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Data Privacy and Security
February 05, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Data Privacy and Security
February 04, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
February 04, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
Antitrust View More
February 05, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japanese companies outsourcing work to freelance workers will be the focus of a Japan Fair Trade Commission survey that will evaluate their compliance with a newly introduced freelance-worker protection law. U... (more story)
February 05, 2025 | James Panichi
Oceania
In a dispute over who should perform certain types of laser eye surgery, New Zealand ophthalmologists have attracted an angry warning from the country’s antitrust watchdog, amid concerns over their apparent re... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Google contravened Australian competition law by engaging in conduct that resulted in online publishers receiving significantly lower revenue from the sale of their advertising space through various advertisin... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 05, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's cybersecurity standard-setting body has released guidelines detailing protection requirements to safeguard personal information in facial-recognition payment scenarios. The guidelines serve as a refere... (more story)
February 05, 2025 | James Panichi
Oceania
The banning of DeepSeek products, applications and web services from Australian government devices, coupled with concerns expressed by the country’s top privacy official, are pointing to a growing unease about... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
The South Korean government issued an instruction this week calling for public-service employees across the country to exercise care when using generative AI services in their work, amid increasing concerns in... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 05, 2025 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Italian bank Banco BPM has sought EU foreign-subsidy approval for its plan to buy Italian asset manager Anima. The European Commission has set a March 11 deadline to decide on the deal, which has already been ... (more story)
February 05, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Parties interested in Chinese home-appliance maker Midea's plan to buy rival Teka now have 10 days to provide comments to the European Commission. The merger regulator has set a provisional March... (more story)
February 05, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Following Japanese media report that Honda Motor and Nissan Motor have decided to cancel their business integration agreement, both companies, in separate statements, said that the news did not o... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 04, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: A Japanese government panel has finalized its proposals for new legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, amid rising public concerns about AI-mediated frauds and scams. Taking into accoun... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
NetChoice must specifically describe all the ways a Mississippi law requiring people verify their age to access websites — primarily social media websites — would violate the First Amendment, Mississippi Solic... (more story)
February 04, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australian public officials have been ordered to remove all DeepSeek products, applications and web services from government systems and mobile devices, amid security concerns over the Chinese ar... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 05, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court has said that since it went live — in June 2023 — it has received 700 cases in the Court of First Instance. According to the end-January 2025 release of the UPC's monthly... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | James Panichi
Oceania
Shein is locked in a trademark court battle with Australian apparel retailer The Iconic over the use of the brand name “Dazie,” with documents filed to a court in Sydney outlining a lawsuit seeking to shut dow... (more story)
February 04, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: The Japan Patent Office, or JPO said its commissioner Yota Ono met with executives from Japanese housing equipment maker Lixil to discuss the company's intellectual property plans. The JPO commis... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 05, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office is set to receive a 15-million-pounds cash ($18.8 million) injection from the government to fund its biggest probes, the third advance it has had over the last three years. The mo... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
An Elon Musk-led takeover of the lead US development aid agency could wreak havoc on global anti-corruption initiatives. By law, the president cannot abolish, move or consolidate USAID, but Musk and Trump admi... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
US Securities and Exchange Commission member Hester Peirce, head of the agency’s cryptocurrency task force, asked for industry patience as her panel prepares to recommend a regulatory framework with anti-fraud protections.
Financial Services View More
February 05, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Several European banking regulators on the European Banking Authority's board of supervisors said the majority of banks in their jurisdictions haven't fully incorporated physical risks from clima... (more story)
February 04, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve announced that it is terminating two enforcement actions against Wells Fargo that were issued in 2011.
February 04, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senators Bill Hagerty, Tim Scott, Kirsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis introduced the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, legislation to establish a ... (more story)
Trade View More
February 05, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Aegean Exporters Association and other parties saw the EU's lower-tier court annul a 2022 European Commission regulation that lowered duties applicable to them that were set up to tackle unfa... (more story)
February 05, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce has announced its decision to extend antidumping duties on potato starch imported from the EU for an additional five years, effective Feb. 6, according to the ministr... (more story)
February 04, 2025
North America
The US Federal Communications Commission announced a series of staff additions under Chairman Brendan Carr, including naming new General Counsel Adam Candeub.
State Aid View More
February 05, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Ryanair today lost its legal challenge to renewed EU clearance for Portuguese rescue aid of up to 1.2 billion euros to its flag-carrier airline in light of the pandemic. In 2021, the EU General C... (more story)
February 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Czech government has won approval for its plan to compensate Czech Post for its universal service mission for the period covering 2023 and 2024, the European Commission said today. The measur... (more story)
February 03, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies in France will be eligible for direct grants to support the chemical recycling of plastic waste under a plan worth 500 million euros (around $520 million), which has been cleared under ... (more story)
Energy View More
February 05, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The upcoming Clean Industrial Deal must provide incentives for EU industries to adopt cleantech to facilitate "their transition toward decarbonized, circular, and innovative business models," rep... (more story)
February 05, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: Electricity wholesaler Contact Energy’s attempt to acquire a 100 percent stake in Manawa Energy could lead to a substantial lessening of competition in certain New Zealand electricity markets, th... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Switzerland has sent a strong message with the conviction of Trafigura and former senior executive Mike Wainwright on bribery charges, and the case piles increased pressure on commodities companies operating i... (more story)
Technology View More
February 04, 2025 | Wesley Brown
North America
Efficiency and clarity are key points of focus for Republican Representative Scott Fitzgerald in his new role as chair of the House subcommittee on the administrative state, regulatory reform and antitrust, ac... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
OnlyFans has seen two of the three strands to an investigation by the UK media regulator dropped. Last May, Ofcom began investigations into whether it was complying with duties to restrict materials to users u... (more story)
February 04, 2025 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Public consultations on the planned EU Digital Fairness Act will take place in coming months, seeking input on key consumer protection issues in the digital space, a senior European Commission official said to... (more story)