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CFPB Director Rohit Chopra.

Data Privacy and Security

July 09, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

US FTC fields ideologically charged comments for X privacy petition

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

July 09, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Zuckerberg, Mosseri, Spiegel ordered to appear at US social media trial

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Nexstar-Tegna challengers lose DC Circuit bid to force FCC on bureau order

Antitrust View More

Cable maker Nexans fails in appeal court bid over London Array damages ruling

July 10, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Power-cable maker Nexans can't challenge a verdict which said it must pay damages to wind farm London Array over cartel behavior that caused overcharge on some purchases of cable, the UK's Court of Appeal has ... (more story)

Meta's French antitrust order aims to plug regulatory gap over media content use

July 10, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

A French regulatory order for Meta Platforms to negotiate fresh terms with media outlets for using their content promises to help settle a dispute over remuneration and ease the sector's concerns about lost re... (more story)

Nexans can’t appeal London Array damages ruling, UK appeal court says

July 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Power-cable maker Nexans can't appeal a specialist tribunal ruling which said it must pay damages to wind farm operator London Array, over cartel behavior that caused an overcharge on some purcha... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Tailored design, privacy rules drive latest US chatbot bill

July 10, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

AI chatbot developers would have to disable harmful design features for minors and regularly assess the risk that their products foster emotional dependence under new legislation from two US House Democrats. T... (more story)

US Senator Markey releases 'AI accountability' agenda

July 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Edward J. Markey released his “AI Accountability Agenda: Taking Power Back from Big Tech,” his vision for artificial intelligence policy. “For too long, the conversation about artific... (more story)

Character.AI fined in Italy over child privacy failures

July 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Character Technologies was fined €158,000 by Italy's data protection authority over privacy breaches linked to its Character.AI chatbot service. The regulator found shortcomings in the company's ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US FTC's Loctite-Liquid Nails case focuses on hardware store sales

July 10, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

If corporate consolidation binds Loctite to Liquid Nails, the two glue heavyweights will have the potential to dominate the construction adhesive retail market, the US Federal Trade Commission is set to argue ... (more story)

XXXLutz may have breached merger rules with Porta deal, EU regulator says

July 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: XXXLutz, an Austrian furniture retailer, is under formal EU investigation over possible gun-jumping in its proposed takeover of German rival Porta, the European Commission said on Friday. Regulat... (more story)

XXXLutz faces EU gun-jumping probe over Porta deal (update*)

July 10, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Furniture seller XXXLutz faces a "gun-jumping" probe by the European Commission for moving ahead with its acquisition of Porta without seeking approval. The EU regulator said it had "become aware of conduct th... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

CCPA private right of action may be broader than expected, but key issue lingers

July 10, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A growing string federal court rulings in California is allowing CCPA private-right claims over data sharing with third-party trackers to proceed, even without a traditional data breach. But the early plaintif... (more story)

Lowered Meta abatement request from New Mexico seeks $953 million; judge eyes remedies

July 10, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

As New Mexico Judge Bryan Biedscheid considers remedies against Meta Platforms following a state trial, Attorney General Raul Torrez significantly reduced the monetary amount the state is seeking for abatement... (more story)

Big social media firms would have to give users more feed control under UK plans

July 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, X and other platforms listed on the top tier of a new UK online safety register would need to give users a chance to filter out harmful but legal content on their feeds under plans p... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Altana Wealth loses UK appeal in Venezuela investment trade secrets case

July 10, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Altana Wealth and Brevent Advisory have lost their appeal against a UK High Court ruling that found the companies had misused IlliquidX’s trade secrets in setting up an investment fund trading in distressed Venezuelan debt.

