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Antitrust
September 16, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Chris May
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Trade
September 16, 2025 | Emma Whitford
Asia, North America
Antitrust
September 16, 2025 | Chris May
North America
Antitrust View More
September 17, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Mastercard is preparing for another procedural appeal in its long-running clash with the Australian competition regulator, with the credit-card provider booking a challenge to a recent court order for it to ha... (more story)
September 17, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Irrational competition is undermining China’s push for high-quality growth and weighing on consumer trust and product innovation, a leading competition-law scholar has warned — prompting calls for systemic leg... (more story)
September 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Grab Holdings and its unit MyTaxi.PH have signed a one-year undertaking with the Philippine Competition Commission, extending commitments tied to the ride-hailing company’s incentive schemes. The... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
September 17, 2025
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: The US and UK have signed a Tech Prosperity Deal focused on AI, quantum and nuclear technologies as part of President Donald Trump's state visit to the UK this week. The first agreement dedicated... (more story)
September 17, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
ByteDance may grant TikTok’s US operator a 10-year license to its recommendation algorithm, MLex has learned, as part of a framework to resolve the dispute over the app’s American operations. The proposal, alo... (more story)
September 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Wednesday it will fully support entrepreneurs in artificial intelligence and other deep-tech fields, while announcing a 13.5 trillion won ($9.8 bi... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
September 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has issued more details on its approval of plans by Dutch company Stichting Depository APG Strategic Real Estate Pool and German business Pimco Prime Real Estate to acquir... (more story)
September 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: The acquisition of Owens-Corning (India), a key player in the country's glass fibre market, by Triumph Composites and Quartz Fibre has received merger clearance. The Competition Commission of Ind... (more story)
September 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Trade associations representing start-up entrepreneurs have asked the European Commission to clarify M&A rules to ensure investors and founders can exit by selling their companies. They want to see less uncert... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
September 17, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee
Asia
Global businesses are increasingly turning to regulatory sandboxes and consultation mechanisms to balance artificial intelligence innovation and privacy protection, but questions remain over how scalable and e... (more story)
September 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Thailand on Monday introduced a Website Security Standard for all websites operated by government agencies, regulators, critical information infrastructure providers and private entities under th... (more story)
September 17, 2025 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong recorded 55 hacking-related data breaches in August, bringing its number of incidents to 90 percent of last year's total, the city's privacy regulator said, highlighting growing cybersecurity vulnera... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
September 17, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
AstraZeneca has lost an argument that it should not have to pay £1.3 million of legal costs for a series of interim injunctions which it won in the course of a landmark UK trial over the patent for a diabetes ... (more story)
September 17, 2025 | MLex IP
Asia, Europe, North America
The 2025 Global Innovation Index is a mixed bag: scientific publications are “truly thriving,” according to the World Intellectual Property Organization, while other metrics — like international patent applica... (more story)
September 17, 2025 | Freny Patel
Asia
An Indian court decision dismissing Saint-Gobain's appeal, confirms that a French patent holds no weight in an Indian legal suit. The Delhi High Court decision reinforces that patent rights are independent and territorial.
Financial Crime View More
September 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: The Bank of Thailand has frozen bank accounts suspected of being linked to fraud and money laundering mule activities in a large-scale anti-fraud crackdown that has left some customers with negat... (more story)
September 16, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Ramil Palafox, operator of PGI Global, pleaded guilty in the US to charges of wire fraud and money laundering for operating a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. Sentencing is set for Feb. 3, 2026.
September 16, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating a pair of Iranian financial facilitators and more than a dozen Hong Kong- and United Arab Emirates-based individuals a... (more story)
Financial Services View More
September 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Financial Conduct Authority has asked financial firms how its rules, such as the Consumer Duty or the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, should apply to the cryptoasset sector. The ... (more story)
September 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has produced guidance for market operators on the application of the EU's sustainable finance reporting framework to the defense sector. The document, which was sent to th... (more story)
September 16, 2025 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The EU sustainability disclosures rules don't stand in the way of investment in the defense sector, the European Commission says in a notice sent to member states Monday. The document provides market operators... (more story)
Trade View More
September 17, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce published draft regulations on export licenses for dual-use items on Wednesday and invited public feedback until Oct. 16. The draft sets out procedures for the issuan... (more story)
September 16, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative announced that it is seeking public comments ahead of the joint review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement on July 1, 2026. The USTR will hold a public hea... (more story)
September 16, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker
North America
Despite the existence of antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders on quartz surface products from China, India and Turkey, dumped imports continue to harm the domestic industry, US producers wrote to the US Int... (more story)
State Aid View More
September 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Dutch national Marc van der Woude has been re-elected as president of the EU General Court, while Cypriot Savvas Papasavvas has been re-elected as its vice president, the court said in a statemen... (more story)
September 16, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
The EU should make state aid less burdensome, the Czech Republic said in a document circulated to member states last week and seen by MLex. The note also pleads for making rules more flexible and to have more ... (more story)
September 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has started a full investigation into whether Slovenia’s transfer of assets from the municipality of Ljubljana to pharmacy chain Lekarna Ljubljana complied with EU state a... (more story)
Energy View More
September 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Investing in green steelmaking is both a necessity and a strategic opportunity to secure jobs, strengthen industrial competitiveness and safeguard Europe’s resilience in the materials critical fo... (more story)
September 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU should improve the functioning of the gas market and loosen the link between gas and electricity prices to bring down costs and boost Europe’s competitiveness, former Italian Prime Ministe... (more story)
September 16, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU has opened accession negotiations with Albania on the so-caller cluster 4, covering the green agenda and sustainable connectivity, which includes transport, energy, environment, and climat... (more story)
Technology View More
September 17, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Teens favor safety-by-design solutions, such as default protections and minor-specific settings over blanket bans or restrictive controls when it comes to online protection, a survey published We... (more story)
September 17, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Google told a US federal judge that it internally studied a possible business divestiture, but it wasn't as far-reaching as the forced sale of its adtech products that the US Department of Justice is seeking i... (more story)
September 16, 2025 | Chris May
North America
A “remarkable period” where multiple US monopolization cases against Big Tech are coming to fruition is the result of years of heavy investment by public agencies, a senior tech-sector enforcer at the US Feder... (more story)