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Artificial Intelligence

April 07, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

Trump carries over 'core' of Biden guidance on federal AI deployment
A young woman looks on her phone on a city street.

Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence

April 07, 2025 | Jean Comte

Europe

Phone makers shouldn't compel use of pre-installed AI, EU lawmakers say
General view of the City of London skyline, the capital's financial district, in London, UK on April 7, 2025.

Financial Services

April 07, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK to cut red tape for asset managers marking shift from EU

Antitrust View More

Amedisys gets temporary stay of US case on premerger form compliance

April 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The premerger notification case against Amedisys brought by the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, which alleged that Amedisys failed to comply with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Impr... (more story)

US states say Sandoz must face antitrust claims in generic drugs case

April 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US states opposed Sandoz’s motion for summary judgment in a US case over generic drug pricing, saying it creates a straw-man version of the alleged overarching conspiracy that is different from w... (more story)

Banks grilled by US judges on expert battle in antitrust appeal over bond prices

April 07, 2025 | Chris May

North America

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank and other financial institutions trying to overturn class certification in an antitrust case over alleged bond manipulation got a rough ride from a panel of US appeals... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Amazon, Microsoft meet UK energy regulator, suppliers via new AI Energy Council

April 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Google, Microsoft and AWS executives will today meet the UK energy regulator Ofgem as well as National Grid, the National Energy System Operator and energy suppliers such as Scottish Power and ED... (more story)

US House privacy group asked to back federal privacy law

April 07, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A pair of technology associations told the US House of Representatives’ privacy working group today that a federal privacy framework would clarify a regulatory environment that is currently subject to a patchw... (more story)

Ups, downs in US Westlaw copyright dispute embody complexity of AI, fair-use issue

April 07, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Copyright litigation by Thomson Reuters over use by Ross Intelligence of the Westlaw database to train an artificial intelligence-powered legal research tool has twice brought the parties to the brink, and twi... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Nippon Steel, US Steel gain chance at new outcome with do-over CFIUS review

April 07, 2025 | Wesley Brown and Curtis Eichelberger

North America

US President Donald Trump directed the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to conduct a "de novo" review of Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of US Steel, specifically citing the potential f... (more story)

Uncertain Times: Read our ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting special report

April 07, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

Regulators, lawyers and practitioners flocked to Washington DC last week for the spring meeting of the American Bar Association's antitrust section, where conversation was dominated by newly uncertain politica... (more story)

GXO’s plan to resolve UK Wincanton deal concerns would stumble, third parties say

April 07, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

GXO Logistics’ preferred proposal to fund a new provider to ease UK antitrust concerns over its buyout of British haulage company Wincanton has met with skepticism from third parties, according to feedback sub... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK businesses receive cybersecurity code of practice ahead of legislation

April 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK businesses of all sizes get a code of practice to protect themselves from cyber attacks, with the aim of safeguarding the country’s economic growth. The Cyber Governance Code of Practice outli... (more story)

US states continue to push on privacy legislation after early setbacks

April 07, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Whether states will make meaningful headway on passing comprehensive privacy laws this year remains an open question as US legislatures head into a critical stretch of the 2025 session.

US Senate Intel Vice Chair Warner questions delay of TikTok ban

April 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, sent a letter to President Donald Trump questioning the administration's delay in implementing the law that would bar ByteDance's TikTok and othe... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Hyatt sues USPTO again over 30-year-old patent application

April 07, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

Gilbert Hyatt, who has filed more than 100 suits over his numerous pre-GATT patent applications over several decades, added another suit today with a new action in the Eastern District of Virginia. Hyatt is se... (more story)

Hyatt files new suit against USPTO over 1995 patent application

April 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Gilbert Hyatt, who has sued the US Patent and Trademark Office dozens of times in recent decades, sued the office again today in the Eastern District of Virginia, seeking an order to issue his pa... (more story)

US PTAB Delegated Review Panel upholds denial of Siemens petition for review

April 07, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Siemens Mobility, Ground Transportation Systems USA and Piper Networks won’t get a second bite at the inter partes review apple, thanks to a decision rendered Friday by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Dele... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Smartmatic executive argues US seizure of his devices was unconstitutional

