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Trade
February 27, 2025 | Roffie Kurniawan
Asia
Trade
February 26, 2025 | Bradley Dress
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
February 26, 2025 | Jon Menon
Europe
Antitrust View More
February 27, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: A panel organized by the Japan Fair Trade Commission has expressed support for proposals to allow dominant app store operators like Apple and Google to scrutinize apps from alternative app stores... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Yonnex Li
Asia
China's antitrust regulator has formed a dedicated taskforce to handle the technical aspects of its ongoing investigation into US tech giant Google, MLex has learned. The authority has applied this approach to... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
A Chinese cabinet advisor is calling for antitrust authorities to expand their oversight to include public-data sharing, highlighting it as crucial for the development of China's digital economy. Han Wei, a me... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 27, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese Internet regulators kept a close watch on personal-information violations by apps, misuse of artificial intelligence technology, and the provision of AI services without compliance procedures last year... (more story)
February 27, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea's competition watchdog has opened a bidding process for a study examining how artificial intelligence and emerging tech companies are forming new types of combinations that function l... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japan appears to be joining the global shift toward policies that encourage greater artificial intelligence innovation and investment, as indicated by its planned AI legislation, which is expected to take a li... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 27, 2025 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
The Australian competition regulator’s exemption powers within the authorization regime are key to shaping market and business conduct towards positive outcomes in the country, a Federal Court of Australia jud... (more story)
February 27, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea's resort giant Sono Hospitality Group has taken control of budget airline T'way Air by acquiring the entire T'way Holdings stake held by YeaRimDang Publishing and its related parties ... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger
Asia, North America
Synopsys Chief Executive Officer Sassine Ghazi said his company’s proposed merger with Ansys is making “strong progress” toward regulatory approval from foreign jurisdictions. He specifically cited China.
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 27, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: A bill that prevents South Korea’s communications regulator from conducting deliberations and making decisions was passed by the country’s lawmakers today. The National Assembly approved an amend... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has sued General Motors for allegedly sharing drivers’ data with data brokers and insurance companies without proper consumer consent.
February 26, 2025 | Madeline Hughes
North America
US House Democrats pulled support for a cybersecurity workforce bill today and questioned if the jobs proposed in the bill would be available as the government under President Donald Trump has engaged in a “sl... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 27, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan has overturned a decision by the Japan Patent Office to cancel a trademark, ruling that the trademark was indeed used in Japan within the required period.
February 27, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Corteva Agriscience was in court today, defending the strength of its infringement case and pushing back on claims that it engages in patent misuse when enforcing plant variety protection certificates and seek... (more story)
February 27, 2025 | Freny Patel
Asia
In a major blow against US e-commerce giant Amazon, an Indian court has awarded damages of 3.4 billion rupees ($39 million) payable to Lifestyle Equities for trademark infringement. The Delhi High Court held A... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 26, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Lorelei Salas, a former senior US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official who resigned this month, said millions of Americans are "likely to get ripped off" under the Trump administration. “The CFPB was ... (more story)
February 26, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democrats released an analysis finding that since the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau started facing cuts, the agency is processing 80 percent fewer... (more story)
February 26, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A Russian national residing in Portugal was extradited to the United States to face charges related to his alleged role in a scheme to manipulate cryptocurrency markets on behalf of client crypto... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 26, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission extended the compliance dates for a Treasury securities rule by one year for eligible cash market transactions and for eligible repo market transactions.... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Jean Comte
Europe
The EU Parliament committee for economic affairs will hold a hearing on March 3 with Miguel Carcaño Saenz De Cenzano, Radek Urban and Slavka Eley, three candidates to join the Single Resolution Board. The nomi... (more story)
February 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The "decision paralysis" of individual investors over whether to invest money in Britain is exacerbated by the current regulatory framework, top lender Barclays has said. The bank has urged the F... (more story)
Trade View More
February 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission said it will “react firmly and immediately against unjustified barriers to free and fair trade,” after US President Donald Trump vowed to impose 25 percent tariffs on all ... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, North America
Container chassis imports from Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam are creating a ‘supply overhang’ effect on the US chassis industry, causing a surge in subject import volumes that will lead to a harmful decline in ... (more story)
February 26, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is targeting six entities based in Hong Kong and China engaged in the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicle components on behalf of ... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
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)
February 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Logistics company Zásilkovna is at the EU's first-tier court today, in a move to challenge support granted to Czech Post to compensate it for its universal service obligation. In 2022, the Europe... (more story)
Energy View More
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)
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)
February 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on the functioning of commodity derivatives markets and certain aspects relating to spot energy markets. It aims to assess the efficiency of the rules ... (more story)
Technology View More
February 26, 2025 | Clayton Vickers
North America
US lawmakers called for bipartisan legislation to sanction pharmacy benefit managers today, with several Democrats guaranteeing their parties’ support while urging Republicans to kill Elon Musk’s influence ove... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
The Brazilian data protection agency is targeting mishandling of data on social media platforms, in soccer stadiums and within drugstores in Brazil. However, the authority’s General Coordinator of Supervision ... (more story)
February 26, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The implementation of the UK Online Safety Act by regulator Ofcom had to ensure the codes that tech companies must follow are “proofed against judicial review,” a junior minister said today after lawmakers que... (more story)