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Antitrust

September 29, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

Apple, Amazon beat US antitrust case after counsel misleads court

Trade

September 29, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

Trump renews threat of 100 percent film tariffs from US
Cryptocurrency bitcoin token coins

Financial Crime, Financial Services

September 29, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Chinese woman pleads guilty to Bitcoin laundering ahead of UK trial (update*)

Antitrust View More

Slovak TV stations probed over possible dominance abuse

September 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovak broadcasters TV Markíza and TV JOJ are the target of an investigation to see if they abused their market power in relation to advertisements, the national competition authority said on Tue... (more story)

Unnamed large international software company raided in Dutch competition probe

September 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: An unnamed large international software company has been subjected to a dawn raid as part of a Dutch competition authority investigation into suspected misuse of market power. The regulator said ... (more story)

New Japanese antitrust guidelines target unfair contracts with artists

September 30, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japan has unveiled sweeping antitrust guidelines aimed at the country’s powerful talent agencies, broadcasters and record labels. The new rules caution against contract clauses that lock artists into exclusive... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China, African nations pledge cooperation on cybersecurity, AI governance

September 30, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China and African nations have pledged to step up cooperation on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence governance, according to a plan on building a shared future in cyberspace. Released at t... (more story)

Cyber breaches expose South Korea's frail defenses as it chases AI leadership

September 30, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

In 2025, a cascade of breaches exposed the personal data of millions of South Koreans and allegedly compromised government systems, revealing how the country's rush toward AI leadership left its cybersecurity ... (more story)

EU AI law revisions justified by fast-paced technology, Commission official says

September 30, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The European Commission's swift revisions to the EU's AI law are justified by the fast pace of the technology while balancing the need to ensure legal certainty and predictability, the head of the commission's... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Vossloh-Sateba rail-infrastructure deal wins conditional French approval

September 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: German rail-infrastructure specialist Vossloh has secured clearance from France's Autorité de la Concurrence to acquire exclusive control of the Sateba group, the regulator said on Monday. To win... (more story)

Simplify notification-waiver form for dealmakers, Australian businesses say

September 30, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A waiver process allowing deals that don’t raise competition concerns to avoid probes under Australia’s rigorous new merger regime is complex, ambiguous and requires excessive information, according to the cou... (more story)

China issues standardized merger-filing rules to streamline SAMR reviews

September 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China issued its first standardized framework for merger filings on Monday, consolidating scattered guidances into a single official set of rules designed to bring predictability to the country's merger review... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Companies in China to get new certification path for cross-border data transfers

September 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

Companies seeking to transfer personal data out of China will soon be able to take advantage of a new certification regime, following the rollout of a set of national standards that underpins the framework. Ef... (more story)

European, Canadian ISPs targeted by Australian watchdog over terrorist content

September 30, 2025 | James Panichi

Oceania

ColocaTel and FranTech Solutions were ordered in August to remove material including images promoting terrorism by Australia’s online-safety watchdog, correspondence to the internet-service providers reveals. ... (more story)

Japan's Asahi beverage group hit by cyberattack, operations disrupted

September 30, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Asahi Group, Japan’s major beverage company, said a cyberattack has caused a system failure, forcing it to suspend order processing, product shipments and customer service operations. The parent ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

BYD's reported Avanci entry draws Chinese licensor reaction, peers weigh next steps

September 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD’s reported entry into Avanci’s patent pool as a licensee has been described as a “new starting point” for the globalization of China’s auto industry, according to an article ... (more story)

August report didn't recommend AI copyright exemptions, Australian economic adviser says

September 30, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia’s top economic advisory agency denied recommending changes to the country’s copyright laws that include a text- and data-mining exemption for artificial intelligence in a recent report, in an exchang... (more story)

Squires-led panel undoes Section 101-based rejection of DeepMind application

September 29, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

In a decision penned by US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires — and in a positive sign for the artificial intelligence industry — the USPTO Appeals Review Panel last week warned that the categor... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK legal pressure tactics on police, regulator unveiled in Carter Ruck papers

September 30, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Correspondence between UK law firm Carter Ruck and a former client — an alleged $4 billion fraudster dubbed the “CryptoQueen” — have thrown light on the suspected use of legal tactics to shut down scrutiny of ... (more story)

