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Paramount, Warner postpone closing while US merger challenges proceed

Germany backs push for scale in EU merger considerations

US imposes tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies, citing forced labor

China opens regulatory data protection to foreign pharma, but gaps remain

Private equity in cartel cross-hairs as EU chemicals probe draws in investors

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Artificial Intelligence

July 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Chinese AI spotlights White House policy rift with domestic US implications
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Trade

July 24, 2026 | Zack Budryk, Clayton Vickers

North America

Forced-labor tariffs from US prompt pushback, face uncertain legal trajectory
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Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

July 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing
Chinese AI spotlights White House policy rift with domestic US implications
Forced-labor tariffs from US prompt pushback, face uncertain legal trajectory
AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing

Antitrust View More

Apple, Google expand MSCA compliance as Japan tests dialogue-first model

July 27, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

The Japanese competition regulator on Monday published Apple and Google's second compliance reports under the Mobile Software Competition Act, or smartphone law, highlighting additional measures by the two com... (more story)

South Korea launches franchise survey focused on mandatory-item rules

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust regulator has launched its 2026 franchise-sector survey of 200 franchisors and 12,000 franchisees across 21 industries, focusing on whether rules requiring contracts to sp... (more story)

China's SAMR fines Trip.com $765m for hotel-booking antitrust abuse

July 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation said Saturday it has imposed antitrust sanctions totaling 5.179 billion yuan ($765 million) on Trip.com Group after finding it abused its domina... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI ruling shifts India's AI copyright fight from training to outputs

July 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's first major AI copyright ruling could reshape generative AI litigation by treating model training as potentially lawful while making AI outputs — not training data — the central battleground for copyright disputes.

Indonesia aligns digital-signature framework with international standards

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia is aligning its electronic certification and digital-signature framework with internationally recognized standards to improve cross-border recognition of digital-trust services, Deputy ... (more story)

South Korea unveils nearly $1tr in AI initiatives at San Francisco event

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Office announced new artificial intelligence initiatives over the weekend, valued at nearly $1 trillion and mostly involving deals with Nvidia, Broadcom and Microsoft t... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Zoetis-Neogen genomics business deal raises concerns for New Zealand regulator

July 27, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Zoetis and Neogen are each other’s closest rivals and the proposed acquisition would remove the existing competitive constraint they impose on each other, New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog said in... (more story)

Writers Guild vows to continue US fight after Paramount-Warner agree to closing delay

July 24, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said in statement that Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday "agreed to what the state Attorneys General and the WGA both sought from the cour... (more story)

Paramount says deal with US states, Writers Guild offers 'direct path to trial'

July 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Paramount Skydance said its agreement with several US states and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) "is a significant win because the result is exactly what we have sought from the outset: a dire... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

China tailors privacy rules for small data handlers

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China has introduced its first tailored privacy compliance regime for small personal-information handlers, easing regulatory obligations for small and micro businesses while maintaining baseline ... (more story)

Discord to roll out stronger, 'UK-style' safeguards in Texas under AG agreement

July 24, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Discord has agreed to bring stronger age-assurance and teen-safety protections already used in the UK to Texas under an agreement reached as the state pursues consumer protection claims accusing the platform o... (more story)

Fifth Circuit revives parts of Texas youth online-safety law

July 24, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A federal appeals court blocked Texas from requiring social media companies to monitor and filter broad categories of harmful content for minors, finding the mandate preempted by Section 230 of the Communicati... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Servier targeted by fresh claims from UK health authorities

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Servier Laboratories has been targeted by fresh claims from UK health authorities over alleged anticompetitive agreements for the blood pressure medication perindopril, according to filings with ... (more story)

Indian court refuses to halt OpenAI training, citing risks to public interest

July 24, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

OpenAI defeated ANI Media's bid for an interim injunction after the Delhi High Court held that training generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, on copyrighted works is prima facie fair dealing and... (more story)

Japan IP Court rejects web-fiction plagiarism appeal against publisher

July 24, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has rejected a web novelist's copyright appeal against publisher SB Creative, finding that the alleged similarities in characters, story elements and other features bet... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Cartel allegations in Scoular bribery case show US enforcement priorities

