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November 28, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Antitrust
November 27, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Trade
November 27, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Antitrust View More
November 28, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Apple is nearing a settlement deal with German antitrust investigators probing its privacy prompt, MLex has learned. The country's Federal Cartel Office is expected to start seeking feedback on the offer as so... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Chris May, Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts
North America
The US Department of Justice’s proposed settlement with RealPage this week is the latest in a string of deals involving antitrust enforcers, landlords and a poster child for concerns about the impact of algori... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Claude Marx
North America
The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Review editorial responsibility of emerging actors, platforms and AI-driven news services and test whether existing accountability rules are still adequate, culture ministers from 26 EU countries... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Beijing will tighten oversight of artificial intelligence and other fast-moving technologies under its newly amended Cybersecurity Law, a senior internet official said Friday, with additional plans to strength... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: A recent survey of 500 major South Korean companies found that nearly 90 percent of the nation's leading firms use artificial-intelligence tools, either officially or unofficially, in human resou... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
November 28, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
The French competition watchdog's decision to fine Doctolib, the leading online medical appointment booking platform, over its acquisition of a rival seven years ago is raising questions about where the line i... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK merger regulator has said it is formally starting its initial probe of Beacon Rail Lux Holdings’ planned acquisition of passenger and freight rolling stock company Eversholt UK Rails. The ... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Belgian food manufacturer Vandemoortele has offered to amend its plan to buy frozen bakery products maker Délifrance, in a bid to address EU competition concerns. The European Commission has extended its deadl... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
November 28, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Mississippi is enforcing the toughest online-safety law in the nation, and so far, neither the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit nor the US Supreme Court has said why they've allowed it to go forward. ... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Cloud provider OVH Hispano paid €72,000 for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the Spanish Data Protection Agency said in a statement on Friday. The company breached the i... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The clinical research center Humanitas Mirasole was fined €70,000 for violating the EU’s GDPR data protection rules, the Italian Data Protection Authority said on Friday in a statement dated Oct.... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
November 28, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Cox Communications and Sony Music Entertainment will face off before the US Supreme Court on Monday over whether internet service providers can be held liable for contributory and vicarious copyright infringem... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss
Europe
The UPC clarified its test for inventive step this week, as the Court of Appeal restored Amgen’s cholesterol-related patent and upheld Edwards’ heart valve patent. The court also issued rulings on preliminary ... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
The UK Intellectual Property Office, or IPO, may be forced to delay the publishing of some patents by up to three months as it implements new systems. The authority has been forced to apologize to an industry ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Corporate Travel Management, an Australian travel company that helped provide housing for asylum seekers in the UK, said Friday it had overcharged UK customers by nearly £80 million. The company ... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
UK banks are being targeted by a law firm and fintech company that have teamed up to recover cash for victims of a cryptocurrency scheme alleged to have defrauded investors of millions of dollars. They will us... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is facing parallel on-site inspections from South Korea’s financial and cybersecurity authorities following a 44.5 billion won ($30.2 million) hack that auth... (more story)
Financial Services View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed plans to remove the Systematic Internaliser regime for bonds, derivatives, structured finance products and emission allowances, following industry... (more story)
November 28, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Hedge funds have pushed back against Bank of England plans to curb risks in the government bond market, warning that they would undermine market liquidity and efficiency. The Managed Funds Association and the ... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Bank of England has published its 2025 update on systemically important financial institutions. It identified HSBC, Standard Chartered, Barclays as globally systemically important, in line wi... (more story)
Trade View More
November 28, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
A foreign-backed company must notify the European Commission of its bid for a public tender due to concerns over the impact of distortive subsidies, despite the contract falling below mandatory notification th... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: US companies exporting industrial goods, seafood and certain farm goods to the EU would gain improved market access under two draft regulations endorsed by national governments on Friday. The Cou... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Imports of ironing boards from China into the European Union will continue to be subject to dumping duties of up to 42.3 percent, the European Commission said Friday. The decision follows an exp... (more story)
State Aid View More
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Latvia's methodology for calculating guarantee premiums on new loans to large enterprises has been approved, the European Commission said Friday. It is meant to establish fair and market-oriented... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Latvia has secured approval for its plans to grant around €70 million in state aid support to boost investments in companies active in primary agricultural production. The measure, meant to rende... (more story)
November 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Amazon and Fiat on Friday saw the European Commission issue the texts of last year's decisions by which it closed in-depth state aid investigations into the companies' tax treatment in Luxembourg... (more story)
Energy View More
November 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A targeted amendment to the market stability reserve rules for the EU’s new emissions trading system for road transport and buildings was proposed on Thursday. The European Commission plan implem... (more story)
November 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho found maladministration in the European Commission’s handling of its urgent legislative package to simplify sustainability rules for companies, dubbed Omnibus I. Sh... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
Vassilios Skouris is set to be appointed president of the seven-strong committee tasked with evaluating candidates for EU judges positions, according to a document seen by MLex. The consultative body, whose op... (more story)
Technology View More
November 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Office has nominated Kim Jong-cheol, a 59-year-old law professor at Yonsei University, as the new chairman of the Korea Media and Communications Commission. It has also... (more story)
November 27, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK telecom price rules introduced in January could be revisited after ministers asked the communications regulator to review how transparency duties are working and whether the 30-day notice period gives custo... (more story)
November 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK telecom providers were urged on Thursday to rule out mid-contract price increases beyond what customers agreed, as the finance and tech ministers wrote to company chiefs calling for clearer pr... (more story)