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US FTC proposal to preempt state AI laws raises First Amendment concerns

Groupe Canal+ seeks EU top court's view on consent for promotional emails

Big win over Google steels EU enforcer and marginalizes key economic test

US declines to renew trade pact with Mexico, Canada

Google told to pay $1.5bn damages to Klarna's PriceRunner by Swedish court

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Antitrust

July 06, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

World Snooker says UK damages suit evidence needs narrowing
Front pages of Belgian newspapers published in French

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

July 03, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Rossel-IPM merger wins Belgian approval with media plurality safeguards
Football in colors of the Brazilian flag

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 03, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Soccer bloc FFU faces full-form antitrust review in Brazil
World Snooker says UK damages suit evidence needs narrowing
Rossel-IPM merger wins Belgian approval with media plurality safeguards
Soccer bloc FFU faces full-form antitrust review in Brazil

Antitrust View More

Prime Therapeutics faces US price-fixing claims from pharmacies

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Trust LLC and nearly 5,000 pharmacies filed a US complaint accusing Prime Therapeutics of entering into a price-fixing agreement with Express Scripts on pharmaceutical reimbursement rates and rel... (more story)

Medtronic loses bid to overturn jury verdict in US medical-device case

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A California federal judge denied Medtronic's motion for judgment as matter of law, upholding a jury verdict finding that the company illegally stifled competition in the market for certain medic... (more story)

Lenaerts set to be reappointed as judge for EU top court

July 06, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Koen Lenaerts, a judge at the EU higher-tier court and currently the president of the institution, is on track to be reappointed for another mandate, according to documents seen by MLex. EU member states are s... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Anthropic says DOD 'decision' can't substitute for pre-decisional process

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Anthropic told a US appeals court that the Department of Defense’s “June decision” does not cure the defects in its original security risk designation of the company. Anthropic argued that the de... (more story)

UK watchdogs should assess AI powers gap, financial regulator told in review

July 06, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK watchdogs should consider whether they need greater powers to oversee AI when increasingly autonomous systems create harms that firm-by-firm supervision cannot capture, a report published by the Financial C... (more story)

UK finance regulator told to prepare for increasingly capable AI

July 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Adapting the UK regulatory framework to increasingly capable AI, monitoring the shift to autonomous models and building AI-enabled supervision should be among the priorities for the UK financial ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Chemical firms Solstice, Element plan $14.5 billion merger

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Chemical producers Solstice Advanced Materials and Element Solutions have signed onto a $14.5 billion merger, according to a press release issued by the two companies. 

Brazil’s CADE allows Abra to join review of Azul-American deal, rejects two others

July 06, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority's Superintendence concluded that airline holding company Abra was the only applicant that met the criteria to participate in the review of American Airlines’ proposed $100 m... (more story)

Va. lieutenant governor urges delay for NextEra, Dominion application

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Virginia Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi sent a letter to the State Corporation Commission today urging it to issue an order requesting Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy not submit their acqu... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU Commission objects to French under-15 social media bill

July 06, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The European Commission told France on Monday that amendments adopted by the French Senate to a proposed ban on social media access for children under 15 are not compatible with EU law, requiring French lawmak... (more story)

US privacy enforcement remains conventional under increasingly politicized FTC

July 06, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has taken a conventional approach to enforcement of privacy matters, even as his commission has taken a more disruptive approach to other issues.

TikTok settles Fla. teen's social media addiction claims ahead of bellwether trial

July 06, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

TikTok has reached a settlement in principle with a Florida teenager ahead of the second bellwether trial over claims that social media platforms were designed to addict children. The agreement, which follows ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

USPTO drops ‘Board of Peace’ trademark applications, ending unusual legal test

July 06, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

The USPTO abandoned trademark applications it filed for President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," ending an unprecedented attempt to register marks it acknowledged it did not own.

Google, Meta, Streamz contest Belgian copyright payments at EU court

July 06, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Google, Meta Platforms, Spotify and Belgian streaming platform Streamz told the EU's highest court Monday that Belgium's requirement for streaming platforms to make additional payments to authors and performer... (more story)

Louis Vuitton win over Molly Tea fuels trademark debate in China

July 06, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Louis Vuitton Malletier has won a trademark-infringement lawsuit against Chinese milk tea chain Molly Tea, in a ruling that has sparked debate over how far trademark law should protect a four-petal flower logo.

