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Data Privacy and Security

September 14, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Facebook’s Sandberg denies knowledge of Cambridge Analytica details
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 14, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount, Warner say deal will boost film output, streaming competition

Antitrust, Data Privacy and Security, Technology

September 11, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Madeline Hughes

North America

US courts keeping close eye on Big Tech privilege claims, evidence preservation

Antitrust View More

LinkedIn accounts are 'means of coercion,' US antitrust complaint says

September 14, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

LinkedIn has used its monopoly control in professional networking services markets to increase subscription costs and to coerce users to forgo the use of third-party software on its platform, a proposed class ... (more story)

Aetna exit from healthcare providers’ US antitrust suit mulled by judge

September 14, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Aetna may be headed toward an early exit from US antitrust litigation over an alleged conspiracy between Zelis Healthcare and major health insurance companies after a Massachusetts federal judge on Monday expr... (more story)

Global competition agencies can adapt through cooperation, network chair says

September 14, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

North America

Competition authorities should use international cooperation to test their approaches and adapt to rapidly changing markets rather than seek uniform answers, International Competition Network Chair Andrea Marv... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK AI regulation push amidst calls for global 'pacing' raises questions of impact

September 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

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

A UK parliamentary report published Monday calling for AI-specific legislation and a new AI oversight body adds to mounting pressure for British action on powerful AI models. It sits alongside recent calls to ... (more story)

X Corp. settles US antitrust claims against Apple

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: X Corp. notified a US court that it has resolved its claims accusing Apple of engaging in an anticompetitive agreement with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone operating system. US Distri... (more story)

OpenAI supports 'stronger UK rules' for AI development

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: OpenAI said it supports "stronger UK rules for the small number of companies developing the most powerful AI systems" in a statement Monday. Tom Duff Gordon, OpenAI's head of EMEA policy, said th... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

State merger battles same regardless of federal support, Calif. antitrust chief says

September 14, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

US states challenging mergers face the same battles with or without federal antitrust authorities, according to Paula Blizzard, senior assistant attorney general at the California Department of Justice.

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger filing revisions are excessive, competitors say

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Competitors to Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway argue that the merging parties' many post-submission changes to their merger application have resulted in unfairness for interes... (more story)

US DOJ's former top antitrust litigator returns to Winston Taylor

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: David Dahlquist, the US Department of Justice's former Director of Litigation in the Antitrust Division, has returned to Winston Taylor as a litigation partner and co-chair of the Antitrust & Com... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK pubs, restaurants, shops gain digital-ID option for alcohol sales

September 14, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Licensed businesses in England and Wales can now accept digital ID for alcohol sales, the UK government has said. The digital IDs would allow users to prove their age without having to disclose other personal ... (more story)

UK licensed businesses can accept digital ID for alcohol sales, government says

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Licensed businesses in England and Wales such as pubs, music venues, shops and restaurants can accept digital ID for alcohol sales from Tuesday, the UK government said. Customers could use a cert... (more story)

US FTC's Meador says commissioners can't be 'unaccountable technocrats'

September 14, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Claude Marx

North America

US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador said Monday that agency members can't and shouldn't operate as "unaccountable technocrats attempting to micromanage the economy." He also lauded the Supreme Court's de... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US judge denies USPTO more time to defend whistleblower report redactions

September 14, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

The clock is ticking on the US Patent and Trademark Office’s deadline to explain its redactions to an anonymous report alleging an Intel-linked effort to invalidate VLSI Technology patents before the Patent Tr... (more story)

US presses Supreme Court to leave IPR criteria to USPTO discretion

September 14, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A filing by the federal government in support of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s “settled expectations” policy goes beyond patent age to argue that because Congress never required inter partes review inst... (more story)

BRICS puts AI training, rights-holder remuneration on IP agenda

September 14, 2026 | Freny Patel

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America

BRICS countries at the their recent meeting have put IP rights in artificial-intelligence training and fair remuneration for rights holders on their cooperation agenda, while seeking a greater role in global AI governance.

