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A train arrives at Munich Central Station in Munich, Germany on Feb. 16, 2025.

Trade

February 17, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

Imports of steel castings from India and Turkey may face EU dumping probe
The Competition and Markets Authority at Canary Wharf in London, UK on Jan. 25, 2025.

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

February 17, 2025 | Jon Menon

Europe

UK merger changes suggest a more limited global role for CMA
Ken Paxton, Attorney General, Texas, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

February 14, 2025 | Amy Miller

North America

Chinese app DeepSeek facing privacy investigation in Texas

Antitrust View More

Frito-Lay fined for dominance abuse in Turkey

February 17, 2025

Middle East

MLex Summary: Frito-Lay, PepsiCo’s Turkish subsidiary, must pay a fine of 1.3 billion liras (approx. $36 million) after Turkey's antitrust authority imposed a fine for limiting consumer choice in retail outlet... (more story)

UK Premier League again in spotlight over latest legal fight over sponsor rules

February 17, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

A fresh legal action against the company behind England's top-flight football league by its current champions over knotty sponsorship rules has shone a fresh spotlight on the risks of enforcement of competitio... (more story)

Carmaker association urges EU Commission to 'reverse' withdrawal of patent regulation

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association urges the European Commission to "reverse its decision to withdraw" the proposed regulation on standard-essential patent licensing. In a letter ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI platform commissioned to support, coordinate UK regulators

February 17, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Europe

UK regulators will be supported by a new “artificial intelligence based digital platform” being developed by Ideaonomy via funding from the country’s innovation agency as part of efforts to develop regulatory science.

DeepSeek suspends new downloads in South Korea, following regulator's queries

February 17, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea's privacy regulator said today the Chinese developer of the DeepSeek generative artificial intelligence  app has removed it from download services within South Korea temporarily for improvement wor... (more story)

DeepSeek removes app from download services in South Korea, pending improvements

February 17, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator said today that China’s DeepSeek has removed its generative AI app from the mobile application download market in South Korea, pending improvements to resolve data... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Safran files Collins actuation deal for EU approval

February 17, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

French aircraft parts maker Safran has sought EU approval for its plan to buy actuation and flight-control assets from rival Collins Aerospace. The European Commission has set a March 21 deadline to decide on ... (more story)

Peek & Cloppenburg wins German nod for takeover of rival Sinn

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: JC Switzerland Holding, a company part of the Peek & Cloppenburg department store group, may take over insolvent competitor Sinn, the German competition authority said today. The watchdog conclud... (more story)

Nidec sees EU decision on waiver of conditions on Embraco deal published

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Nidec has seen the European Commission issue the public version of a decision from October to readopt a 2020 decision that lifted certain conditions on its acquisition of Embraco, a rival maker o... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Orange files appeal against EUR50 million French data protection fine

February 17, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Europe

France’s telecom incumbent Orange has appealed a 50 million-euro fine for violating French data privacy rules by inserting display ads in users' e-mails and illegally reading cookies after consent had been wit... (more story)

Orange España faces EUR1.2 million GDPR fine for illegal access to SIM card

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Orange España has been fined 1.2 million euros by the Spanish data protection regulator for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. Orange failed to verify the identity of a person... (more story)

Public access to shareholder data ruling sought by Latvian court

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The Latvian Constitutional Court has referred a case to the EU Court of Justice questioning whether shareholder information in public limited companies must be disclosed and made publicly availab... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

BASF patent-revocation appeal at EPO remitted for further review

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: BASF has appealed the European Patent Office's decision to revoke its patent for a mineral oil production process due to insufficient disclosure. The Board of Appeal ruled that the patent met dis... (more story)

Moog loses appeal as EPO revokes patent for high-speed data link

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Patent Office’s Board of Appeal has revoked Moog Inc.’s patent for a high-speed data link and set aside a prior decision that allowed it in an amended form. The board found that the ... (more story)

EPO rejects InterDigital's patent appeal over wireless transmission

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Patent Office’s Board of Appeal has dismissed InterDigital Patent Holdings’ appeal, upholding the rejection of its European patent application for a wireless transmission. The board ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Crypto companies see EU pushing for implementation of G20 standards

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The G20 should monitor the implementation of its roadmaps on crypto-assets and cross-border payments, push its members to "effectively implement" anti-money laundering standards, and support the ... (more story)

