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Data Privacy and Security, Technology
November 21, 2024 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Artificial Intelligence
November 21, 2024 | Amy Miller
North America
Trade
November 21, 2024 | Joanna Sopinska
Europe
Antitrust View More
November 21, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice's proposal to prohibit agreements between Google and web browsers to remedy the company's monopolistic conduct in search and search advertising markets "will negative... (more story)
November 21, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation of the World Federation of Advertisers regarding a potential anticompetitive scheme to withhold advertising dollars from certain socia... (more story)
November 21, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission is requesting adverse inferences in its federal case seeking a preliminary injunction against the Tempur Sealy-Mattress Firm deal. In a redacted version of its Nov... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
November 21, 2024 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe,North America
Content moderation by big social media platforms is shaping to be “the biggest flashpoint” for the new Trump administration in the US with the European Union, data privacy expert Jules Polonetsky today told a ... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Society’s interest in developing artificial intelligence should be considered when European privacy regulators decide on whether general-purpose AI model training should be allowed to use personal data, law pr... (more story)
November 21, 2024
Africa,Asia,Europe,Latin America,Middle East,North America,Oceania
MLex Summary: The International Network of AI Safety Institutes has agreed on a set of “key aspects” for risk assessments of advanced AI systems. The members have agreed that risk assessments should be actiona... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
November 21, 2024 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Brasil Tecpar and Nova Rede have no horizontal overlap between their backhaul services, Brasil Tecpar told the Brazilian competition authority. It said that the backhaul infrastructure is largely used internal... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Flavia Fortes
Latin America
Rivals and customers of satellite company SES and rival Intelsat have been queried by the Brazilian competition authority over their $3.1 billion deal. The transaction has been filed using a full-form notifica... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
A potential key witness in the Tempur Sealy-Mattress Firm preliminary injunction hearing declined to answer questions during his October deposition, invoking his rights under the Fifth Amendment, according to ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
November 21, 2024 | Mike Swift
North America
Snap this week pushed back against a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s attorney general, saying policies on the Snapchat platform enable the exploitation of children and the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material, ... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Mike Swift
North America
In what appears to be the first step in a crackdown by the US Federal Communications Commission against privacy and data security threats from "cheap and insecure" Chinese electronics, the regulator has propos... (more story)
November 21, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $734,872 fine against Hong Kong, China-based smart home device manufacturer Eken for apparent violations of FCC rules around privacy and da... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
November 21, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: CPDQ, a Canadian institutional investment firm, said in an emailed statement to MLex that it is aware of charges filed in the US against former employees. The employees were terminated in 2023 an... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
With the unsealing of an indictment against billionaire businessman Gautam Adani, US prosecutors may be taking their biggest anti-bribery swing in recent history. When communicating about the bribery scheme, s... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle
Europe
UK and French authorities have launched a joint bribery and corruption probe into French aviation and defense group Thales. The company has confirmed an investigation into four entities in UK and France. It is... (more story)
Financial Services View More
November 21, 2024 | Frank Hersey
Europe
UK financial services companies’ use of artificial intelligence is growing rapidly, although data privacy remains a key concern as a regulatory constraint, according to a survey by the UK central bank and fina... (more story)
November 21, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Gazprombank, a conduit for Russia to pay its soldiers and purchase military materiel for its war effort against Ukr... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Jean Comte
Europe
The EU should wait to see how the upcoming Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation will be concretely applied, before thinking about tweaking EU rules in this sector, member of the European Parliament Ondrej Kovar... (more story)
Trade View More
November 21, 2024 | Laina S. Miller
Asia, North America
The US International Trade Commission has voted to continue the antidumping and antisubsidy investigations of thermoformed molded fiber products from China and Vietnam.
November 21, 2024
North America
MLex Summary: US tire producer Titan Tire Corporation contested the 2022 review results for an antisubsidy duty order on new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India.
November 21, 2024
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has voted to continue the antidumping and antisubsidy duty investigations into thermoformed molded fiber products imported from China and Vietnam.
State Aid View More
November 21, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Italian measures in favor of Cineca, a non-profit consortium, whose members include the Ministry of Education and Research as well as universities and institutions in the country, don't constitut... (more story)
November 21, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania has won state aid approval for its plan worth 578 million euros to fund the reduction of a power levy rate for energy-intensive businesses, which promotes electricity from renewable sourc... (more story)
November 19, 2024 | Natalie McNelis
Europe
Intermediate Capital Group and Imanes have sought EU foreign-subsidy clearance for a change in control over French frozen food retailer Picard. The European Commission has until Dec. 19 to decide on the deal, ... (more story)
Energy View More
November 21, 2024 | Stefano Porciello and Oscar Pandiello
Europe
EU automakers missing next year’s CO2 reduction goal should not be fined, the powerful center-right European People’s Party is set to say, according to a draft paper seen by MLex. The party also asks to revers... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Isobel Dos Santos, once known as Africa’s richest woman, and Dmitry Firtash, a Ukrainian oligarch accused of bribery, were both sanctioned by the UK government today as part of a dirty money crackdown. The mea... (more story)
November 21, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Hydrogen Europe and the Chilean Hydrogen Association, H2 Chile, have signed a memorandum of understanding to foster industry cooperation on clean hydrogen deployment and trade. The partnership ai... (more story)
Technology View More
November 21, 2024 | Jakub Krupa and Sara Brandstätter
Europe
The UK's planned overhaul of data protection rules seeks to maintain high standards and safeguards while creating a framework "permissive enough" for innovation such as automated decision-making, the technolog... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The first batch of technical specifications for the European digital wallet was adopted at a meeting with EU countries’ representatives today, the same day as the statutory deadline. The European Commission in... (more story)
November 21, 2024 | Júlia Tar
Europe
The Dutch Green-Labor party alliance in the Dutch Parliament is planning to raise questions about the lack of content moderation staff at X, MLex understands. The questions come as TikTok is facing an investig... (more story)