South Korea to abolish breach of trust crime, ease economic criminal penalties

September 30, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korea will abolish the crime of breach of trust, long criticized for exposing corporate executives to imprisonment and criminal fines, and replace economic criminal penalties with administrative fines wh... (more story)

South Korea announces measures to ease economic criminal penalties

September 30, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The South Korean government on Tuesday unveiled its first set of measures to ease economic criminal penalties as part of its goal to revise 30 percent of such penalties this year. Announced by th... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Singapore regulator, banks test quantum-safe tech for finance cybersecurity

September 30, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The Monetary Authority of Singapore and four major banks have completed a proof-of-concept sandbox testing quantum key distribution, or QKD, for secure communications in the financial sector. Con... (more story)

US Fed researching latest wave of payment innovations, Waller says

September 29, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Reserve is researching the latest wave of payment innovations — including tokenization, smart contracts, and artificial intelligence in payments — to understand how private-sector innovators wil... (more story)

Frank founder Javice gets 85-month prison sentence in US fraud case

September 29, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Charlie Javice, founder of the tech startup Frank, was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison for defrauding JP Morgan when the bank purchased the company in 2021 for $175 million. When she and he... (more story)

Trade View More

China slams US move to extend export controls to subsidiaries, vows countermeasures

September 30, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce voiced its opposition late Monday to the US Commerce Department's newly issued “piercing rule,” which extends export-control restrictions to subsidiaries owned 50 per... (more story)

US producer files for duties against Indian, Turkish chromium trioxide imports

September 29, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

A US chemical producer on Monday filed for antidumping and antisubsidy duties against Turkish and Indian imports of chromium trioxide, which is used for wood preservatives, metal finishing, chrome plating and ... (more story)

US Commerce rescinds 2024 firearm export license rule

September 29, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has issued its final rule rescinding a 2024 regulation on firearm export license requirements. The only aspect of the rule to remain i... (more story)

State Aid View More

Austria, Belgium, Croatia receive more than €3bn EU funds to boost growth

September 29, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Austria, Belgium and Croatia have received a total of €3.07 billion under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, the European Commission said on Monday. The funds cover reforms and investment... (more story)

South Korea parliament clears sweeping government overhaul, ends prosecution service

September 29, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korea’s National Assembly has passed a sweeping government reorganization bill that dismantles the prosecution service and enacts some of President Lee Jae Myung’s most ambitious reforms, including the r... (more story)

EU foreign-subsidy checks on tenders below €250m threshold to be stepped up

September 26, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Non-EU companies bidding in EU public tenders below €250 million will face increased scrutiny under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, a senior European Commission official has said. The regulator plans to make... (more story)

Energy View More

EU cleantech, battery, grid proposals slated for presentation on Nov. 25

September 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Four energy-related legislative proposals are scheduled be presented by the European Commission on Nov. 25, during the Nov. 24-27 European Parliament plenary session, according to a commission do... (more story)

Hydrogen can be diesel alternative in EU's grid-strained data centers, industry says

September 30, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Hydrogen can provide long-duration storage and clean backup to replace diesel in Europe’s data centers, as soaring AI-driven demand threatens to overwhelm electricity grids, Hydrogen Europe has s... (more story)

Climate adaptation funds doubled by EU investment bank, with finance access eased

September 30, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

European Investment Bank climate adaptation financing will double to €30 billion for the 2026-30 period, it said Tuesday in its climate roadmap, with funding prioritized for projects aimed at fostering EU comp... (more story)

Technology View More

Turn EU data centers into grid-flexible assets with better regulation, group says

September 30, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi and Jackson Cooper

Europe

The EU should reform its approach to data centers to make them flexibility assets for the power system rather than a challenge, the Centre on Regulation in Europe, a Brussels-based think tank, said in a study ... (more story)

Google executives warn against 'invasive' US adtech remedies, publisher harm

September 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Europe, North America

Google executives warned that implementing the US Department of Justice’s structural and behavioral remedies proposed as part of an adtech monopolization lawsuit will harm ad publishers and are not just “incre... (more story)

YouTube settles Trump account suspension suit for $24.5 million, following Meta, X

September 30, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

YouTube will pay $24.5 million to US President Donald Trump to settle allegations the platform violated the First Amendment in suspending his account in January 2021.