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Data Privacy and Security

July 17, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

US appeals court lifts block on Mississippi online age-verification law

Financial Crime, Financial Services, Trade

July 16, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

NFT scammer used Tornado Cash to launder rug-pull proceeds, he tells US court

Technology

July 16, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Section 230 doesn’t apply yet in Meta addictive algorithms case, DC judge says

Antitrust View More

Exxon-Pioneer, Chevron-Hess settlements fully vacated by US FTC

July 18, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Biden-era settlements with ExxonMobil and Chevron Corp. were rendered null and void by the Federal Trade Commission’s three Republicans today via orders that castigated those merger antitrust consent decrees a... (more story)

Former US FTC commissioner Bedoya says court order over illegal firings a 'massive victory'

July 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: Former US Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said an order by a District of Columbia judge finding that fellow FTC commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter's removal from the agency was unlawfu... (more story)

Chevron-Hess, Exxon-Pioneer final orders reopened and set aside by US FTC

July 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission reopened and set aside the final orders in the matters of Chevron-Hess and Exxon-Pioneer, the agency announced. Both final consent orders, which prohibited Chevron... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US judge certifies ‘Napster-style’ copyright class action against Anthropic

July 17, 2025 | Emma Whitford

North America

US District Judge William Alsup has certified the first class action among dozens of lawsuits accusing artificial intelligence companies of copyright infringement, cuing up what he described as a “Napster-styl... (more story)

Gap in US IP protection against AI voice cloning exposed by Lovo ruling

July 17, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Reliance on artificial intelligence to carry out increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks is on the rise. Findings by a US judge that voice cloning is nonactionable under current federal trademark and copyright... (more story)

US judge certifies 'pirated books' class of copyright owners suing Anthropic

July 17, 2025

North America

MLex summary: US District Judge William Alsup partially granted a motion for class certification in copyright litigation against Anthropic. A "pirated books" class will include all "beneficial or legal copyrig... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

For TIM-Telefônica network-sharing deal, 'extra cities' a key Brazilian concern

July 17, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

A proposed amendment to a network-sharing agreement between TIM and Telefônica is raising red flags at Brazil’s competition authority due to the unclear scope of municipalities involved. While the companies ar... (more story)

Synopsys completes acquisition of Ansys

July 17, 2025

Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Synopsys announced today it has completed its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys. The transaction, announced Jan. 16, 2024, "combines leaders in silicon design, IP and simulation and analysis to en... (more story)

BBVA sees EU Commission stand up for Banking Union — in Spain and further afield

July 17, 2025 | Fanny Roux and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

The European Commission wants the Spanish government to drop “public interest” conditions imposed on BBVA’s bid for Banco Sabadell, which has drawn ire from national politicians. After standing up for UniCredi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US judge questions Meta whistleblower's relevance in social media addiction case

July 18, 2025 | Xu Yuan

North America

Meta Platforms faced doubts from a US federal judge over the relevance of evidence concerning former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in defending against allegations that its social media apps contri... (more story)

US FTC Commissioner Slaughter welcomes court order finding removal unlawful

July 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter welcomed a US court's order finding that her removal from the agency by US President Donald Trump was unlawful, and said that the  for-cause ... (more story)

Proceeds from hacks washed through Tornado Cash, FBI agent says in co-founder’s trial

July 17, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

An FBI agent specializing in cybercrime investigations traced the flow of more than $1 billion stolen in hacking incidents to the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer during the US trial today of co-founder Roman... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Prada's Indian sandals dispute needs 'evidence' as court closes sole PIL path

July 18, 2025 | Freny Patel

Asia

Global fashion giant Prada found itself in the clear, at least for now, as an Indian court rejected public interest litigation concerning its "toe ring sandals," highlighting the crucial need for evidence in s... (more story)

Dutch news outlets form new collective for licensing AI training

July 17, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

A group of Dutch news media outlets has formed the country's first national collective database to be licensed for training artificial intelligence, a move which aims to avoid them having to sue AI companies f... (more story)

Japan IP court denies authorship claim over museum exhibits, affirms work-for-hire rule

July 17, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has upheld a lower court ruling that exhibit panels and narrated scripts used in a city-run literary museum qualify as employer-owned works under the country’s work-for... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

GENIUS Act goes to Trump over concerns about open door for Musk

July 17, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

The GENIUS Act, which passed the US House today following passage in the Senate last month, would let private companies issue stablecoins — a prospect that has alarmed some Democratic lawmakers who fear it wou... (more story)

