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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

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Image of shipping containers with US and China flags clashing amid US-China trade war.

Trade

April 10, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

US tariffs on China are now 145 percent, White House says
FTC Commissioner Mark Meador

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

April 10, 2025 | Claude Marx

North America

US Senate approves Meador nomination to FTC

Antitrust View More

Digital platform regulation in Brazil must be flexible, CADE councilor says

April 10, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Councilor Camila Cabral Pires Alves of CADE today acknowledged the complex challenge of scrutinizing Big Tech companies in Brazil and advocated a flexible regulatory approach to ensure that innovation is not h... (more story)

Ticketmaster, Fanatics partnership should be investigated, senators tell US DOJ

April 10, 2025 | Wesley Brown

North America

The partnership between Live Nation-Ticketmaster and Fanatics should be investigated by the US Justice Department, according to a letter sent by US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee to Gail Slater, assistant... (more story)

Invisalign antitrust suit improperly thrown out, US DOJ tells appeals court

April 10, 2025 | Chris May

North America

3Shape Trios and others' antitrust suit against Align Technology over an alleged scheme to monopolize the market for orthodontics was improperly thrown out, the US Department of Justice told a federal appeals court today.

Artificial Intelligence View More

US federal judge questions scope of publicity rights in AI-powered sales tools

April 11, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A US federal judge must decide whether 6Sense Insights violated right of publicity laws by using individuals’ personal information to promote paid subscriptions — even if no one actually viewed the information... (more story)

US senators reintroduce bipartisan bill to increase transparency, combat AI deepfakes

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Maria Cantwell, Marsha Blackburn, and Martin Heinrich reintroduced the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act aimed at combatting harmful deepfake... (more story)

Trump orders review, rescinding of US rules that create monopolies, harm competition

April 10, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

President Donald Trump has ordered heads of federal agencies to consult with the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and the US attorney general to identify and reduce regulations that hurt competition an... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Plaintiffs drop US court challenge to Discover-Capital One deal

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs challenging the merger of Discover Financial and Capital One agreed to voluntarily dismiss their US federal court case.

Trump orders review-and-repeal effort of unlawful regulations

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on an executive order "directing the repeal of unlawful regulations," saying that unlawful, unnecessary, and onerous regulations impede these objecti... (more story)

Meador nomination for FTC seat should be rejected, Sen. Cantwell tells lawmakers

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat and Ranking Member of the Senate's commerce committee, called on other lawmakers to reject US President Donald Trump's nominee for the third Repub... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Japan, EU data-protection commissioners commit to advancing data-flow cooperation

April 11, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Japanese data protection Commissioner Shuhei Ohshima met with EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath this week in Brussels, where they agreed to enhance cooperation on data flows. Japan’s Person... (more story)

Accept public's demand for personal-data control, Australian watchdogs tell agencies

April 11, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australian public agencies must recognize the public’s growing demand for government-held information, including personal information, and allocate resourcing and technological solutions to addre... (more story)

US judges probe whether NSO spyware deployed through Apple servers

April 11, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

A divided panel of US appellate judges questioned today whether a lower-court judge correctly dismissed a lawsuit against NSO Group Technologies for using Pegasus spyware on journalists' Apple phones in El Sal... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Heritage Alliance loses bid to oppose 'iVoters' trademark at appeal

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to dismiss Heritage Alliance's opposition to the "iVoters" and "iVoters.com" trademark ... (more story)

'iVoters' trademark opposition dismissed over descriptiveness, Fed Circuit affirms

April 10, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

The dismissal of an opposition to the American Policy Roundtable’s trademark applications for “iVoters” and “iVoters.com” was affirmed by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday. Heritage All... (more story)

SAP can’t move US patent suit out of Marshall division, appeals court says

April 10, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

SAP America cannot move a patent infringement suit from the Marshall division to the Sherman division of the Eastern District of Texas, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled today, denying SAP’... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Congress should pass cryptocurrency regulation, New York attorney general says

