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 Federal Trade Commission Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, left and FTC Commisioner Alvaro Bedoya, right, listen as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

Antitrust, Data Privacy and Security, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

September 22, 2025 | Dwight A. Weingarten

North America

US Supreme Court allows removal of FTC's Slaughter

Data Privacy and Security

September 22, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

Meta must face breach-of-contract claims over Section 230, US judge says
EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič

Trade

September 22, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Asia, Europe

EU trade chief in Indonesia with mission to finalize trade deal

Antitrust View More

Real-estate company, franchisees engaged in cartel conduct, New Zealand regulator says

September 23, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Harcourts Group, a real-estate company and franchisor, along with its franchisees, are facing civil court proceedings for allegedly engaging in cartel activity, the New Zealand antitrust regulator said. In a s... (more story)

US DOJ seeks to expand criminal antitrust initiatives

September 23, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Khushita Vasant

North America

The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is signaling a more aggressive approach to criminal antitrust enforcement through the launch of a whistleblower-rewards program and potential changes to its le... (more story)

New Zealand real-estate company, franchisees engaged in cartel conduct, regulator says

September 23, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Real-estate company and franchisor Harcourts Group and its franchisees in New Zealand city Christchurch allegedly engaged in cartel conduct, the country’s competition regulator said. In a stateme... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China flags sensitive personal data, AI violations in latest enforcement push

September 23, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s Internet regulators flagged illegal facial-image processing by vending machines and compliance lapses at an AI service provider, while public-security authorities cited cross-border data transfer breac... (more story)

Musk texts face close US court scrutiny after OpenAI cites 'paltry' production

September 23, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

With Elon Musk due to be deposed this week in his litigation battle against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over the company’s move to a more for-profit model, a federal judge in California said Monday that Mu... (more story)

Ross Intelligence askes US appeals court to reverse order in AI case over Westlaw

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Ross Intelligence asked a US appeals court to reverse a judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement of certain Westlaw headnotes and against Ross’ affirmative defenses, ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Rehearing requests by Constellation-Calpine deal critics denied by US FERC

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Opponents of electricity provider Constellation Energy's proposed acquisition of Calpine Corp. who requested a new hearing for that transaction at the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rece... (more story)

Sunoco-Parkland fuel sector merger cleared by US competition authorities

September 22, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Fuel producer and distributor Sunoco saw the US premerger waiting period for its planned acquisition of fuel distributor, marketer and retailer expire on Sept. 19, according to a US securities filing.

Gildan, HanesBrands have product overlaps, but also viable antitrust defenses

September 22, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Clothing manufacturer Gildan Activewear’s proposed buyout of rival HanesBrands would unify two key global suppliers of affordable, neutral fashion essentials  — creating numerous product overlaps for competiti... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Retailers' use of shoplifters' images may breach privacy law, New Zealand watchdog warns

September 23, 2025

Oceania

MLex Summary: Retailers sharing images of suspected shoplifters could be breaching privacy law, New Zealand’s privacy watchdog has warned. In a statement accompanying new guidance for retailers, New Zealand Pr... (more story)

India slams WhatsApp-Meta's jurisdiction arguments, cites data-sharing harms

September 23, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's antitrust watchdog is defending its right to investigate WhatsApp and Meta Platforms, arguing that the core issue is not privacy but anticompetitive conduct. The Competition Commission of India argued ... (more story)

US Supreme Court stays reinstatement of FTC's Slaughter, will review removal

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Supreme Court has agreed to review the District of Columbia appeals court panel's reinstatement of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. The court also issued a stay of the o... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

OpenAI, news outlets at loggerheads over ChatGPT sampling in US copyright case

September 22, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

The largely-redacted results of a data sampling exercise by OpenAI and news outlets including the New York Times show the parties are still bogged down in a discovery dispute that for months has forced OpenAI ... (more story)

Verizon founds 6G innovation alliance in bid to stay ahead of wireless rivals

September 22, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

Verizon announced Monday that it's partnering with smartphone manufacturers as well as leading wireless standards contributors to create a 6G innovation forum focused on furthering the development of the upcom... (more story)

Japan IP court limits doctrine of equivalents in Daiwa House damper case

September 22, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has partly sided with Next Innovation in a patent fight against Daiwa House, finding limited infringement while narrowing how far claims can extend under the doctrine of equivalents.

