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Financial Crime, Financial Services

August 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

UBS to pay record fine for 'recidivist' anti-money laundering compliance failures
California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Trade

August 03, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Democratic state AGs sue Trump administration over forced-labor tariffs

Financial Services

August 03, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US community banks seeking ties would be relieved of curbs under OCC plan

Antitrust View More

US judge denies Portable Power's motion to dismiss counterclaims in antitrust case

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US judge has denied Portable Power's motion to dismiss counterclaims brought by Energizer as part of an antitrust case against Energizer and Walmart. Energizer has alleged that from 2016 to 202... (more story)

Slaughter calls for ‘modified’ federal agency toolkit after US Supreme Court loss

August 03, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Former US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Monday joined a group of bipartisan agency alumni in exploring the future of the FTC following a landmark decision from the US Supreme Court upho... (more story)

Sandoz, US states strike $469m settlement in generic drug antitrust case

August 03, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Sandoz and 43 attorneys struck a $469 million settlement agreement Monday to resolve antitrust claims accusing Sandoz of conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate markets for generic drugs.

Artificial Intelligence View More

Texas governor mandates data center audits before approval

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on the approval of data centers in the state until regulatory agencies can audit proposed projects seeking connection to the state's electric gri... (more story)

Otter.ai faces skeptical US judge in bid to dismiss privacy litigation

August 04, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Otter.ai faced skepticism from a US judge in Silicon Valley at a hearing over its bid to dismiss a proposed privacy class action. US District Judge Eumi K. Lee said she was "not persuaded" the plaintiffs lacke... (more story)

US Congress calls on OpenAI to explain AI security incident

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Congressman Andy Ogles, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, and Ranking Member Delia Ramirez announced that they... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US states often denied access to federal premerger forms, DC official says

August 03, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Until recently, US merging parties typically shared national antitrust filings with state and local competition law enforcers. But now, dealmakers are frequently rejecting government requests for this paperwor... (more story)

Brazil oil association cites EU, Australia reviews in fighting Subsea7-Saipem deal

August 03, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Brazilian oil and gas association ABEP has urged the country's antitrust tribunal to take into account recent decisions by the European Commission and the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission in the Sa... (more story)

American Airlines' $100m investment in Azul wins unconditional approval in Brazil

August 03, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil's competition watchdog has concluded that American Airlines' purchase of an equity stake in Azul does not raise competition concerns in the passenger and cargo air transportation markets between Brazil ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Snap warns investors of possible material impact from US social media addiction trials

August 04, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Even as Snap looks forward to the launch next month of AI-infused augmented reality glasses that its CEO says will give it "first-mover" advantage over competitors like Meta Platforms, the company warned that ... (more story)

Meta’s litigation bill mounts; next legal hit could reach $6 billion

August 03, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift

North America

Meta faces a potential $6 billion damages bill from a landmark privacy verdict over reproductive-health data collected from Flo app users, adding to mounting litigation costs already weighing on the company’s earnings.

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to authorize critical-minerals controls

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to invoke the Defense Production Act authorizing the US Commerce Department to implement export restrictions on recyclable critical minerals and materia... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan government presses boards to turn IP into corporate growth

August 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan has issued new guidance urging companies to make intellectual property a core part of business strategy rather than treating it primarily as a legal or compliance function, marking the government's lates... (more story)

Grant uncertainty emerges as potential risk factor in early-stage IP valuations

July 31, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Asia, North America

With the US government mulling changes to how it administers federal research grants, funding continuity could become its own consideration when valuing intellectual property-intensive startups. A new model es... (more story)

US judge allows Reddit anti-circumvention claims vs. Perplexity AI, SerpApi

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer declined to dismiss Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims by Reddit against the artificial intelligence answer engineer Perplexity AI and web-scraping platf... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Ex-Goldman banker received client’s funds, made cash withdrawals, US jury sees

August 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker received millions of dollars directly from his Turkish client, and hundreds of thousands more from consultants, as he engaged in a foreign bribery scheme in Ghana, according to su... (more story)

UBS unit fined by FINRA for anti-money laundering violations

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: FINRA, a brokerage industry self-regulator, fined UBS Financial Services $20 million for anti-money laundering violations after finding that it had again failed to establish and implement a compl... (more story)

UBS unit fined by US CFTC for anti-money laundering supervision failures

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a settlement with UBS Financial Services for failing to diligently supervise the configuration and operation of its anti-money launderi... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UBS unit fined by US SEC for failure to file suspicious activity reports

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser UBS Financial Services for failing to timely file suspicious activ... (more story)

EU banks receive no-action letter on market-risk rulebook from sector regulator

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU banks have received a “no action” letter from the European Banking Authority, recommending that supervisors should not prioritize enforcement of rules governing the boundary between banking an... (more story)

UBS unit fined $125 million by US FinCEN for Bank Secrecy Act violations

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $125 million civil money penalty against UBS Financial Services for willful violations of the Bank Secrec... (more story)

Trade View More

Chinese firm challenges US Commerce on xanthan gum order

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Chinese firm Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd and its affiliates filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade contesting the Commerce Department's July review of an antidumping... (more story)

US Commerce says Canada, Mexico dumping van-type trailers

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department in a preliminary determination said Canada and Mexico are dumping imports of van-type trailers. Commerce issued a preliminary dumping rate of 4.29 percent for all Canad... (more story)

‘Partner origin’ category in Industrial Accelerator Act proposed

August 03, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Ireland, which chairs the meetings of EU leaders until Dec. 31, has proposed a new "partner origin" category under the Industrial Accelerator Act, creating a framework for determining which products from trust... (more story)

State Aid View More

Goldwind’s pleas against request for subsidy information published in EU journal

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind is seeking to annul a European Commission request for information under the bloc's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, according to pleas published in the EU's Official Journal. ... (more story)

Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu's parent company PDD Holdings and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology have received a formal warning from the European Commission for not having cooperated during an inspection in Ireland. The... (more story)

Dutch support for sustainable aviation fuels wins EU approval

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Netherlands has won EU state aid approval for €290 million of support for sustainable aviation fuels, or SAFs. The European Commission said it had cleared two aid programs, sharing a common b... (more story)

Energy View More

EU carbon market overhaul preserves climate goals; key questions remain

August 03, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission's overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System preserves the bloc's 2050 climate-neutrality objective, according to think tanks. But they warn that extensive delegated powers, delayed in... (more story)

Ex-Goldman banker paid Ghana parliament members to back deal, US jury hears

August 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker paid members of the Ghanaian parliament to ratify a power plant deal with the government there on behalf of its client, a Turkish energy firm, prosecutors told a New York jury on Friday.

Australia's data-center ambitions collide with clean-energy constraints

July 31, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia’s data-center boom is outpacing the country’s ability to build the renewable generation, storage and transmission needed to support it, according to energy experts. Proposed national standards would ... (more story)

Technology View More

Instagram 'drug' chat a joke, Tennessee jury hears from Meta researcher

August 03, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A chat between Meta researchers discussing Instagram’s effects on teens and concluding it's "a drug" was a joke, jurors in Tennessee heard a researcher say Monday.

Airbnb loses French constitutional challenge over tourist tax fines

August 03, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Airbnb has lost its challenge to France's minimum fine for accommodation platforms that fail to collect tourist tax, after the Constitutional Council ruled that the measure complies with the constitution. The ... (more story)

Dutch authority says Bol offers concessions to address platform concerns

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Dutch competition and consumer authority has announced a draft settlement in an investigation of the retail platform Bol.com. It means the company will give greater transparency and freedom t... (more story)