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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

August 04, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US states' scrutiny of OpenAI follows mounting concerns over Hugging Face hack

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

Antitrust View More

Amazon faces antitrust claims from New Jersey over treatment of drivers

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Amazon has been accused by New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport of illegally using its market power to suppress wages for driver employees of “delivery service partners.” The complaint ... (more story)

Organic shops trade group Synadis Bio and members appeal French antitrust fine

August 04, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Organic shops trade group Synadis Bio and some of its members have appealed a fine issued in April by the French competition authority, MLex has learned. The watchdog found that they had colluded to allocate o... (more story)

Agrana, Lucsor Impex hit with Romanian fines over sugar prices

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Agrana Romania, its sales and marketing unit, and Lucsor Impex have been fined a total of more than 52 million lei ($11.4 million) for restricting competition in Romania’s sugar market, the count... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Perplexity AI gets US injunction blocking AI agent on Amazon overturned

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Amazon’s claims against Perplexity AI under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act are unlikely to succeed, according to a US appeals court. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that the... (more story)

Legal services providers get UK govt advisory sandbox for AI deployment

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Law firms and other legal services providers developing or deploying AI are being offered coordinated access to UK regulators through a new advisory sandbox aimed at clarifying how existing rules... (more story)

South Korea plans special law for AI, chip mega-projects

August 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources on Tuesday said it aims to enact a law this year to facilitate the swift implementation of three mega-projects on semiconductors, physical ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Charter, Cox support Calif. PUC Commissioner's alternate proposed decision

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Charter and Cox prefer California Public Utilities Commissioner Matthew Baker's alternate proposed decision to the regulatory resolution of their proposed merger. The companies say his view is in... (more story)

Vivendi, Lagardère appeal merger gun-jumping probe at top EU court

August 04, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

French media conglomerate Vivendi and its Lagardère business have gone to the EU’s top court to challenge the European Commission's seizure of documents in a merger infringements probe. The probe centers on su... (more story)

Ingredion chief says antitrust filings for Tate & Lyle deal 'on track'

August 04, 2026 | Jon Menon

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Ingredion Chief Executive Officer Jim Zallie said that that filings with regulators are on target as the company pursues approvals from authorities for its acquisition of British rival specialist ingredients m... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU Commission to study US court's Slaughter ruling for impact on data transfer deal

August 04, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe, North America

The European Commission said Tuesday it will continue to "carefully analyze" any implications of the US Supreme Court's decision giving the US president the authority to fire an independent US agency commissio... (more story)

Trust in organizations’ use of personal data declines, UK privacy regulator says

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: More than a quarter of UK adults surveyed by the Information Commissioner's Office said their trust in organizations using their personal data had declined over the past year, the ICO said in a r... (more story)

Apple revives UK encryption fight with second legal challenge (update*)

August 04, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Apple has filed a second legal challenge against a UK government notice that could require access to encrypted user data under the Investigatory Powers Act. A tribunal hearing is scheduled for September, to c... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China links export-control violations to exit-ban risk

August 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese authorities will be able to bar citizens from leaving the country over export-control or technology-transfer violations that may endanger China’s industrial or technology security, under new State Coun... (more story)

Japan court rejects copyright bid to remove online criticism

August 04, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has ruled that reproducing copyrighted images in online posts criticizing the images themselves can qualify as lawful quotation, rejecting an attempt by a copyright own... (more story)

Louis Vuitton, Molly Tea dispute tests China's trademark boundaries

August 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Louis Vuitton's trademark victory over Chinese tea chain Molly Tea has sparked a broad legal debate that has expanded well beyond the 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) damages award to questions about public cult... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Freeze on Alison-Madueke's UK cash ended following bribery trial acquittal

August 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has had tens of thousands of pounds unfrozen by UK enforcers following her acquittal on bribery charges. The former head of the Organization of the Petroleum... (more story)

Barclays faces UK legal claim by MFS administrators

August 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Market Financial Solutions is suing Barclays at a London court, as the fallout continues from the collapse of the lender amid allegations of fraud. While details of the claim haven’t been made public, the case... (more story)

UK pension advisers have industry bans upheld on appeal but fines slashed

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Two pensions advisers in the UK have had their bans upheld for giving the wrong advice to customers, but their fines have been significantly reduced. The Upper Tribunal  on Tuesday agreed with th... (more story)

Financial Services 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)

Trade View More

US Commerce says Indonesia surged fatty acid imports

August 04, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily said critical circumstances exist for imports of fatty acids from Indonesia, after finding Indonesia producers surged product following the initiation of ... (more story)

India’s EU carbon levy bill less than average emissions suggest, think tank says

August 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

India’s exports could face gross annual costs of €407 million under the EU carbon border levy by 2034, far below the €762 million estimated using national average emissions, according to a report by think tank... (more story)

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)

State Aid View More

Spanish order compensating JGC for changes to renewables aid draws EU probe

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An arbitration award — ordering Spain to compensate Japan’s JGC Holdings for changes to a program supporting renewable electricity production — has drawn an in-depth EU investigation. The probe s... (more story)

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)

Energy View More

Nuclear assessed for inclusion in data-center rating system, EU Commission says

August 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission said it is assessing whether nuclear power should be recognized under the EU's planned data-center rating system after receiving feedback from member states and stakeholders. The EU's e... (more story)

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)

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)

Technology View More

China cracks down on online accounts undermining business, entrepreneurs

August 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's central cyberspace regulator on Tuesday said it has taken enforcement action against a series of accounts accused of infringing on the legal rights of businesses and entrepreneurs, acting... (more story)

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)

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.