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Antitrust
February 27, 2025 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Trade
February 27, 2025 | Roffie Kurniawan
Asia
Trade
February 26, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
Antitrust View More
February 27, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Amedisys reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday that a growing number of states have enacted mini-Hart-Scott-Rodino laws that require state approval of transactions invo... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
The UK competition regulator has had to respond to a changed “external landscape,” chief executive Sarah Cardell said today. Cardell said the regulator is making changes to the speed of its investigations, inc... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
German airline Deutsche Lufthansa has beaten back attempts by the European Commission to force it to maintain feeder traffic arrangements with rival Condor, as part of a probe into its A++ trans-Atlantic joint... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government shouldn't continue with its preferred option for tackling AI and copyright, which introduces a copyright exception for text and data mining, as long as it lacks an accessible te... (more story)
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Parliament Research Service published a briefing on potential tensions between the AI Act and the GDPR, notably looking at how the AI law mandates preventing algorithmic discriminati... (more story)
February 27, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Southeast Asia's defense ministers have collectively pledged to collaborate on artificial-intelligence initiatives in the defense sector. A joint statement issued after an Asean defense ministers... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 27, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
Aviva chief Amanda Blanc said that the company is making strong progress in its efforts to gain antitrust approval for its planned acquisition of UK rival Direct Line Insurance Group, insisting that the deal w... (more story)
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Schlumberger’s plan to buy rival oilfield-services company ChampionX is facing an in-depth probe from Norway’s competition watchdog. The regulator said it was concerned the deal would harm compet... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
The Korea Fair Trade Commission is currently soliciting proposals for a study, slated to run from April to October, that will examine whether existing merger regulations adequately capture emerging partnership... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, issued reprimands today to the city councils of Edinburgh and Glasgow for failing to respond to requests for personal informa... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
European companies will be asked their views on an EU initiative for a “European Data Union Strategy” that would streamline existing EU data rules, the European Commission said today. A future initiative, whic... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government wants to see the Online Safety Act “unfold” before discussing new legislation to regulate pornography content, tech minister Peter Kyle suggested today following a newly publish... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 27, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
EU countries discussing the European Commission’s decision to withdraw its proposed regulation on standard-essential patent licensing transparency. Countries such as Sweden and Finland support scrapping the bi... (more story)
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: EU courts must ensure that restrictions on law firm representation are justified and do not unduly presume a lack of independence, according to the opinion of the EU Court of Justice Advocate Gen... (more story)
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Fapa Vital AG withdrew its request for provisional measures against Valentis Baltic after reaching a settlement regarding a dispute over European patent 1,978,949. The Nordic-Baltic Regional Divi... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 27, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has scrapped plans to move offices to London’s Canary Wharf district and will instead use savings from the move to improve its case management systems.
February 26, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Lorelei Salas, a former senior US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official who resigned this month, said millions of Americans are "likely to get ripped off" under the Trump administration. “The CFPB was ... (more story)
February 26, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democrats released an analysis finding that since the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau started facing cuts, the agency is processing 80 percent fewer... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 27, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK's planned new private stock market, the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, might not reach full potential if it is overly burdened with regulation, according to the head of a C... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is planning to consult with the insurance industry to streamline some rules for the sector, including the frequency of fair value assessments. Speaking of the push for grow... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
A Belgian member of the European Parliament has been appointed as the lead lawmaker of the legislative file. The institution aims to have the text agreed swiftly, and with no changes.
Trade View More
February 27, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China has urged the US to promptly revoke its Section 232 investigation into copper imports, labeling it a unilateral and protectionist move under the guise of "national security," said Ministry ... (more story)
February 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission said it will “react firmly and immediately against unjustified barriers to free and fair trade,” after US President Donald Trump vowed to impose 25 percent tariffs on all ... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, North America
Container chassis imports from Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam are creating a ‘supply overhang’ effect on the US chassis industry, causing a surge in subject import volumes that will lead to a harmful decline in ... (more story)
State Aid View More
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Austria should win its legal challenge to Hungary's investment aid for the construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Paks II nuclear power station, suggests an EU court opinion that was rel... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Government support to EU companies for green technologies will have an easier ride under a new plan today aimed at boosting domestic industries. EU commissioner Teresa Ribera signaled that markets were changin... (more story)
February 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Clean Industrial Deal — the EU's new strategy to decarbonize industry while boosting its competitiveness — was published today by the European Commission. "We know that too many obstacles sti... (more story)
Energy View More
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Further action is needed to reduce methane emissions in Europe and globally, the European Environment Agency report says. Despite its decrease, methane emissions still account for 12 percent of a... (more story)
February 26, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson directed the agency to form a Joint Labor Task Force that will work to prioritize rooting out and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and anticompetit... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Jean Comte
Europe
The European Commission unveiled today its first “omnibus” legislative text aimed at cutting administrative costs for companies. But the proposal might face difficulties during the scrutiny process as member s... (more story)
Technology View More
February 27, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: UK telecom regulator Ofcom is consulting on changes to the annual fees that mobile operators pay to use certain spectrum bands. The watchdog is proposing to reduce annual fees by 21 percent for t... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A new version of a draft political statement EU countries are developing to influence the review of the Audiovisual Media Service Directive, or AVMSD, puts more emphasis on ensuring legal clarity, particularly... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
E-commerce platform Shein received extra time to hand in information on illegal products and its recommender system under the EU Digital Services Act, the European Commission confirmed today. The new deadline ... (more story)