Financial Crime View More

Trader should receive credit for cooperation in Halkbank sanctions case, US says

July 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A leader of an Iran sanctions-evasion and money-laundering scheme should receive credit at sentencing for his cooperation with US investigators and his testimony in a 2017 trial, prosecutors said Monday. Reza ... (more story)

US details trader's cooperation in Halkbank sanctions violations case

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Reza Zarrab, a trader who was born in Iran and grew up in Turkey, should receive credit at sentencing for his cooperation with US investigators and his testimony in a 2017 trial, even though he w... (more story)

Adani ‘name and shame’ case should be dismissed, US DOJ official tells court

July 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and several others should be dismissed because the conduct occurred abroad and involved foreigners, the case is difficult to prove and it is inconsisten... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Swedish-based Klarna latest fintech seeking to become US bank

July 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Stockholm-based Klarna, known for its buy-now, pay-later services, has become the latest financial technology company to apply to become a regulated US bank. “Banking is built on trust,” Sebastian Siemiatkowsk... (more story)

Digital euro expected to face full EU assembly vote, but likely to pass

July 06, 2026 | Helena Freitas, Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Parliament’s digital euro position is set to face a full assembly vote on Thursday, as the far-right Patriots for Europe group is expected to challenge the committee’s mandate to start talks with ... (more story)

Etrading Software Netherlands selected as EU's consolidated tape provider

July 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Etrading Software Netherlands has been selected as the EU’s consolidated tape provider for over-the-counter derivatives, the European Securities and Markets Authority said Monday. Once authorized... (more story)

Trade View More

Advocates, industries take different stance on US tariffs on Brazil products

July 06, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Representatives of US and Brazilian industries testified Monday about 25 percent Section 301 tariffs on Brazilian imports at a US Trade Representative hearing Monday, with the long-grain rice industry warning ... (more story)

US Commerce opens Section 232 probe into anthracite coal imports

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department opened a Section 232 trade investigation into imports of anthracite coal.

USITC votes to determine Japanese cranes injure domestic industry

July 06, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission voted unanimously to determine a domestic industry is injured by dumped Japanese imports of lattice-boom crawler cranes. This means antidumping duties will b... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU outlines data-protection approach in enforcing foreign-subsidies law

July 01, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

PostNord's 2017 capital injection into Post Danmark undergoing state aid probe

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PostNord Group's capital injection of 1 billion Danish krone (approximately €134 million) into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017 is undergoing an in-depth probe to assess whether it was in line... (more story)

Open Markets says US Supreme Court 'grossly usurped' Congress in Slaughter case

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute said the US Supreme Court has "grossly usurped Congress' constitutional authority" by ruling the president could remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners at will, ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU businesses’ sustainability reporting simplified by the EU Commission

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU businesses’ reporting on sustainability issues is simplified by the revised reporting standards adopted on Friday by the European Commission. The measures, an implementing text, reduce the num... (more story)

New 'small mid-cap company' category backed by EU lawmakers in committee

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers in committee backed new rules creating a new category of small mid-cap companies, following a provisional agreement with member states earlier this month. The agreed text will now go... (more story)

EU clean-energy projects face shorter approval deadlines under lawmakers' plan

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Renewable energy developers, grid operators and storage companies could face faster permitting decisions under draft rules backed Thursday by the European Parliament’s energy committee. Part of t... (more story)

Technology View More

US Supreme Court declines to intervene in challenge to Texas app store law

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Supreme Court declined to intervene in the Computer & Communications Industry Association's constitutional challenge to Texas’ SB 2420, the App Store Accountability Act. The US Court of Ap... (more story)

eBay gets German request to address alleged Digital Services Act breaches

July 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: eBay has been asked by Germany's Digital Services Coordinator to respond to and remedy alleged breaches of the EU's Digital Services Act after the regulator identified shortcomings in its user-ri... (more story)

Porn platforms’ risk assessments under EU digital law fall short, report says

July 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos failed to fully meet any of the nine risk-assessment criteria reviewed by the Digital Intimacy Coalition, according to a new report. The analysis says the platforms... (more story)