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Antitrust

February 27, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Regulators not to blame for Europe’s slow growth: Spanish antitrust chief
iPhone 16 kiosk

Trade

February 27, 2025 | Roffie Kurniawan

Asia

Apple finally clears Indonesia's investment hurdles for iPhone 16 clearance
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

Trade

February 26, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

Senate confirms Greer as US trade representative

Antitrust View More

US judge plans for two trials in turkey price-fixing case starting Fall 2026

February 27, 2025 | Chris May

North America

Tyson, Cargill, Butterball, and other turkey suppliers will likely face two separate trials over price-fixing allegations, with the first trial slated for Fall 2026, an Illinois federal judge said today.

Broad River Electric amends US antitrust suit against Gaffney Board of Public Works

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Broad River Electric Cooperative filed an amended US antitrust complaint against the Gaffney Board of Public Works, accusing it of exploiting a government-conferred monopoly to keep out competiti... (more story)

Apple lacks purpose meriting last-minute intervention, US DOJ says

February 27, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Apple has failed to show that its proposed intervention in the US Department of Justice’s monopolization case against Google Search would have any purpose or meaningful limitation, the DOJ told a US appeals court.

Artificial Intelligence View More

Getty case could 'prompt legislation,' Stability AI says at hearing

February 27, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

The intellectual property case pitting Getty Images against Stability AI could be significant enough to prompt legislation, the barrister for the image generator said at a case management hearing in London tod... (more story)

US Senate Judiciary Committee approves Slater for top DOJ antitrust post

February 27, 2025 | Claude Marx

North America

The US Senate Judiciary Committee today overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Gail Slater to be the Department of Justice’s top antitrust enforcer.

Lawmakers urge UK government not to proceed with AI copyright exception

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)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US Anesthesia Partners moves to compel competitor's contracts in US FTC lawsuit

February 27, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

US Anesthesia Partners has asked a federal court in Houston to force one of its competitors to show its contracts with medical facilities and insurance companies, in the hope it will prove US Anesthesia Partne... (more story)

IBM completes acquisition of HashiCorp

February 27, 2025

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: IBM announced it has closed its $6.4 billion acquisition of US cloud software maker HashiCorp.

ADNOC’s previous EU FSR clearance will help Covestro deal, but by how much?

February 27, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company must feel its path to EU foreign-subsidy approval for its 14.7 billion-euro takeover of Germany's Covestro has been smoothed by the European Commission’s clearance of another lar... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US House Judiciary Committee questions Big Tech on compliance with foreign laws

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan sent subpoenas to Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Rumble, TikTok, and X Corp. seeking each company's communications with foreign governm... (more story)

US judge to allow limited discovery in unions' privacy suit on DOGE data access

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Judge Jon Bates is allowing limited discovery in the privacy lawsuit brought by federal workers unions and nonprofits against the US Department of Labor, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a... (more story)

Apple says age verification responsibility falls on apps, platforms, not app stores

February 27, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Apple believes age checks aren’t needed for most apps, so its App Store should not conduct blanket age verification, the company said in a white paper today. As age assurance and minor safety become an increas... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Shopping EZ operator may be individually liable for US trademark infringement

February 27, 2025 | Nick Robertson

North America

A Utah federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss Erica Fresh, sole operator of supplement company Shopping EZ, from a trademark infringement suit against the company, finding she may be held individually li... (more story)

Supplement owner loses bid to dismiss US trademark, false advertising suit

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Erica Fresh, sole operator of supplement company Shopping EZ, can be held individually liable for trademark infringement, a Utah federal judge said in denying Fresh's motion to dismiss. Axcess Gl... (more story)

Netflix secures PTAB win as US panel agrees Avago patent is invalid

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: An Avago patent directed to eliminating latency during streaming was correctly canceled by the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the US Court of Appeals for the Fede... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US judge denies effort to stop seizure of Manhattan condo

February 27, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US judge today denied a motion to dismiss the government’s effort to seize a luxury condominium in a Trump Organization building in Manhattan allegedly purchased with stolen Congolese state assets. The compl... (more story)

TD Bank updates investors on anti-money laundering compliance improvements

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: In its annual earnings report, TD Bank provided an update about the improvements in its anti-money laundering compliance program since an October 2024 settlement with US authorities. The bank exp... (more story)

Former Worthington CEO ignored FCA ban against top manager, UK court hears

February 27, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

Former Worthington Group Chief Executive Douglas Ware knew that a top manager working with him repeatedly breached the watchdog's ban against him to act as company director, the Financial Conduct Authority's p... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US SEC dismisses civil enforcement action against Coinbase

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed the ongoing civil enforcement action against Coinbase and Coinbase Global.

US CFPB suffers from `crisis of legitimacy,' McKernan tells confirmation committee

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex summary: Jonathan McKernan, the nominee for director of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told the Senate Banking Committee at his confirmation hearing that the agency "suffers from a crisis of... (more story)

US CFPB dropping four enforcement cases as McKernan testifies, Sen. Warren says

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary:  US Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said during a confirmation hearing for Jonathan McKernan, the nominee for US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau d... (more story)

Trade View More

Trump says he may reach trade deal with UK

February 27, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Europe

President Donald Trump said today he may reach a trade agreement with London to avoid putting tariffs on the UK. Trump said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the two leaders d... (more story)

USITC releases GHG emissions report for US steel, aluminum industries

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission released a report calculating the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensities of US steel and aluminum industries. The report was requested by the US Trade Re... (more story)

Appeals court backs US Customs ruling on Chinese xanthan gum evasion

February 27, 2025 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today affirmed a Court of International Trade ruling upholding a Customs and Border Protection determination that several importers of xanthan gum evaded an anti... (more story)

State Aid View More

Austria should win appeal of Hungarian aid for Paks II reactors, EU court says

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)

Clean Industrial Deal means subsidy boost for EU industry, stiffer risks for foreign aid

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)

Clean Industrial Deal published by EU

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

More action needed to cut EU methane emissions, environment agency says

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)

FTC labor task force to probe unfair, anticompetitive practices, Ferguson says

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)

Businesses toasting EU simplification drive could see lawmakers crash the party

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

UK data protection, online regulators seek alignment on women’s privacy issues

February 27, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK’s data protection regulator and the online safety watchdog want to develop joint strategies to ensure women’s privacy is protected without undermining compliance with online safety rules, representative... (more story)

UK mobile operators see Ofcom propose changes to spectrum-fee usage

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)

UK privacy watchdog reprimands Edinburgh, Glasgow city councils for delays

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)