Transparency International Brazil expresses concerns over US Section 301 investigation

July 17, 2025

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Transparency International Brazil, the Brazilian chapter of the anti-corruption organization, expressed concerns that anti-corruption setbacks in Brazil are being used to justify "politically and... (more story)

Former HSBC executive's fraud conviction thrown out by US appeals court

July 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit threw out former HSBC senior foreign exchange trader Mark Johnson's fraud conviction, finding that the government's case under a theory of misapprop... (more story)

Financial Services View More

BNPL firms see proposed UK regulatory framework published

July 18, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Buy now, pay later lenders in the UK will be required to conduct affordability checks on potential customers, and offer support if they get into financial difficulties, under a proposed regulator... (more story)

Stablecoins could undermine banks' lending role, American Banker's Association says

July 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The American Banker's Association released a statement following the passage of the GENIUS Act, saying that stablecoins "continue to risk disintermediating core bank activity like deposit taking ... (more story)

Barr’s plea for tight US Fed bank oversight sure to fall on deaf ears

July 17, 2025 | Neil Roland

North America

US Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr’s pleas to keep tight bank regulation to stave off economic crisis are sure to be disregarded by his Fed colleagues. In a speech yesterday, the Fed’s bank regulator und... (more story)

Trade View More

Trump administration asks US Supreme Court not to expedite tariffs case

July 17, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

The Trump administration today petitioned the Supreme Court to hold off on reviewing a challenge by two educational toy manufacturers to President Donald Trump’s authority to issue tariffs under the Internatio... (more story)

US solar group petitions for antidumping tariffs on India, China, Indonesia

July 17, 2025 | Zack Budryk

North America

A US solar energy trade group has petitioned the US International Trade Commission to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on Indian, Indonesian and Laotian crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells.

USITC determines that Chinese low-speed vehicle imports harm US industry

July 17, 2025

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has determined that subsidized Chinese imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles materially injure the US industry. The vote was unanimous, with ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Volume, accuracy remain challenges for EU subsidy probes of foreign bidders

July 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Jean Comte

Europe

EU powers to block bidders backed by foreign subsidies from distorting public tenders have triggered a surge in workload, but the quality of the submissions and awareness of the rules is unsatisfactory, the Eu... (more story)

Forest owners in southeastern France can have state aid to prevent wildfires

July 15, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies owning forests in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France — as well as the access roads to such forests — will be eligible for direct grants, under a 40 million-eur... (more story)

La Poste can have EUR531 million in French compensation, EU watchdog says

July 15, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: France has secured European Commission approval for its plan to grant up to 531 million euros (around $620 million) to La Poste, to compensate the postal operator for the costs incurred in carryi... (more story)

Energy View More

Climate groups criticize EU budget plans

July 17, 2025 | Eleonora Rinaldi

Europe

Environmental groups criticized the EU's plans for climate and environmental spending in its draft 2028 to 2036 budget today, saying they represented a cut from the previous multi-annual funding plan and put e... (more story)

EU strategy on China EV integration risks undermining climate goals, Bruegel says

July 17, 2025 | Patrick Hatzis

Asia, Europe

The EU’s tough stance on Chinese EV manufacturers through tariffs and anti-subsidy investigations could undermine its climate goals by restricting access to affordable electric vehicles that are crucial for de... (more story)

Nine EU countries urged to fully implement methane emissions rules

July 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: Nine EU member states must appoint an authority responsible for monitoring and enforcing the application of the EU rules on methane emissions, the commission said today. They must also notify the... (more story)

Technology View More

Google’s Texas adtech trial delayed until Virginia judge rules on DOJ remedies

July 17, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Google won't face off next month against a coalition of Texas-led states accusing it of monopolizing digital adtech markets as a US federal judge today postponed a month-long trial until a judge in Virginia ru... (more story)

EU digital rulebook needs to be simplified, trade association says

July 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s digital laws should be simpler, and companies need more time for implementing them, industry group BusinessEurope said today. It asks for multiple grace periods, particularly for the AI ... (more story)

EU seeks AI experts for an advisory forum to guide implementation of AI Act

July 17, 2025

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission today said it had opened applications from experts, including from civil society, academia, industry, SMEs, and start-ups, to join its Advisory Forum of the AI Act. The de... (more story)