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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 21, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Flavia Fortes

North America

US Paramount-Warner case revives battle over Big Tech, market definition
US Rep. Debbie Dingel

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

July 21, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Mike Swift

North America

US House committee advances bill to shield consumers from AI energy costs

Data Privacy and Security

July 21, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Gig economy under scrutiny in Calif. privacy regulator's first industry audit

Antitrust View More

China links low-price competition in international markets to trade friction

July 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese companies are entering an unprecedented strategic window for international expansion, the country's top market regulator said, but warned that exporting low-price competition to international markets c... (more story)

New Zealand competition watchdog flags non-notified mergers as new priority

July 22, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has made  non-notified mergers a new long-term enforcement priority, saying failure to pursue anticompetitive acquisitions would undermine the country's voluntary merger-notif... (more story)

HOYA receives corrective recommendation for violating Japan's Subcontract Act

July 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: HOYA, a Japanese medical technology company, received a corrective recommendation for violating the Subcontract Act, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission and the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency said ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Indonesia finalizing plans for independent data-protection authority

July 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia is finalizing plans to establish an independent Personal Data Protection Authority as part of implementing the country's Personal Data Protection Law, Deputy Communications and Digital ... (more story)

Samsung, SK Hynix lead race as DRAM SEP market emerges

July 22, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

Artificial intelligence is fueling the emergence of a new market for licensing standard-essential patents covering memory technology, with Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology holding the strong... (more story)

Singapore, IAPP extend AI governance partnership, expand professional training

July 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority and the International Association of Privacy Professionals on Wednesday said they renewed their partnership for another three years, expanding AI ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Saipem-Subsea7 gain Turkish merger approval for tie-up

July 22, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Middle East

Energy services companies Saipem and Subsea7 have secured Turkish competition approval for their intended merger, according to an update on the regulator's website.

Amazon's bid for Globalstar cleared by Australian watchdog

July 22, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Amazon's proposed acquisition of US-based satellite communications company Globalstar has been approved by Australia's competition watchdog. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on Tu... (more story)

Hapag-Lloyd's bid for ZIM cleared by Australian watchdog

July 22, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Hapag-Lloyd's proposed acquisition of Israel-based container-shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has been approved by Australia's competition watchdog. The Australian Competition & ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

South Korea urged to strengthen oversight of children's AI chatbots

July 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: As artificial-intelligence chatbot services have become part of children's daily lives, South Korea needs a more coordinated response from the government, parliament and parents, the National Ass... (more story)

Japan's LY completes reports to regulators on unlawful data access

July 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: LY Corp., the operator of the LINE messaging app, said Tuesday that it has completed its reporting obligations to Japan's telecommunications and privacy regulators over the unlawful access to LIN... (more story)

Japan's privacy regulator signs MOU with Singapore counterpart

July 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission signed a memorandum of cooperation with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission on Monday to strengthen cross-border cooperation on pers... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Doyle named chairman of USITC

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Brett Doyle, one of President Trump's nominees to serve as commissioner for the US International Trade Commission, has been named chairman for a term expiring Dec. 16, 2030. 

China court reopens Morphy Richards trademark dispute over new evidence of hoarding

July 21, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's highest court has reopened a trademark-invalidation proceeding after ruling that later-emerging evidence of large-scale trademark hoarding constituted new facts that fell outside the scope of the "no r... (more story)

Indian court sides with ZARA in trademark dispute with ZORA

July 21, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

ZARA won an Indian trademark appeal after the Delhi High Court ordered cancellation of the "ZORA" mark, reaffirming the anti-dissection principle and extending protection for well-known trademarks across dissimilar goods.