China IP advisers urge faster, more flexible protection for AI, other technologies

July 10, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China should adapt its intellectual property system more quickly to the needs of artificial intelligence, data-intensive technologies and other emerging industries by combining faster administrative measures w... (more story)

Japan court upholds Panasonic win against Nikon in RED camera patent dispute

July 10, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has upheld the invalidation of a video-camera patent developed by US cinematic camera maker RED.com, rejecting an appeal after Japanese camera maker Nikon acquired the ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Epoch Times finance chief pleads guilty in US to money laundering scheme

July 10, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The Epoch Times' former chief financial officer pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a scheme to launder at least $67 million in illicitly obtained funds to benefit the newspaper company. He pleaded guilty t... (more story)

Former CFO of Epoch Times pleads guilty in US to role in money laundering scheme

July 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Weidong Guan, the former chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, pledaed guilty to participating in a conspiracy to engage in transactions involving criminal proceeds as part of a transnation... (more story)

Iranian leader's financier, exchange houses sanctioned by US

July 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Iranian financial facilitator Ali Ansari, who oversees a sprawling global network of assets benefitting Iran’s ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Circle gets final US OCC approval to establish national trust bank

July 10, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Circle Internet Group received final approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank, a passage expected to strengthen the infrastructure of USDC, the world's ... (more story)

EU govts committed to market integration deal by October, with refocused talks

July 10, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU finance ministers on Friday committed to reaching an agreement by October on the Market Integration and Supervision Package. Ireland is steering focused negotiations on core provisions — including the scope... (more story)

Digital finance push, tokenization rules clarity backed by Eurozone ministers

July 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Eurozone finance ministers have backed faster development of digital finance, including a possible digital euro, with central-bank money remaining at its core. In a statement, they called for clo... (more story)

Trade View More

Pace of USMCA progress unclear after renewal failure

July 10, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The United States’ abandonment of the renewal process for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement was broadly expected, but the path forward injects uncertainty that may linger past US midterm elections in November — o... (more story)

Trump signs order directing 232 action on aircraft, related parts

July 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing US officials to negotiate with countries to adjust imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines and related parts, the result of a Section 23... (more story)

WTO largely upholds EU anti-dumping duties on Indonesian fatty acids

July 10, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: A World Trade Organization dispute panel has mostly rejected Indonesia's challenge to the EU’s anti-dumping duties on fatty acid imports, finding that the European Commission's investigation and ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Bus operator McGill files subsidy claim against Scottish government

July 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Bus operator McGill has filed a claim against the Scottish government over an alleged breach of subsidy rules through zero emissions funding, according to the action lodged with the Competition A... (more story)

EU Commission loses German state aid appeal over power cogeneration plants

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission's appeal in a state aid case against Germany over high-efficiency cogeneration plants has been dismissed by the EU's highest court. The commission was challenging an earli... (more story)

Ryanair loses two EU lower court challenges over Italian Covid airline aid

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ryanair has lost two EU court challenges to the European Commission's approval of aid granted by Italy to compensate airlines for damage caused by the Covid pandemic. Judges at the EU General Cou... (more story)

Energy View More

EU carbon border tax certificate sale, repurchase draft opened for feedback

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies covered by the EU’s carbon border tax can provide feedback until Aug. 6 on draft European Commission rules setting conditions for the sale and repurchase of CBAM certificates, the commi... (more story)

Updated EU electricity grid connection rules for generators open for consultation

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on planned updates to binding electricity grid connection rules for generators and electricity users. The changes aim to prepare the power system for m... (more story)

Indonesia adopts revised trading rules for carbon exchange

July 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, which oversees the country's banking and financial sectors, said that it has adopted revised rules governing trading through the country's carbon... (more story)

Technology View More

Wikipedia renews calls for UK online safety rethink despite categorization reprieve

July 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Wikimedia Foundation said on Friday it was relieved that Wikipedia had, for now, avoided the UK Online Safety Act’s strictest category. But it warned that regulator Ofcom could reconsider its dec... (more story)

Uber Eats, Airbnb face UK online safety duties, Wikipedia avoids top tier

July 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Uber Eats, Airbnb, Quora and ChatGPT Search are among the less expected services to face additional UK online safety duties, sector regulator Ofcom's long-awaited first categorization register shows. Facebook,... (more story)

Online platforms failing on scam ads, UK's Ofcom says as it unveils draft codes

July 10, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Social media and search platforms would have to establish stronger systems to detect and remove fraudulent advertisements, verify advertisers and test artificial intelligence advertising tools for vulnerabilit... (more story)