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Rows of AI data center servers

Data Privacy and Security

July 30, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman

Europe

EU Quantum Act needs procurement, funding, governance focus, say France and Germany
A long perspective view of a modern data center featuring rows of glass-enclosed server racks with glowing blue lights flanking a central walkway with a gold-lit metal floor grate.

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

July 29, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Amid US community pushback on data centers, developers fight back in court

Antitrust View More

House of Raeford, Perdue, others get OK for settlement of US turkey pricing claims

July 30, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

House of Raeford, Prestage, Foster Farms and Perdue received preliminary settlement approval from a US judge Thursday, resolving long-running antitrust claims brought by consumers over the alleged price-fixing... (more story)

Apple's Brazilian settlement criticized as Epic Games launches app store

July 30, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America, North America

Epic Games has launched its app store in Brazil following Apple’s settlement with the country’s competition authority, but the rollout has ignited criticism over the scope of the agreed remedies, particularly ... (more story)

UK waste-management antitrust probe to gather evidence until December

July 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A UK probe of suspected anticompetitive conduct in waste management services will continue to gather evidence until December, the antitrust regulator said. The Competition and Markets Authority s... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Trump administration hasn't justified blacklisting Anthropic, US judge says

July 30, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

The Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify designating Anthropic a supply chain risk and banning federal agencies from using the company's technology, a federal judge in San Francisc... (more story)

US AI bill on horizon with Senate leader as cosponsor, Senator Klobuchar says

July 30, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said she and Senate Majority Leader John Thune will advance a bill to address AI risks "immediately" after Congress' August recess. She spoke at a hearing about... (more story)

AI fuels demand for trade secret insurance as legal risks grow

July 30, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Trade secret disputes are emerging as a key growth area for the intellectual property insurance market as companies expand their use of artificial intelligence, insurers told MLex.

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

CADE grants third-party status to three associations in Brazil's FFU case

July 30, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil's competition authority has granted three associations representing different soccer stakeholders third-party access to participate in the review of the formation of a collective of dozens of soccer clu... (more story)

Charter, Cox asks Calif. PUC to adopt alternate decision on deal

July 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Charter Communications and Cox Communications asked the California Public Utility Commission to reject administrative law judge Jamie Ormond's proposed decision and to adopt the alternative propo... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE allows third parties to intervene in review of soccer bloc FFU

July 30, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Superintendence of Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has accepted three third-party requests to intervene in the formation of soccer bloc Futebol Forte União. In a d... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Shopify must face privacy claims in US suit over data collection

July 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Shopify, an e-commerce platform that offers payment processing services, must face a proposed class action lawsuit over its collection and use of consumer data, a US federal judge ruled in denyin... (more story)

Center for Democracy & Technology applauds US Senate movement on health data bill

July 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Center for Democracy & Technology applauded the Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions for passing the Health Information Privacy Reform Act (HIPRA) out of committee on a un... (more story)

Deadlock over key appointments unlikely to constrain Brazil's privacy watchdog

July 30, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

The National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) will face the departure of two of its longest-serving officials: Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior, the watchdog's president, will officially leave office on Nov. 6, ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: July 17-July 30

July 30, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America

Sisvel's Willy Chang, the company's head of AI pools, told MLex the company is developing new patent pools for AI networking and optical communications. Other licensing activity spanned wireless technology, el... (more story)

Stewart departs USPTO after consequential stint as acting director

July 30, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

USPTO Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart, who is leaving the office this week, leveraged her role as acting director last year to initiate significant changes to inter partes review, including rescinding the ... (more story)

This week at the UPC: July 24-30

July 30, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

The UPC this week saw a major injunction against Disney, and the end of a long-standing dispute between Ericsson and AsusTek. Judges decided on a slew of access requests, blocking a German law firm from seeing... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Mahan Air sales agents sanctioned by US

July 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned six entities and individuals in China, India, Russia and Iran, including multiple companies serving as general sales agent... (more story)

