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Antitrust

August 31, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Calif. bill targeting single-firm conduct heads to governor's desk

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 31, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount seeks dismissal of consumers’ amended US challenge to Warner merger
 An illustration of Facebook's personal data collection from Cambridge Analytica

Data Privacy and Security

August 28, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica

Antitrust View More

Oracle faces EU scrutiny over software terms after SAP settlement

September 01, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Oracle is drawing the attention of EU antitrust investigators, with officials asking questions about the company’s software terms, MLex has learned. The scrutiny mirrors a similar probe into SAP that ended in ... (more story)

Fuel supply shocks test government-antitrust balance in Southeast Asia

September 01, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Fuel-market disruptions are testing the boundaries between government intervention and competition enforcement across Southeast Asia, antitrust officials said at a conference in Singapore on Tuesday. The Phili... (more story)

Meta revoked Dialogue Consulting's access 'overnight,' Australian court told

September 01, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Meta Platforms moved to cut Dialogue Consulting’s social-media scheduling service Sked Social off from Instagram “overnight” and without warning, the Australian Federal Court was told as a three-week trial in ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Douyin, Weibo among 68 Chinese tech companies adopting dual AI labels in Beijing

September 01, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Sixty-eight major technology companies in Beijing have adopted both visible and embedded labels for AI-generated content and largely enabled their labels to be recognized across platforms, the city’s cyberspac... (more story)

South Korea eyes sharp boost in AI, future-tech funding in 2027 budget plan

September 01, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea plans to increase government funding for artificial intelligence projects by 67 percent in 2027, as it seeks to strengthen the country’s AI capabilities and help society prepare for changes from th... (more story)

South Korea to sharply increase AI, future-tech funding in 2027

September 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT, which oversees policies on artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, said its plan to increase spending by 24.5 percent in 2027 was appro... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

TPG wins South Korean approval for Lotte Rental acquisition

September 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: TPG, a US private-equity firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, has secured unconditional approval from South Korea’s antitrust regulator to acquire Lotte Rental through affiliate Lexicon Korea Holdco.... (more story)

Itochu's bid for Dentsu Soken awaits antitrust clearance in Japan, China, EU

September 01, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Major Japanese trading company Itochu announced Monday a planned takeover bid for a minority stake of up to 38.22 percent in publicly listed IT services and consulting company Dentsu Soken, a sub... (more story)

Drugmakers Eli Lilly, AtaiBeckley saw US merger antitrust wait period expire

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US premerger antitrust review wait period for the merger of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and psychiatric biotech firm AtaiBeckley expired on Aug. 28, according to a filing with the US Secur... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Does social media’s liability shield still hold after recent EU court rulings?

September 01, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Recent EU court rulings are raising questions over how broadly social media platforms can still rely on liability shields for user-generated content. Russmedia, Coyote and a YouTube judgment point to greater r... (more story)

Greek ministry, EETAA fined €350,000 after ransomware attack

September 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Greece’s Social Cohesion and Family Affairs Ministry has been fined €200,000, after a ransomware attack that put the data of around 2.5 million people at risk. EETAA — the ministry's data process... (more story)

Japan IP court limits use of PayPal data to identify TikTok infringers

September 01, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s IP High Court has ruled that a name linked to an allegedly infringing TikTok user’s PayPal account did not have to be disclosed, because the copyright owner failed to show that it qualified as the user... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China AI software case offers digital-forensics roadmap for trade secret enforcement

September 01, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China is adapting its trade secret enforcement and digital forensics to protect valuable artificial intelligence assets, as a recent Beijing case highlights the challenges of detecting and proving the misappro... (more story)

EmblemHealth conceded US sham litigation claims fail, Alexion says

August 31, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

EmblemHealth has conceded it cannot establish antitrust standing to pursue its remaining claims over alleged sham litigation as part of its antitrust suit over Soliris, Alexion Pharmaceuticals said in a motion for judgment.

Philips scores partial patent victory over Quectel in US jury verdict

August 31, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A US jury has handed Philips a partial win in its long-running patent battle with Quectel Wireless Solutions, finding that the Chinese cellular-module maker infringed one patent and awarding about $3 million i... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

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)

Limits on access to beneficial ownership data face EU top court review

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU Court of Justice has been asked to clarify when beneficial owners — the individuals who ultimately own or control a company or other legal entity — can restrict access to their information... (more story)

Egyptian bank’s UAE branches targeted by US over money laundering concerns

August 28, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US Treasury Department deemed United Arab Emirates-based branches of an Egyptian bank a money laundering concern, moving to block their access to US correspondent banking over business with Iranian clients.

Financial Services View More

EU ESG rating providers' authorization, recognition rules published

September 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: ESG rating providers seeking EU authorization or recognition will have to submit detailed information to the European Securities and Markets Authority under new rules published Tuesday in the EU'... (more story)

Indonesia eases rules on export-proceeds retention for qualifying mining companies

September 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia will allow qualifying mining exporters to retain 30 percent of their foreign-exchange export proceeds in the domestic financial system for at least three months, instead of the general ... (more story)

Kalshi imposes first lifetime ban on former US Representative Santos

August 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Kalshi, the largest US prediction market, said it's imposing its first-ever lifetime ban on disgraced former Representative George Santos, for betting on his own attendance at President Trump’s 2026 State of t... (more story)

Trade View More

EU tariffs on Chinese PSC wires, strands face expiry review

September 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU dumping duties of up to 46.2 percent in place on EU imports of pre-and post-stressing wires and wire strands of non-alloy steel from China are under review to see if their expiry would result ... (more story)

China freezes $318m in Nexperia assets amid anti-sanctions lawsuit

September 01, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

A Chinese court has frozen 2.14 billion yuan ($318 million) in assets held by Dutch semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia and its equipment unit, handing fresh leverage to the chipmaker's embattled Chinese owner... (more story)

EU trade measures on Chinese silicon come under interim review

September 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Punitive dumping duties of up to 16.8 percent in place on EU imports of silicon from China are now subject to an interim review, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The request for a review ... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

Italy's €285m plan to offset fuel, fertilizer price hikes wins EU approval

August 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies active in agriculture, fisheries or aquaculture suffering from increased fuel and fertilizer prices due to the crisis in the Middle East will be eligible for direct grants and tax advan... (more story)

Energy View More

Calif. legislature approves bill to require data centers to bear their costs

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The California Legislature has approved SB 1168, which is designed to protect Californians from skyrocketing utility rates caused by data centers. SB 1168 directs the California Public Utilities ... (more story)

EU needs ‘Marshall Plan’ for energy investment, says EU climate chief

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Europe needs a "Marshall Plan" to sharply increase public and private investment in power grids, cross-border interconnectors, renewables, batteries, storage and nuclear energy, EU Climate Commis... (more story)

Strengthen EU electricity grid security rules, operators’ association says

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU energy security rules should set common standards for protecting electricity grids against physical, cyber and hybrid threats, according to the European Network of Transmission System Operator... (more story)

Technology View More

Japan consumer panel proposes ban on obstructing subscription cancellations

September 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: An expert panel under Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency proposed on Monday prohibiting businesses from obstructing consumers seeking to cancel subscription services, amid a surge in related complai... (more story)

Former Meta employees who shared documents crucial to US AGs' cases

August 31, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Whistleblowers who took and shared documents from Meta Platforms, as well as other former employees, were crucial to the cases brought by US attorneys general against the company.

US judges deny Virginia motion to end injunction of social media time limit

August 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Judges for the The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied Virginia's request to stay the preliminary injunction currently barring the state from enforcing its law limiting t... (more story)