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As intangible assets grow, IP-backed lending gains traction in US

US announces new Pax Silica initiatives on tech supply chains

Microsoft, AWS are cloud gatekeeper services that need regulating, EU says (update*)

EU tech head pitches digital sovereignty as allied interdependence, not US break

EU eyes standards to help commercialize quantum technology

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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade

June 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

CFIUS national security review just one tool in government's expanding toolkit
Alexandre Barreto, General Superintendent of CADE.

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 25, 2026 | Henrique Santiago and Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Barreto urges review of Brazil merger rules as he exits CADE
Wooden gavel resting next to a black spiral notebook on a light wood surface, with the handwritten words Crypto regulation and sketched bitcoin symbols on the cover. A pen lies at the bottom of the notebook.

Financial Services, Technology

June 25, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

Uneven global crypto implementation poses financial stability risks, BIS says
CFIUS national security review just one tool in government's expanding toolkit
Barreto urges review of Brazil merger rules as he exits CADE
Uneven global crypto implementation poses financial stability risks, BIS says

Antitrust View More

China reports 'phased' progress in building unified national market

June 26, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's efforts to build a unified national market have made what the State Council described as "phased progress," with the initiative's institutional foundations largely established despite ongoing challenge... (more story)

Indonesia regulator argues interest-rate ceilings can facilitate price fixing

June 26, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia

Indonesia’s competition regulator has elaborated the legal and economic basis for its record online lending cartel ruling, arguing that an industry-imposed interest-rate ceiling facilitated coordination among ... (more story)

Overseas documents expected in Australian Google adtech class action, court hears

June 26, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Google's Australian adtech class action has moved into the discovery phase, with the Federal Court ordering the tech giant to outline how documents produced in overseas antitrust proceedings and investigations... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Japan set to adopt social media election rules

June 26, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japanese lawmakers in the lower house approved a bill Friday aimed at curbing false and misleading election-related information, including artificial intelligence-generated content, that could influence electi... (more story)

China's AI, robotics startups surge as Beijing pushes advanced industries

June 26, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

China registered 373,000 new companies in strategic emerging and future industries from January through April, continuing the growth momentum from 2025. AI and robotics startups led the growth amid Beijing's p... (more story)

China's five-year energy plan backs AI integration, green power for data centers

June 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's15th Five-Year Plan for building a new type of energy system calls for expanding the "AI Plus" initiative in the energy sector by integrating computing infrastructure with energy planning ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Investment screening rules published in EU Official Journal

June 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A new framework under which EU countries must screen a common minimum set of sensitive foreign investments — including those relating to critical technologies and infrastructure — was formally re... (more story)

Japanese financial group SBI to buy crypto exchange Bitbank for $290 million

June 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial services group, said on Thursday it agreed to acquire, through its wholly owned subsidiary SBICAH, Bitbank, a Japanese crypto asset exchange operator, for 46.7 ... (more story)

Sika AG's proposed acquisition of Akkim reviewed in Australia

June 26, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Swiss chemicals company Sika AG’s proposal to acquire 100 percent of the equity in Akkim Yapı Kimyasalları Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, Akfix Kimya Lojistik Hizmetleri Limited Şirketi, Akde ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Australia plans to strengthen social media ban, prime minister says

June 26, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

The Australian government wants to strengthen its world-first social media ban for children under 16, the prime minister said. The move follows criticism from eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant that the la... (more story)

China seeks to boost AI-powered advertising with tighter regulatory guardrails

June 26, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China is seeking to balance the wider adoption of artificial intelligence in the advertising industry with tighter oversight of AI-generated content and personal-data protection, under a new policy document ai... (more story)

Three 'nudifying' AI services forced to withdraw from Australia, watchdog says

June 26, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia's online safety regulator, the eSafety Commissioner, on Friday said it has forced three more AI "nudifying" services to withdraw from the country after requiring them to implement age-v... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Industry backs use of mediation in SEP disputes despite transparency concerns

June 26, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

As standard-essential patent disputes increasingly span multiple jurisdictions, technology companies are promoting mediation as a complement to litigation, saying it can help address practical obstacles in lic... (more story)

US Supreme Court's refusal to hear India's TCS appeal deepens trade-secret divide

June 26, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia, North America

When the US Supreme Court declined Tata Consultancy Services' appeal, it left unresolved the most commercially significant question under the Defend Trade Secrets Act: whether avoided development costs alone c... (more story)

