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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

US Third Circuit puts competition at center of ROSS AI training ruling

AI companies sign voluntary accord with White House on frontier model safety

EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ procurement push fueling fears of a fragmented rulebook

US, China take steps to stabilize relations with new Board of Trade

Faster merger cases, tighter pleadings: Van der Woude’s hopes for EU court

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Artificial Intelligence, Energy

September 30, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US Senate blocks bill aimed at shielding consumers from AI energy costs
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Trade

September 30, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trade court appears mostly skeptical of USTR in forced labor tariff challenge
Gautam Adani, Founder and Chairman, Adani Group

Financial Crime

September 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

US judge taps attorney as DOJ seeks to force dismissals in Adani case
US Senate blocks bill aimed at shielding consumers from AI energy costs
Trade court appears mostly skeptical of USTR in forced labor tariff challenge
US judge taps attorney as DOJ seeks to force dismissals in Adani case

Antitrust View More

Coupang faces sanctions as KFTC escalates dispute over blocked onsite probe

October 01, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Coupang is facing a fine for refusing to cooperate with an onsite inspection by South Korea’s antitrust regulator, escalating a dispute that has moved from the company’s offices to the courts and now into a se... (more story)

Google prevails in Penske Media, Chegg US suits over publishers' content

October 01, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Chegg and Penske Media Corp.’s separate antitrust lawsuits alleging that Google used its search monopoly to coerce online publishers into providing cost-free content were dismissed Wednesday by a Washington, D... (more story)

California gains new tool to tackle monopolization, but first case may take time

October 01, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation giving state antitrust enforcers a new tool to pursue monopolization and monopsonization. But with the state's Department of Justice already pressing its ant... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australia directs agencies to strengthen cybersecurity after OpenAI hack

October 01, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian government on Wednesday ordered non-corporate Commonwealth entities to strengthen their cyber defenses against artificial intelligence-enabled threats after an OpenAI model gained ... (more story)

BRICS AI copyright push has political weight, but legal gaps remain

October 01, 2026 | Freny Patel

Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East

BRICS has put creator remuneration for artificial intelligence training on the global agenda, but deep legal divides and practical hurdles could leave its ambitious copyright push with more political weight than bite.

South Korea unveils plan to boost AI-robot development, mass production

October 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea has unveiled plans to strengthen its capacity to develop and mass-produce artificial intelligence-powered robots, as the government sees the country lagging far behind global leaders ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Japanese engineering groups Mitsubishi Kakoki, Tsukishima to integrate

October 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Publicly listed Japanese engineering companies Mitsubishi Kakoki and Tsukishima Holdings on Wednesday agreed to integrate their businesses under a joint holding company, which will be named Mitsu... (more story)

Crystal Crop cleared to acquire FMC India's crop protection business

October 01, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Crystal Crop Protection has secured Indian antitrust approval to acquire FMC Corporation’s commercial crop-protection business in India for $252 million. The Competition Commission of India cleared Crystal Cro... (more story)

Pa. utility deal needs conditions to be approved in state, municipalities say

September 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The merger of American Water Works and Essential Utilities and a related non-unanimous settlement is opposed by municipal intervenors, including the County of Delaware, County of Montgomery and E... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

South Korea to discipline public officials over cybersecurity failures

October 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korean public officials will face tougher disciplinary measures for cybersecurity failures under new government plans announced Thursday. The government said it plans to establish serious d... (more story)

South Korea begins review of UK privacy protections for data-transfer equivalency

October 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator has formally begun reviewing whether the UK provides a level of personal-information protection essentially equivalent to South Korea’s, a designation that would a... (more story)

Judges question X’s attempt to revive US lawsuit over harmful content

October 01, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

X Corp. faced questions by a panel of US appeals court judges over its attempt to hold a nonprofit that reported on the rise of hate speech and conspiracy theories on the platform responsible for the loss of a... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

ROSS's copying of Westlaw headnotes devalued Reuter's data, US appeals court says

September 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw headnotes are copyrightable, and ROSS Intelligence’s use of that content to create its own competing product was not fair use, according to a recently unsealed opinion by... (more story)

Japanese court opens door to voice rights despite dismissal of TikTok AI suit (update*)

September 30, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday dismissed a Japanese voice actor’s bid to force TikTok to remove videos allegedly using an AI-generated imitation of his voice, finding that the posts had already been del... (more story)

