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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 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)

EU lawmakers endorse commission's withdrawal of SEP regulation

February 27, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Nine EU lawmakers from the European Parliament have endorsed the European Commission’s decision to withdraw its proposed regulation on standard-essential patent licensing, according to a letter seen by MLex. T... (more story)

Job at UK competition regulator wasn’t finished, former chair says

February 27, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

The former chair of the UK competition regulator said today that his work at the watchdog wasn’t finished. Still, Marcus Bokkerink said he is “very happy” that the Competition and Markets Authority’s changed-u... (more story)

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

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)

Amedisys tells SEC several states have enacted ‘mini-Hart-Scott-Rodino laws’

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)

Data Privacy and Security View More

California data broker banned for three years for failure to register

February 27, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Background Alert, a California data broker that allows users to search for individuals and their connections, has agreed to shut its operations for three years in a settlement with the state’s privacy regulato... (more story)

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 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)

Intellectual Property View More

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)

Point 2 Point wins US reinstatement of patent, trademark validity challenges

February 27, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A New York federal judge yesterday reconsidered the posture of her previous dismissal of a claim for a correction of patent inventorship, this time making the dismissal without prejudice. In the same order, h... (more story)

Prevayl 'smart bra' patent infringed, but invalid, UK court rules

February 27, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Europe

A patent directed to a bio-signal-measuring bra was declared invalid today by the UK High Court on the basis of an earlier-filed US patent application. Judge Richard Hacon went on to find, however, that if Pr... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

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)

Swiss Morgan Stanley unit fined over Greek bribe laundering

February 27, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A Zurich-based Morgan Stanley unit has been fined one million Swiss francs ($1.1 million) over its failure to prevent money laundering linked to bribery involving a former Greek defense minister. The case stem... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU crypto law should enshrine certain authorization rules, banking authority says

February 27, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation should be amended by the European Commission to include certain elements that were set out in detailed rules, given their importance from a supervisory per... (more story)

UK private stock market risks overregulation, Guernsey exchange head says

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)

UK insurers might see less frequent fair value assessments

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)

Trade View More

US appeals court affirms Customs determination on xanthan gum evasion from China

February 27, 2025

North America

MLex summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today affirmed a Court of International Trade ruling that upheld a Customs and Border Protection determination that several importers of xanthan gu... (more story)

Tariffs to take effect on Canada, Mexico, Trump says, along with new China tariff

February 27, 2025 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

President Donald Trump said today that 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect next week, as will an additional 10 percent tariff on China. The tariffs will enter into force on March 4 on C... (more story)

Trump to impose tariffs March 4 on Canada, Mexico, China

February 27, 2025

Asia, North America

MLex summary: President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he will impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on March 4, along with a 10 percent tariff on China on top of an existing 10 percent tariff... (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 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)

‘Data Union Strategy’ views sought from European companies

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)

UK to wait for Online Safety Act to 'unfold’ before debating new porn regulation

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)