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Data Privacy and Security
December 03, 2024 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Antitrust, Energy
December 02, 2024 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, DealRisk®, Energy, Financial Services, Mergers and Acquisitions, State Aid, Technology, Trade
December 02, 2024 | Jean Comte
Europe
Antitrust View More
December 03, 2024 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Merchants told UK appeal judges today that the competition court erred last year when it ruled on time-bar matters relating to their card-fee claims against Mastercard and Visa. The merchants argue they can cl... (more story)
December 03, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: A US class action complaint has been filed against the National Collegiate Athletic Association on behalf of all former University of Michigan football players who played prior to 2016, seeking c... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Advanz Pharma told appeal judges today that the UK competition court handed down a flawed ruling when it supported the Competition and Markets Authority's infringement case against the company over the pricing... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
December 03, 2024 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is not planning yet to introduce specific rules related to the use of artificial intelligence in financial services, an official said today. A recent report from the FCA foun... (more story)
December 03, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission entered into a settlement with IntelliVision Technologies Corp. that bars the company from making misrepresentations about the quality and accuracy of its facial r... (more story)
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: There is a sharp increase in capital markets sector companies identifying artificial intelligence technologies as primary drivers of their compliance efforts, according to Nasdaq’s ninth Annual G... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
December 03, 2024
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: IBM's acquisition of HashiCorp is now expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing released by HashiCorp. The companies were hit wit... (more story)
December 03, 2024
Latin America
MLex Summary: José Levi Mello do Amaral Júnior, a councilor at Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or CADE, has been assigned to review iFood’s acquisition of a stake in Shopper. In October, the Super... (more story)
December 03, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: United Steelworkers International President David McCall said the union supports President-elect Donald Trump's continued opposition to Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of US Steel.
Data Privacy and Security View More
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: UK data protection law is not expected to be breached by allowing a victim to know the abuser’s identity, privacy chief John Edwards said today in a statement. The Information Commissioner argued... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Jakub Krupa
Europe
Social media giant Meta Platforms has challenged the Irish privacy watchdog's decision to fine it 91 million euros for inadvertently storing some passwords in plaintext on its internal systems without cryptogr... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Lewis Crofts, Nicholas Hirst and Matthew Newman
Europe
The EU’s regulatory campaign against Big Tech has set its enforcers on a collision course with the US under Donald Trump's incoming “America first” administration. EU cases against Apple, Google and X are well... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Ericsson does not have to submit extensive documentation, the Lisbon division of the EU's Unified Patent Court said in an order released today. Defendants Asustek, Arvato Netherlands and Digital ... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Stefano Porciello, Oscar Pandiello, Joanna Sopinska and Inbar Preiss
Europe
EU battery cell manufacturing projects for electric vehicles will stand a better chance of getting European funding if they diversify away from China, new rules earmarking 1 billion euros to the sector show. N... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Litigation privilege does not extend to statements that Miller Mendel fraudulently obtained a patent for managing background investigation data, a US judge ruled yesterday. Four years after filing a motion to... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
December 03, 2024
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: A US judge issued a judgment ordering the forfeiture of assets tied to an Uzbekistan bribery scheme involving corrupt payments made to Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the late former president.
December 03, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US imposed sanctions on 35 entities and vessels that play a critical role in transporting illicit Iranian petroleum to foreign markets, placing additional costs on Iran’s petroleum sector fol... (more story)
December 03, 2024 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner, who will be responsible for helping recoup huge losses to fraud during the pandemic, was appointed by the UK government today. Tom Hayhoe, an expert in UK health policy, wil... (more story)
Financial Services View More
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Supreme Court has received a letter from the Financial Conduct Authority, which is seeking to speed up the process regarding the appeal application from Close Brothers and FirstRand Bank o... (more story)
December 03, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule to rein in data brokers that sell sensitive personal and financial information. The proposed rule would limit the sale of personal iden... (more story)
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The revised reporting framework for investment firms was released today by the European Banking Authority. The supervisory reporting and disclosures of investment firms were amended to comply wit... (more story)
Trade View More
December 03, 2024
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are dumped in the US.
December 03, 2024
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that alkyl phosphate esters from China are dumped in the US.
December 03, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: Sergey Nechaev, a dual US-Russian citizen, was arrested in the US state of Georgia on charges related to the unlawful attempted export of two small aircraft to Russia. In conjunction with the arr... (more story)
State Aid View More
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: EU battery, green hydrogen and net-zero technology producers today saw the European Commission set aside 4.6 billion euros ($4.8 billion) under the Innovation Fund and its Hydrogen Bank. The batt... (more story)
December 02, 2024 | Lewis Crofts, Nicholas Hirst and Jean Comte
Europe
Teresa Ribera, Europe’s incoming competition and energy chief, is putting the finishing touches to her private office, bringing together legal and energy-policy expertise to oversee enforcement of the bloc’s p... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on its draft rules under the EU legislation on alternative fuels infrastructure. The three consultations opened today cover additional data types on pu... (more story)
Energy View More
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has set the quantity of CO2 emissions allowances to be issued under the Emissions Trading System for buildings, road transport and additional sectors for 2027, at 1,036,28... (more story)
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states' intermediate gas storage-filling targets for 2025 were published today in the bloc's official bulletin. EU countries are given five intermediate refilling goals throughout the y... (more story)
December 02, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The fifth session of negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty finished without an agreement from the UN member states. Talks will, therefore, continue in 2025. The EU regrets the inconclusive g... (more story)
Technology View More
December 03, 2024 | Matthew Newman
Europe
TikTok officials faced a barrage of questions from EU lawmakers about its involvement in recent Romanian elections, with politicians demanding how the social-media platform could allow political advertising wh... (more story)
December 03, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: From tackling AI-driven disinformation to boosting voter engagement tools, Meta’s strategies aimed to protect democracy while adapting to evolving challenges in digital platforms, Nick Clegg, Met... (more story)
December 03, 2024
Asia
MLex Summary: China firmly opposes the US semiconductor export control measures announced Dec. 2, including the addition of 136 Chinese entities to the export control list. A spokesman for the Ministry of Comm... (more story)