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Antitrust

July 07, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Jean Comte

Europe

Cabify sees arbitration award on antitrust go to EU’s top court
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during an appearance on LBC in London, UK on July 3, 2025.

Financial Crime, Financial Services

July 07, 2025 | Phoebe Seers

Europe

UK banks get new guidance on 'politically exposed persons' in wake of Farage spat

Antitrust View More

Agriculture giants, lax enforcement behind US food trade deficit, report says

July 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Global food giants Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge Limited, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Co. and others have been the primary beneficiaries of “lax competition policy and enforcement” and trade rules fav... (more story)

Former FTC Bureau of Competition head Liu rejoins Covington as antitrust co-chair

July 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Henry Liu, the former director of the US Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, has rejoined Covington as antitrust co-chair, the firm said in a statement. At the FTC, Liu led a team o... (more story)

Brantner fined in Slovakia for abuse of dominant position

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Waste management company Brantner has been fined 180,200 euros ($211,472) by the Slovak competition authority for abusing its dominant position by charging the towns of Martin and Vrútky a signif... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

BRICS leaders call for global efforts for AI governance at Rio summit

July 07, 2025

Africa,Asia,Europe,Latin America,Middle East,North America,Oceania

MLex Summary: Leaders of the BRICS countries issued a statement on AI alongside the overall declaration from the 17th BRICS summit, which gave AI governance a significant place on the agenda for the first time... (more story)

Civil society, academics ask to enhance transparency in EU code for AI models

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s code of practice for general-purpose AI models should increase its public transparency measures that have been limited in the final iteration of the text, a group of civil society organi... (more story)

South Korean AI projects given some $150 million in new funding from extra budget

July 07, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea’s parliament has approved the government’s supplementary budget bill that is mainly focused on spending to boost the economy but also includes about $150 million worth of fresh funding to support t... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

UMG-Downtown draws concerns from independent labels in EU review

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: More than 200 independent record labels and trade associations have denounced Universal Music Group’s acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings, in a letter to the European Commission. The signatori... (more story)

Capgemini to acquire WNS

July 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Capgemini, a global business and technology transformation partner, has agreed to buy WNS, a leading digital-led business transformation and services company, for $3.3 billion in cash. The compan... (more story)

Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines get conditional cooperation clearance

July 07, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, or CCCS, has conditionally cleared a proposed commercial cooperation between Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines after accepting commitm... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Alexa users get one class certified in US privacy suit against Amazon

July 07, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Alexa voice-assistant users suing Amazon for alleged wiretapping may bring class action claims for damages under Washington’s Consumer Protection Act, a US judge ruled. Those who didn't register ... (more story)

UK online tracking rules to be updated following new data law

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online tracking rules in the UK are being updated to reflect the Data (Use and Access) Act under new draft guidance published by the Information Commissioner’s Office today. The privacy regulator... (more story)

Online advertising in UK may face lighter consent rules under ICO’s new proposal

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Online advertising in the UK — to users who haven’t granted consent — could be allowed under a new approach proposed today by the national privacy regulator. The Information Commissioner’s Office... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Taobao, Tmall win landmark China case with $4.1 million judgment over data scraping plugin

July 07, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has ruled in favor of e-commerce giants Taobao, Tmall and Taobao Software in a landmark unfair competition case centered on data rights and trade secrets — marking a significant step forward fo... (more story)

JPO reports shorter patent timelines, rising design filings, lower trademark volumes

July 07, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: The Japan Patent Office reported that in 2024, patent and design filings increased while trademark filings declined year-on-year. According to its annual report released today, the final patent r... (more story)

Sumitomo Chemical's trademark rights upheld by Indian Court

July 07, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Sumitomo Chemical Company has emerged victorious in a trademark dispute after the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit filed by Coromandel Indag Products India Ltd., citing lack of legal standing. The court ruled... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Final PEP guidance published by UK financial services regulator

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Financial services firms should only treat those in the UK who hold “truly prominent positions” as politically exposed persons for the purposes of its money laundering regulations, their regulato... (more story)

Former Janus Henderson analyst jailed over UK insider dealing scam

July 04, 2025 | Sofia Gerace and Martin Coyle

Europe

A former Janus Henderson analyst who made almost a million pounds by illegally trading in stocks including Daimler and Jet2 was today jailed for six years in a London court. 