April 07, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Former Smartmatic executive Jorge Vasquez argued in a motion to suppress that his personal mobile phone and laptop were unconstitutionally seized from him in 2019 at the San Francisco airport. US... (more story)

Manhattan condo in Trump building part of US criminal probe, government says

April 04, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A luxury condominium in a Trump Organization building in New York is part of a US criminal investigation, the government said in a motion to stay its effort to seize the apartment over corruption allegations. ... (more story)

OKX subsidiary fined for Maltese money laundering violations

April 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: OKX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has seen its European subsidiary OKCoin Europe fined 1.05 million euros by Maltese regulators for anti-money laundering failures. Th... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Bank of England governor Bailey to chair Financial Stability Board

April 07, 2025

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

MLex Summary: The governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has been appointed as chair of the Financial Stability Board, the world's financial stability watchdog. He will hold the role while remaining gov... (more story)

UK alternative investment managers asked for feedback to streamline rules

April 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK alternative investment managers have been asked for feedback as the finance ministry and the Financial Conduct Authority have pledged to implement more "streamlined" and "proportionate" rules ... (more story)

South Korea's Constitutional Court rules to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol

April 04, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office by upholding the impeachment motion against him. The court said Yoon’s declaration of martia... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce improperly used AFA for paper plate dumping rate, Chinese producer says

April 07, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

Fuzhou Hengli, a Chinese paper plate manufacturer, argued that the US Commerce Department improperly applied adverse facts available when calculating the dumping rate on Chinese paper plates.

EU to target US goods with up to 25 percent tariffs in response to metals levies

April 07, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

The EU will target over 1,600 US goods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, cloths and footwear with retaliatory tariffs of up to 25 percent in response to President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum levies, acco... (more story)

Chinese paper plate producer contests dumping determination

April 07, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Fuzhou Hengli Paper, a Chinese paper plate producer, contested the US Commerce Department’s determination that Chinese paper plates are dumped into the US.

State Aid View More

E&-PPF foreign subsidies clearance published by EU

April 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has published a public version of its decision to clear, under foreign subsidy rules, United Arab Emirates-backed telecom company e&’s acquisition of telecom assets from C... (more story)

Greek aid for sustainable biofuels wins EU Commission approval

April 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Investments into the generation of biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin will get a boost in Greece, under a government plan worth 300 million euros that won state aid approval to... (more story)

Poland’s reinsurance spending for Ukraine transport wins EU state aid clearance

April 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Poland’s plan to grant 1.5 billion euros of state support to reinsure transport in Ukraine has been approved by the European Commission. The EU’s state aid regulator said the program would contri... (more story)

Energy View More

Nuclear industry to discuss challenges, opportunities with EU energy chief

April 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU energy chief Dan Jørgensen is meeting with nuclear industry representatives today to discuss opportunities and challenges for the sector in Europe. The discussion will focus on the industry's ... (more story)

EU, Central Asia announce strategic partnership on climate

April 04, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The EU will strengthen its climate-related relations with Central Asia, elevating those relations to a strategic partnership, the president of the Council of the EU António Costa has said. This p... (more story)

Critical minerals, cleantech investments in Central Asia announced by EU Commission

April 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU Commission announced today a investment of 12 billion euros in Central Asia to support “transport, critical raw materials, clean energy and digital connectivity.” The package, framed under... (more story)

Technology View More

EU healthcare providers can respond to cybersecurity plan for hospitals

April 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: European healthcare, data privacy and cybersecurity professionals can contribute ideas for the European Commission's "action plan" to enhance cybersecurity for hospitals and healthcare providers.... (more story)

US FTC's Ferguson says advertiser boycott is concerted refusal to deal

April 07, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Andrew Ferguson, the chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission, said he's concerned about advertisers wielding market power to potentially affect speech outcomes, and said it's a classic antitrust violation.

EU's tech gatekeeper enforcement must aim to avoid delays, Virkkunen says

April 07, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Decisions on whether Apple and Meta Platforms have violated the EU’s gatekeeper law should be reached with minimal delay, EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen told European Parliament members today. The European C... (more story)