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Antitrust
December 18, 2024 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Antitrust
December 18, 2024 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Intellectual Property
December 18, 2024 | Nick Robertson
North America
Antitrust View More
December 19, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: The former chair of Australia’s Data Standards Body, Ian Opperman, has been appointed as the country’s new data standards chair for digital ID and Consumer Data Right for a two-year period, start... (more story)
December 19, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: Hong Kong's Competition Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the city's anti-graft regulator to strengthen cooperation and exchanges between the two agencies. The MOU establis... (more story)
December 18, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: Wang Tiehan has officially assumed the role of Chief Antitrust Inspector at China's State Administration for Market Regulation, according to a recent update on the regulator's official website. W... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
December 19, 2024 | MLex Staff
Asia
A recent report from a Chinese research center highlights deficiencies in the protection of personal information and intellectual property rights among China's leading domestic large artificial intelligence mo... (more story)
December 19, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippine privacy regulator has published guidelines on how the country’s Data Privacy Act applies to artificial-intelligence systems. It outlines the need to clearly inform data subjects of... (more story)
December 19, 2024 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
A recently established network of global AI safety institutes is actively discussing how to strengthen the network as a more efficient organization in order to help address common issues arising from the devel... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
December 19, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: Viterra Operations’ move to acquire a mobile ship loader and various grain silos from Cargill Australia and AWB Grainflow has been aborted, prompting the competition watchdog to suspend its revie... (more story)
December 18, 2024
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Japan's leading printing company, Toppan Holdings, has announced an agreement with US-based Sonoco Products to acquire certain packaging businesses for approximately $1.8 billion. By acquiring ... (more story)
December 18, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US federal judge overseeing the Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction against the Tempur Sealy-Mattress Firm deal intends to issue an order by Jan. 30, 2025, accordi... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
December 19, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australia’s privacy regulator has announced appointments to its enforcement and freedom-of-information divisions, in what it has described as “an organizational redesign.” The Office of the Austr... (more story)
December 19, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Ryanair is facing a second EU data protection complaint from an Austrian digital rights organization, over its practice of forcing customers to create accounts and undergo a mandatory verificatio... (more story)
December 19, 2024 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Ryanair faces a GDPR complaint from Austrian campaign group Noyb over its mandatory account creation and verification process, which includes the use of biometric data. Ryanair is unlawfully pushing users to p... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
December 19, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan’s news industry association called for intellectual property law reforms to better protect rights holders in the face of exponential growth and use of artificial intelligence. The Japan New... (more story)
December 18, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: China has identified and countered two US cyberattacks targeting major Chinese tech firms, according to a statement from the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordinati... (more story)
December 18, 2024 | MLex Staff
Asia
The ongoing revisions of two sets of Chinese regulations relating to copyright law should be structured to guarantee the protection of rights holders while supporting the development of artificial-intelligence... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
December 19, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: A review of New Zealand’s anti-corruption preparedness by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development offers “a valuable opportunity” to enhance the country’s existing framework, a ... (more story)
December 18, 2024
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Argentina has strengthened its laws and processes on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, but it faces shortcomings in delivering effective outcomes apart from coopera... (more story)
December 18, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a settlement with Córdoba Music Group, a manufacturer of musical instruments based in California, after the company ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
December 18, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced a comprehensive cease-and-desist order against USAA Federal Savings Bank to require the bank to correct a range of deficiencies. The ord... (more story)
December 18, 2024 | Martin Coyle
Europe
WealthTek executive John Dance has been charged with nine criminal offenses, including fraud and money laundering, as part of a Financial Conduct Authority probe into the collapsed wealth manager. The action f... (more story)
December 18, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: European banks saw a slight increase in their return on equity in the third quarter of 2024 while the net interest margin slightly declined, according to the quarterly risk dashboard published to... (more story)
Trade View More
December 18, 2024
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The American Active Anode Material Producers coalition petitioned the US Commerce Department and US International Trade Commission to impose antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders on active anod... (more story)
December 18, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: US Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced three new enforcement actions under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism against the Pirelli Neumaticos, Bader de Mexico... (more story)
December 18, 2024 | Stefano Porciello
North America
US carmakers will face clean car sales targets in standard-setter California after the Environmental Protection Agency formally allowed the state to mandate that all new vehicles be zero-emission by 2035. The ... (more story)
State Aid View More
December 18, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU approval to grant 350 million euros to Concrete Chemicals to produce synthetic aviation fuels. The European Commission said the support was in line with EU state aid rules ... (more story)
December 18, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany and the Netherlands have won state aid approval for their plan to introduce a joint program worth 3 billion euros to support the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin. Th... (more story)
December 18, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: French plans to give up to 3 billion euros in state support over the next 15 years to companies subject to the EU Emission Trading Scheme has won EU approval. The European Commission said the Fre... (more story)
Energy View More
December 18, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: The Australian competition regulator is seeking public feedback on a proposal that would allow the country’s major supermarkets to collaborate on environmental initiatives. In a statement today, ... (more story)
December 17, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: While many sustainability collaborations are lawful, businesses may require authorization when there is a potential risk of breaching competition laws, Australian regulator has said. In a stateme... (more story)
December 17, 2024 | Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Representatives of the social democrat group in the EU Parliament expressed "deep concerns" over an upcoming legal text announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, which aims to simplify s... (more story)
Technology View More
December 19, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: Vietnam's recently passed Data Law has been published by the National Assembly, which applies to both domestic and foreign entities engaged in digital data activities in Vietnam. The law governs ... (more story)
December 18, 2024 | Mike Swift
North America
Google hopes to use class certification as an early exit ramp in copyright litigation accusing the company of illegally using copyrighted works to train its AI models, telling a judge in San Jose today that it... (more story)
December 18, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: Nine advocacy groups have urged members of the antitrust subcommittee of the National Association of Attorneys General and 10 state attorneys general to initiate antitrust enforcement action aga... (more story)