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Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 24, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski
Asia, North America, Oceania
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
April 24, 2025 | Amy Miller and Emma Whitford
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Financial Services
April 24, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Antitrust View More
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Indonesia is using the EU's Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act as references for drafting similar regulations, Deputy Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Nezar Patria said. In a... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Microsoft appears to have sidestepped immediate regulatory action in South Korea over alleged bundling practices involving its AI-powered assistant Copilot, prompting sharp criticism from a lawmaker who accuse... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Xianju Pharmaceutical, a Zhejiang-based drug manufacturer listed in Shenzhen, received a pre-penalty notice in April from the Tianjin market regulator for alleged price fixing. According to the company's lates... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 28, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Potentially conflicting legal requirements, national governance approaches to ensure regulatory consistency, as well as clear legal advice to minimize the compliance burden, are the main issues seen by EU memb... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: German Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz today announced the names of the seven individuals who are due to serve as ministers for his conservative CDU party in the incoming government. The CDU ... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
Amid intensifying competition for leadership in artificial-intelligence innovation, experts said today that South Korea’s government needs to be more direct and aggressive in supporting the semiconductor indus... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Italian bank Mediobanca said today that it wants to acquire rival Banca Generali, in order to create “a leader in the wealth-management industry.” Mediobanca is offering to trade the shares of th... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | James Panichi
Oceania
The market strength of Australia’s largest banks would allow them to hold the country’s only significant cash-delivery provider to ransom if they decided to leverage their “immense amount of countervailing pow... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Oceania
MLex Summary: The clock has been restarted on the review of global insurance provider Allianz Group’s proposed acquisition of RAA Insurance Holdings and its subsidiary RAA Insurance Limited, known together as ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Malaysia’s Data Sharing Act 2025 goes into effect today, providing a legal and structured framework for the secure sharing of data between ministries and federal government agencies. Digital Mini... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The request by a court in Belgium for the EU Court of Justice to issue a preliminary ruling in the Apple Distribution International case has now been published in the EU Official Journal. The Ant... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Simplifying the EU’s data protection rules requires a cautious and “common sense” approach from European Commission officials to reduce the burden on smaller businesses, a senior official at France’s privacy w... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Milan Local Division of the Unified Patent Court has refused Ericsson’s request to impose an “external eyes only” confidentiality regime in its patent-infringement case against Asustek, Arvat... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
In a decision that clarifies certain aspects of Japan’s patent examination process, the Intellectual Property High Court upheld a 2007 rejection of a patent application for a device designed to help individual... (more story)
April 28, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
Asia
Zhejiang Yige Enterprise Management Group was mulling an expansion to Indonesia when it faced a familiar hurdle: a copycat already on the Indonesian trademark register. Following a multi-year legal effort, the... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Rules requiring banks to give 90 days’ notice to a customer before closing his or her account will be in force in a year's time, the UK’s finance ministry said today. The Treasury also said that ... (more story)
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced settlements with two former Wells Fargo internal auditors, resolving an enforcement action initiated in 2020.
April 25, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A Pennsylvania coal sales executive’s bribery case isn’t ready for trial, his defense lawyers said today. The case was cleared to proceed following a US Justice Department review in line with a pause on Foreig... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve's April 2025 financial stability report cited its survey of researchers, academics and market participants showing a jump in concern about global trade risks. In the fall o... (more story)
April 25, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, wrote to Paul Atkins, the newly sworn-in chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, asking how the agency plan... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe, North America
The chief of the Financial Conduct Authority said in a TV interview on Friday said he does not fear a "race to the bottom" prompted by Donald Trump's administration when it comes to deregulation of the financi... (more story)
Trade View More
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China has dismissed concerns that US tariffs could disrupt its grain and energy supplies, vowing to ensure stable domestic markets. Zhao Chenxin, deputy head of the National Development and Refor... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China unveiled a series of measures aimed at stabilizing economic growth amid global uncertainties at a press conference today. Introduced by senior officials from the National Development and Re... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao urged German automakers to invest in China during a meeting yesterday with Hildegard Müller, president of the German Association of the Automotive Industry. ... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission approved today a 321.2 million euro restructuring aid from the German government to charter airline Condor. The executive says that it took into account a May 2024 judgmen... (more story)
April 28, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Wireless Connect Ltd, an Irish internet service provider, has asked the EU General Court to annul a decision from the European Commission, which last year found the Irish National Broadband Plan ... (more story)
April 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Romanian antitrust authority has said that ensuring a balanced tax regime for all transport modes, to avoid favoring one transport means over less-polluting options, is one of the suggestions... (more story)
Energy View More
April 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority, the EU body overseeing the banking sector to support financial stability, today released a monitoring tool on Environmental, Social and Governance-related risk acr... (more story)
April 25, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Italian oil and gas company ENI closed a deal worth 2 billion pounds with the UK Government for its Liverpool Bay Carbon Capture and Storage project. The sum will finance supply chain contrac... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK's efforts to become a global leader in transition finance may be hindered by competing government priorities, warns Vanessa Havard-Williams, who recently chaired the Transition Finance Market Review. Th... (more story)
Technology View More
April 26, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Google's top executive in charge of Chrome today warned against the “unprecedented” forced sale of the browser, saying the product can't be run independently as it relies heavily on Google for investments and ... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Matthew Newman, Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes
Europe, North America
Andrew Ferguson, chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, told a global gathering of data protection watchdogs this week that the FTC is concerned about censorship by social media companies, MLex understands.... (more story)
April 25, 2025 | Chris May
North America
US Federal Trade Commission employees have been offered three potential ways to cut short their employment at the nation’s competition and consumer protection watchdog, according to agency memoranda seen by MLex.