July 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Nowhere in the public docket in the Scoular case are there any mentions of cartel-related bribery, but the white-collar defense bar has seized on the claim in the US Justice Department's statement, saying the ... (more story)

Iranian businessman’s Dot One conglomerate sanctioned by US

July 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned four individuals and nine entities that form key components of Babak Zanjani’s broader Iranian sanctions evasion network, ... (more story)

Güralp Systems has 'deteriorating' bribery compliance, says UK prosecutor

July 24, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Güralp Systems’ "deteriorating standards" of compliance and poor bribery controls were behind a bid by the Serious Fraud Office to prosecute the company following its alleged failure to meet the terms of a 201... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Wise denied US banking license over AML concerns

July 24, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe, North America

UK-headquartered fintech Wise has been denied a US banking license, due to concerns about its anti-money laundering defenses. The US banking regulator said it had doubts about the bank's ability to manage anti... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard say New Zealand's new fee caps could weaken competition

July 24, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Visa, Mastercard and American Express have warned that the new interchange-fee caps proposed by New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog could reduce competition and innovation while failing to lower costs for consume... (more story)

Indonesia financial regulator expands digital finance innovation pipeline

July 24, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, said Thursday it is expanding startup accelerator programs as part of its regulatory framework for digital financial innovation under the Financi... (more story)

Trade View More

AmCham EU survey points to improved confidence one year after Turnberry deal

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A survey by the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, or AmCham EU, among its members suggests the EU-US Turnberry deal has improved business confidence one year after it was struck, with fewer... (more story)

Trumps says US will retaliate over EU's Google fines

July 24, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

US President Donald Trump has said the EU will "pay a very big price" for imposing fines on US companies and he said a "substantial tariff" would hit European businesses as soon as possible. Trump was reacting... (more story)

European Commission seeks feedback on dual-use export controls

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a 12-week public consultation to assess whether the EU's Dual-Use Regulation, which governs exports of goods and technologies that can be used for both civilian... (more story)

State Aid View More

UK government must bolster impact analysis of electricity costs, says subsidy unit

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government should strengthen its assessment of competition impacts arising out of the proposed "British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme," which is designed to reduce electricity costs fo... (more story)

PostNord Strålfors’ capital injections draw in-depth EU probe

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Capital injections into PostNord Strålfors — a subsidiary of the Swedish and Danish state-owned postal operator — have drawn an in-depth investigation from the European Commission. The regulator ... (more story)

New EU guidance on rescue and restructuring aid out for public comment

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU state aid regulators are seeking public views on draft new guidelines on rescuing and restructuring companies outside the financial sector that are “in difficulty.” The new guidelines updates ... (more story)

Energy View More

New EU ecodesign requirements for industrial fans enter into application

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New EU ecodesign rules for industrial fans took effect on Friday, two years after the new legal text entered into force, introducing stricter energy-efficiency standards, repair requirements and ... (more story)

No immediate oil supply risk despite Strait of Hormuz disruption, EU group says

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU sees no immediate threat to its oil supply despite renewed hostilities in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, following a meeting of the Oil Coordination Group, an EU... (more story)

EU adopts 21st Russia sanctions package targeting banks, crypto and energy revenues

July 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU has adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia, freezing the automatic review of the Russian oil price cap until July 2027 and expanding measures targeting Moscow's energy revenues.... (more story)

Technology View More

Google, Epic app store injunction split creates global competition experiment

July 24, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Chris May

North America

Google and Epic Games’ recent abandonment of their effort to modify an injunction before a California federal judge could create a natural experiment that will test two different systems for restoring competit... (more story)

Tennessee court warns state, Meta to stick closely to evidence in openings

July 24, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The state court overseeing Tennessee’s consumer protection lawsuit against Meta Platforms warned each party not to overrepresent the evidence they will present, and refrain from mentioning content when they pr... (more story)

Jury selected in Meta case brought by Tennessee over product designs

July 24, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A jury of seven men and eight women will decide this summer whether Meta Platforms is liable for unfair and deceptive business practices affecting Tennessee residents, in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general.