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Utility of US consumer laws in spotlight after AI hacking incident

Congress takes aim at familiar foil in US economic espionage prosecutions

Patent pools shape SEP licensing choices in court disputes

Independent auditor overseeing US Meta compliance seen as linchpin to deal

Belgian moves on ratifying EU-Canada trade deal put focus on other holdouts

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Antitrust

August 31, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Calif. bill targeting single-firm conduct heads to governor's desk

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 31, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount seeks dismissal of consumers’ amended US challenge to Warner merger
An illustration of Facebook's personal data collection from Cambridge Analytica

Data Privacy and Security

August 28, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica
Calif. bill targeting single-firm conduct heads to governor's desk
Paramount seeks dismissal of consumers’ amended US challenge to Warner merger
Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica

Antitrust View More

Grubhub’s US antitrust claims against Visa, Mastercard dismissed with prejudice

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Grubhub Holding's US antitrust claims against Visa and Mastercard over network and interchange fees have been dismissed with prejudice pursuant to a stipulation of dismissal, US District Judge Ed... (more story)

EmblemHealth conceded US sham litigation claims fail, Alexion says

August 31, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

EmblemHealth has conceded it cannot establish antitrust standing to pursue its remaining claims over alleged sham litigation as part of its antitrust suit over Soliris, Alexion Pharmaceuticals said in a motion for judgment.

iFood reports rival Keeta over alleged predatory pricing in Brazil

August 31, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: iFood, Brazil’s leading food delivery app, has filed a formal complaint against Keeta, a new entrant in the market, alleging predatory pricing practices in the country. The tech firm requested th... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Tempus AI pulling, refiling US antitrust paperwork for Personalis buyout

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Health technology company Tempus AI withdrew the US federal premerger antitrust form for its proposed acquisition of cancer diagnostics firm Personalis on Aug. 31, and the company intends to resu... (more story)

Calif. legislature approves No Robo Bosses Act

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  The California Legislature has approved SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act of 2026, which would would require human oversight of artificial intelligence systems in the workplace to prevent abuses. “... (more story)

Calif. legislature approves bill to require data centers to bear their costs

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The California Legislature has approved SB 1168, which is designed to protect Californians from skyrocketing utility rates caused by data centers. SB 1168 directs the California Public Utilities ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Drugmakers Eli Lilly, AtaiBeckley saw US merger antitrust wait period expire

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US premerger antitrust review wait period for the merger of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and psychiatric biotech firm AtaiBeckley expired on Aug. 28, according to a filing with the US Secur... (more story)

Revised Paramount-Warner case management approved by US judge

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The federal judge presiding over US states' and the Writers Guild of America's challenge to Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has approved the parties' revised case management plan.

Food delivery platform Foodora probed in Austria for abuse of dominance

August 31, 2026 | Anna Ferrari and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Foodora, a Delivery Hero brand, is under investigation in Austria for suspected abuse of dominance, following a sector inquiry concerning online food delivery platforms. The competition authority is looking in... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Former Meta employees who shared documents crucial to US AGs' cases

August 31, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Whistleblowers who took and shared documents from Meta Platforms, as well as other former employees, were crucial to the cases brought by US attorneys general against the company.

Amazon sued by US FTC, states over alleged secret ad surcharge scheme

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission and 22 states have accused Amazon of allegedly engaging in deceptive and unfair practices that secretly inflated prices in its online search advertising auctions, ... (more story)

US judges deny Virginia motion to end injunction of social media time limit

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Judges for the The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied Virginia's request to stay the preliminary injunction currently barring the state from enforcing its law limiting t... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Philips scores partial patent victory over Quectel in US jury verdict

August 31, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A US jury has handed Philips a partial win in its long-running patent battle with Quectel Wireless Solutions, finding that the Chinese cellular-module maker infringed one patent and awarding about $3 million i... (more story)

Japanese AI-image copyright fight could bring first court test of human creativity

August 31, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A dispute over commercially sold beauty images made using generative artificial intelligence is moving through courts in Tokyo and Osaka, potentially giving Japanese courts an early opportunity to decide when ... (more story)

SerpApi accuses Reddit of monopolizing users' content in US case

August 28, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: SerpApi filed counterclaims seeking a declaratory judgment against Reddit over access to its data, arguing that Reddit has breached its own privacy policy by limiting access to user-created conte... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Limits on access to beneficial ownership data face EU top court review

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU Court of Justice has been asked to clarify when beneficial owners — the individuals who ultimately own or control a company or other legal entity — can restrict access to their information... (more story)

Egyptian bank’s UAE branches targeted by US over money laundering concerns

August 28, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US Treasury Department deemed United Arab Emirates-based branches of an Egyptian bank a money laundering concern, moving to block their access to US correspondent banking over business with Iranian clients.

