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Technology

September 18, 2025 | Mike Swift

North America

High-stakes Amazon trial against US FTC could set precedent for subscriptions
A truck carrying a cargo container emblazoned with South Korea's flag in front of stacked containers.

Trade

September 18, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

Hyundai raid fallout adds major wrinkle to US-Korea trade talks
OpenAI's ChatGPT logo on phone screen

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

September 18, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

OpenAI to see lawsuit filed imminently over training, Danish publishers warn

Antitrust View More

Midland awaits judicial-review verdict as Hong Kong court sets September timeline

September 19, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Asia

Hong Kong-listed real estate agency Midland Holdings said the High Court will issue its judgment this month on the company's judicial challenge against the city’s antitrust regulator. Midland has argued that t... (more story)

Indonesia's antitrust body warns fuel import limits risk entrenching Pertamina dominance

September 19, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The Indonesian Competition Commission, or KPPU, said the policy to limit imports of non-subsidized gasoline have led to fuel shortages and the loss of consumer choice, entrenching state-owned Per... (more story)

California Law Revision Commission moves toward antitrust reform plan

September 19, 2025 | Alex Wilts

North America

The California Law Revision Commission moved a step closer Thursday to recommending changes to state antitrust law, voting to have agency staff draft a tentative recommendation for addressing “single-firm cond... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korean broadcasters challenge Naver in court over AI training

September 19, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korea’s three major broadcasting companies argued in court that Naver illegally used their news content to train its artificial intelligence model Hyper Clova X. Korea Broadcasting Service, Seoul Broadca... (more story)

FERC explores improving US energy projections muddied by AI data centers

September 18, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

The US federal energy regulator queried grid operators to better understand how they predict their future electricity needs — a task complicated by increased demand from large loads, such as the data centers n... (more story)

US, UK tech deal reveals regulation, policy, safety ventures for 'Golden Era of Innovation'

September 18, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe, North America

The US and UK governments have committed to a range of joint initiatives to advance cooperation on AI, civil nuclear and quantum technologies, including regulatory and policy efforts. The Technology Prosperity... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US DOJ asks court to let it publish comments on HPE deal electronically

September 18, 2025

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to authorize electronic publication of the public comments submitted in the case involving HPE and Juniper Networks rather than "costly" Fed... (more story)

US early terminations return to hundreds, saving companies time, Slater says

September 18, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

North America

The US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division chief said the number of early termination notices granted to deals so far this year are in the hundreds, sparing companies unnecessary delays for deals that p... (more story)

Spain gets more time to answer EU concerns over BBVA-Sabadell deal conditions

September 18, 2025 | Jean Comte

Europe

The Spanish government has been given an extra six weeks to reply to formal European Commission concerns over its "discretionary powers" to impose conditions on banking mergers, MLex has learned. The delay wil... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

South Korea vows sweeping cyber reforms after KT, Lotte Card hacks

September 19, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s science and finance regulators pledged sweeping reforms after cyberattacks on KT and Lotte Card, framing security as the foundation of the country’s digital and AI ambitions. The Mi... (more story)

Vietnam releases new draft personal-data protection decree

September 19, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has released for comment a new draft decree guiding the implementation of the personal-data protection law, which was passed in June and is expected to take ... (more story)

Japan, EU data-protection chiefs agree to expand data-flow arrangement to academia

September 19, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Data-protection regulators from Japan and the European Union agreed Thursday in Tokyo to extend their mutual adequacy arrangement for data transfers to cover academia and research. Japan’s Person... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US DOJ's Kallay sounds alarm on abuses in standards development, patent holdout (correct*)

September 19, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Europe, North America

The US Department of Justice remains vigilant about competition problems arising at the nexus of antitrust and intellectual property, with an agency enforcer sounding the alarm about standards developers misre... (more story)

USPTO study shines light on patent gender gap

September 18, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

A 2022 study from the US Patent and Trademark Office, published in the American Economic Journal last month, shows that office policy can help close the gap between men and women in the US patent system. Forme... (more story)

Squires confirmed to lead a USPTO at a crossroads

September 18, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

John A. Squires was confirmed to be the new director of the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, ushering in new leadership for the office during a streak of controversial policy changes. Squires, an ad... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

