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Meta researcher found US state AGs' addictive claims 'hard to refute,' jury hears

US trade court judge pushes DOJ for refund answers

Meta, TikTok face Nov. 19 hearing in Italian child-safety case

US federal, state officials fighting AI cyber threats with existing laws

Multiple Meta executives were against cosmetic beauty filters, Tennessee jury hears

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Artificial Intelligence

August 19, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

US NIST urges companies to fight AI risks with AI

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 19, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

US rail board must decide if Union Pacific merger rationale is plausible

Trade

August 19, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe, North America

EU, Canada aiming to conclude digital trade agreement by Oct 29-30 summit
US NIST urges companies to fight AI risks with AI
US rail board must decide if Union Pacific merger rationale is plausible
EU, Canada aiming to conclude digital trade agreement by Oct 29-30 summit

Antitrust View More

South Korean shipping-line antitrust appeals near rulings after final hearings

August 20, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korean shipping lines’ long-running appeals against antitrust fines over freight-rate coordination are nearing judgment, with the Seoul High Court planning to issue rulings across the related cases aroun... (more story)

South Korea passes competition, subcontracting reforms on damages suits

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday passed changes aimed at making it easier for businesses to pursue damages claims and seek reinvestigation of competition and subcontracting complaints.... (more story)

Australian parliament approves $215m tax on Big Tech to fund news

August 20, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

The Australian Parliament approved the News Bargaining Incentive, requiring large social-media and search companies to either fund Australian news outlets through commercial deals or pay a 2.75 percent levy on... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Scaling AI in EU requires integrated capital market, says ECB’s Lagarde

August 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Europe faces two main barriers to growing AI companies, including internal barriers within the EU's Single Market and fragmented capital markets, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Cent... (more story)

South Korea creates new legal pathway for personal-data use in AI development

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act allowing lawfully collected personal data to be used for artificial intelligence develop... (more story)

China MIIT think tank plans AI ethics-review center as oversight expands

August 20, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A research arm of China’s top industry regulator is preparing to establish a technology ethics service center that will conduct artificial-intelligence ethics reviews and advise companies, as Beijing moves to ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Henkel seeks EU approval to buy coatings specialist Stahl

August 20, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

German company Henkel has requested EU approval for its plans to acquire Dutch specialty coatings company Stahl. The European Commission has set a provisional Sept. 22 deadline to decide on the €2.1 billion de... (more story)

Japan's Mitsubishi Electric to buy US PCI Energy Solutions for $1.4bn

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a Japanese electrical and electronic equipment manufacturer, said Thursday it agreed to acquire PCI Energy Solutions, a US provider of energy-management and optim... (more story)

China blocks compliance with EU FSR measures in JD.com's acquisition of Ceconomy

August 20, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, Europe

JD.com faces a new compliance conflict in the EU’s foreign-subsidy review of its acquisition of Ceconomy after China barred organizations and individuals from implementing or assisting with cross-border invest... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

More scrutiny for platforms under UK privacy watchdog's work to guard children

August 20, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Online platforms face another six months of scrutiny from the UK privacy watchdog after it extended its Children’s Code strategy. Several areas of regulatory work remain unresolved, with the Information Commis... (more story)

Roblox provides undertaking to strengthen child safety in Australia

August 20, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Gaming giant Roblox has provided a three-year court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to strengthen safeguards for children, including restricting contact between adults and users ... (more story)

Google, Meta, TikTok face Japan scrutiny over data use for ads

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Major digital advertising platforms are set to face further scrutiny over their use of personal data, as Japanese telecom regulators examine the practices of Google, Meta Platforms, TikTok, and  ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Another Indian hotel's challenge to music royalty demands fails

August 20, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

The Indian Performing Right Society has secured another court victory in its effort to collect music royalties from hotels, with a Varanasi court dismissing a hotel's challenge to its licensing demands. The ru... (more story)

