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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

Financial Crime

July 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Failed art-sale case holds lesson for UK's Russia sanctions prosecutors

Antitrust View More

Markets must be defined from consumers' view, US states say in GLP-1 antitrust case

July 21, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

The relevant market in antitrust litigation against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk over GLP-1 drugs should be defined from the perspective of consumers, the states of Texas and Louisiana said in an amicus brief filed Tuesday. 

Yacht sellers file second amended US antitrust complaint against associations, brokerage firms

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Ya Mon Expeditions and other plaintiffs filed their second amended US complaint accusing the International Yacht Brokers Association, Yacht Brokers Association of America and others of conspiring... (more story)

Eli Lilly, Nordisk seek expanded pleading bar in US case over GLP-1 drugs, Texas, Louisiana say

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The attorneys general for Texas and Louisiana told a US federal judge that accepting Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s motion to dismiss antitrust claims over GLP-1 drugs would heighten the pleading b... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

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)

UK shifts AI policy in departmental reorganization, scraps tech ministry

July 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK AI policy and engagement with the AI Security Institute is being moved to the Cabinet Office, a ministerial department that supports the work of the prime minister, the government announced as... (more story)

US Senator Warner releases AI framework

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, released his AI framework that focuses on addressing resource management, workers' rights and national security. The framework includes a variety of b... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US Paramount-Warner case revives battle over Big Tech, market definition

July 21, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Flavia Fortes

North America

For more than a decade, merging parties have pointed to the expansion of Big Tech into adjacent industries as evidence that traditional market boundaries no longer reflect competitive reality. That issue is no... (more story)

Vertex, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals filed US premerger notifications July 20

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals each filed their respective Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notifications with the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commissio... (more story)

Virginia SCC sets NextEra-Dominion pleading schedule, evidentiary hearing

July 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Virginia State Corporation Commission set the pleading schedule and scheduled the evidentiary hearing for NextEra Energy's proposed merger with Dominion Energy, according to an order for noti... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Singapore pushes PETs for trusted ASEAN data sharing

July 21, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Singapore is seeking to position privacy-enhancing technologies, or PETs, as an important tool for trusted cross-border data sharing across ASEAN as AI drives demand for secure access to sensitive data. The In... (more story)

Qantas report clarifies Australian privacy obligations after data breach

July 21, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia's privacy regulator has concluded that Qantas Airways likely did not breach the 1988 Privacy Act in connection with a 2025 data breach affecting around 5 million people, saying the airline had taken ... (more story)

China broadens child online safety campaign beyond content

July 21, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's cyberspace regulator has launched a four-month nationwide campaign to strengthen online protections for minors, broadening oversight from policing harmful content to governing the technological infrast... (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

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)

US Commerce preliminarily says Indonesia, Malaysia subsidizing fatty acids

July 21, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce made a preliminary determination that Indonesia and Malaysia are subsidizing imports of fatty acids. Commerce assigned preliminary subsidy rates of 16.48 and 16.47 p... (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

ChatGPT, Gemini need stronger electoral prompt safeguards, EU campaigners say

July 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini should adopt "stronger safeguards" for election-related prompts, a study by the Civil Liberties Union for Europe said. The campaign group tested how the AI sy... (more story)

UK tech, AI and online safety regulation pose pressing questions for Burnham

July 20, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

As Andy Burnham takes power in the UK, he faces immediate tech policy questions. Reports that he could fold the technology ministry into a larger business department have alarmed tech advocates, while question... (more story)

UK watchdog's online suicide forum enforcement hits jurisdictional limits (*update)

July 20, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

An online suicide forum won't face further action under the Online Safety Act after UK regulator Ofcom said all available legal routes had been exhausted. The watchdog said a geoblock is preventing access for ... (more story)