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Trade
December 30, 2024 | Joanna Sopinska
Asia, Europe
Data Privacy and Security
December 30, 2024 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Data Privacy and Security
December 27, 2024 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Antitrust View More
December 30, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Motorola Solutions has been targeted by a planned UK mass claim over the prices it has charged for its Airwave telecom network service, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has said in a summary of th... (more story)
December 30, 2024 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Advocacy groups Instituto Alana and Idec have emerged as key players in ongoing probes into the practices of major tech platforms in Brazil. While it is challenging to directly link their efforts to the broade... (more story)
December 30, 2024 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's competition regulators issued 2,385 preventive enforcement letters and notices in 2024 as part of their refined antitrust oversight strategy, representing a significant shift toward early intervention.... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
December 30, 2024 | Emma Whitford
North America
As federal lawmakers consider regulating artificial intelligence, one major question they’ll have to answer is how to define the term. Their definition of AI could set bounds for regulation – a particularly im... (more story)
December 29, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s National Information Society Agency said it plans to publish online the 2024 White Paper on Quantum Information Technology on Jan. 3, 2025. The publication will cover the latest tre... (more story)
December 27, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: Counsel for Elon Musk filed a reply in support of his motion to pause OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit organization. The brief argued OpenAI and Microsoft’s seizure of nearly a 70 percent shar... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
December 30, 2024 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes
North America
US antitrust agencies are expected to maintain their vigor for merger enforcement next year, given the quality of President-elect Donald Trump’s selections to lead the agencies.
December 30, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: IBM's planned acquisition of HashiCorp is being probed by the UK competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority said it will decide by Feb. 25 whether the deal warrants an in-depth investigation.
December 28, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm have agreed to raise the ratio of slots reserved for third-party suppliers in Mattress Firm stores if their deal is allowed to close, as US District Judge Charles E... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
December 30, 2024 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Platforms that publish pornography content will be the first to be hit by new age assurance regulation under the UK Online Safety Act, as the national online safety watchdog said they will need to introduce “h... (more story)
December 30, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Finance has selected key government bodies, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Health Commission, along with state-owned enterprises like China Ele... (more story)
December 30, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: The Ministry of State Security, China’s national intelligence and anti-espionage authority, has sounded the alarm on potential national security risks posed by illegal cross-border data transfers... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
December 27, 2024 | MLex Staff
Asia
Video-streaming platform iQIYI has initiated legal action against domestic AI startup MiniMax in a local Chinese court for copyright infringement related to AI model training and content generation, MLex has l... (more story)
December 26, 2024 | Hiroki Yajima
Asia
Performing artists in Japan can find themselves at the mercy of unscrupulous talent agencies that often employ anticompetitive tactics, including restricting performers from switching to other managers or beco... (more story)
December 26, 2024 | MLex Staff
Asia
Avanci’s vehicle-level pricing model for standard essential patents overlooks the actual value contribution of different technologies and significantly overvalues the role of cellular communications technology... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
December 30, 2024 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
After losing a motion to dismiss criminal charges of sanctions violations and money laundering, Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is trying again, armed with an appellate decision involving the cryptocurrenc... (more story)
December 27, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert telling companies they are not required to submit beneficial ownership information due to a court order reinstati... (more story)
December 26, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: Days after a motions panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a government request for a stay of a nationwide injunction blocking implementation of the Corporate Transparenc... (more story)
Financial Services View More
December 30, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: More than two-thirds of 160 financial services bosses surveyed by accounting firm KPMG said they are confident that Britain's plans for regulatory reform and the launch of a Financial Services Co... (more story)
December 27, 2024 | Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle
Europe
A recent ban for a company director who lied about a serious violent crime has been a reminder of the UK financial watchdog's drive to act against non-financial misconduct, whether at work or outside. But a la... (more story)
December 24, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: US banking groups representing large banks such as JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America sued the Federal Reserve over what they called the "lack of transparency" in the agency's stress-testing proc... (more story)
Trade View More
December 30, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: An upgraded protocol for the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement will take effect tomorrow, allowing businesses to benefit from greater market access and more liberal rules. The upgraded version... (more story)
December 27, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative asked the US International Trade Commission to investigate the distributional effects of goods and services trade and trade policy on US micro, small, an... (more story)
December 27, 2024 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
Chinese threats, mitigation agreements and political influence will be among the top concerns for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US next year. But of the three, perhaps the most insidious threat to... (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 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)
December 20, 2024 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The Federal Trade Commission said a US court ordering Teva Pharmaceuticals today to delist improperly listed drug patents sets the stage for removal of similar junk listings for other critical medications and ... (more story)
Technology View More
December 27, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: President-elect Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to grant a stay halting the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, the law that would ban TikTok if it is... (more story)
December 27, 2024
North America
MLex summary: A group of TikTok creators led by Brian Firebaugh urged the US Supreme Court to overturn the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit's decision holding that the Protecting Americans From Foreign A... (more story)
December 27, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which would force ByteDance to sell TikTok to have the application to continue operating in the US after Jan. 19, is c... (more story)