Two jailed in UK over 'callous' crypto scam

July 04, 2025 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Two men who bombarded investors with cold calls in a crypto scam that netted them 1.5 million pounds ($2.1 million) have been jailed for more than 11 years in total today in the latest case of a growing trend ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Lloyd's agents approval process to be streamlined after backing from UK watchdogs

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The approval process for Lloyd's managing agents, which are responsible for managing groups of investors in the Lloyd's of London insurance market, is set to be streamlined after the Financial Co... (more story)

UK’s FCA to remove Systematic Internaliser regime for bonds and derivatives

July 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's investment firms and trading venues are being consulted to remove the Systematic Internaliser regime for bonds and derivatives. The regime regulates investment firms dealing on their own... (more story)

Green finance requirements under EU taxonomy simplified

July 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Financial and non-financial companies may be exempt from certain reporting obligations under the EU’s classification system for sustainable economic activities, known as the EU Taxonomy, the Euro... (more story)

Trade View More

X wins free speech case against Australian regulator's social-media post removal order

July 07, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Social-media platform X Corp. has successfully overturned a post removal notice issued by Australia’s online safety regulator, after a tribunal ruled that the content did not meet the legal threshold for cyber... (more story)

China retaliates against EU restrictions on medical device public contracts

July 07, 2025 | MLex Staff

Asia, Europe

China has announced countermeasures targeting EU companies and products in the medical device sector, escalating tensions in an ongoing trade dispute. The Ministry of Finance issued a statement on Sunday outli... (more story)

Malaysia imposes anti-dumping duties on steel, iron from China, South Korea, Vietnam

July 07, 2025

Asia

MLex Summary: Malaysia has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties ranging from 3.86 percent to 57.9 percent on imports of galvanized steel coils or sheets and galvanized iron coils or sheets origina... (more story)

State Aid View More

PGI Spain, others file challenge to Iberian power price aid at top EU court

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: PGI Spain, along with other companies including Berry Superfos and RPC Envases, have appealed a previous court defeat over a Spanish and Portuguese measure to back the input costs of fossil-fuel ... (more story)

Adnoc-Covestro foreign subsidy deal review restarts in EU

July 02, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has seen the European Commission resume its foreign subsidy probe into the state-owned company's takeover of German chemicals group Covestro, following a five-week suspension. Th... (more story)

Spain, Cellnex Telecom lose appeal of state aid recovery order at EU lower court

July 02, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Spain and Cellnex Telecom have lost their legal challenge to a European Commission decision that ordered Spain to recoup illegal state funding from digital terrestrial TV operators. Spain backed ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU aiming for new methodology for nuclear power purchase agreements by end-2026

July 07, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

The EU is aiming to introduce a new framework for nuclear power suppliers and buyers to negotiate long-term contracts known as power purchase agreements by the end of 2026, European Commissioner for Energy and... (more story)

Low-carbon hydrogen producers to see EU emissions methodology tomorrow

July 07, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Low-carbon hydrogen producers should see the EU’s new methodology and rules for calculating their greenhouse-gas emissions tomorrow morning, an EU official told MLex. To be presented as a delegated act under t... (more story)

Proposed EU car labeling rules overhaul open for comments

July 07, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission today opened a public consultation on an overhaul for EU car labeling rules. The regulation aims to provide European consumers with accurate information about cars’ fuel u... (more story)

Technology View More

South Korean regulator reduces fines in telecom cartel over number portability

July 07, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korea’s antitrust regulator has finalized sanctions against the country’s three mobile carriers, slashing the combined fine to 96.3 billion won (about $70.4 million) from an earlier proposed 114 billion ... (more story)

Google’s AI summaries face scrutiny before EU, UK regulators (update*)

July 04, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Google has been challenged before the European Commission and the British competition authority in an antitrust complaint for abuse of its AI summaries in online searches. A group of publishers and tech justic... (more story)

Standardize reporting for cybersecurity and data breaches, German watchdogs say

July 04, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany’s data protection authorities said today that operators of critical infrastructure should be able to use a single reporting process for cybersecurity incidents under the EU’s new NIS2 dir... (more story)