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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

US content makers poised to test startup’s fair use loss for generative AI

Qualcomm-Huawei deal shows patents can bridge divided tech world

Huawei, telecom operators may see EU legal clarity on national security bans

AI buildout may call for disclosures due to long-term risks, US Fed says

AliExpress challenges €550m fine under EU Digital Services Act

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Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik

Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime

October 07, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Mike Swift

North America

BTC-e operator’s relationship with ex-colleague should be trial evidence, US says
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Trade

October 07, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk

North America

US trade court panel draws mixed reaction to forced labor hearing
Jacob Coxon attends open Council hearing on impact of AI development and risks it could create as executives from Meta, Google, OpenAI and Anthropic testify virtually and Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher and whistle blower testifies in person and Daniel Kokotajlo, executive director of the AI Futures Project and former researcher at OpenAI and Alex Turner, former researcher at Google DeepMind, testify virtually during hearing at City Hall in New York, NY on October 5, 2026.

Artificial Intelligence

October 06, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

AI executives struggle to quantify catastrophic risks at NYC hearing
BTC-e operator’s relationship with ex-colleague should be trial evidence, US says
US trade court panel draws mixed reaction to forced labor hearing
AI executives struggle to quantify catastrophic risks at NYC hearing

Antitrust View More

Google appeals to EU court over ‘gatekeeper’ fines

October 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Google wants to overturn €890 million in fines and has filed two appeals to EU judges against decisions that said the company had broken digital markets laws. In July, the European Commission said Google hadn’... (more story)

Approval of music-royalty body's licensing arrangements challenged in Australia

October 08, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Heart Music Group has challenged the Australian competition watchdog’s approval of Australasian Performing Rights Association’s music-licensing arrangements. In an application to the Australian C... (more story)

Brazil CADE fines cleaning service cartel in Espírito Santo, ends six-year probe

October 07, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil’s antitrust tribunal agreed to fine four companies and four individuals more than 90 million reais ($18 million) for their participation in a cartel that rigged public tenders for outsourced service con... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI impersonation highlighted in China's crackdown on fake short-video personas

October 08, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s internet regulator has launched a two-month nationwide campaign targeting fabricated personas in short videos, including impersonation using artificial intelligence, as it steps up scrutiny of deceptiv... (more story)

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft flag Australian copyright barriers to AI training

October 08, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft told Australian lawmakers that copyright restrictions or legal uncertainty pose barriers to training AI models locally. The government is working on copyright legislatio... (more story)

Singapore weighs stronger AI safeguards as government runs agentic trials

October 08, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Singapore is running trials of AI agents and studying stronger safeguards for higher-risk uses as the systems become more autonomous. Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How said existing risk-management and inc... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Review of IAG-RACWA deal block in Australia to pause for public-benefits application

October 08, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Insurance Australia Group and the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia have sought tribunal review of the Australian competition regulator’s decision to block the proposed RAC Insurance acquisition, whil... (more story)

Australia's competition watchdog issues FAQs for merger-notification enforcement

October 08, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on Thursday published enforcement guidance following legislation passed last month replacing automatic voiding of acquisitions that breach mandato... (more story)

IAG-RACWA insurance deal block in Australia challenged in tribunal

October 08, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Insurance Australia Group and the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia have sought a review of the antitrust regulator’s September decision to oppose IAG’s bid to acquire RAC Insurance from... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

New Zealand's National Cyber Security Centre warns of advanced AI threats

October 08, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre warns that advanced artificial intelligence will accelerate cyberattacks, with malicious actors potentially gaining access to capabilities currently r... (more story)

Instagram, Facebook remain high-risk under Indonesia's child-protection rules

October 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms' Instagram and Facebook remain classified as high-risk platforms under Indonesia's online child-protection rules despite introducing Teen Account safety features, Communications an... (more story)

Singapore's monetary authority sets AI risk guidelines for financial institutions

October 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore’s Monetary Authority on Wednesday issued AI risk management guidelines for financial institutions, setting supervisory expectations for responsible AI adoption across the sector. The pr... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

OpenAI, Adobe clash with KeeeX over digital provenance patent

October 07, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

OpenAI, Adobe and other tech groups have urged the Unified Patent Court to revoke a digital-file patent held by French startup KeeeX. Meanwhile, KeeeX has accused its opponents of infringement through content-... (more story)

Universal Music argues Cloudflare is liable for music piracy, EU court told

October 07, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Universal Music argued at the EU’s top court that Cloudflare should be held liable for copyright infringement because its content delivery services helped a piracy website make unauthorized music downloads ava... (more story)

