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FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson

Antitrust

July 06, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

US FTC-Southern Glazer's deal may preview modern Robinson-Patman resolution
Klarna website in browser with company logo

Financial Services

July 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Swedish-based Klarna latest fintech seeking to become US bank

Antitrust View More

Barratt Redrow, Taylor Wimpey, other housebuilders targeted by UK mass claim

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Housebuilders including Barratt Redrow, Taylor Wimpey, and Permission are the target of a proposed UK mass claim over allegations they shared commercially-sensitive information that inflated new-... (more story)

EU competition policy needs tweaks to suit today's world, lawmakers urge

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU competition policy should promote EU champions, improve the bloc's strategic autonomy and clamp down on US giants, members of the European Parliament said in a non-binding report approved on T... (more story)

Dutch watchdog probes possible supplier cartel to public sector

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Dutch competition authority Tuesday said it is investigating a possible cartel among suppliers to public sector institutions. The watchdog recently conducted dawn raids at several companies o... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI rules need public input to avoid legitimacy crisis, researchers say at UN event

July 07, 2026

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

MLex Summary: Governments and regulators shaping AI rules should prioritize public participation to strengthen accountability, democratic oversight and legitimacy, researchers and civil society groups said in ... (more story)

EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity, AI sets out model evaluations

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Tuesday presented an Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. This plan will establish an EU capacity to evaluate advanced AI models, develop secure te... (more story)

Frontier AI risks should be addressed in EU finance supervision, watchdog warns

July 07, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

MLex Summary: Frontier AI models “may increase speed, scale and sophistication of cyberattacks” and these risks should be addressed in the financial sector’s oversight, said the EU watchdog monitoring financia... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern submit responses to US Surface Transportation Board

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Omaha-based Union Pacific and Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern submitted the first portion of their responses to the US Surface Transportation Board’s May 28, 2026 request for additional information.

Vertex to Acquire Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $85 a share

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire San Diego-based Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $85/share giving it a total equity value of about $10 billion. Both companies are traded on the... (more story)

Solstice, Element to file HSR no later than 10 business days from Monday

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Solstice Advanced Materials and Element Solutions will file their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notifications no later than 10 business days after their Monday merger announcement, Solstice said in... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta loses bid to block evidence from trial against state AGs on addictive design

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A California federal judge denied all of five of Meta Platforms' motions seeking to restrict attorneys general from California and three other states from introducing evidence in a trial set to b... (more story)

Platforms closer to restored EU CSAM detection regime after lawmakers' move

July 07, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Online platforms could soon regain an EU legal basis to voluntarily detect and report child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, after lawmakers on Tuesday approved the use of a fast-track legislative mechanism kno... (more story)

UK digital visa system should face data protection probe, campaigners say

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government’s digital visa system should be investigated by the national data protection watchdog for privacy issues, a group of civil society organizations urged in an open letter on Tuesd... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Microsoft loses appeal over copyright matters in UK licensing case

July 07, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Microsoft has lost its appeal over copyright matters in an antitrust claim over software license reselling brought against it by ValueLicensing. At the UK Court of Appeal, Microsoft challenged findings from th... (more story)

Microsoft’s challenge over copyright matters in UK licensing case dismissed

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Microsoft’s challenge over copyright matters in a claim brought against it by ValueLicensing over alleged unlawful practices concerning the bulk resale of the tech giant’s software licenses has b... (more story)

Rare Japan IP Court opinion request probes pharmaceutical patent rules

July 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has invited third-party submissions in an appeal that could clarify the scope of the country's pharmaceutical patent-term extension regime, signaling that it sees legal... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Trader should receive credit for cooperation in Halkbank sanctions case, US says

July 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A leader of an Iran sanctions-evasion and money-laundering scheme should receive credit at sentencing for his cooperation with US investigators and his testimony in a 2017 trial, prosecutors said Monday. Reza ... (more story)

US details trader's cooperation in Halkbank sanctions violations case

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Reza Zarrab, a trader who was born in Iran and grew up in Turkey, should receive credit at sentencing for his cooperation with US investigators and his testimony in a 2017 trial, even though he w... (more story)

Adani ‘name and shame’ case should be dismissed, US DOJ official tells court

July 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and several others should be dismissed because the conduct occurred abroad and involved foreigners, the case is difficult to prove and it is inconsisten... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Paulina Dejmek Hack appointed as EU Commission deputy chief for financial services

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission appointed Tuesday Paulina Dejmek Hack as deputy chief for its financial services department. Dejmek Hack, a Swedish-Czech national, is now Head of Cabinet to the Environm... (more story)

Guidelines for authorization of third-country bank branches in EU published

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The guidelines for non-EU lenders to set up a branch in the bloc in accordance with the Capital Requirements Directive have been published by the European Banking Authority, including what inform... (more story)

Reform financial-sector taxation rules, EU lawmakers urge

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers have called for the European Commission to review how financial services are taxed, including whether to reform or remove their VAT exemption. In a non-binding report, lawmakers say ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU foreign-subsidy rules need China-focused overhaul, metals lobby leader says

July 07, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation should be overhauled to better address systematic Chinese subsidies in sectors such as metals, the director general of industry group European Metals told MLex. James Wats... (more story)

Toyota moving from Mexico to US, Trump announces

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump announced in a post on TruthSocial that Toyota is moving from Mexico to the US.

Šefčovič urges advancement of Industrial Accelerator Act, trade agenda

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s Trade Commissioner has said the Presidency of the Council of the European Union — which is held by Ireland until the end of 2026 — will be instrumental in advancing the EU's competitiven... (more story)

State Aid View More

Lenaerts set to be reappointed as judge for EU top court

July 06, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Koen Lenaerts, a judge at the EU higher-tier court and currently the president of the institution, is on track to be reappointed for another mandate, according to documents seen by MLex. EU member states are s... (more story)

EU outlines data-protection approach in enforcing foreign-subsidies law

July 01, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

PostNord's 2017 capital injection into Post Danmark undergoing state aid probe

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PostNord Group's capital injection of 1 billion Danish krone (approximately €134 million) into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017 is undergoing an in-depth probe to assess whether it was in line... (more story)

Energy View More

EU building-renovation funds fail to target biggest energy savings, auditors say

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU building-renovation funding is delivering "only moderate energy savings," the European Court of Auditors said on Tuesday. The bloc set aside €43 billion that has often gone to easier upgrades ... (more story)

EU carbon border tax expansion clears parliament’s environment committee

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s carbon border tax will be expanded, and a new fund created for exporting companies, under provisions passed on Monday evening by the European Parliament’s environment committee. The comm... (more story)

EU businesses’ sustainability reporting simplified by the EU Commission

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU businesses’ reporting on sustainability issues is simplified by the revised reporting standards adopted on Friday by the European Commission. The measures, an implementing text, reduce the num... (more story)

Technology View More

Google, Meta, Naver, Kakao face new obligations under South Korea’s fake-news law

July 07, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

Major online platforms, including Google, Meta Platforms, Naver and Kakao, will be required to establish self-regulatory policies for handling false or manipulated information and publish related reports every... (more story)

China removes 14,000 illegal AI products in nationwide cleanup

July 07, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China has removed more than 14,000 illegal artificial intelligence products, including websites, apps and AI agents, since the country's cyberspace authorities launched a nationwide campaign agai... (more story)

M&S, Nationwide, Microsoft, ITV sign UK govt's cyber resilience pledge

July 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Marks & Spencer, Nationwide, ITV, Microsoft UK and Cloudflare are among more than 60 companies signing a voluntary UK Cyber Resilience Pledge committing to strengthen board-level oversight, use N... (more story)