BofA securities unit gets declination from US over market manipulation schemes

September 18, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US Justice Department announced Thursday that it has declined to prosecute a Bank of America securities unit over alleged market manipulation schemes after the firm disclosed its conduct, cooperated and re... (more story)

Bank of America Securities resolves US probe into alleged market manipulation

September 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: BofA Securities, a North Carolina-based financial institution, has agreed to resolve a criminal investigation involving alleged market manipulation schemes by former traders. As part of the resol... (more story)

Democratic US senators want data on Binance's compliance with plea deal terms

September 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Democratic US senators sent a letter to US Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting more information regarding the Trump administration’s oversight of cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s legal obligat... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK's Reeves to push trade, investment ties at EU finance ministers meeting

September 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK finance minister Rachel Reeves will push for trade rules that better help British businesses and push for the use of UK and EU advantages in the global financial system to provide more support... (more story)

Use Barclays fine cash to compensate WealthTek investors, UK's Reeves told

September 18, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Millions of pounds taken from Barclays over its financial crime failings by the UK’s financial markets regulator should be used to compensate investors in the stricken WealthTek fund, UK lawmakers have urged t... (more story)

Funded reinsurance risks need tighter controls, UK prudential watchdog says

September 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK Prudential Regulation Authority is looking to tighten its rules to reduce the risks posed by funded reinsurance, a type of reinsurance where a life insurer transfers both the asset and lia... (more story)

Trade View More

China to press ahead with EU pork antidumping investigation, open for dialogue

September 19, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday it will continue its antidumping probe into EU pork products while signaling readiness for dialogue. At a regular press conference, a ministry spokesper... (more story)

US Supreme Court sets Nov. 5 hearing for tariff challenge

September 18, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The Supreme Court of the United States set a Nov. 5 oral argument hearing date for a lawsuit from 12 Democrat-controlled states and five small businesses challenging President Donald Trump's use ... (more story)

Carmakers should be able to class foreign parts as made in EU, Renault exec says

September 18, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

European car manufacturers should be allowed to class electric vehicle parts and batteries produced in specific economic zones outside the EU as "made in Europe" under forthcoming local content rules, Renault’... (more story)

State Aid View More

German €7.9bn expansion of renewable energy scheme approved by EU

September 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has been granted state aid approval for a €7.9 billion (around $9.3 billion) expansion in the budget of a scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources, the Europ... (more story)

Advocates general for EU's first-tier court elected

September 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU judges Maja Brkan and José Martín y Pérez de Nanclares have been elected to act as advocates general at the EU's lower-tier General Court. They will provide non-binding legal opinions on cases... (more story)

Van der Woude to stay EU General Court president, Papasavvas vice president

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)

Energy View More

Right-wing lawmakers object to EU methodology on low-carbon hydrogen emissions

September 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group and the European People’s Party objected to the EU’s proposed delegated act on a methodology for calculating greenhouse-gas emiss... (more story)

EU ministers agree on statement of intent before the 2035 climate plan for COP30

September 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU ministers agreed Thursday on a “statement of intent” as they continue working on a climate plan, or nationally determined contribution, for 2035, member states said in a statement. The documen... (more story)

EU power system operators underestimated bidding zone review benefits, ACER says

September 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: European electricity system operators underestimated the benefits of restructuring existing bidding zones in their April study, energy regulator ACER said in a statement on Thursday. Bidding zone... (more story)

Technology View More

US DOJ's Slater warns against regulating AI, says antitrust is better tool

September 18, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Antitrust enforcement is a better-suited tool for an emerging area such as artificial intelligence, and premature regulation can hurt industries in early stages of development, Gail Slater, chief of the US Dep... (more story)

French porn age checks can be enforced under EU law derogation, legal opinion says

September 18, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Pornography websites based anywhere in the EU should have to follow French child-protection rules requiring age checks to block users under 18 years of age for services provided in France, according to a non-b... (more story)

China moves to enforce AI-content labeling rules, urges wider adoption

September 18, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s cyberspace regulator is set to enforce artificial intelligence content labeling rules with potential penalties for noncompliance, a senior internet official said while unveiling measures to broaden ado... (more story)