Financial Crime View More

US House lawmakers ask Treasury about money laundering issues in Hong Kong

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asking whether a Primary Money ... (more story)

Holding company, Brazilian judge's wife sanctioned by US

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said it is sanctioning the Lex Instituto de Estudos Juridicos LTDA and Viviane Barci de Moraes for their support to Brazilian Supreme... (more story)

Brazilian judge’s wife, officials targeted by US in latest Trump escalation

September 22, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Henrique Santiago

Latin America, North America

The US continued its campaign against Brazil’s government by imposing sanctions on the wife and holding company of a Brazilian judge, and by revoking or restricting the visas of multiple Brazilian officials, i... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Defunct cryptocurrency exchange fined by US for violating sanctions

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that ShapeShift AG, a defunct digital asset exchange incorporated in Switzerland and operated from Denver, Colorado,... (more story)

US House panel on China seeks assurances from Paypal on Weixin Pay integration

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has written to PayPal seeking assurances that its new integrations with Tencent’s Tenpay Global—the operator of Wei... (more story)

UK, US seek closer ties on digital assets

September 22, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The UK and the US are set to explore closer cooperation on digital assets, Britain's finance ministry said on Monday. UK finance minister Rachel Reeves and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hav... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce secures $4.2 billion rail deal between Kazakhstan, Wabtec Corp.

September 22, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce secured a $4.2 billion trade deal between the Government of Kazakhstan and US rail tech company Wabtec. Wabtec will provide 300 locomotives to Kazakhstan under the agreement.

US Customs to investigate allegations of antidumping evasion for lawn groomers

September 22, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

US Customs and Border Protection has initiated an investigation of eight importers of Chinese-origin tow-behind lawn groomers (TBLGs) on allegations of evading antidumping orders.

Saudi, German hexamine dumped, Indian hexamine subsidied, US Commerce finds

September 22, 2025

Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has found that hexamine from Saudi Arabia and Germany is being dumped into the US, and hexamine from India is subsidized.

State Aid View More

Ryanair to appeal EU decision on agreement with Carcassonne airport

September 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Irish budget airline Ryanair said today that it will turn to the EU courts to fight a European Commission decision deeming unlawful its agreement on airport charges with French regional airport C... (more story)

France must recover €1.8m in aid to Ryanair at Carcassonne airport, EU watchdog says

September 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Marketing and airport services agreements signed between the Carcassonne airport and Ryanair between 2001 and 2011 amounted to €1.8 million in incompatible state aid that must be recovered, the E... (more story)

German casino operator takes EU order to pay back aid to General Court

September 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Casino operator Merkur Spielbanken has filed an appeal at the EU's first-tier court to contest the European Commission's order for Germany to recoup a capital injection of €64.8 million euros in ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU lawmakers set to vote Oct. 16 on low-carbon hydrogen delegated act

September 22, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Lawmakers from the European Parliament’s energy committee are set to vote on the European Commission’s delegated act on low-carbon hydrogen greenhouse-gas emissions on Oct. 16, a Parliament official told MLex.... (more story)

National leaders, energy bodies call for a just clean energy transition

September 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: A group of national leaders and energy bodies have issued a joint call for a just and equitable clean energy transition ahead of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil in a joint letter published... (more story)

Nuclear fusion hopes lift as Eni, Commonwealth Fusion Systems agree $1bn deal

September 22, 2025 | Jackson Cooper and Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe, North America

The quest to realize commercial nuclear fusion energy has intensified with Italian energy giant Eni and America's Commonwealth Fusion Systems announcing a $1 billion power purchase agreement on Monday. The dea... (more story)

Technology View More

Jury selected for trial in US FTC’s case against Amazon over 'dark patterns'

September 23, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

A jury of nine was selected in a federal court in Seattle for trial over allegations by the US Federal Trade Commission that Amazon deployed manipulative and confusing design and language for its Prime subscription service.

AI-generated child sexual abuse material found on chatbots, UK foundation says

September 22, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: AI-generated child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, has been identified for the first time on AI chatbots, the Internet Watch Foundation said on Monday. Analysts at the group, a UK-based hotline f... (more story)

EU child safety rules in audiovisual media services to be discussed

September 22, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Audiovisual media services, such as Netflix, YouTube and television broadcasters, will be in focus on Wednesday when EU officials discuss how to strengthen child protection rules under the Audiovisual Media Se... (more story)