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Financial Services

April 01, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US DOJ moves to stay judge’s temporary injunction against dismantling CFPB

Antitrust

April 01, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America, North America

Apple’s suspended preventive measure in Brazil appealed by CADE
A customer pays with smartphone using NFC technology in a cafe.

Financial Services

April 01, 2025 | Helena Freitas

Europe

Payment acquirers could be subject to EU rules on fees disclosure, draft shows

Antitrust View More

New mandatory code of conduct for Australian supermarkets now in force

April 02, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s competition watchdog has announced that an updated mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, setting rules for retailers and wholesalers on supplier contract negotiations, is now in... (more story)

Australian antitrust regulator accepts top court verdict on construction cartel

April 02, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s competition watchdog said today that it accepted its defeat in Australia’s top court, after judges concluded that a building company hadn't entered into an anticompetitive agreement b... (more story)

US DOJ’s Google search remedy may take years to fix ‘frozen’ market, DuckDuckGo says

April 01, 2025 | Chris May and Emma Whitford

North America

DuckDuckGo, a third party in landmark antitrust litigation against Google brought by the US Department of Justice over monopolization of search and search advertising markets, told federal lawmakers that the s... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

California AI auditor-accreditation bill advances in state legislature

April 02, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

A California bill that would create an accreditation framework for the growing number of artificial intelligence safety auditors is moving forward in the state legislature. The California Assembly’s Privacy an... (more story)

Former USPTO director says AI ‘not a debate,’ all works need protections

April 01, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

Former US Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu advocated today for broad patent and copyright protections for artificial intelligence works on Tuesday, criticizing prior guidance from his successo... (more story)

Children’s online safety legislation takes center stage in US while enforcement lags

April 01, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Despite the flurry of action on federal legislation to protect children online, the Trump administration’s decisions impacting the US Federal Trade Commission have stalled other initiatives to address the issu... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Marquise acquisition of Vera Cruz approved by Brazil's CADE

April 01, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority has approved Marquise’s purchase of Vera Cruz in the market for non-hazardous waste treatment and disposal. After a detailed review, the Administrative Council for Economic ... (more story)

Constellation, Calpine deal draws opposition from states as US FERC vets merger

April 01, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Power company Constellation Energy's proposed acquisition of rival Calpine Corp. has drawn protests from the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel and the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate despite the mer... (more story)

Big Tech's EU antitrust fines are no benchmark for DMA sanctions, Guersent says

April 01, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

The EU's top competition official said today that officials and tech companies were on a "learning curve" when it came to compliance with the EU's regulation for gatekeeper digital platforms and that this coul... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Push to penalize social media companies over negligence passes committee in California

April 02, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Frustration with Big Tech’s “inaction” in reining in harmful social media content boiled over at a hearing today in the California legislature, where lawmakers pressed the tech industry for consistently stonew... (more story)

Non-Facebook users seek to expand scope of US litigation over Pixel tracking

April 01, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Non-Facebook users suing parent Meta Platforms over the use of website tracking tools by healthcare providers are seeking to expand the scope of the case to include the use of the technology by more entities b... (more story)

NetChoice notches largest win with block of Arkansas age verification law

April 01, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The tech trade association NetChoice got its biggest win yet in court yesterday when a federal judge in Arkansas granted a permanent injunction barring the state’s age verification law from taking effect.

Intellectual Property View More

For second week in a row, sanctions rain down on Ramey Firm

April 01, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A law firm was sanctioned for the second time in six days when a federal judge in California yesterday declared patent infringement litigation filed on behalf of Koji IP “truly extraordinary.” The Ramey Firm a... (more story)

Thomson Reuters opposes quick appeal in US copyright case against ROSS Intelligence

April 01, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Thomson Reuters opposed ROSS Intelligence’s request for an immediate appeal of a judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement of certain Westlaw headnotes and against ROS... (more story)

OpenAI chief Brockman should undergo extended deposition, news plaintiffs tell US court

April 01, 2025 | Mike Swift and Emma Whitford

North America

The New York Times and other news organizations are urging a federal judge to require OpenAI President Greg Brockman to undergo extended depositions in lawsuits over OpenAI's use of copyrighted works for AI tr... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Cognizant executives seek another two-week delay of US bribery trial

