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UK's fraud agency ends ENRC saga, but lack of transparency on settlement rankles

Puma loses EU appeal against Sir Safety System shoe trademark

Selling the EU’s industry plan has become an exercise in scaling it back

Utility of US consumer laws in spotlight after AI hacking incident

Congress takes aim at familiar foil in US economic espionage prosecutions

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Antitrust, Technology

September 02, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Opera fails to sway EU court over Microsoft Edge not being named a gatekeeper
Citibank office in London

Financial Crime, Financial Services

September 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Citibank fined £4.7m over London branch's Russian sanctions breaches
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Data Privacy and Security, Technology

September 01, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

California passes slate of bills advancing child online-safety push
Opera fails to sway EU court over Microsoft Edge not being named a gatekeeper
Citibank fined £4.7m over London branch's Russian sanctions breaches
California passes slate of bills advancing child online-safety push

Antitrust View More

Mylan allegation of conflict by special master delays US drug-pricing trial

September 02, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Mylan’s claim that a US special master involved in sprawling generic drug price-fixing litigation has “an immutable conflict” led a Pennsylvania federal judge Wednesday to postpone a bellwether antitrust trial... (more story)

US DOJ pleased court ordered 'substantial relief' in Google adtech monopoly suit

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division said it was pleased that a US federal court ordered "substantial relief" in its adtech monopolization case against Google. "We are one step close... (more story)

Brazil's CADE reopens 99Food exclusivity clauses probe, rejects Keeta's appeal

September 02, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Members of the Tribunal for Brazil's competition watchdog highlighted uncertainty about the current landscape of the country's food delivery app market, noting that supplementary investigation is needed into K... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Developers push for industry-led EU safety rules for frontier AI

September 02, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

Leading AI companies are pushing for industry-led safety standards and greater coordination on the pace of frontier-model development amid government scrutiny of recent AI hacking incidents. Google DeepMind an... (more story)

Anthropic insists job for UK innovation agency chair won't cause any conflict

September 02, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The chair of a UK government-backed innovation agency who has taken a high-profile role at Anthropic will recuse himself from any matters involving it, the AI giant has said after conflict-of-interest concerns... (more story)

Google avoids structural remedies in, US DOJ, states' monopolization case

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema declined to impose structural remedies against Google in the Department of Justice and states’ monopolization case over advertising technology. Brinkema denie... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Cervejaria Petrópolis, Imcopa fined for gun jumping in Brazil

September 02, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition agency fined Cervejaria Petrópolis and Imcopa Group a combined 1.38 million reais for proceeding with their 2024 merger before notifying antitrust officials. The agency’s Tribunal una... (more story)

Fairfield Medical Center found new buyer in Adena Health following US FTC concerns

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission said Adena Health's acquisition of Fairfield Medical Center, a hospital system in southeastern Ohio, came after the FTC expressed "serious competitive concerns" ab... (more story)

B3-CRDC deal cleared in Brazil, subject to merger-control agreement

September 02, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

B3’s acquisition of credit-registry company CRDC was cleared by the Brazilian competition authority during its Wednesday ruling session. Completion of the transaction is subject to a merger-control agreement.

Data Privacy and Security View More

Let EU short-term rental data sharing inform new legislation, tech group says

September 02, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

The EU’s new short-term rental data-sharing system should be allowed to produce evidence of activity in local markets before further restrictions are proposed under the planned Affordable Housing Act, technolo... (more story)

Online services should regularly vet age-assurance vendors, UK watchdog says

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK online service providers should conduct regular due diligence on third-party age-assurance vendors, safety watchdog Ofcom said in an online resource published Wednesday. The document outlined ... (more story)

Indonesia sets detailed data protection rules, but enforcement gaps remain

September 02, 2026 | Roffie Kurniawan

Asia

Indonesia has issued long-awaited implementing rules for its 2022 Personal Data Protection Law, spelling out company obligations on data breaches, overseas transfers, automated decision-making and high-risk pr... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Canada seeks to turn US research uncertainty into engine for patents, startups

September 02, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Canada has recruited 48 researchers from US institutions including Harvard and MIT in a bid to strengthen its future pipeline of patents, startups and licensing revenue as Washington cuts research funding and ... (more story)

InterDigital wins third UPC injunction against Disney over streaming patent

September 02, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

InterDigital has won another UPC injunction against Disney, over Disney+ device-sharing technology in Germany and The Netherlands. The ruling broadens the dispute beyond video encoding, rejects Disney’s securi... (more story)