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to pass federal legislation to strengthen regulations on cryptocurrencies and digital assets. In her let... (more story)

Block fined $40 million by New York regulator for anti-money laundering failures

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Virtual payment firm Block will pay a $40 million penalty to the New York State Department of Financial Services for significant failures in its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering complia... (more story)

Shipping magnate, fleet sanctioned by US for transporting Iranian petroleum

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned United Arab Emirates -based Indian national Jugwinder Singh Brar, who owns multiple shipping companies that boast a fleet ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US Fed nominee prepared to submit rules to OMB for approval

April 10, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

Michelle Bowman, President Donald Trump’s nominee as the US Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator, said she agrees with a White House executive order requiring the Fed for the first time to submit rules to t... (more story)

Fed nominee Bowman urges 'tailored' approach to US banking regulation

April 10, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

Michelle Bowman, President Donald Trump’s nominee for top banking regulator at the US Federal Reserve, called for a “tailored” approach to regulation of community and regional banks — echoing plans voiced yest... (more story)

Investment firms see EU authority publish rules on order execution policies

April 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU investment firms today saw the European Securities and Markets Authority publish its final rules on how investment firms should establish their order execution policies and assess their effect... (more story)

Trade View More

Dumping, subsidy duties seen as more reliable than tariffs in USITC hearing

April 10, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

The unpredictable approach of the Trump administration is making tariffs unreliable for US businesses as a substitute for conventional antidumping and antisubsidy duties.

US crane producer petition alleges dumping by Japanese importers

April 10, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce have received a petition from Manitowoc Co. seeking an antidumping duty order on lattice boom crawler cranes from Japan.

US crane manufacturer petitions for antidumping orders on Japanese crawler cranes

April 10, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The Manitowoc Co., a US crane manufacturer, petitioned the US International Trade Commission and Commerce Department for antidumping duty orders on lattice-boom crawler cranes imported from Japan.

State Aid View More

EU to see new IPCEI subsidies for innovative nuclear technologies

April 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A forum held yesterday gathering representatives from the European Commission and EU countries has given its backing for a new Important Project of Common European Interest focused on innovative ... (more story)

French aid to farmers to reduce pesticide usage wins EU approval

April 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Farmers active in primary agriculture in the Artois-Picardie basin, in northern France, will be eligible for direct grants under a 35 million-euro national plan that has won European Commission s... (more story)

German parties agree on political priorities for next government

April 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The German Social-Democrat and Conservative political parties have agreed today on a joint political program, following national elections held earlier this year. The document outlines plans to r... (more story)

Energy View More

EU trucks’ onboard fuel, energy consumption monitoring open for comments

April 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers have until May 8 to provide feedback on the European Commission's proposed rules regarding onboard devices used to monitor and determine fuel and energy consum... (more story)

Energy sector is not yet making the most of AI, international agency says

April 10, 2025

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: The energy sector is not yet making the most of AI due to barriers hindering its widespread adoption, the report published today by the International Energy Agency says. The sector faces challeng... (more story)

EU buildings’ energy performance methodology open for feedback

April 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a public consultation on its draft revised rules outlining the methodology to calculate minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building eleme... (more story)

Technology View More

US judge partially blocks X global litigation against content watchdog

April 11, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Saying X’s global litigation campaign against a content watchdog was intended “to bully Media Matters and inflict financial hardship” rather than vindicate rights, a US judge blocked litigation in Ireland, but... (more story)

X litigation against misinformation group in foreign countries partly paused by US judge

April 11, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: A US federal judge preliminarily enjoined litigation by social media company X, and its entities, against Media Matters in Ireland and other foreign countries — except Singapore — over the group’... (more story)

US Senator Hawley invites Meta's Zuckerberg to testify following whistleblower hearing

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Josh Hawley, chairman of the the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, sent a letter to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, inviting him to testify in the wake of  form... (more story)