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Financial Crime, Financial Services
January 07, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust
January 07, 2025 | Alex Wilts
North America
Financial Crime, Financial Services
January 07, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Antitrust View More
January 07, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Indonesia's competition chief called for greater resources and structural reforms to address persistently low competition in sectors like energy, mining, water, waste management and construction.... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Farmers bringing US antitrust claims against Syngenta and Corteva asked a US appeals court to reverse an order granting a motion to dismiss their claims. They argued that the district court impos... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Defendant Carlos Martinez has asked a US federal court to continue a Feb. 10 trial date in the US Department of Justice's Section 2 criminal monopolization suit over ongoing conflicts of interest... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 07, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korea’s government is likely to receive an additional $688 million in funding to foster artificial intelligence capabilities during 2025 when a supplementary budget bill is introduced. Lawmaker Chung Don... (more story)
January 07, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Efforts by Nvidia to keep under wraps documents demanded by Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH took a hit yesterday when a US judge said affidavits submitted by Nvidia to a German court can be withheld only to t... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Homeland Security today published a 20-page "playbook" to help public officials at all levels of government responsibly adopt generative AI tools. The advice is gleaned from ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Paychex announced plans to acquire Paycor HCM in an all-cash deal worth $22.50 per share, or approximately $4.1 billion, according to a release. "The acquisition of Paycor is highly complementary... (more story)
January 07, 2025 | Wesley Brown
North America
Crude oil producers XCL Resources (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II (Verdun), and EP Energy (EP) will pay a record $5.6 million penalty for illegal pre-merger coordination, according to a release from the US Federa... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: XCL Resources Holdings (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II (Verdun) and EP Energy (EP) will pay a $5.6 million civil penalty to settle allegations of illegal pre-merger coordination, a violation of the ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: A US federal judge denied Google's motion for summary judgment in a class action accusing the tech giant of tracking consumers' mobile app activity regardless of their privacy settings. US Distri... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Google filed a reply in support of its motion to dismiss US claims accusing it of violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act by recording conversations between Californians and Verizon cust... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US White House announced the launch of a cybersecurity label for Internet-connected devices, known as the Cyber Trust Mark, completing public notice and input over the last 18 months. The pro... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 07, 2025 | Melissa Ritti
North America
The US Court of Federal Claims didn't abuse its discretion nor err in awarding Bitmanagement Software GmBH just $154,400 of the $85.9 million it says it's owed for copyright infringement by the US Navy, the US... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: In a precedential ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit left intact a decision on remand by the Court of Federal Claims to award Bitmanagement Software GmBH $154,400 in copyrigh... (more story)
January 07, 2025 | Nick Robertson
North America
Amazon urged the US International Trade Commission to delay its initial determination of a Nokia complaint that the company violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act by four months, claiming the ITC doesn't have ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 07, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A dual US-Russian citizen received four years of probation over his role in a scheme to ship electronic components to Russian entities involved in the production of drones for the war effort in Ukraine. He was... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced that it has secured the forfeiture of two luxury Miami condominiums that were maintained, transferred and leased in violation of US sanctions against Russian n... (more story)
January 07, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Justice Department announced today that it entered into an agreement to share $50 million in forfeited assets with Estonia in recognition of the country's assistance in the successful prosecu... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 07, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
Credit-reporting agency Experian was sued by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for alleged faulty practices in handling consumer disputes over credit rating reports.
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a complaint against Experian, accusing it of unlawfully failing to properly investigate consumer disputes. The CFPB alleges that Experian doe... (more story)
January 07, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Rostin Behnam, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said he will step down from his position on Jan. 20, the day that President-elect Trump is due to be inaugurated. His final da... (more story)
Trade View More
January 07, 2025 | Laina S. Miller
Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America
The US International Trade Commission has determined that a US industry has been materially harmed or threatened with material injury due to imports of dumped melamine from Japan and Netherlands, subsidized me... (more story)
January 07, 2025
Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has found that a domestic US industry has been injured or threatened with injury due to dumped imports of melamine from Germany, Japan, Netherlands, and Trin... (more story)
January 07, 2025 | Laina S. Miller
North America
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the Court of International Trade’s preliminary injunction on the collection of cash deposits for Omani steel nail imports using the 154.33 percent r... (more story)
State Aid View More
December 25, 2024
Oceania
MLex Summary: Global telecommunications giant Ericsson and its local partner Intelia have been hit by multi-million-dollar fines in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for having agreed to establish ... (more story)
December 20, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany’s plans to grant Deutsche Energy Terminal 4.06 billion euros of state support to operate four floating Liquefied Natural Gas terminals have been approved by the European Commission. The a... (more story)
December 20, 2024
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Ombudsman has closed an inquiry into transparency around the application of a former member of DG Competition to take up a job at a lawfirm. The ombudsman "regrets" the commission's ... (more story)
Energy View More
January 07, 2025 | Stefano Porciello
Europe
EU gas reserves are being used more than last year but consumers face no supply risks, the European Commission has said. A gas transit agreement allowing Russian gas to reach the EU through Ukraine has ended a... (more story)
January 06, 2025 | Stefano Porciello
North America
The US offshore oil and gas industry will see vast parts of the country’s coasts hit by a ban on new drilling, following a decision from President Biden today. President-elect Donald Trump, who is a well-known... (more story)
January 06, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A court dispute concerning the authorization of small hydroelectric power plant diversions has reached the EU top court. Italy's Constitutional Court wishes to clarify if authorizations for small... (more story)
Technology View More
January 07, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
The UK’s online safety regime will need to be strengthened with new measures, two ministers have said. Both were speaking following the latest round of attacks on the UK government involving Elon Musk.
January 07, 2025 | Frank Hersey
Europe
Tech platforms must be forced to act proactively against the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfake images of adults, a campaign group has said. Plans announced today to make it a criminal offense ... (more story)
January 07, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government has said it will bring legislation to make the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfake images a criminal offense. It will also legislate to criminalize the taking of ... (more story)