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Data Privacy and Security

February 05, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Google, Meta take fight over digital-ad sanctions to South Korea's high court
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Data Privacy and Security

February 04, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

DOGE access to US Bureau of Fiscal Service data violates Privacy Act, unions say
UK car insurance

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

February 04, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

Aviva’s buyout of UK car insurer Direct Line must face regulatory mood music

Antitrust View More

Particle says Epic Systems advances 'meritless' argument in US payor-platform case

February 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Particle Health told a US judge that Epic Systems advances, for the first time, "a new and plainly meritless argument" that a competitor may only allege antitrust injury resulting from conduct th... (more story)

Judges association’s letter to EU commissioners addresses risks of patent regulation bills

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Intellectual Property Judges’ Association is urging European Commissioners Stéphane Séjourné and Ekaterina Zaharieva to “review” pending legislation on patents due to legal concerns, in a let... (more story)

National Farmers Union urges strong US Packers and Stockyards Act enforcement

February 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: National Farmers Union President Rob Larew called for stronger Packers and Stockyards Act enforcement in remarks delivered to the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, arguing that monopolies suppr... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Financial sector sees last-minute disagreements over EU’s definition of AI system

February 05, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The European Commission’s guidelines to clarify the definition of AI system under the EU AI Act have been delayed due to an internal dispute between commission departments concerning whether logistic regressio... (more story)

UK can achieve more AI scaleups if regulation is clarified, lawmakers say

February 05, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

UK AI developers and users should not be subject to further uncertainty with any future AI regulation and need clarity from the government on its plans for the Regulatory Innovation Office, senior lawmakers ha... (more story)

UK AI regulators need resources and government clarity, lawmakers’ report says

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Growth in the UK’s AI sector could be improved by the existing digital regulators being fully resourced for understanding and helping in their remits, and by the government clarifying its aims fo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

XSYS purchase of MacDermid Graphics approved in Brazil without conditions

February 05, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Germany-based XSYS’ purchase of American competitor MacDermid Graphics Solutions has been cleared without conditions in Brazil.

United Steelworkers president moves to dismiss US Steel, Nippon Steel suit

February 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: United Steelworkers international president David McCall filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him by US Steel and Nippon Steel, according to a statement. “U.S. Steel and Nippon lau... (more story)

Multipharma gets conditional nod in Belgium to buy Goed pharmacies

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Multipharma has won approval from the Belgian competition authority to acquire Popelin, a company recently established that bought the activities of Goed Farma. To win approval, the buyer agreed ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Discovery order in social media case violates New York constitution, governor says

February 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged a US appeals court to direct a lower court to grant the California attorney general’s objection to a discovery order that allows Meta to ask for documents fro... (more story)

TikTok and X face four lawsuits in Germany

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Social media platforms TikTok and X are facing four class-action lawsuits in Germany, law firm Spirit Legal said announcing that it is suing the platforms on behalf of the Dutch Foundation for Ma... (more story)

Unions file motion to block DOGE from accessing US Treasury records

February 05, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Two federal employee unions have filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to block the US Department of the Treasury and its Bureau of the Fiscal Service from giving over Elon Musk's Depa... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Harbor's $27.9 million award in US trade secret, unfair competition case left intact

February 05, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Firstbase.IO can’t undo a final judgment that it owes Harbor Compliance $27.9 million in connection with Harbor’s successful claims of unfair competition and trade secret misappropriation flowing from the part... (more story)

Ericsson's patent revocation counterclaim against Motorola rejected by UPC court

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Unified Patent Court’s Munich division has rejected a counterclaim by Ericsson to revoke European patent 3,780,758, a patent held by Motorola Mobility. The court upheld Motorola’s argument th... (more story)

Austrian court seeks EU clarification on copyright blocking measures

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Austrian Federal Administrative Court has asked the EU’s top court to clarify the rules on blocking websites for copyright reasons. The court wants to know if Internet providers can be forced... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK fraud agency to get multi-million-pounds advance to fund 'complex' probes

February 05, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office is set to receive a 15-million-pounds cash ($18.8 million) injection from the government to fund its biggest probes, the third advance it has had over the last three years. The mo... (more story)

Seizure of USAID puts anti-corruption initiatives on the brink

February 04, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

An Elon Musk-led takeover of the lead US development aid agency could wreak havoc on global anti-corruption initiatives. By law, the president cannot abolish, move or consolidate USAID, but Musk and Trump admi... (more story)

US SEC’s `Crypto Mom’ asks for industry patience on regulatory framework

February 04, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US Securities and Exchange Commission member Hester Peirce, head of the agency’s cryptocurrency task force, asked for industry patience as her panel prepares to recommend a regulatory framework with anti-fraud protections.

