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Financial Crime

September 09, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Russian billionaire Abramovich loses third appeal against EU sanctions
Photo illustration of a Canadian passport resting atop a U.S. flag

Trade

September 09, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trump signs US orders to ban certain Canadian goods

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

September 08, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Calif. legislature sends data center bills to governor

Antitrust View More

Ganuza takes reins of Spanish competition authority

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Juan José Ganuza Fernández is the new president of the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, the Spanish authority announced on Wednesday. New members have also joined the board of ... (more story)

European Leagues expand EU complaint against FIFA

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Leagues has expanded its antitrust complaint against FIFA to include the women’s international match calendar. It argues that FIFA’s dual role as regulator and competition organizer lets... (more story)

Philips fined in Romania for obstructing antitrust dawn raid

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Philips Romania has been fined more than 5 million lei ($1.1 million) for providing incomplete data during an onsite inspection at its headquarters. In July, the national competition authority ra... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Tech giants need ban on creating AI-powered 'digital twins,' UK lawmaker says

September 09, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Tech companies would have to get explicit consent from people in the UK before creating AI-powered digital replicas of them under legislation proposed by a lawmaker on Wednesday. Chi Onwurah's Personal Data (D... (more story)

China top court issues first AI dispute guidelines, leaves copyright questions open

September 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has issued its first judicial guidelines for artificial-intelligence disputes, clarifying fault, platform liability and evidentiary burdens while leaving unresolved whether training AI models... (more story)

OpenAI eyes South Korean 'inference residency' amid rapid ChatGPT growth

September 09, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea remains one of ChatGPT’s fastest-growing markets, with OpenAI working to bring "inference residency" to the country by securing sufficient domestic computing power, the head of its South Korean ope... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Rental housing providers Independence Realty Trust, Centerspace intend to merge

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Multifamily housing owner Independence Realty Trust and apartment complex operator Centerspace plan to combine in an all-stock merger with a total enterprise value of $8 billion.

Fox-Roku deal faces in-depth US DOJ antitrust review

September 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Fox and Roku have received a second request from the US Department of Justice over their proposed $22 billion deal, extending the antitrust review of a transaction that would bring together Fox's media assets ... (more story)

Fox, Roku receive second request from US DOJ for information on deal

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Fox and Roku received a request for additional information from the US Department of Justice regarding their $22 billion deal, according to filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Plan to lighten UK companies' reporting burdens could tighten over cyber risks

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A proposed overhaul of UK corporate reporting rules could simplify procedures for swathes of companies and support long-term economic growth, the government has said as it published a consultatio... (more story)

BBVA faces €5.5m Italian GDPR fine over failed marketing opt-out

September 09, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili

Europe

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s Italian branch has been fined €5.5 million by the country's data protection authority after it failed to implement a customer’s in-app marketing objection in its customer rela... (more story)

US FTC withdraws Health Breach Notification Rule policy statement

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has rescinded a 2021 policy statement that applied the Health Breach Notification Rule to health applications and connected devices, calling the statement "obsolet... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

EU aims to unlock €10bn in IP-backed finance a year with new Innovation Act

September 09, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The EU is looking to patents and other intellectual property assets to become a bigger source of financing for European companies, with its European Innovation Act aiming to unlock €10.2 billion a year while t... (more story)

China top IP court refines patent judgments amid rise in emerging-industry cases

September 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top intellectual property court is reshaping its approach to judgments to better coordinate infringement litigation with administrative patent challenges, amid a sharp rise in cases involving strategic... (more story)

Japan ramps up public spending on content as Cool Japan Fund falters

September 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan is seeking a sharp increase in public spending on creators and the content industry just as mounting losses at the government-backed Cool Japan Fund force policymakers to reconsider an earlier model for ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Judge improperly threw out businessman’s bribery conviction, US says in appeal

September 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US judge abused his authority when he tossed out the foreign bribery conviction of a Texas-based Mexican businessman, federal prosecutors said in their appeal of the judge’s decision.