Sanrio defeats copyright challenge over popular Kuromi character at Tokyo court

October 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Sanrio, the Japanese company behind Hello Kitty, has defeated an animation studio’s bid to stop sales of merchandise featuring Kuromi, one of its most popular characters, after a Tokyo court found that the stu... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US jury hears Huawei finance chief's bank fraud admission at company's trial

October 07, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Asia, North America

Huawei Technologies finance chief Meng Wanzhou's admission of defrauding the company's international banks was read aloud to a US jury on Wednesday in the Chinese telecoms giant's racketeering trial. A stateme... (more story)

UK fraud agency has made progress on disclosure, but issues remain, say inspectors

October 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's Serious Fraud Office has strengthened its approach to managing disclosure over the last two years, but risks remain around disclosure assurance when it comes to charging decisions, gover... (more story)

Slow hunt for UK fraud agency head is nothing 'sinister,' govt inspector says

October 07, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

There is likely nothing “sinister” about the time it has taken to start the hunt for a new permanent chief of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, the head of the government inspectorate responsible for the white-co... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Former Nodus Bank chair sentenced to prison in US over fraud scheme

October 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Juan Francisco Ramirez, the former board chairman and co-owner of Nodus International Bank, a Puerto Rican lender, was sentenced to 62 months in prison, three years of supervised release and to f... (more story)

US SEC has 'serious concerns' about ExxonMobil shareholder block voting, report says

October 07, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission “has serious concerns” about coordination among BlackRock, State Street and other funds in the attempted ouster of some ExxonMobil directors in 2021, but stopped short... (more story)

EU banks to face less frequent specific resolution submissions from 2027

October 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU bank-specific submissions will move from an annual to a three-year cycle from 2027 where there are no significant resolution concerns, the Single Resolution Board has said. The authority publi... (more story)

Trade View More

Fourteen economies reach agreement on excess capacity

October 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said 14 economies have reached an agreement on a commitment to address global excess capacity, including representatives of the US, Argentina, Australia, Ca... (more story)

IEA countries back accelerating oil stock releases pledged in March

October 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: International Energy Agency countries backed accelerating oil stock releases pledged in March and prioritizing diesel stocks where possible, the agency said Wednesday. About 325 million barrels h... (more story)

US finds Indian chromium trioxide producers received countervailable subsidies

October 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined Indian producers of chromium trioxide received countervailable subsidies at rates of 29.35 percent for Vishnu Chemicals and all other producers. The depa... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU extends ‘temporary’ state aid rules as energy prices remain high

October 07, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

The European Commission will extend Metsaf — its temporary state aid framework for energy-intensive industries — allowing EU countries to continue providing subsidies to companies hit by elevated energy prices... (more story)

Romanian compensation for solar energy investors open for views in EU

October 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback into whether an arbitration award — ordering Romania to pay €42.2 million plus interest and costs to 10 solar-energy investors — is in line with state ... (more story)

Japan's Rapidus unveils chip ecosystem with 17 partners

October 06, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japanese government-backed chipmaker Rapidus said Monday that it has unveiled Rapidus CORE, a global ecosystem framework to support the development and mass production of cutting-edge semiconduct... (more story)

Energy View More

EU rules for reducing methane emissions should not be delayed, investors say

October 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU should implement its Methane Regulation on schedule and avoid reopening or delaying the rules, investors representing more than €9 trillion in assets globally said Tuesday. In an open lett... (more story)

All states must submit climate pledges aligned to 1.5C goal, EU Commission says

October 07, 2026

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

MLex Summary: All countries need to submit their national climate pledges and align them with a pathway limiting warming to 1.5C, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said Wednesday ahead of the COP31 UN cli... (more story)

European Parliament backs reduced road charges for zero- and low-emission trucks

October 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament has given its final backing to plans to reduce road charges for low-emission heavy-duty vehicles by up to 75 percent until June 30, 2031, and 50 percent thereafter. Lawmak... (more story)

Technology View More

NYC mayor proposes private right of action for unfair business conduct

October 07, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

New York City residents and organizations may soon have expanded authority to sue for unfair business practices — which has been particularly successful against tech companies this year — under a proposal spea... (more story)

Maryland man found guilty of computer fraud, laundering over hack of DeFi exchange

October 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Jonathan Spalletta, of Maryland, was found guilty of computer fraud and money laundering in connection with his hacks of the decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Uranium Finance, the US Departme... (more story)

EU lawmakers to present report on EU's Cloud and AI Development Act in December

October 07, 2026 | Masha Borak and Oscar Pandiello

Europe

A European Parliament committee is expected to present its joint draft report on the Cloud and AI Development Act in December, with a vote planned for mid-March, according to a provisional timetable seen by ML... (more story)