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Data Privacy and Security
September 22, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
Trade
September 22, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Asia, Europe
Antitrust
September 22, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Antitrust View More
September 22, 2025 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Element Biosciences told a US judge today that competitor Illumina has long held a monopoly in the market for DNA sequencing instruments that must come to an end, and that its predatory maneuvering has already... (more story)
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Ross Intelligence asked a US appeals court to reverse a judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement of certain Westlaw headnotes and against Ross’ affirmative defenses, ... (more story)
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Supreme Court has agreed to review the District of Columbia appeals court panel's reinstatement of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. The court also issued a stay of the o... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
September 22, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
The largely-redacted results of a data sampling exercise by OpenAI and news outlets including the New York Times show the parties are still bogged down in a discovery dispute that for months has forced OpenAI ... (more story)
September 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: AI-generated child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, has been identified for the first time on AI chatbots, the Internet Watch Foundation said on Monday. Analysts at the group, a UK-based hotline f... (more story)
September 22, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Two leading EU lawmakers warned the European Commission against rushing amendments to the AI Act, urging instead a stronger centralized enforcement system. The two members of the European Parliament, who are s... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Opponents of electricity provider Constellation Energy's proposed acquisition of Calpine Corp. who requested a new hearing for that transaction at the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rece... (more story)
September 22, 2025
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Fuel producer and distributor Sunoco saw the US premerger waiting period for its planned acquisition of fuel distributor, marketer and retailer expire on Sept. 19, according to a US securities filing.
September 22, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
Clothing manufacturer Gildan Activewear’s proposed buyout of rival HanesBrands would unify two key global suppliers of affordable, neutral fashion essentials — creating numerous product overlaps for competiti... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: T-Mobile and Sprint asked US appeals court to revisit a case over fines totaling $200 million imposed by the Federal Communications Commission against them over their past sale of consumers’ loca... (more story)
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms failed to get full dismissal of US claims filed by Facebook users accusing the social network of helping scammers defraud users with deceptive advertising, breaching its legal and ... (more story)
September 22, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo and Sachiko Sakamaki
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Privacy-enhancing technologies can be a mitigating factor in data protection fines, but they are no "silver bullet" and could be weakened by developments in computing, the UK's chief privacy regulator told an ... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
September 22, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Verizon announced Monday that it's partnering with smartphone manufacturers as well as leading wireless standards contributors to create a 6G innovation forum focused on furthering the development of the upcom... (more story)
September 22, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has partly sided with Next Innovation in a patent fight against Daiwa House, finding limited infringement while narrowing how far claims can extend under the doctrine of equivalents.
September 22, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Longi Green Energy Technology and Jinko Solar, two of China’s leading photovoltaic companies, have settled their global patent disputes with a cross-licensing deal covering core solar technologies, bringing li... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asking whether a Primary Money ... (more story)
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said it is sanctioning the Lex Instituto de Estudos Juridicos LTDA and Viviane Barci de Moraes for their support to Brazilian Supreme... (more story)
September 22, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Henrique Santiago
Latin America, North America
The US continued its campaign against Brazil’s government by imposing sanctions on the wife and holding company of a Brazilian judge, and by revoking or restricting the visas of multiple Brazilian officials, i... (more story)
Financial Services View More
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that ShapeShift AG, a defunct digital asset exchange incorporated in Switzerland and operated from Denver, Colorado,... (more story)
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has written to PayPal seeking assurances that its new integrations with Tencent’s Tenpay Global—the operator of Wei... (more story)
September 22, 2025
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: The UK and the US are set to explore closer cooperation on digital assets, Britain's finance ministry said on Monday. UK finance minister Rachel Reeves and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hav... (more story)
Trade View More
September 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce secured a $4.2 billion trade deal between the Government of Kazakhstan and US rail tech company Wabtec. Wabtec will provide 300 locomotives to Kazakhstan under the agreement.
September 22, 2025 | Zack Budryk
North America
US Customs and Border Protection has initiated an investigation of eight importers of Chinese-origin tow-behind lawn groomers (TBLGs) on allegations of evading antidumping orders.
September 22, 2025
Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has found that hexamine from Saudi Arabia and Germany is being dumped into the US, and hexamine from India is subsidized.
State Aid View More
September 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Irish budget airline Ryanair said today that it will turn to the EU courts to fight a European Commission decision deeming unlawful its agreement on airport charges with French regional airport C... (more story)
September 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Marketing and airport services agreements signed between the Carcassonne airport and Ryanair between 2001 and 2011 amounted to €1.8 million in incompatible state aid that must be recovered, the E... (more story)
September 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Casino operator Merkur Spielbanken has filed an appeal at the EU's first-tier court to contest the European Commission's order for Germany to recoup a capital injection of €64.8 million euros in ... (more story)
Energy View More
September 22, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe
Lawmakers from the European Parliament’s energy committee are set to vote on the European Commission’s delegated act on low-carbon hydrogen greenhouse-gas emissions on Oct. 16, a Parliament official told MLex.... (more story)
September 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A group of national leaders and energy bodies have issued a joint call for a just and equitable clean energy transition ahead of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil in a joint letter published... (more story)
September 22, 2025 | Jackson Cooper and Eleonora Rinaldi
Europe, North America
The quest to realize commercial nuclear fusion energy has intensified with Italian energy giant Eni and America's Commonwealth Fusion Systems announcing a $1 billion power purchase agreement on Monday. The dea... (more story)
Technology View More
September 22, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Audiovisual media services, such as Netflix, YouTube and television broadcasters, will be in focus on Wednesday when EU officials discuss how to strengthen child protection rules under the Audiovisual Media Se... (more story)
September 22, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Digital services, particularly AI, pose significant challenges for the news media sector, EU governments believe, pointing to a potential need to expand editorial responsibility to new actors. They urge the Eu... (more story)
September 22, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's State Administration for Market Regulation has launched a formal investigation into Kuaishou's e-commerce operations, delivering a one-two punch to the social-media giant that was simultaneously reprim... (more story)