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Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Trade
April 11, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Trade
April 10, 2025 | Bradley Dress
Asia, North America
Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 10, 2025 | Claude Marx
North America
Antitrust View More
April 14, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Biotech giant Amgen is facing an antitrust lawsuit in the US from Swiss generic and biosimilar specialist Sandoz, which accuses it of “extending and entrenching the dominant market position of it... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: An unnamed company operating in the transport sector has been the target of a surprise inspection by Greek antitrust officials over suspicions that it abused its market power. The check-up took p... (more story)
April 14, 2025 | James Panichi
Oceania
Last’s week’s decision of key antitrust official Liza Carver to return to private practice was announced at a delicate time for the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, which appears to be close to an... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government today announced an investment of 121 million pounds in quantum technology over the next year. Of that, 46 million pounds will go toward accelerating deployment across sectors vi... (more story)
April 14, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
In a strong endorsement of AI’s beneficial features, South Korea’s judiciary has decided to launch a project to build an artificial intelligence platform comprising multiple models, applications and related se... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A report outlining a risk management methodology for Large Language Models, accompanied by mitigation measures for common privacy risks in such systems, has been released by the European Data Pro... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Online luxury fashion retailer Mytheresa has won approval to acquire sole control of rival Yoox Net-a-Porter, the European Commission said today. The merger regulator concluded that the deal had ... (more story)
April 14, 2025 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
US private-equity firm TPG has offered to amend its plan to buy German metering specialist Techem, in a bid to address EU competition concerns over the deal. The European Commission has extended its review deadline to May 8.
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Italian lender UniCredit has obtained approval from the German antitrust authority to acquire a 29.99 percent stake in German rival Commerzbank, the watchdog said today. The office took a close l... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The CNIL, France's data protection authority, has named three priority areas in a European and international strategy paper for 2025-2028. These are: streamlining European cooperation; promoting ... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Singapore's enforcement actions under the Personal Data Protection Act, or PDPA, have increased by 200 percent, according to the Personal Data Protection Commission's data breach landscape report... (more story)
April 14, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Data handlers in the e-commerce and clearing and settlement industries in Zhejiang Province's free trade zone are welcoming relaxed controls on outbound personal information transfers, as local regulators intr... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 14, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese businesses facing challenges in safeguarding their trade secrets now have a “reference book,” after the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court recently released a set of guidelines for managing and prote... (more story)
April 14, 2025 | Freny Patel
Asia
Unilever's Indian arm won an urgent interim legal victory in the Bombay High Court against unknown entities importing and selling counterfeit "Closeup" and "Pepsodent" toothpaste, sometimes mixed with genuine ... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Unilever's Indian arm, Hindustan Unilever, secured a court order to protect its trademarks such as "Closeup" and "Pepsodent" after discovering counterfeit and illegally imported versions in Indor... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Thailand has issued a royal decree aimed at enhancing efforts to prevent and suppress cybercrime, improve digital security and foster better coordination between the public and private sectors. T... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: A new Thai decree on digital-asset supervision now enables authorities to more swiftly block unauthorized foreign platforms offering services in Thailand. The decree, which went into effect after... (more story)
April 11, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they deported Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, a former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, wanted by Mexican authorities for organized crime and transact... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan has instructed the city's securities regulator and the local stock exchange to prepare for the potential return of overseas-listed Chinese companies, with ... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England have published their biennial Regulatory Initiatives Grid. The FCA and the BOE said that the number of initiatives involving two or mo... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Auditor EY has been fined 325,000 pounds (around $425,000) by the UK's Financial Reporting Council, for its breach of a rule that forbids one firm from auditing a Public Interest Entity for a per... (more story)
Trade View More
April 14, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
In a strategic effort to support Chinese trade enterprises during the tariff fight with the US, the country's e-commerce giant JD.com has unveiled a substantial 200 billion yuan ($27.4 billion) initiative to h... (more story)
April 14, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's trade with the EU edged up in the first quarter, offering a minor respite in a global trade landscape disrupted by US tariff pressures. Chinese imports and exports with the EU reached $189 billion, a y... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China and Vietnam should strengthen cooperation in industrial and supply chains, expanding collaboration in emerging fields such as 5G, artificial intelligence and green development, Chinese Pres... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Ryanair has filed an appeal against the European Commission, contesting its order for Germany to claw back 14 million euros in illegal aid that was granted to the airline and to Frankfurt-Hahn ai... (more story)
April 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Czech government has secured approval for its plan to almost treble the budget of a program in place to promote green district heating, the European Commission said today. The program, which ... (more story)
April 11, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Ladbrokes didn't receive Belgian state aid in the form of exclusive rights to run virtual betting, the European Commission said today, following its in-depth probe. The EU executive also found th... (more story)
Energy View More
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on the rules of its "EU Modernization Fund" dedicated to help countries upgrade their energy systems and improve energy efficiency. There are currently... (more story)
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has taken Portugal to the Court of Justice of the EU for not correctly transposing into national law EU rules on industrial emissions. Portugal's compliance shortcomings i... (more story)
April 11, 2025
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Countries today reached an agreement at the UN’s International Maritime Organization to globally reduce the environmental impact of the shipping industry. The agreement establishes a global stand... (more story)
Technology View More
April 14, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Appeals by TikTok Technology and Meta Platforms to challenge the European Commission over the Digital Services Act's supervisory fee have been published by the EU General Court. The businesses, w... (more story)
April 12, 2025 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Roger Alford, a top antitrust enforcer at the US Department of Justice, today said algorithmic collusion and bots acting autonomously to fix prices are a "cause of great concern" for the agency. "Algorithmic c... (more story)
April 11, 2025 | Mike Swift
North America
Snap, ByteDance and Meta Platforms face an extended legal battle with Canadian school systems over claims their social media platforms were negligently designed to be addictive, something the schools say harme... (more story)