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Trade

January 09, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

Chinese biodiesel exporters to face EU dumping duties of up to 35.6 percent
Cyber Attacks Risk By North Koreans 3d Illustration. Shows Hack By North Korea And Ransomware Or Online Cybercrime Security Fraud To Web Protection

Data Privacy and Security

January 09, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korea's court office hit with privacy fine after North Korean data theft

Antitrust View More

UnitedHealth, Amedisys move to dismiss claim alleging Clayton Act violation

January 09, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys have filed a motion to dismiss a claim by the US Department of Justice and several states alleging that their merger would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act. Th... (more story)

Mexico’s Cofece struggling to ensure probes continue until new authority takes over

January 09, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

North America

The Mexican competition authority is struggling to guarantee the continuation of its investigations, as its budget was slashed as part of antitrust reforms, before a new authority takes over. A significant dec... (more story)

Google says UK CMA should reconsider provisional findings of mobile-browsers probe

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Google has said the UK competition regulator should reconsider its provisional findings to a probe that there are competition concerns in the mobile browsers market. Google's comments came in a r... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Tech regulation, AI, consumer focus among UK FCA's responses to panel scrutiny

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published a response to annual reports by six statutory independent panels with which it is required to consult. The FCA panels, which represent the inter... (more story)

China's generative AI services see surge in filings, registration in 2024, CAC says

January 08, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: By the end of 2024, a total of 302 generative artificial intelligence services have filed for records with the Cyberspace Administration of China, with 238 new filings in 2024, according to the c... (more story)

Despite looming transition, Commerce seeks wider role in US tech, AI strategy

January 08, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Many people have asked US Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves why the agency released its first strategy laying out an expansive role for the agency in national security — particularly in areas such as artifi... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Spreadex seeks to appeal UK antitrust decision over Sporting Index deal

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Spreadex is seeking to contest the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to make it sell Sporting Index after an in-depth probe of the deal raised antitrust concerns. The online sports-... (more story)

Rectify FSR measures against Chinese companies, its industry lobby urges EU

January 09, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Chamber of Commerce to the EU has called on the bloc to “promptly rectify its improper measures under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.” The statement followed an announcement in which Mo... (more story)

DirecTV mulling options after Disney, Fox, Warner 'pay off' in US streaming suit

January 09, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: DirecTV asked a New York federal judge to "preserve its legal and factual findings" after Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery entered a settlement with FuboTV that aims to "pay off" a competit... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Watchdogs can't reject GDPR complaints without proving abusive intent, EU court says (update*)

January 09, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Europe

To reject complaints about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, data protection authorities must show that the complaints have abusive intent, the EU’s highest court ruled today. National authorities c... (more story)

Privacy watchdogs must show abusive intent when rejecting GDPR complaints, EU court says

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Data protection authorities have to show abusive intent if they want to reject complaints about the General Data Protection Regulation, the EU’s highest court ruled today. The decision follows th... (more story)

SNCF’s ‘gender identity’ requirement isn’t needed to buy tickets under GDPR, EU court says

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: French train operator SNCF’s "gender identity" requirement isn't needed to buy a train ticket, the EU's highest court said today. The EU Court of Justice said in a statement that "the collection ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Law firm Powell Gilbert granted access to documents in concluded first instance UPC case

January 09, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The UPC Court of Appeal granted Powell Gilbert access to documents in Abbott Diabetes Care v Sibio Technology today, dismissing Abbott’s bid to block the law firm from accessing specific pleadings. The Court s... (more story)

State anti-troll laws, district court local rules, fill void left by Congress

January 09, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Washington’s attorney general, who oversaw the passage of one of the nation’s first anti-troll laws, this week won leave to amend his office’s first complaint under the statute — a 2021 lawsuit against a North... (more story)

US Trade Representative zeroes in on fake pharma in Notorious Markets List

January 09, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Asia, Middle East, North America

The proliferation of counterfeit drugs and those who peddle them has led to 96 percent of online pharmacies operating, to some degree, outside the law, the US Trade Representative warned in the 2024 Notorious ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Schools ordered to pay more than GBP1 million over Axiom fraud

