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Financial Services
April 15, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
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Antitrust, Technology
April 15, 2025 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Data Privacy and Security
April 14, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
Antitrust View More
April 16, 2025
Middle East
MLex Summary: Two Turkish readymix concrete companies have been fined a total of almost 620,000 lira (around $16,200) for customer allocation and price-fixing. Ceyhan was fined just under 516,000 lira and Fili... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Apple has failed in a court appeal against the funding arrangements of a mass lawsuit in the UK over alleged iPhone performance problems. The Court of Appeal made the ruling in relation to the cl... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Czech antitrust authority was involved in drafting changes to the nation’s competition law, in a move to expand its supervisory powers by introducing a new tool, the call-in model for merger ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission opened a public tender procedure today to outsource the AI Act service desk, which is meant to support compliance with the AI regulation by providing targeted answers in a... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has published a statement, urging users who don’t want their data from Instagram and Facebook to be fed into Meta Platforms... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea has issued updated guidelines on the introduction of hyperscale artificial intelligence tools at administrative and public institutions, containing the latest principles to follow for... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania's competition authority has expressed concerns about plans that call for Vodafone Romania to take over Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, while mobile operator Digi would also acquire... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China's top merger-control regulator concluded 177 merger reviews in the first quarter of 2025, unconditionally approving 174, while three cases were withdrawn. During the period, the number of u... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: The move by global infrastructure developer Acciona to acquire the East Rockingham Waste to Energy Program, which is currently in receivership, is being reviewed by Australia’s competition regula... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: DPP Law, based in northwestern England, has been fined 60,000 pounds (around $80,000) by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, for failing to protect its clients’ data from cyberattacks. The ... (more story)
April 16, 2025 | Roffie Kurniawan
Asia
Indonesia’s new online child protection regulation aims to guide children in using technology safely and responsibly, not to prevent their access to the Internet, according to the Ministry of Communication and... (more story)
April 16, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's Internet regulator plans to intensify efforts to handle reports of illegal online activities such as doxxing and the trading of personal data, according to its list of priorities for the year. Last yea... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 16, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Breach of contract and patent infringement allegations by Network Apps LLC against AT&T Mobility were recently dismissed but the defendant failed for a second time to shake a claim for correction of inventorsh... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court has ordered Italian medtech company AorticLab to provide a 200,000-euro security for costs in its patent dispute with US-based Emboline. The Munich Local Division order ... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court has rejected Siltronic AG’s application to overturn an earlier order, which allowed Bekaert Binjiang Steel Cord Co. to inspect and preserve evidence in relation to the su... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 16, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: In a motion to stay a forfeiture proceeding, US prosecutors said they are pursuing additional criminal charges related to their investigation into corruption associated with the Malaysian soverei... (more story)
April 15, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Human Rights First and Transparency International US condemned the Trump administration’s decision to grant sanctions relief to Antal Rogán, a senior Hungarian official and close aide to Prime Mi... (more story)
April 15, 2025
Latin America
MLex Summary: A Peruvian court found the country's former president Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, guilty of money laundering and sentenced them each to 15 years in prison. They took illegal cont... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 16, 2025 | Phoebe Seers
Europe
News of a probe into EY’s audits of the UK postal operator highlights a little-used but significant power that the audit watchdog has to “reclaim” jurisdiction over audits of businesses over which it typically... (more story)
April 16, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Approximately 16,000 firms are expected to benefit from a proposal released today by the Financial Conduct Authority aiming to cut three "unnecessary" data reporting requirements. The watchdog said the proposa... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A range of UK financial services providers — such as insurance intermediaries, mortgage intermediaries, retail investment intermediaries and investment managers — have been asked for feedback on ... (more story)
Trade View More
April 16, 2025 | Dalila Abu Bakar
Asia
Malaysia’s leader praised China as a “rational, strong and reliable partner” amid turbulent times “when the rules-based order has been turned on its head,” in a clear reference to the unilateral tariffs impose... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his state would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the sweeping tariffs imposed on countries across the globe. The Democratic g... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission today released a recommendation for improved coordination of national control lists for dual-use goods — those with both civilian and military applications. This initiativ... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 15, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Norway has secured approval by the EFTA Surveillance Authority for its plan to fund a program to develop a wind farm in Utsira Nord, located in the North Sea. The farm will raise renewable energy... (more story)
April 15, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
The EU General Block Exemption Regulation needs to be simplified, according to comments from several member states seen by MLex. The legal text, which sets out some conditions to exempt state aid from the Euro... (more story)
April 15, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Spain has won European Commission approval for its plan to spend 400 million euros to boost its generation of renewable hydrogen. Production will be supported through the “Auctions-as-a-Service” ... (more story)
Energy View More
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Steel and aluminum, textiles, furniture, tires and mattresses are the products to be prioritized over the next five years in ecodesign and energy labeling requirements, according to a working pla... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Lowering EU gas storage filling targets could reduce gas prices in the summer, according to a report by the EU energy watchdog ACER. High gas storage filling targets can drive gas prices up due t... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU roadmap to phase out Russian energy dependency is set to be presented on May 6, according to the European Commission's latest agenda. The plan, aimed to further reduce dependencies and com... (more story)
Technology View More
April 16, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
The European Commission shouldn’t deregulate the EU’s telecom markets for the sake of simplification, the head of the body representing EU telecom regulators told MLex in a recent interview. Orange, Vodafone, ... (more story)
April 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: More than 4,000 alerts of dangerous non-food products were reported in 2024 — a record high — according to the European Commission’s latest Safety Gate study presented today. Cosmetics topped the... (more story)
April 15, 2025
North America
MLex summary: US President Donald Trump initiated an investigation into imports of critical minerals under section 232. Trump signed an executive order today that requires the US Department of Commerce to revi... (more story)