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Technology

April 10, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

UK’s Ofcom begins online safety investigation into unnamed suicide forum
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Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

April 10, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

Enforcement chief Liza Carver to depart from Australian antitrust regulator

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 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)

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)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US Senate approves Meador nomination to FTC

April 10, 2025 | Claude Marx

North America

Along party lines, the US Senate today confirmed the nomination of Republican Mark Meador to become a member of the Federal Trade Commission.

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.

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

Florida, 19 other states support firing of PCLOB members

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Florida and 19 other states told a US federal court that the absence of any statutory restrictions on the president’s authority to remove members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Boar... (more story)

US lawmakers urge FTC to investigate Meta over alleged COPPA violations

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Ed Markey and Representative Kathy Castor urged Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson to review a petition submitted by advocacy organization Fairplay alleging Meta Platfor... (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)

Intellectual Property View More

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)

SAP bid to transfer US patent suit transfer out of Marshall denied

April 10, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a writ of mandamus by SAP America requesting to move a patent infringement suit out of the Marshall division of the Eastern District of Texa... (more story)

Copyright licensing top of mind for AI regulation in US government, private sector

April 10, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

Potential licensing structures for artificial intelligence model training data are a focus both for stakeholders representing copyright owners and US government leaders eyeing regulation, they said at a US Cha... (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

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)

EU financial sector gets detailed rules on financial instruments' markets

April 10, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority published today its final rules as part of the revised Market in Financial Instruments Regulation. The rules address the application of the single vo... (more story)

Trade View More

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.

US confirms Russian charged in illicit export scheme released in prisoner swap

April 10, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A Russian-German dual national charged in the US over his role in an illicit export scheme was sent to Moscow as part of a prisoner swap, officials confirmed today. The release of Arthur Petrov marks the lates... (more story)

US tariffs on China are now 145 percent, White House says

April 10, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

The US has now imposed 145 percent tariffs on China, according to a White House official who clarified the rate, which represents a dramatic increase in the tariffs on America's third-largest trading partner.

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

Digital rulebook enforcement may reduce network traffic, EU official says

April 10, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The European Commission’s enforcement of its digital rulebook could help improve efficiency in data traffic in Europe as social networks are obliged to change their business models that have been blamed for in... (more story)

EU Commission reviewing Italy's anti-piracy law amid concerns over DSA conflict

April 10, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Inbar Preiss

Europe

The European Commission is reviewing Italy’s updated anti-piracy rules to assess whether they conflict with the Digital Services Act, as concerns mount over potential overreach and lack of due process. The rev... (more story)

Platforms hear EU lawmakers say Digital Services Act probes lack transparency

April 10, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Europe

EU lawmakers remain dissatisfied with the lack of transparency surrounding the enforcement of the Digital Services Act, under which the European Commission is investigating TikTok’s role in the Romanian electi... (more story)