Financial Crime View More

US FinCEN chief pressed by lawmakers of both parties to raise AML reporting cutoffs

July 21, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Senior US Treasury officials may take steps to raise the 1970 threshold for banks to file Suspicious Activity Reports and Currency Transaction Reports, though this measure wasn’t included in a related rule pro... (more story)

US drops part of former Goldman banker's bribery case ahead of trial

July 21, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Federal prosecutors told a US judge on Tuesday they will drop one element of the bribery scheme alleged in a corruption case against a former Goldman Sachs banker. At the final pretrial conference in federal c... (more story)

US seizes $25 million in scam-linked cryptocurrency

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, together with the US Secret Service Washington Field Office, announced that multiple investigations conducted by its Cyber Fraud Task Force ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Berenberg points to accounting irregularities following management departures

July 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: German private bank Berenberg pointed to accounting irregularities on Tuesday as it released its delayed 2025 results. The earnings statement follows the intervention of the financial regulator w... (more story)

Crypto platform founders ordered to pay $16.5m on false withdrawal reassurance charges

July 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission ordered Celsius cryptocurrency platform founders Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch “Nuke” Goldstein to pay a total of $16.5 million to resolve cha... (more story)

Financial firms told by EU watchdog to prepare for faster settlement system

July 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Financial services firms should finalize their preparations for the faster so-called T+1 trade settlement cycle in EU financial markets, the European Securities and Markets Authority has said in ... (more story)

Trade View More

China customs plans deeper digital links with e-commerce platforms, supply chains

July 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s customs authority plans to connect more closely with e-commerce platforms and companies’ production, warehousing and logistics systems to identify risks earlier and speed clearance for compliant busine... (more story)

US Commerce says China, Vietnam, Indonesia dumping, subsidizing plywood

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce said in a final determination that Indonesia, China and Vietnam are dumping and subsidizing imports of hardwood and decorative plywood. Commerce issued a negative de... (more story)

US, Jordan sign reciprocal trade agreement

July 21, 2026

Middle East, North America

MLex Summary: The US and Jordan signed a reciprocal trade agreement. Terms include providing duty-free access for almost all US goods, removing nontariff trade barriers for US sectors like agriculture and moto... (more story)

State Aid View More

Goldwind loses EU court bid to suspend subsidy probe

July 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has failed to persuade the EU’s General Court to suspend the European Commission’s in-depth foreign subsidies investigation into its activities. The court rejected the compa... (more story)

Goldwind sees EU court reject interim-measures request in foreign-subsidy probe

July 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind, a Chinese maker of wind turbines, has seen the EU's General Court reject its request for an interim suspension of an investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The court said... (more story)

Italian state aid compensating companies for energy costs approved by EU

July 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italian amendments to a 2021 program compensating energy-intensive companies for high electricity prices caused by carbon costs in the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme has received EU state aid clear... (more story)

Energy View More

EU methane rules guidance endorses trace-and-claim compliance for importers

July 20, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission issued two nonbinding recommendations to facilitate implementation of the EU Methane Regulation, endorsing trace-and-claim and certification systems for importers in complex supply chai... (more story)

Suspend EU methane import penalties for first three years, EU Commission says

July 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission recommended that EU countries suspend penalties for importers that fail to comply with the EU Methane Regulation between 2027 and 2029, while maintaining all underlying co... (more story)

EU carbon market overhaul highlights split between green groups, heavy industry

July 20, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The EU's planned overhaul of the its carbon market has highlighted a divide between industries that have made strides in decarbonization and environmental groups on one side and manufacturing sectors that have... (more story)

Technology View More

Chinese commerce ministry responds to EU €550m AliExpress fine

July 22, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said it was dissatisfied with and concerned about the European Commission’s decision to fine AliExpress 550 million euros under the EU Digital Services Act, according... (more story)

Trump formally nominates US FCC's Candeub to be US DOJ antitrust chief

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The White House has formally nominated Adam Candeub, general counsel of the US Federal Communications Commission, to be head of the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

UK's AI strategy gains prominence with minister now at center of government

July 21, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

AI policy has been moved closer to the center of the UK government in a ministerial reshuffle confirmed on Tuesday, with Kanishka Narayan retained as minister for AI. But his role will now sit within both the ... (more story)