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US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie.

Artificial Intelligence

April 17, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

Trump seizes on emergency powers with order to meet AI-fueled energy demand
Satellite photo of Europe at night

State Aid

April 17, 2025 | Jean Comte and Lewis Crofts

Europe

EU’s cross-border aid programs need faster processes, governments urge
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

Data Privacy and Security

April 16, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

US judge blocks Ohio’s social media age-gating law as unconstitutional

Antitrust View More

US DOJ says Lopez's mistrial motion should be denied after jury verdict

April 19, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice urged a Nevada federal judge to deny healthcare staffing executive Eduardo Lopez's third motion for a mistrial, which Lopez filed the day a jury returned a verdict co... (more story)

Rumble files second amended US adtech complaint against Google

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary:  Rumble has filed a second amended US complaint against Google over the company's practices in advertising technology markets. The online video platform said its complaint addresses similar condu... (more story)

More than 20 state AGs file brief opposing firing of Bedoya, Slaughter from FTC

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: A group of more than 20 Democratic state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in support of litigation saying President Trump acted illegally when he fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaug... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Parents aim to pierce 'corporate veil,' hold Character.AI founders liable for US harms

April 18, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Families suing Character Technologies in Texas and Florida are trying to hold the artificial intelligence company’s co-founders liable for harming children by pursuing a strategy often used against opaque shel... (more story)

Intercept files second amended DMCA complaint against OpenAI, Microsoft

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Intercept filed its second amended complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging they intentionally removed copyright management information from its stories in violation of the Digital Mi... (more story)

Clearview AI faces US appeal of pivotal facial recognition privacy settlement

April 18, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition startup, will have to wait for final judicial approval of its plan to sell off a portion of itself to settle biometric privacy claims. Two objectors to the se... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Capital One-Discover merger approved by US Fed, OCC; state AGs are wild card

April 18, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

The US Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency both approved Capital One’s acquisition of Discover Friday, and the companies said they plan to close the $35.3 billion merger on ... (more story)

Amex GBT-CWT status conference scheduled for April 22

April 18, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: A status conference in the US Department of Justice's lawsuit to block the Amex GBT-CWT merger has been scheduled for April 22.

Capital One-Discover approval a bad move by Trump administration, US senator says

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren issued a statement against the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's decision to approve Capital One's m... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US DOJ continues to treat cyber negligence as contract fraud, data breach or not

April 18, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Federal prosecutors are increasingly using the False Claims Act (FCA) to scrutinize government contractors over cybersecurity compliance, even in the absence of actual data breaches or security incidents.

X Corp. loses bid to dismiss Bright Data's US monopolization counterclaims

April 18, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

North America

X Corp. lost its bid to dismiss Bright Data’s US monopolization counterclaims today, with a California federal judge accepting arguments that the social media platform unlawfully changed its own rules to force... (more story)

States may argue for issue preclusion in US adtech case against Google in Texas

April 18, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Mike Swift

North America

The US Department of Justice’s triumph against Google in a case challenging the tech giant’s practices in digital advertising markets opens up a question over whether states suing the company in Texas will nee... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US Federal Circuit, in case of first impression, tackles machine learning patents

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: In a precedential decision they said is one of first impression, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declared "patents that do no more than claim the application of generic machine le... (more story)

Efficient Power Conversion, in defense of USITC exclusion order, seeks review of IPR

April 18, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Asia, North America

Efficient Power Conversion Corp., or EPC, indicated in a notice yesterday with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board it intends to seek director review of an inter partes review, or IPR, of its gallium nitride tra... (more story)

Meril denied pause on injunction by UPC appeal court in Edwards suit

April 18, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The UPC Court of Appeal rejected Meril’s request to suspend an injunction issued against it in a patent infringement case brought by Edwards Lifesciences. Meril argued that the lower court decision was procedu... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Safemoon executive loses motion to dismiss US cryptocurrency fraud case

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: A US judge today denied Safemoon LLC executive Braden John Karony's motion to dismiss charges that he defrauded investors in the cryptocurrency company and spent the funds on his own purposes.

US judge orders pause on CFPB firings until April 28 hearing

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson gave an oral order to stop the mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pending an April 28 hearing to hear testimony from CFPB officials.

Ex-Philippines electoral commission chair fighting US extradition from Canada

April 18, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Asia, North America

A former chair of the Philippines electoral commission, charged in the US with laundering bribes he allegedly received from a Florida voting machine company, is fighting his extradition from Canada, according ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

CFPB says US claims against Experian are timely

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a US federal judge that it alleges the bulk of Experian’s practices at issue in this case continues to the present day, making its claims in court... (more story)

US Senator Warren decries reports CFPB is laying off almost all staff

April 17, 2025

North America

MLex summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, decried reports that President Donald Trump's acting US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director sent reduction... (more story)

Ukraine signs memo of intent on minerals deal with US

April 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's first deputy prime minister and minister of economy, said in a statement on X that Ukrainian officials have signed a memorandum of intent that paves the way toward an ... (more story)

Trade View More

DOJ files complaint against clothing company for failing to pay customs duties

April 18, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex summary: The US Justice Department filed a complaint against a US company and two business owners for allegedly violating the False Claims Act and knowingly underpaying customs duties on imported clothing... (more story)

US Commerce correct to use 30-year-old data for Mexican tomato rates, CIT rules

April 18, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

The US Commerce Department was correct to use 1995-96 data to determine the current dumping rates for Mexican fresh tomato growers, the US Court of International Trade ruled.

Trump, Meloni announce US-Italy trade commitments

April 18, 2025 | Zack Budryk

Europe

The White House announced a series of trade agreements with Italy that fall short of a full deal following a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Georgia Meloni.

State Aid View More

Norway wins EFTA state aid nod for offshore wind farm

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)

EU law for state aid exemption needs simplification, member states say

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)

Spanish renewable hydrogen plan wins EU state aid approval

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

Clarification on ‘omnibus’ law due-diligence checks, fines proposed by Poland

April 17, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Jean Comte

Europe

EU companies caught under the scope of the bloc’s due diligence law could see reduced supply chain obligations and potential fines capped at 5 percent of their net global turnover, according to a Polish propos... (more story)

First compromise text on ‘omnibus’ simplification law presented

April 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries have taken a step forward on the first “omnibus” simplification law covering sustainability and due-diligence reporting duties, with the presentation of a compromise text. Poland, wh... (more story)

Steel, textiles, tires among focus of EU ecodesign, energy labeling updates

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)

Technology View More

Mozilla CEO says future of products at risk in US DOJ's Google remedy proposal

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Mozilla Chief Executive Laura Chambers said some of the remedies proposed in the US Department of Justice's Internet search monopolization suit against Google "risk the future" of its Firefox bro... (more story)

US DOJ's proposal to breakup Google hands advantage to foreign adversaries, CCIA says

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Computer & Communications Industry Association said remedies in the Google search monopoly case should be narrowly tailored to address specific conduct and confined to a set of search distrib... (more story)

US DOJ remedy proposal in Google search monopoly suit not 'radical,' DuckDuckGo says

April 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: DuckDuckGo said that Google's decade-plus illegal monopolization of the Internet search market and search text market means that the smaller search engine has never had the opportunity to compete... (more story)