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Trump's AI security order signals concession of AI risks

EU court explores need to rule on abandoned O2-Three merger in UK

US forced-labor tariffs unjustified, EU Commission says as trade deal vote nears

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Financial Crime

June 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Firms face consequences if they don't co-operate, new UK fraud agency chief says
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Data Privacy and Security

June 03, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

US FTC will consider X bid to terminate 2022 privacy settlement

Trade

June 03, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US proposes tariff rates under 301 forced labor probe covering most trade
Firms face consequences if they don't co-operate, new UK fraud agency chief says
US FTC will consider X bid to terminate 2022 privacy settlement
US proposes tariff rates under 301 forced labor probe covering most trade

Antitrust View More

Alaska Air-Hawaiian merger challengers appeal dismissal to US Ninth Circuit

June 04, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

A group of travelers challenging Alaska Air Group's acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit a Hawaii federal court's dismissal of their antitrust lawsuit.

EU courts see drop in competition litigation, van der Woude says

June 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Disputes over decisions in areas such as mergers and antitrust, which once formed the bedrock of the EU court system, have dwindled in recent years, according to a senior judge. Litigation emerging from a raft... (more story)

Google fails in bid to change UK collective suit over app store fees

June 04, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Google has failed in its bid to change a mass claim against it over its Play Store fees in the UK’s competition court. The company sought to require a limited number of app developers in the class to sign up t... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US Reps. Obernolte, Trahan seek feedback on AI framework draft bill

June 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: In a press release unveiling their AI regulatory framework, California Republican Representative Jay Obernolte and Massachusetts Democratic Representative Lori Trahan sought feedback from the pub... (more story)

US Sen. Warren presses Treasury on security of financial sector amid growing AI risks

June 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent urging the government to strengthen the cybersecurity resilience of the financial sector amidst the growing risks of a... (more story)

Cyber risks sharpen as open-source AI closes gap with frontier models, UK AISI says

June 04, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Open-source AI models could soon gain cyber capabilities similar to Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT 5.5 Cyber, potentially complicating efforts by regulators and companies to respond to AI-powered cyber th... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

DHL and CTT's joint venture clearance decision published by European Commission

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has disclosed the public version of its decision allowing DHL and CTT to establish a joint venture for parcel delivery in the Iberian Peninsula. The deal was cleared witho... (more story)

Three, O2 remedies fell short of solving competition problems, EU tells judges

June 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

CK Hutchison's moves to strengthen rival operators to assuage the loss of competition from a merger between its Three unit and O2 UK didn't go far enough and were rightly rejected, the European Commission told... (more story)

Report labels antitrust top legal, regulatory challenge over next two years

June 04, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Antitrust is expected to be the most difficult legal and regulatory challenge over the next two years, according to a poll within the 2026 Winston Taylor US & European Middle Market Investment report. Middle m... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU lawmakers seek to preserve data rules, oppose repeal of business regulation

June 04, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Lawmakers in a key European Parliament's committee have recommended that EU plans for simplifying digital legislation should not repeal of rules protecting business users of online platforms and preserve parts... (more story)

Voyageurs du Monde may face €1.8 mln French privacy fine for data breach

June 04, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

French travel company Voyageurs du Monde could be fined €1.8 million ($2.09 million) for alleged violations of French and European data protection rules after a 2023 cyberattack that exposed customer data, a F... (more story)

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner releases report on privacy in age of AI

June 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne released an annual report highlighting efforts to promote children’s privacy and provide leadership in amidst rapidly developing technologies such... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: May 22-June 4

June 04, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Companies across the music, technology and life sciences sectors announced over the past two weeks licensing transactions involving AI, standard essential patents, drug candidates and rare earth technologies. ... (more story)

Practitioners see big upsides to USPTO ‘Pre-Docketing Notice’ pilot program

June 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A new initiative from the US Patent and Trademark Office nudges patent applicants to take a fresh look at applications that may have been sitting idle for years. That should lead to improved claims, cleaner pr... (more story)

This week at the UPC: May 29-June 4

June 04, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

The UPC this week inaugurated its Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre in Ljubljana, and confirmed in the Kodak-Fujifilm dispute that it can hear infringement claims involving UK patents. Judges also dismis... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Nordea faces record penalty over alleged Russian money laundering failures