Financial Crime View More

Businessman pleads guilty in US to illicit exports of aviation parts to Russia

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Andrei Samuilovski, who has citizenship in Estonia, Switzerland and Russia, pleaded guilty over his role in a scheme to illegally export US-origin aviation and aerospace parts to Russia in violat... (more story)

VTB Bank sanctioned by US over Iran ties

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned prominent Russian financial institution VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company for its involvement in Iranian sanction... (more story)

Former Nodus bank chief should get up to 15 years in prison, US says

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Tomas Niembro Concha, a co-owner of Nodus Bank who served as its president and chief executive, should serve 151 to 188 months in prison for leading a scheme to fraudulently obtain nearly $25 mil... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US House Republican 'bullish' on crypto bill due for Senate vote Tuesday

September 14, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

A senior US House Republican is "bullish" that a cryptocurrency procedural bill due to come up for a US Senate vote Tuesday will pass and eventually be adopted by that chamber before going to the House to face... (more story)

States call on Congress to preserve ability to protect investors from crypto scams

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan coalition of 17 other attorneys general in opposing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Clarity Act), according to a statement. In a let... (more story)

Crispin Odey loses court bid to overturn UK financial services ban

September 14, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

High-profile UK hedge-fund manager Crispin Odey has lost his bid to overturn his ban from the UK’s financial services industry but has seen a £1.8 million fine modestly reduced. A court ruling refusing his app... (more story)

Trade View More

South Korean producers challenge US Commerce order on transformers

September 14, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: South Korean producers Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp. and LS Electric Co. filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to contest the Commerce Department's August review of an antidumpi... (more story)

Chinese producer challenges latest US Commerce order on tires

September 14, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Chinese producer Qingdao Transamerica Tire Industrial Co., Ltd. has filed a challenge at the US Court of International Trade to the Commerce Department's August review of an antidumping order on ... (more story)

US industry, Vietnamese company file lawsuits against Commerce fish fillet order

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US catfish industry and a Vietnamese firm, Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd., filed separate lawsuits at the Court of International Trade to challenge the Commerce Department's August review of an ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Vindenergi challenging Danish aid for wind farms project at EU court

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Energy company Dansk Vindenergi is challenging the Danish government's €5 billion plan to back the construction and operation of the Hesselø and North Sea I Mid offshore wind farms at an EU court... (more story)

Czech TV operators ask EU judges to re-allow cancelled state aid

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: České Radiokomunikace, Digital Broadcasting and Česká televize, three Czech digital terrestrial television infrastructure operators, have asked the EU General Court to overturn a decision by the ... (more story)

China seeks information from French companies over EU subsidies

September 10, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce has sought information from several French companies operating in China about subsidies received from the EU and its member states. Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling s... (more story)

Energy View More

European truckmakers seek three-year delay to EU 2030 CO2 compliance deadline

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's 2030 CO2 compliance timeline for heavy-duty vehicles should be delayed by three years, European truck manufacturers said in a statement Monday. In a press release published by the automo... (more story)

Sectoral renewable-energy targets could be scrapped by EU in post-2030 overhaul

September 14, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Several sector-specific renewable-energy targets would be scrapped under the European Commission's preferred approach for overhauling the EU Renewable Energy Directive after 2030, according to a draft impact a... (more story)

UK seeks views on AI in energy system, including regulation, safety risks

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government is seeking views on its proposal that AI deployment in energy should lower consumers' bills, improve system efficiency and support decarbonization, while maintaining energy secu... (more story)

Technology View More

Uber drivers’ suit over alleged algorithmic pay tests GDPR rights, lawyer says

September 14, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Ride-hailing company Uber is facing collective legal action brought by a Dutch foundation on behalf of drivers over its alleged use of an AI-powered algorithm to set pay and allocate work. The case alleges tha... (more story)

Amazon, Google, Apple voice assistants face new UK rules on radio access

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri face new rules for voice assistants in the UK that would require them to let users play requested internet radio services, protect them from plat... (more story)

'EU Kids Act' to be presented by EU Commission this week (update*)

September 14, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

An "EU Kids Act" will be discussed by European commissioners this week before being adopted by written procedure and presented on Thursday, a spokesperson for the EU executive said Monday. The initiative follo... (more story)