Financial Services View More

Santander's dispute with ECB over treatment of deferred tax assets published

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Santander's legal dispute at the General Court of the EU against a decision by the European Central Bank was published in the EU's Official Journal. Santander contests the decision of the ECB con... (more story)

Mid-caps, investment simplification to be included in EU’s red tape-reduction strategy

February 05, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Two new “omnibus” proposals — focusing on mid-caps and on investment simplification — are expected to be presented by the European Commission in the second quarter of 2025. According to annexes from the commis... (more story)

UK trading venues see new rules to 'strengthen' commodity derivatives markets

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK trading venues have received new rules for commodity derivatives markets aimed at supporting orderly pricing and settlement conditions, and mitigating risks of market abuse. "The revised frame... (more story)

Trade View More

US Postal Service rescinds suspension of deliveries from China, Hong Kong

February 05, 2025 | Ansley Franco

Asia, Europe, North America

Packages from China and Hong Kong will continue to be shipped to the US by the United States Postal Service, after the company rescinded a decision that temporarily suspended shipments from those places. The d... (more story)

Speed up EU customs revamp to tackle e-commerce parcel problems, Šefčovič urges

February 05, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Proposed EU customs reforms must urgently be passed into law to address the growing influx of packages entering each year that don't comply with EU safety and sustainability standards, the bloc's trade chief, ... (more story)

Low-value e-commerce imports see EU action to ensure safety, sustainability

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Low-value imports sold via non-EU online retailers and marketplaces hosting non-EU traders will see coordinated action to tackle the risks from unsafe, counterfeit or otherwise harmful products, ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Ryanair loses EU court challenge to renewed approval of aid for Portugal's TAP

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Ryanair today lost its legal challenge to renewed EU clearance for Portuguese rescue aid of up to 1.2 billion euros to its flag-carrier airline in light of the pandemic. In 2021, the EU General C... (more story)

Czech Post universal service compensation gets EU approval

February 03, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Czech government has won approval for its plan to compensate Czech Post for its universal service mission for the period covering 2023 and 2024, the European Commission said today. The measur... (more story)

French aid for chemical recycling of plastic waste gets EU approval

February 03, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies in France will be eligible for direct grants to support the chemical recycling of plastic waste under a plan worth 500 million euros (around $520 million), which has been cleared under ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU affordable energy plan to focus on bills, gas markets, energy chief says

February 05, 2025 | Helena Freitas

Europe

The upcoming EU affordable energy action plan might include short-term measures to decouple retail energy bills from high fossil fuel prices, address the non-energy parts of energy bills and improve the superv... (more story)

Many EU banks lag in assessing physical risks of climate events, EBA told

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Several European banking regulators on the European Banking Authority's board of supervisors said the majority of banks in their jurisdictions haven't fully incorporated physical risks from clima... (more story)

EU industries need incentives to adopt cleantech and cut emissions, sector says

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The upcoming Clean Industrial Deal must provide incentives for EU industries to adopt cleantech to facilitate "their transition toward decarbonized, circular, and innovative business models," rep... (more story)

Technology View More

Softened proposal on child sexual-abuse material under review by EU governments

February 05, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Meta Platforms and other providers of messaging and platform services have seen the focus sharpen again on the question of what EU legal duties they should face for tackling child sexual abuse material, with n... (more story)

Direct-marketing advice tool created by UK privacy regulator

February 05, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK companies have seen the Information Commissioner’s Office create a direct-marketing advice tool, to promote compliance with data protection law. The ICO's free online service covers e-mail, SM... (more story)

Assess at least 19 different online risks, Ofcom tells UK tech companies

February 05, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK tech companies have seen an extra tool released by the online safety regulator to help them complete risk assessments required by the Online Safety Act, as Ofcom prepares to start enforcement of its illegal... (more story)