Fair use in OpenAI, Microsoft suits misunderstood by plaintiffs, US says

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The United States government filed a statement of interest with US District Judge Sidney Stein in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, saying authors and news outlets are ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Confident ENRC probe 'wrongdoing' won't happen again, says UK fraud agency

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's Serious Fraud Office has said it is "confident" its "wrongdoing" over its investigation into miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation between 2011 and 2013 won't happen again. "The S... (more story)

ENRC settles $290m legal claim against SFO, Dechert

September 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Asia, Europe

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation on Wednesday settled its $290 million compensation claim over an abandoned decade-long bribery prosecution with the UK’s fraud agency and law firm Dechert. The confidenti... (more story)

China's proposed cross-border corruption law lays out new compliance obligations

September 01, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Companies operating across borders would face statutory compliance and reporting duties under China’s proposed first law dedicated to cross-border corruption. The bill would allow business suspensions or licen... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US CFTC issues final rule on clearing requirement for Canadian, Mexican interest rate swaps

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a final rule to modify its interest rate swap clearing requirement. The rule amends the regulations to remove the requirement to clear intere... (more story)

Gstaedtner greenlighted as executive director of EU banking authority

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee has greenlighted the appointment of Thomas Gstaedtner as executive director of the European Banking Authority. Gstaedtner, who is... (more story)

Comporti endorsed by lawmakers as next chair of EU financial markets watchdog

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The nomination of Carlo Comporti as chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority was endorsed on Wednesday by the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee. Comporti... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce preliminarily says Austria subsidizing oil pipes

September 02, 2026

Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that imports of oil country tubular goods from Austria are subsidized. Commerce assigned a preliminary 10.17 percent subsidy rate to all Austrian producers.

EU grid operators urge flexibility in ‘Made in Europe’ rules

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European electricity distribution system operators have warned that rigid EU-origin requirements could increase costs, restrict access to critical components and delay electricity-grid expansion.... (more story)

Ferroglobe welcomes EU review into Chinese silicon metal, wants to tackle Angola issue

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission's move to open an interim review into dumping duties of up to 16.8 percent in place on EU imports of Chinese silicon metal is an "important step towards restoring fair com... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany’s €35bn electricity ‘capacity mechanism’ wins EU approval

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU state aid approval for an up to €35 billion program designed to ensure sufficient capacity to produce, store and consume electricity. The European Commission said the “capa... (more story)

Japan's METI seeks $940m for Rapidus in FY27 budget request

September 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday it is seeking 150 billion yen ($940 million) in fiscal 2027 funding for Japanese chipmaker Rapidus from the government-affiliated Innov... (more story)

Tata’s planned €2bn Dutch subsidy puts EU green-aid test in focus

August 28, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Tata Steel Nederland’s proposed €2 billion Dutch subsidy will need to show environmental improvements that wouldn’t otherwise take place as part of the EU state aid approval process, competition chief Teresa R... (more story)

Energy View More

EU emissions targets will not be reviewed by European Commission, court says

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions allocations for 2023-30 will not be reviewed by the European Commission, the EU General Court said on Wednesday, rejecting a challenge by two environmental campa... (more story)

South Korea forms offshore wind committee amid AI-led surge in power demand

September 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea on Wednesday held the inaugural meeting of a committee under the prime minister, established as stipulated in a special law on expanding offshore wind power generation. The public-pri... (more story)

US House panel advances bills on AI, supply chains, corporate duty restrictions

September 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Emma Whitford

North America

A US House panel Tuesday advanced a slate of new bills to bolster supply chain security, promote US artificial intelligence open-source code and push back against sustainability requirements in other countries... (more story)

Technology View More

Tech Oversight Project says US court's Google adtech order 'misguided'

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Tech Oversight Project condemned a remedy order by a US federal judge that rejected a government plea to break up Google's adtech business, while only imposing behavioral remedies. US Distric... (more story)

Google lauds US court's denial of DOJ, states' adtech break-up bid

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google is "very pleased" a Virginia federal judge rejected structural remedies that would break up the company's digital advertising technology business as part of antitrust litigation brought by... (more story)

Google escapes breakup of adtech empire but must implement remedies, US judge says

September 02, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Google escaped the breakup of its digital advertising technology empire Wednesday, with a US federal judge declining to order the tech giant to sell off its ad exchange but saying it must make its tools operab... (more story)