s new decree to pilot a digital asset market for five years is expected to curb financial fraud and create a more transparent environment for cryptocurrency investment in the country, which ranks among... (more story)

Trade View More

CBERA program had small impact on US economy, positive gains for other countries, USITC says

September 12, 2025

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission released its annual report on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act program, concluding that the program has a minor impact on the US economy, but has po... (more story)

Local content rules, CO2 targets at heart of EU talks with auto industry

September 12, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello & Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

The EU automotive industry urged clarity and action on CO2 standards and local content rules at high-level talks in Brussels, warning that delays risk undermining Europe’s green transition and competitiveness ... (more story)

USITC votes to continue investigating palladium from Russia

September 12, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The US International Trade Commission voted unanimously to preliminarily determine there is a reasonable indication a domestic industry is materially injured from dumped and subsidized imports of... (more story)

State Aid View More

Slovenian aid to Lekarna Ljubljana comes under in-depth probe in EU

September 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has started a full investigation into whether Slovenia’s transfer of assets from the municipality of Ljubljana to pharmacy chain Lekarna Ljubljana complied with EU state a... (more story)

Austria overturns Hungarian aid for Paks II reactors at top EU court

September 11, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Austria has won its legal challenge to Hungary's investment aid for the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Paks II power station. In a judgment delivered on Thursday morning, the EU'... (more story)

EU Commission head takes stock of first months of new term

September 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Steps have been taken to simplify rules, cut red tape and to back European leadership in Artificial Intelligence and clean tech, President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday in her first stat... (more story)

Energy View More

Denmark gives in to EU member states’ pressure to postpone 2040 climate position

September 12, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Denmark, currently leading legislative talks for EU governments, decided on Friday afternoon to postpone a final vote, scheduled for Sept. 18, on ministers’ position on the EU 2040 climate-target proposal, a s... (more story)

Nuclear energy, green transition in focus of lawmakers’ tour to Canada, Sweden

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Two delegations of lawmakers from ITRE — the European Parliament's committee on industry, research and energy — will next week travel to Canada and Sweden in separate missions to discuss nuclear ... (more story)

EU automotive strategy accelerates with new alliance and research pact

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has stepped up efforts to secure the future of Europe’s car industry, announcing fresh initiatives at a high-level meeting with industry and unions. A new alliance on conn... (more story)

Technology View More

Design of online platforms fosters inaction on hateful content, UK study shows

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms’ design features often leave users passive when encountering misinformation, hateful content or risks to children, a UK study on media literacy showed on Friday. The report, comm... (more story)

Online platforms’ safety tools underused by parents, UK research says

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms’ safety features remain underused, with many parents uncertain about available controls, a UK government study with 100 parents showed on Friday. The Department for Science, Inno... (more story)

Guidance on GDPR and Digital Services Act interplay issued by EU privacy watchdogs

September 12, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The interplay between the EU's Digital Services Act and the General Data Protection Regulation is addressed in new guidelines published on Friday by the European Data Protection Board, the umbrel... (more story)