USPTO's Squires weighs returning decisions on patent review merits to PTAB panels

September 29, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires said Tuesday he is considering returning decisions on the merits of patent review petitions to Patent Trial and Appeal Board panels while retaining control ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Attorney named by US judge in DOJ bid to force Adani case dismissals

September 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: In a brief letter to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis asked for permission to address the issues raised in a petition for a writ of mandamus fil... (more story)

Former Barbadian insurance exec pleads guilty, gets time served in US bribery case

September 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Ingrid Innes, the former CEO of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering for facilitating the transfer of about $36,000 in bribes to a former B... (more story)

Tren de Aragua network sanctioned by US over ATM jackpotting scheme

September 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 10 targets involved in a Tren de Aragua (TdA) fraud scheme that has become a key source of revenue for the organiza... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US SEC floats plan to expand retail investors’ access to risky private funds

September 30, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission floated a plan to expand ordinary investors’ access to risky hedge and private equity funds, as well as venture capital and credit funds, if investors pass an exam dev... (more story)

US Fed IG finds HQ cost overruns stemmed from mismanagement, not misconduct

September 30, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Cost overruns in the US Federal Reserve’s headquarters renovations stemmed from bureaucratic mismanagement rather than criminal or administrative misconduct by then-Chair Jerome Powell, a Fed inspector general... (more story)

US Fed finalizes changes to boost transparency of stress test requirements

September 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve finalized changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of its stress test and reduce volatility in its stress test-related capital requirements. The two fi... (more story)

Trade View More

South Korea to invest $200bn in US gas, nuclear power plants, Alaska LNG pipeline

October 01, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: South Korea has agreed to invest $200 billion in building gas-fired and nuclear power plants and in a natural gas pipeline project in the US, the two countries announced on Thursday. The agreemen... (more story)

US adopts new steel excess capacity framework in bid to counter China

October 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zachary Budryk

North America

The US on Wednesday led a group of countries in releasing a new framework for adopting practices that curb overcapacity in steel goods, as the Trump administration looks to push back against China’s excess capacity. 

Hydraulic cylinders from five countries injure US industry, USITC finds

September 30, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission preliminarily determined that a US industry is materially injured by allegedly dumped and subsidized imports of linear hydraulic cylinders from Canada, China... (more story)

State Aid View More

Soukup, Deisenhofer take on senior EU competition roles

September 30, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

The European Commission has appointed Karl Soukup as its most senior official overseeing state aid, and Thomas Deisenhofer as the head of the investigation teams prosecuting cartels.

Spielkisten takes EU decision on German aid to WestSpiel to EU court

September 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spielkisten, an operator of gaming halls in Germany, has filed an appeal at the EU General Court, challenging an earlier decision by the European Commission on German support to casino operator W... (more story)

Swedbank’s levy reduction prompts EU court questions

September 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Latvian court has requested guidance from EU judges regarding whether a decision to reduce a lender's "solidarity contribution" should be understood as state aid. The issue relates to lender Sw... (more story)

Energy View More

Strategic projects to get faster environmental assessments under EU countries’ plan

September 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Strategic projects would benefit from faster and simplified environmental assessments, under a position agreed by EU countries on Wednesday. The proposed rules would streamline timelines, expand ... (more story)

Insurers face increasing risks as extreme heat affects health, EU regulator says

September 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Extreme heat is the main climate-related risk facing life insurers, health insurers and pension providers, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has said in its latest report... (more story)

Shipping methane threshold faulted as EU court backs most taxonomy rules

September 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Aviation and shipping activities can continue to be classed as sustainable under EU taxonomy rules, but the European Commission erred over one aspect of the criteria for shipping, the EU’s Genera... (more story)

Technology View More

Porn provider pays UK age-checks fine as regulator issues more breach notices

September 30, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Pornography provider First Time Videos has paid an £80,000 fine and blocked access for UK users after online safety regulator Ofcom found it had breached its Online Safety Act duty to use highly effective age ... (more story)

UK state has been too timid on online safety for women, children, minister says

September 30, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK state has been “far too small and far too timid” when it comes to protecting women and children online, the country's culture and media minister has said. Her remarks at the governing Labour party's ann... (more story)

Video games industry disputes EU stance on in-game currencies as probes opened

September 30, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

After nine video-games companies came under EU consumer scrutiny over in-game currencies, industry groups said they remained at odds with authorities over how the currencies should be classified. The dispute c... (more story)