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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology

August 18, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

EU’s cookie-banner overhaul stalls amid competing interests

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 17, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Merger of Henkel, A-Paint blocked by US judge
South Korea flag and chart of falling US dollar.

Antitrust, Trade

August 14, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Chris May

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

US Republicans pile pressure on S. Korea as trade escalation fears mount

Antitrust View More

US Google Play antitrust settlement with states, consumers wins final approval

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California granted final approval to a $700 million settlement Google reached with states and consumer plaintiffs that resolves antitrus... (more story)

Epic Games presses Apple on 'linked-out' fees as US Supreme Court fight looms

August 18, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Epic Games and Apple are battling on two fronts: at the US Supreme Court, and before US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in California to determine what commission, if any, Apple may charge on purchases m... (more story)

Ex-Puerto Rico baseball team owner files amended US claims against league

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Cangrejeros and Thomas Axon filed their second amended US complaint accusing Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico and its member clubs of conspiring to boycott and oust Tom Axon, the former... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US federal, state officials fighting AI cyber threats with existing laws

August 18, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

As a comprehensive national legal framework remains elusive, state and federal officials are increasingly using existing laws and regulatory powers to police high-risk AI behavior, including AI-driven cyberatt... (more story)

Gmail users files amended US claims against Google over Gemini integration

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Users of Gmail filed an amended US complaint accusing Google of secretly enabling its Gemini artificial intelligence tool to scan their private emails, messages and video chats without their cons... (more story)

Amazon asks US appeals court to revisit case against Perplexity AI

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Amazon told a US appeals court panel that a recent decision in favor of Perplexity AI degrades website owners' ability to set the terms on which "powerful, fast-evolving, and potentially destruct... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Brazil’s CADE dismisses IPSConsumo latest bid to join American Airlines-Azul review

August 18, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s antitrust regulator has dismissed an appeal by the Institute for Research and Studies on Society and Consumption (IPSConsumo), upholding an earlier decision that barred the group from ta... (more story)

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern proceedings no longer on hold, US rail board decides

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Abeyance of proceedings for the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern railroad merger review has ended, and deadlines for commentary on the merger have been set, the US Surface Transportation Board wrot... (more story)

OceanPact, CBO ask Brazil's CADE to dismiss Petrobras merger appeal

August 18, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

OceanPact and CBO have urged the Brazilian competition authority to dismiss Petrobras' appeal against the approval of their proposed merger. According to the merging parties, Petrobras has not identified any e... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Multi-state youth safety trial against Meta opens with claims of hook, harvest, hide

August 18, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Hook, hold, harvest, hide. These four words will anchor the case a group of state attorneys general will make to a federal judge and advisory jury over the next six weeks: that Meta Platforms designed its plat... (more story)

Multiple Meta executives were against cosmetic beauty filters, Tennessee jury hears

August 18, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Multiple executives at Meta Platforms opposed implementing beauty filters on Instagram in 2020 and planned to confront CEO Mark Zuckerberg about it, according to emails displayed to a Tennessee jury Tuesday.

Seventeen Iranians face US indictment over cyber theft campaign for government

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced a 14-count indictment bringing claims against 17 members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that conducted a coordinated campaign of cyber intrus... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Shein loses UK bid for ‘Icon’ trademark as IP authority backs Dsquared2

August 18, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

E-commerce platform Shein’s application to trademark its new “Shein Icon” brand has been rejected by the UK Intellectual Property Office after Dsquared2 successfully opposed it on the grounds that it was too s... (more story)

Servier pulls generics companies into Dutch damages litigation

August 18, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

French pharmaceutical company Les Laboratoires Servier has started litigation against makers of generic drugs in the Netherlands in a bid to ensure they are on the hook for any damages claims from lawsuits bro... (more story)

UPC appeal court clarifies handling of infringements that began before UPC era

August 18, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unified Patent Court confirmed it can hear disputes involving conduct from before it opened in 2023 while applying different substantive law to different periods and forms of relief. The guidance comes in ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Balt seeks to block ‘fishing expedition’ by former executive in US bribery case

August 18, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Balt and its lawyers have asked a judge to block subpoena requests from a former executive as he defends himself from US corruption charges after allegedly bribing a French public hospital official to buy the ... (more story)

Signature founder banned from acting as UK company director for five years

August 18, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The founder of UK property business Signature Group, which was investigated after collapsing with debts of £140 million, has been banned from acting as a director for five years for his role in another company... (more story)

Beauforce manager who 'repeatedly lied' banned from UK directorships

August 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A senior manager at debt management firm Beauforce Corporation is disqualified from acting as a UK company director for a decade, the High Court in London has ruled. The Financial Conduct Authori... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US SEC proposes two crypto registration exemptions to lure investment to US

August 18, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed two exemptions from registration requirements for investment contracts involving non-security cryptocurrency assets such as Bitcoin and Ether, in an effort to... (more story)

Tricolor execs accused by US SEC of engaging in fraud ahead of company's collapse

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Daniel Chu, Jerome Kollar, and Ameryn Seibold, the former CEO, CFO, and Senior Director of Finance, respectively, of Tricolor Holdings, face claims from the US Securities and Exchange Commission ... (more story)

US Treasury Department proposes GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin sale

August 17, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Department of the Treasury became the latest federal agency to propose rules implementing the 2025 GENIUS Act creating a regulatory framework for stablecoin cryptocurrency. The Treasury proposal Monday ... (more story)

Trade View More

US industry injured by Chinese lysine imports, trade commission finds

August 18, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission determined that a US industry is materially injured by imports of L-lysine from China that the US Department of Commerce has determined are dumped and subsid... (more story)

US Customs updates notice to clarify new 301 duties are drawback eligible

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection sent out a message on its Cargo Systems Messaging Service to clarify that Section 301 duties on forced labor imports and on Brazil are drawback eligible. CBP had ... (more story)

US trade court sets Sept. 30 hearing on forced labor challenge

August 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade set a Sept. 30 date for oral arguments in the lawsuit from a coalition of small businesses challenging the Trump administration's use of Section 301 to impose ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

EU countries gain fiscal leeway for clean-energy investments through 2028

August 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries can exempt additional spending on nuclear power, electricity grids, hydrogen, renewables and other energy-security measures from normal spending constraints through 2028 under new gu... (more story)

Georgia lawmaker calls for ‘playbook’ to manage data center boom

August 17, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

State and local lawmakers need a clear framework for managing the rapid growth of AI-driven data centers, including rules for what developers should pay and what communities and regulators should demand, state... (more story)

Australian state announces AI framework for data-center investment

August 17, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The New South Wales government on Monday announced a new policy framework for data-center investment that requires projects seeking streamlined approvals to meet energy, water, community and infr... (more story)

Technology View More

Platform algorithms can raise child radicalization risks, English watchdog says

August 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms’ algorithms can increase the risk of children being radicalized through repeated exposure to increasingly harmful content, the Children’s Commissioner for England said Tuesday. I... (more story)

Delhi court fixes India's mental-act patent problem — but should judges write the rules?

August 18, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's patent system finally has a test for deciding when an invention is merely a mental act, after the Delhi High Court stepped in where the patent office hadn't. The seven-step framework could curb arbitra... (more story)

204 digital platforms submit child-safety risk assessments in Indonesia

August 18, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Some 204 digital platforms have submitted mandatory self-assessments of their risk profiles to the Indonesian government under the country's online child-protection regime, the Communications and... (more story)