January 09, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Timothy Schools, a convicted fraudster, was today ordered to pay 1,083,000 pounds for his part in a 100 million-pound fraud that saw him jailed for 14 years. Schools had duped investors into losing money via A... (more story)

Greentube Alderney fined by UK gambling regulator over AML failures

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online gambling company Greentube Alderney has been fined 1 million pounds ($1.2 million) by the UK Gambling Commission over regulatory failures, including lax anti-money laundering controls. The... (more story)

Biden expands US sanctions targeting conduct in the Balkans

January 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: President Joe Biden issued an executive order intended to provide additional prongs for sanctioning persons found threatening international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans. 

Financial Services View More

Payment services sector sees EU chair seek accord on payment rules revamp

January 09, 2025 | Helena Freitas

Europe

Poland wants its fellow EU member states to agree on the revised Payment Services Directive and the Payment Services Regulation by the end of June, according to a document shown yesterday at a meeting of membe... (more story)

UK insurers receive prudential watchdog’s priorities for year ahead

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: UK insurers have received a letter from the Prudential Regulation Authority outlining its priorities for 2025, including the implementation of the new capital requirements under Solvency UK, mark... (more story)

Big Tech could be pressed to share data ‘valuable’ to UK financial services

January 09, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

Big Tech companies that hold data found to be valuable to the UK's financial services sector could be pressured through regulation to share it for the benefit of consumers, the UK financial markets watchdog ha... (more story)

Trade View More

Russia-Ukraine gas transit end becomes focus of new Slovakia-EU working group

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovak energy companies saw Prime Minister Fico and the European energy chief Dan Jørgensen agreeing to set up a “High-Level Working Group” to keep discussing the implications of the end of a gas... (more story)

EU biodiesel industry hails approval of draft duties on Chinese exports

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Biodiesel Board, a lobby representing European biodiesel industry, has welcomed the approval by EU governments of a draft proposal for dumping duties on Chinese biodiesel imports. Th... (more story)

EU dumping duties on Chinese titanium dioxide to apply as of tomorrow

January 09, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Imports of titanium dioxide from China into the bloc will be subject to punitive dumping tariffs of up to 0.74 euros per kg starting this Friday, the European Commission said in a formal notice i... (more story)

State Aid View More

China finds EU's FSR investigative practices create trade, investment barriers

January 09, 2025

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China has concluded that practices adopted by the EU during its investigations of Chinese companies under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation have created "trade and investment barriers," the Minist... (more story)

Ericsson hit with $3.64 million fine over importation monopoly in New Caledonia

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)

Germany's aid for operation of floating LNG terminals wins EU approval

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)

Energy View More

Malaysia's Petronas cleared to acquire 21 renewable energy assets in India

January 09, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Malaysian energy giant Petronas has received approval from India's competition regulator for the acquisition of 21 renewable energy assets from Brookfield Group. Merger clearance granted by the Competition Com... (more story)

Baltic Synchronization energy project names Sikow-Magny as coordinator

January 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Catharina Sikow-Magny has been appointed as European Coordinator for the Baltic Synchronization project of common interest, which aims to fully integrate Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania into the co... (more story)

Digital markets, energy are among Lithuanian watchdog’s priorities for 2025

January 08, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Lithuanian competition authority has named digital markets, energy, retail trade and defense as the markets that will feature on its list of priorities for this year. The office said today it... (more story)

Technology View More

Video-sharing platforms might face new obligations, EU countries say

January 09, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Video-sharing platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok might face new obligations following the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which is due by 2026. EU countries are asking the Eu... (more story)

US DOJ publishes rule on protecting access to Americans' personal data by adversaries

January 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice published the final rule implementing a 2024 Executive Order by President Joseph Biden on "Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United Sta... (more story)

NetChoice opposes dismissal of challenge to Florida social media law

January 08, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: NetChoice opposed Florida’s motion to dismiss its challenge to a social media content moderation law that prohibits websites from taking down users' posts, saying the US Supreme Court has already... (more story)