Airbus fined record £6.4m over export controls breaches

July 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Airbus Operations has been fined £6.4 million for breaching the UK's Strategic Export Controls rules. The UK's tax authority said the defense company had self-reported the breaches after failing ... (more story)

Insolvent UK minibond marketer EFG censured for hiding steep commissions

July 30, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Europe

Closed investment company Equity for Growth (Securities) has been publicly censured by the UK financial markets watchdog for approving misleading financial promotions that failed to disclose large commission p... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK businesses searched in car finance nuisance marketing probe

July 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Multiple premises linked to five companies in the UK have been raided as part of a crackdown on unwanted calls, texts and emails about car finance claims, the data protection regulator said in a ... (more story)

KPMG’s audit of John Wood Group comes under UK scrutiny

July 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: KPMG's audit of UK oilfield company John Wood Group has come under the scrutiny of the Financial Reporting Council. The regulator said it was investigating the Big Four auditor's work on John Woo... (more story)

Digital euro app will address user accessibility barriers, ECB says

July 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The digital euro app will include accessibility features designed to address barriers faced by users with different needs, the European Central Bank said on Thursday. The design will exceed Europ... (more story)

Trade View More

Brazil seeks WTO dispute consultations over US Section 301 tariffs

July 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Brazil has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States regarding additional US duties on products originating in Brazil as a result of two investigations by the United States under... (more story)

Commerce order right to include pipe fittings finished in Vietnam, US CIT says

July 30, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

The US Court of International Trade determined that the Commerce Department’s decision to include certain pipe fittings that were produced in China and finished in Vietnam within the scope of an antidumping du... (more story)

US trade court partially remands Commerce review of Chinese activated carbon

July 30, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade dealt the federal government a partial win in a Wednesday ruling, sustaining in part a Commerce Department antidumping review of certain Chinese activated carbon imports.

State Aid View More

Czech, French, Dutch, Slovak tweaks to energy price support win EU clearance

July 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Czech, French, Dutch and Slovak amendments to state aid programs supporting energy-intensive companies for higher electricity prices resulting from Europe's emissions-trading rules have received ... (more story)

Romanian compensation for solar energy investors draws in-depth EU probe

July 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania has drawn an in-depth EU investigation into whether an arbitration award ordering it to compensate 10 solar energy investors breaches state aid rules. In 2011, the European Commission cle... (more story)

EU Commission suggests changes to regional state aid guidelines

July 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is requesting feedback on proposed changes to the regional state aid guidelines. These set out the legal framework governing the granting of state aid for regional develop... (more story)

Energy View More

Goldman walked away from Ghana deal due to red flags, exec says in US bribery trial

July 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Goldman Sachs walked away from a lucrative power plant deal in Ghana after its client, a Turkish energy company, wouldn't address red flags concerning its local partner, an executive of the investment bank tes... (more story)

xAI, MZX Tech say Mississippi residents' claims over data center plant 'meritless'

July 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: xAI and MZX Tech are seeking to dismiss public nuisance, negligence and emotional distress claims in a proposed class action filed by Mississippi residents alleging that a power plant fueling nea... (more story)

SpaceX argues it doesn't belong in Mississippi lawsuit over noise from data center power plant

July 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: SpaceX is asking to be dismissed from a proposed class action filed by Mississippi residents alleging that a power plant fueling nearby data centers is creating inescapable noise pollution becaus... (more story)

Technology View More

US Senate, House take different paths for social media as clock runs down

July 30, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The possible inclusion of a duty-of-care for social media companies will likely prevent US congressional action to craft new regulations this year governing social media, as the Senate and House are working on... (more story)

UK defense ministry's Afghan data breach a systemic failure, lawmakers say

July 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK Ministry of Defence’s 2022 data breach — the leak of a spreadsheet containing detailed personal information from more than 18,500 Afghan relocation applications — was a foreseeable systemi... (more story)

Hugging Face on EU radar over alleged AI-generated sexual abuse content (update*)

July 30, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Hugging Face, a popular platform for hosting open-source AI models, is under EU scrutiny after a research report alleged that it facilitates access to tools capable of generating non-consensual intimate images... (more story)