Australia's Austrac begins issuing anti-money laundering compliance notices

August 28, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Austrac, Australia's financial crimes regulator, announced that it has begun issuing notices to businesses that appear to be providing designated services but have not enrolled under the country'... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Kalshi imposes first lifetime ban on former US Representative Santos

August 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Kalshi, the largest US prediction market, said it's imposing its first-ever lifetime ban on disgraced former Representative George Santos, for betting on his own attendance at President Trump’s 2026 State of t... (more story)

Singapore, Indonesia operationalize local currency framework for bilateral trade

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Bank Indonesia and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have operationalized a local currency transaction framework for bilateral trade, enabling settlements in Indonesian rupiah and the Singapore... (more story)

Singapore commits $174 million to accelerate AI, emerging tech in finance

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore’s financial regulator will commit S$220 million ($174 million) over three years to accelerate the adoption and deployment of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies acro... (more story)

Trade View More

Canada's forced-labor import bill aims to address US, domestic concerns

August 31, 2026 | Yuqing Yang

North America

The Canadian government is pressing ahead with its work on a tougher forced-labor import ban, a move toward easing trade tensions with the US and satisfying domestic concerns. Bill C-35, introduced ten days af... (more story)

USITC erred in finding on fresh tomatoes, Mexican firms say

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A coalition of Mexican producers filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to contest the International Trade Commission’s negative determination of “changed circumstances” in the an... (more story)

US Customs says importer evaded citric acid duties on China

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection said importer Daffodil Pharmachem Private Limited evaded antidumping and antisubsidy duties on citric acid and certain citrate salts from China. CBP said the comp... (more story)

State Aid View More

Tata’s planned €2bn Dutch subsidy puts EU green-aid test in focus

August 28, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Tata Steel Nederland’s proposed €2 billion Dutch subsidy will need to show environmental improvements that wouldn’t otherwise take place as part of the EU state aid approval process, competition chief Teresa R... (more story)

Italy's €285m plan to offset fuel, fertilizer price hikes wins EU approval

August 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies active in agriculture, fisheries or aquaculture suffering from increased fuel and fertilizer prices due to the crisis in the Middle East will be eligible for direct grants and tax advan... (more story)

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

Energy View More

Strengthen EU electricity grid security rules, operators’ association says

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU energy security rules should set common standards for protecting electricity grids against physical, cyber and hybrid threats, according to the European Network of Transmission System Operator... (more story)

Oil and gas industry seeks three-year delay to EU methane import rules

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU methane rules for oil and gas imports should be postponed for three years because the systems needed for companies to comply are not yet fully in place, industry groups such as Eurogas, Energy... (more story)

UN land talks mobilize $1.3bn; again fail to reach drought deal

August 31, 2026

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

MLex Summary: COP17, a conference held in Mongolia organized by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, has ended with a $1.3 billion financing portfolio for land restoration and drought resilience. But c... (more story)

Technology View More

EU will monitor TikTok Shop’s impact on minors, parliament says

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU has said it will continue to monitor TikTok’s impact on young consumers since it rolled out its shopping feature in four more member states on June 15. In response to a parliamentary quest... (more story)

ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox receive designations under EU’s DSA

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: ChatGPT has been designated as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the EU’s Digital Services Act, while Reddit and Roblox have been designated as Very Large Online Platforms, the European Com... (more story)

ChatGPT, Roblox, Reddit designated under EU digital rulebook (update*)

August 31, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Júlia Tar

Europe

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been designated as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the EU’s Digital Services Act, bringing it under the bloc’s strictest online safety regime. US gaming platform Roblox and online ... (more story)