New York Times proposes third amended complaint against OpenAI, Microsoft

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The New York Times is requesting to file a third amended copyright complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft over their allegedly infringing artificial intelligence training. The new complaint featu... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Businessman appears in US court on PDVSA-linked money laundering charges

June 25, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A businessman made an initial appearance in Miami federal court Wednesday on charges he had laundered the proceeds of inflated contracts obtained by making bribe payments to officials of Venezuela’s state-run ... (more story)

Rwandan gold refinery sanctioned by US for enabling conflict minerals trade

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on a Gasabo Gold Refinery, which has acted as a key partner to Rwandan government officials and M23 rebels as t... (more story)

Bank Caceis UK to pay millions over WealthTek failings, says UK regulator

June 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Asset servicing bank Caceis UK has been censured and will pay £31.7 million to the clients of collapsed wealth manager WealthTek over compliance failures, following UK regulatory action on Thursday.

Financial Services View More

​Position on occupational pension fund overhaul agreed by EU countries

June 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Occupational pension funds will face updated governance, investment and cross-border rules under the EU's revised occupational pensions framework, after EU member states agreed their position on ... (more story)

US FDIC proposes easing of bank resolution plan requirements

June 25, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation proposed raising the dollar threshold for banks to submit resolution plans, or living wills, and reduce the frequency of banks’ filing requirements. The proposal is... (more story)

UK financial enforcement speeds up as firms engage with BOE earlier

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England has said there's a new trend of the subjects of investigations engaging with the bank earlier in its investigation and enforcement process. David Chaplin, the BOE's head of en... (more story)

Trade View More

Oil supply stabilizes as Middle East trade flows recover, EU says

June 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Oil supplies to the EU remain stable and trade flows from the Middle East are gradually recovering following the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, the EU's Oil Coordination Group said Thursday... (more story)

Senate questions five USITC nominees, including two patent experts

June 25, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The Senate Finance Committee considered five nominees to be commissioners of the US International Trade Commission on Thursday, a bipartisan slate that would return the agency to full strength for the first ti... (more story)

US, Uzbekistan announce preliminary early-harvest trade agreement

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US and Uzbekistan have reached an early-harvest trade agreement during US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s visit to Tashkent, the USTR’s office said. The preliminary details of the agree... (more story)

State Aid View More

Mead Johnson Nutrition should lose tax state aid appeal, says EU court opinion

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Baby food maker Mead Johnson Nutrition should lose its appeal against an EU state aid investigation into its tax arrangements in Gibraltar, according to a legal opinion prepared for the EU's top ... (more story)

Zenobē Energy's 'subsidy' review application dismissed by UK tribunal

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy's application for the Competition Appeal Tribunal to examine and rule on a “subsidy scheme” designed to promote development of energy storage projects has been dismissed by the cour... (more story)

QuantumDiamonds gets EU approval for chips facility state aid

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a German state aid program worth €76 million, intended to help QuantumDiamonds build a plant to make semiconductor-testing equipment. This will be the EU’s fi... (more story)

Energy View More

EU ministers review remaining issues in car CO2 overhaul, reaffirm COP31 unity

June 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU environment ministers reviewed the remaining policy choices in the proposed overhaul of CO2 standards for cars and vans during Thursday's Environment Council, focusing on 2030 and 2035 emissio... (more story)

Applications open for EU cross-border hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure projects

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Applications opened Thursday for hydrogen, electrolyzer, and CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure projects seeking EU recognition under the TEN-E Regulation, the bloc's framework for cro... (more story)

Simpler rules on industrial emissions, batteries backed by EU countries

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Rules simplifying requirements for industrial emissions, batteries and spatial data were approved by EU countries, which agreed their position on key parts of the environmental simplification pac... (more story)

Technology View More

Trump to nominate US FCC's Adam Candeub for DOJ Antitrust Division chief

June 25, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

President Donald Trump is set to nominate Adam Candeub, general counsel of the US Federal Communications Commission, to take over as assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division... (more story)

Private antitrust conference to feature US FTC, EU, state enforcers

June 25, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May

North America

Top US Federal Trade Commission officials as well as current and former antitrust enforcers from the EU and the UK are set to speak behind closed doors at conference organized by the economic consultancy NERA ... (more story)

US DOJ's Chetan Sanghvi to exit Antitrust Division next week

June 25, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Chetan Sanghvi, a deputy assistant attorney general at the US Department of Justice, will depart the agency next week which marks yet another high-profile departure from the Antitrust Division during the secon... (more story)