Role of swapped BTC-e operator unclear in looming US trial of second defendant

February 15, 2025 | Mike Swift and Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Alexander Vinnik, who pleaded guilty to running the BTC-e money laundering platform that federal prosecutors said processed billions of dollars from global cyberattacks, was returned to Russia this week in a p... (more story)

Florida cryptocurrency founder sentenced to US prison for wire fraud

February 14, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Austin Michael Taylor, the founder of CluCoin, a cryptocurrency token project in Miami, was sentenced to 27 months in US prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay r... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK FCA gets permission to intervene in landmark car-finance hearing

February 17, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has been granted permission by the Supreme Court to intervene in the landmark car-finance hearing that will define the future of the industry, after lenders came under incr... (more story)

No proof that looser financial rules would boost growth, leading UK lawmaker says

February 17, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The chair of the UK Treasury committee, which is tasked with overseeing the work of Britain's finance ministry, said in an opinion piece published by the Financial Times that the government's "one-sided" narra... (more story)

Hedge funds urge UK FCA to remove redundant reporting requirements

February 17, 2025 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

Amending the EU-inherited transaction-reporting regime would contribute to regulators' secondary objective of growth and competitiveness, a trade organization has told the UK financial watchdog. The Managed Fu... (more story)

Trade View More

Imports of glass fiber from Bahrain, Egypt, Thailand to face EU dumping probe

February 17, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe

Imports of continuous filament glass-fiber products from Bahrain, Egypt and Thailand will face an EU dumping investigation, the European Commission said today. The probe is the latest EU attempt to address dum... (more story)

Russian companies appeal EU expiry review of urea, ammonium nitrate tariffs

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Russian fertilizer makers Nevinnomysskiy Azot and Novomoskovskaya Aktsionernaya Kompania Azot are challenging the European Commission's start of an expiry review into dumping measures in place on... (more story)

Filament glass fiber products probed over possible dumping in EU

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: EU imports of continuous filament glass fiber products from Bahrain, Egypt and Thailand are now being investigated over whether they've been unfairly dumped to the detriment of the EU industry, t... (more story)

State Aid View More

Madeira Free Zone tax incentives court defeat taken to top EU court

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Three companies active in the Portuguese territory of Madeira have filed an appeal at the Court of Justice of the EU to contest an earlier ruling by the lower court, which said that tax reduction... (more story)

French aid for climate investments in farming wins approval in EU

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Small and medium-sized companies active in primary production in France will be eligible for public support under a national program worth 500 million that won European Commission state aid appro... (more story)

Chinese president Xi Jinping attended symposium on private enterprises

February 17, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Chinese President Xi Jinping has attended a symposium on private enterprises today, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. Xi delivered a speech after listening to representatives of private ... (more story)

Energy View More

Finland's additional sectors in EU’s Emissions Trading System open for comments

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Finland's decision to include water-borne navigation, combustion for agriculture/forestry/fishing, off-road vehicles and other machinery mobile combustion into the new EU’s emission trading syste... (more story)

Biofuels in shipping must be limited, industry and NGOs say

February 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The International Maritime Organization should exclude unsustainable biofuels from its climate-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels for shipping, industry leaders and NGOs have said. Without saf... (more story)

US FTC's Ferguson pushes action to make it easier to remove commissioners

February 14, 2025 | Claude Marx

North America

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he plans to ask the FTC to endorse the US Department of Justice’s position that the president should be allowed to remove members of regulatory commiss... (more story)

Technology View More

Disinformation and EU Digital Services Act at heart of EU lawmakers' discussion

February 17, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Matthew Newman

Europe

The role of the EU’s Digital Services Act, as well as US Vice President JD Vance’s comments on disinformation in the EU were discussed by lawmakers in the European Parliament today. In its first meeting, the n... (more story)

Irish watchdog seeks feedback on proposed Digital Services Act levy

February 17, 2025

Europe

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Ireland’s consumer and competition watchdog, has launched a public consultation on its proposed Digital Services Act Levy, a charge on online marketplaces to... (more story)

Anthropic aims to intervene in Google search trial over US DOJ remedy proposal

February 15, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Anthropic told a US federal court that a Department of Justice proposal for Google to divest its stake in any company that controls an artificial intelligence product would injure it and harm competition more broadly.