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Data Privacy and Security, Technology
January 02, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Financial Services
January 02, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Intellectual Property
January 02, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
Europe
Antitrust View More
January 02, 2025 | Freny Patel
Asia
Allegations against Bhagyanagar Gas for abusing its market dominance have been dismissed by the Indian antitrust watchdog. AGI Greenpac, a glass manufacturer, had accused the Hyderabad-based gas supplier of ex... (more story)
January 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Neither the statutory text of the FTC Act nor principles of statutory construction support the "cramped view" of the US Federal Trade Commission's authority put forward by a Texas federal judge w... (more story)
January 02, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Microsoft has been targeted by a UK class action over the company's cloud licensing practices, according to a summary of the claim filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Maria Luisa Stasi is... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 02, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China should expedite the creation of Internet management systems tailored for minors and increase accountability for platforms, according to an official from China's Youth League. Speaking at a symposium in B... (more story)
January 01, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korea will unveil comprehensive policy measures to support the enhancement of artificial intelligence computing infrastructure by the end of March, as part of efforts to boost the country’s overall AI ca... (more story)
January 01, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China has released a final version of guidelines for applicants of AI-related invention patents, according to a notice from the National Intellectual Property Administration. The guidelines, whic... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 02, 2025 | Wesley Brown
North America
US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan, joined by Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya, applauded application of the 2023 merger guidelines in the federal Kroger-Albertsons ruling... (more story)
January 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The federal court ruling against the Kroger-Albertsons merger was "one of the more rigorous assessments of a proposed divestiture in recent antitrust history," US Federal Trade Commission Chair L... (more story)
January 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The United Steelworkers sent a letter to its membership today that says Nippon Steel's claims it will invest $2.7 billion in facilities is misleading. "It’s clear that this is meant to do nothing... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an opposition to tech industry group NetChoice's motion for an injunction pending its appeal of District Judge Edward J. Davila's ruling that partially... (more story)
January 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Tech industry group NetChoice is asking US District Judge Edward J. Davila to issue an injunction that would block enforcement of California's social media anti-addiction law pending an appeal to... (more story)
January 02, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Broadband internet service providers offer only an “information service,” and therefore, the US Federal Communications Commission lacks the statutory authority to impose its net-neutrality polici... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 02, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
Europe, North America
On remand, a US judge issued a series of rulings last month in a trademark and trade secret dispute between a North Carolina provider of e-mail protection services and its former partner that spilled over to t... (more story)
January 02, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Judge Kara Stoll criticized her fellow US Court of Appeals for the Fedeal Circuit panel members today for going beyond their mandate. Although in agreement that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board "conflated obv... (more story)
January 02, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Online florist broker Teleflora was joined to a California trademark infringement case Monday after a defendant said the site failed to remove “Bloomingful” quickly enough from the Teleflora website.
Financial Crime View More
January 02, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
After whipsaw rulings during the holidays by two separate panels of the same US appeals court, the government has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce the Corporate Transparency Act. The law has been... (more story)
January 02, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Do Kwon, co-founder of the cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs, was extradited from Montenegro and appeared in a federal courtroom in Manhattan to face federal fraud charges. Kwon engaged in multi... (more story)
January 02, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Asia, North America
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon pleaded not guilty to US fraud charges following the collapse of his decentralized financial world that prosecutors say was built on lies. Kwon was extradited to the US from M... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 02, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon was indicted in the US in March 2023 on eight counts of fraud and market manipulation following the collapse of the stablecoins TerraUSD and Luna. A superseding ... (more story)
January 02, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
The current record capitalization of the crypto asset market also means an increase in risks, the European Securities and Markets Authority told EU member states in December, according to a document seen by ML... (more story)
December 31, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompete agreements across the country reflects a lawful delegation by Congress that doesn't invoke the US Supreme Court's "major questions"... (more story)
Trade View More
January 02, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission initiated preliminary antidumping and antisubsidy investigations into imports of slag pots from China.
January 02, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department amended the antidumping duty rate assigned to Korean superabsorbent polymer producer LG Chem and all others following a Court of International Trade decision to sustain... (more story)
January 02, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Twenty-eight US entities, including General Dynamics, Boeing, and LKD Aerospace, have been added to China's export control list, effective today, according to a statement released by the Ministry... (more story)
State Aid View More
December 25, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: Global telecommunications giant Ericsson and its local partner Intelia have been hit by multi-million-dollar fines in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for having agreed to establish ... (more story)
December 20, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany’s plans to grant Deutsche Energy Terminal 4.06 billion euros of state support to operate four floating Liquefied Natural Gas terminals have been approved by the European Commission. The a... (more story)
December 20, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Ombudsman has closed an inquiry into transparency around the application of a former member of DG Competition to take up a job at a lawfirm. The ombudsman "regrets" the commission's ... (more story)
Energy View More
December 31, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $22,172 settlement with SkyGeek Logistics, which agreed to settle its potential civil liability for six apparent violatio... (more story)
December 23, 2024 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe, Middle East
QatarEnergy may halt EU gas exports if the bloc’s due-diligence rules result in fines, Qatar’s energy minister Saad al-Kaabi said. The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, effective from 2027... (more story)
December 20, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The Federal Trade Commission welcomed an order by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which affirmed a lower district court order against pharmaceutical maker Teva requiring it to del... (more story)
Technology View More
January 01, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Enterprises in China are gearing up for a year where authorities will attempt to balance fostering a favorable business environment with upholding cybersecurity and data privacy governance, amid domestic econo... (more story)
December 31, 2024 | Xu Yuan
North America
General Motors must face allegations by Texas that it misled drivers who signed up for its connected-car services by failing to disclose its sharing of data with data brokers and insurers, a state judge ruled.
December 31, 2024 | Mike Swift
North America
Since the dawn of the social-media era and the ascendancy of a digital economy based on personal data, big tech companies such as Google, Meta Platforms and Uber have virtually always avoided going to trial ov... (more story)