April 01, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions have asked for an additional two-week adjournment of their corruption trial. The request for the delay appears to have been made in a letter filed Friday... (more story)

Banks warned by US FinCEN about Islamic State terror financing activity

April 01, 2025

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

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to assist financial institutions in identifying and reporting suspicious activity related to the fina... (more story)

Iranian drone component procurement network sanctioned, charged by US

April 01, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, in coordination with the US Justice Department targeted a network of six entities and two individuals based in Iran, the United Arab... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU banks see bail out fund head warn against deregulation

April 01, 2025 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The chair of the Single Resolution Board, Dominique Laboureix, said that policymakers should be careful not to weaken the rules regulating what happens when a bank fails. He said these were important to preser... (more story)

UK financial services providers warned about misuse of children’s data

April 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK financial services providers have been warned that improvements are needed in their processing of children’s data, in a report by the national privacy regulator. The Information Commissioner’s... (more story)

UK claims management companies see Ombudsman charge come into effect

April 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK claims management companies will see a 250 pound charge to refer a case to the Financial Ombudsman Service come into effect today. If the complaint is found in favor of the consumer they repre... (more story)

Trade View More

US CIT remands de facto subsidy classification for Moroccan fertilizer producer

April 01, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Africa, North America

US Commerce erred in determining that the Moroccan government’s payroll tax refund constituted a de facto countervailable subsidy while calculating the antisubsidy duty rate for Moroccan phosphate fertilizers,... (more story)

USITC weighs anticompetitive allegations in herbicide case

April 01, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

A major herbicide producer today called for the US International Trade Commission to determine harm to its business due to dumped imports of a key ingredient, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D), from China... (more story)

US CIT remands review results for antisubsidy order on Moroccan fertilizer

April 01, 2025

Africa, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade remanded the Commerce Department’s 2020-2021 review results for the antisubsidy duty order on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco.

State Aid View More

ADNOC seeks EU competition approval for Covestro takeover

April 01, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has filed its plan to buy German chemicals group Covestro to the EU competition regulator for approval. The European Commission has set an initial May 12 deadline to decide on the 14... (more story)

Bidders blocked from EDF, Polish tenders under EU’s foreign-subsidy rules

April 01, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

China Harbour Engineering has been thrown out of a tender to build a tunnel in Poland, after the European Commission scrutinized the impact of foreign subsidies on the bid, MLex has learned. The regulator also... (more story)

Tartu Agro challenges duty to pay back state aid at EU court

March 31, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Agricultural business Tartu Agro has filed an appeal at the EU first-tier court to contest the European Commission's order for Estonia to claw back public funding from the company. Last year, the... (more story)

Energy View More

EU's updated rules on international aviation CO2 offset program open for comments

April 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission opened a public consultation on its updated rules on monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions related to the implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reducti... (more story)

EU carmakers see 2025 emission-reduction target flexibility proposed

April 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission today proposed a targeted amendment to the EU's emissions regulation for new cars and vans. The amendment offers the automotive industry flexibility in meeting the 2025 em... (more story)

EU solar power generation reached new high in March, electricity lobby says

April 01, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Power generation from solar registered a new high in March, breaking a record for the third consecutive month, according to data published today by EU electricity industry lobby Eurelectric. Sola... (more story)

Technology View More

EU launches 5 million euro initiative to strengthen European Network of Fact-Checkers

April 01, 2025

Europe

MLex summary: A 5 million euro call for proposals to expand the European Network of Fact-Checkers, as part of the European Democracy Shield initiative, was announced today by the European Commission. The effor... (more story)

NetChoice gets Arkansas age verification law blocked from going into effect

April 01, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: An Arkansas federal judge has permanently blocked Arkansas Act 689, which requires social media companies to verify users' age, from going into effect, NetChoice said. NetChoice had challenged th... (more story)

US DOJ picks Ericsson antitrust chief Kallay as international affairs deputy

April 01, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Dina Kallay, the global head of antitrust at Ericsson and a former US Federal Trade Commission staffer, has been picked to be a deputy assistant attorney general at the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Div... (more story)