As Big Pharma patents age, smaller biotechs hold the most clinical-stage assets

August 19, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Big Pharma is under growing pressure to restock its drug pipelines as an unusually large wave of patent expirations threatens hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. That urgency is intensifying competitio... (more story)

China to tighten trade-secret enforcement, deepen coordination among authorities

August 19, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s market regulator plans to strengthen trade-secret enforcement and formalize links between administrative and criminal authorities, while stepping up protection in sectors including integrated circuits,... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US moves to dismiss charges on KuCoin co-founders after compliance with agreement

August 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

MLex Summary: Chun Gan and Ke Tang, two China-based co-founders of KuCoin, had each entered deferred-prosecution agreements with the US Justice Department. Both have complied with the terms of their agreements... (more story)

KuCoin founders can reclaim roles after corporate plea term ends, US filing says

August 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Two co-founders of KuCoin can reclaim their roles at the cryptocurrency exchange after the company’s plea agreement ends early next year, according to new filings in US court. 

Former Alameda CEO, cofounder settle US CFTC claims over fraud

August 19, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced supplemental consent orders against former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, and Gary Wang, a cofounder of both that company and fellow ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Indonesia prepares rules for strategic commodities exchange

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, is preparing rules and a supervisory framework for a planned mineral and strategic commodities exchange aimed at strengthening domestic price for... (more story)

US CFTC seeks input on listing of compute derivatives contracts

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it is seeking comments to better inform its understanding and oversight of derivatives markets in compute. The request seeks comment on the s... (more story)

US OCC to adopt stablecoin rule carrying out GENIUS Act by November, Gould says

August 19, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will adopt by November a GENIUS Act rule implementing the stablecoin law for bank issuers, Comptroller Jonathan Gould said. Separately, since President Trump to... (more story)

Trade View More

China urges US to withdraw Section 232 tariffs on drones, components

August 20, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China has urged the US to immediately withdraw tariffs of 10 percent to 100 percent on imported drones and related components imposed under Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act. The spokespe... (more story)

Chinese gold industry opposes US forced-labor restrictions, LBMA suspensions

August 20, 2026

Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: China’s gold industry has opposed US restrictions on some Chinese gold companies under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and the London Bullion Market Association’s subsequent suspension of ... (more story)

China allows Daicel units to inherit dumping duties

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce has allowed Daicel Corporation and Daicel HPP Taiwan to inherit dumping duties previously applied to Polyplastics and Polyplastics Taiwan on imports of polyoxymethyle... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

EU countries gain fiscal leeway for clean-energy investments through 2028

August 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries can exempt additional spending on nuclear power, electricity grids, hydrogen, renewables and other energy-security measures from normal spending constraints through 2028 under new gu... (more story)

Georgia lawmaker calls for ‘playbook’ to manage data center boom

August 17, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

State and local lawmakers need a clear framework for managing the rapid growth of AI-driven data centers, including rules for what developers should pay and what communities and regulators should demand, state... (more story)

Australian state announces AI framework for data-center investment

August 17, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The New South Wales government on Monday announced a new policy framework for data-center investment that requires projects seeking streamlined approvals to meet energy, water, community and infr... (more story)

Technology View More

News media bargaining incentive passes Australian parliament

August 20, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The News Media Bargaining Incentive, designed to impose a tax-like charge on major digital platforms unless they enter into or renew commercial deals with Australian news outlets, passed parliame... (more story)

South Korea seeks US FTC help in wider crackdown on illegal sexual content

August 20, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korea is seeking a dedicated channel with the US Federal Trade Commission to request enforcement against businesses distributing nonconsensual intimate images involving South Korean victims. The move is ... (more story)

South Korea plans US FTC reporting channel, platform obligations over sexual imagery

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea is planning closer cooperation with the US Federal Trade Commission and seeking to impose new obligations on online platforms, hosting providers, content-delivery networks and Interne... (more story)