US asks appellate courts to vacate Corporate Transparency Act decisions

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US is asking the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in two cases to vacate decisions relating to the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act so it can go to a lower court a... (more story)

Iranian airlines, intermediaries sanctioned by US

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Under Operation Economic Outcast, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 36 targets for supporting Iran’s aviation sector, which the regime uses to move weapons,... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Securities issuers invited to comment on revised EU prospectus disclosure guidance

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has proposed changes to prospectus disclosure guidance, following recent reforms to EU listing rules. The consultation focuses on clarifying what inf... (more story)

US SEC subpoenas investment advisor ISS after refusal to comply with investigation

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed investment advisor International Shareholder Services for information about its compliance with federal securities laws after the company refu... (more story)

Quick EU bank prudential changes risk ‘race to bottom,’ commission official says

September 08, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Almorò Rubin de Cervin, a senior European Commission official, on Tuesday rejected banks’ calls for immediate, targeted changes to EU prudential rules, warning that such moves could trigger a race to the botto... (more story)

Trade View More

Report warns EU energy-independence goals at risk from investment and grid gaps

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU efforts to end dependence on Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the clean-energy transition face investment and implementation gaps that could put longer-term goals at risk, the European Cour... (more story)

EU plan to end Russian energy dependency looks stalled, auditors' report warns

September 09, 2026 | Ryan Harrison and Louis Crosnier de Briant

Europe

EU member states have so far committed less than a fifth of the €300 billion in funding available for projects under the REPowerEU plan to end dependence on Russian fossil fuels and speed the green energy tran... (more story)

EU duties on subsidized Indonesian steel products were valid, EU court rules

September 09, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

Chinese-owned Indonesian steel company IRNC has lost its appeal against EU trade-defense measures imposed in 2022 to counter imports of subsidized stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in Indon... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU to press ahead with FSR information requests outside the bloc, official says

September 08, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Asia, Europe

The European Commission will continue asking for information under the EU foreign subsidies rules for mergers despite China's instructions to its companies not to cooperate with the requests, an official from ... (more story)

Belgian funding for Flemish nature reserves wasn’t state aid, EU says

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Public funding by authorities in Belgium’s Flanders region to non-profit groups Natuurpunt Beheer, Durme and Limburgs Landschap to acquire land and transform it into nature reserves did not const... (more story)

Germany’s €400m aid to Sanofi for insulin production wins EU clearance

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU state aid clearance to give €400 million of support to drugmaker Sanofi, to cover the costs of a program designed to strengthen the resilience of its supply of insulin. The... (more story)

Energy View More

Agribusiness faces uncertainty as UN land-degradation talks stall

September 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

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

Agribusinesses and investors face continued uncertainty over global drought rules, after UN land talks in Mongolia in August pushed a decision on the issue to the next conference in 2028, exposing how geopolit... (more story)

EU faces no immediate oil supply risk despite Middle East volatility, task force says

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU faces no immediate oil supply problems, despite instability in the Middle East driving significant price volatility, according to the Oil Coordination Group, which brings together EU count... (more story)

EU countries press for clarity on post-2030 carbon market overhaul

September 08, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU countries are pressing the European Commission to rethink key elements of its proposed post-2030 Emissions Trading System overhaul, an internal document shows. The text compiles comments from 17 countries r... (more story)

Technology View More

Tech firms face UK monitoring over efforts to curb AI deepfakes

September 09, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Tech platforms face active monitoring over their efforts to stop the spread of illegal intimate images — including AI-generated deepfakes — after the UK regulator announced a new enforcement program. Ofcom sai... (more story)

Online platforms face UK deadline to curb spread of illegal deepfakes

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms have three weeks to put measures in place to stop illegal intimate images — including AI-generated deepfakes — from spreading on their services, the UK's online safety watchdog h... (more story)

Japan's DPA to broaden consultations on amended privacy-law rules

September 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s data protection authority plans to broaden stakeholder consultations as it drafts implementation rules for the amended privacy law. The Personal Information Protection Commission said Wed... (more story)