June 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Danish lender Nordea faces a record $1 billion fine for money laundering failures, after prosecutors lodged a fine against the country’s second biggest lender. The penalty, if agreed, will overshadow a previou... (more story)

Asset recovery put at heart of UK prosecution strategy, CPS says

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK prosecutors will actively target illicit gains as part of a new strategy outlined on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service said it would focus on putting asset recovery at the forefront of p... (more story)

Greensill banned from UK company director roles for nine years

June 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Lex Greensill, the founder of the collapsed Greensill Capital, has been banned from acting as a UK company director for nine years, following action taken by the country’s Insolvency Service. An agreement betw... (more story)

Financial Services View More

France, Spain under EU scrutiny over instant payments implementation rules

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has stepped up enforcement of new rules on instant euro payments, issuing a first warning to France and a second warning to Spain. France has neither adopted nor informed ... (more story)

Poland, Romania told to implement EU crypto assets rules

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Poland and Romania must complete measures linked to the EU’s crypto-assets regime within two months or they could face further EU action in the EU's infringement process, the European Commission ... (more story)

UK claims-management firm CCL under investigation by FCA

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is investigating car finance claims-management firm Consultation Claims Limited, after concerns over its conduct in the period between April and December 2025... (more story)

Trade View More

EU trade defense tools are reaching their limits, official says

June 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Traditional trade-defense tools are starting to reach their limits against market distortions that affect whole value chains, a senior EU trade official said. Denis Redonnet said that instruments, which includ... (more story)

EU's Šefčovič seeks 'result-oriented' approach in trade talks with China

June 04, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič said he discussed efforts to rebalance EU-China trade and investment ties with China's International Trade Representative Chenggang Li on the sidelines of the OECD m... (more story)

Trump strengthens tariff evasion enforcement in new executive order

June 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that is designed to strengthen customs enforcement. The order strengthens importer eligibility restrictions, establishes a 50 percent minimum ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany's €6m aid to Erfurt airport can go ahead, EU Commission says

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Erfurt regional airport may receive €6 million in operating aid from the German government, the European Commission said Thursday, clearing the measure under the bloc's state aid rules.  The ... (more story)

Spain wins EU approval for €25m plan to help fishing companies buy fuel

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission approved a €25 million Spanish aid plan to support fishing companies facing higher fuel costs linked to the Middle East crisis. The measure, which runs until Dec. 31, allo... (more story)

EFTA states get temporary state aid plan to help mitigate Middle East crisis

June 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland will be able to provide targeted state aid to sectors affected by high energy costs linked to the Middle East crisis, under a temporary framework ad... (more story)

Energy View More

EU ETS review stays on track as commission rejects calls to weaken carbon market

June 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission reaffirmed its support for the EU Emissions Trading System ahead of the July review of the carbon market, signaling no retreat from its flagship carbon-pricing policy despite calls from... (more story)

Romania faces EU pressure over missing heating infrastructure assessment

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania has been issued a warning by the European Commission, for failing to deliver an updated assessment concerning renewable sources in the heating and cooling sector. According to the commiss... (more story)

Almost half of EU states warned over lack of aviation fuel penalty regimes

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has warned 13 member states for failing to establish national penalty regimes under the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation, which aims to support the uptake of sustainable aviat... (more story)

Technology View More

UK lawmaker’s suit against xAI over Grok deepfakes ‘absolutely right,’ Starmer says

June 04, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

xAI’s Grok chatbot faces fresh pressure in the UK after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday he supports a lawsuit over deepfake nudes generated using the tool. Labour lawmaker Jess Asato, who filed a Hig... (more story)

UK call center workers face almost £119,000 order over unlawful data processing

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The unlawful selling of customer data from UK car insurance company RAC has led to a confiscation order of nearly £119,000, the Information Commissioner’s Office said in a statement on Thursday. ... (more story)

Flexibility is key to managing tech-sovereignty risks, EU banks say

June 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU banks should have flexibility in managing concerns about technology sovereignty, the European Banking Federation said in a paper in the context of the tech-sovereignty measures, which the Euro... (more story)