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Artificial Intelligence

July 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Chinese AI spotlights White House policy rift with domestic US implications
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Trade

July 24, 2026 | Zack Budryk, Clayton Vickers

North America

Forced-labor tariffs from US prompt pushback, face uncertain legal trajectory
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Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

July 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing

Antitrust View More

Singapore revamps airline alliance guidance, speeds review process

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore's Competition and Consumer Commission on Monday published revised guidance on passenger airline alliance agreements, introducing a streamlined three-step notification process and cleare... (more story)

Trip.com announces corrective measures after China's $765m antitrust sanction

July 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Trip.com has promised a broad overhaul of its hotel-platform rules after China’s antitrust regulator imposed a combined 5.18 billion yuan ($765 million) in fines and confiscated illegal gains from the online-t... (more story)

Trip.com stripped of illegal gains in China's landmark platform penalty

July 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Trip.com became the first online platform ordered to forfeit illegal gains in a Chinese antitrust case after the State Administration for Market Regulation found it had abused its dominance in the domestic onl... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

GEMA, Suno ruling to test copyright limits for AI music training in Germany

July 27, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

German music rights group GEMA's closely-watched lawsuit against Suno, a generative AI music platform, is due to be decided in Munich’s copyright chamber on July 31. The case promises to be a key test of wheth... (more story)

Australian workers to have greater say as Fair AI Taskforce proposal wins backing

July 27, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A Fair AI Taskforce intended to give Australian workers a greater say will complement the government's broader artificial intelligence strategy, including its proposed national AI framework and Office of AI. I... (more story)

South Korea secures nearly $1tr in AI partnerships as Lee courts global Big Tech

July 27, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea unveiled nearly $1 trillion worth of artificial intelligence initiatives over the weekend, anchored by major partnerships between its technology companies and global AI leaders including Nvidia and... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

South Korean regulator launches review of fines for breaches of merger remedies

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust regulator has invited bids for a four-month study aimed at overhauling coercive fines imposed for failures to comply with merger remedies. The Korea Fair Trade Commission ... (more story)

Zoetis-Neogen genomics business deal raises concerns for New Zealand regulator

July 27, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Zoetis and Neogen are each other’s closest rivals and the proposed acquisition would remove the existing competitive constraint they impose on each other, New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog said in... (more story)

Writers Guild vows to continue US fight after Paramount-Warner agree to closing delay

July 24, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said in statement that Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday "agreed to what the state Attorneys General and the WGA both sought from the cour... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

China creates simplified privacy regime for small data handlers

July 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has introduced its first simplified privacy compliance regime for small personal-information handlers, marking a shift toward tailoring compliance obligations to the scale of data processing. The new pro... (more story)

Australian regulator says weak powers hinder social-media ban cases

July 27, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia's online-safety regulator says it is unlikely to succeed in civil-penalty proceedings against social-media platforms over the country's under-16 social media ban because it cannot compel them to prod... (more story)

Indonesia seeks more Chinese investment in semiconductors, high-value industries

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Statement: Indonesia's Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto urged Chinese businesses to expand investment in high-value industries during a meeting with a Chinese business delegation ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

OpenAI ruling shifts India's AI copyright fight from training to outputs

July 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's first major AI copyright ruling could reshape generative AI litigation by treating model training as potentially lawful while making AI outputs — not training data — the central battleground for copyright disputes.

Servier targeted by fresh claims from UK health authorities

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Servier Laboratories has been targeted by fresh claims from UK health authorities over alleged anticompetitive agreements for the blood pressure medication perindopril, according to filings with ... (more story)

Indian court refuses to halt OpenAI training, citing risks to public interest

July 24, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

OpenAI defeated ANI Media's bid for an interim injunction after the Delhi High Court held that training generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, on copyrighted works is prima facie fair dealing and... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Cartel allegations in Scoular bribery case show US enforcement priorities

July 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Nowhere in the public docket in the Scoular case are there any mentions of cartel-related bribery, but the white-collar defense bar has seized on the claim in the US Justice Department's statement, saying the ... (more story)

Iranian businessman’s Dot One conglomerate sanctioned by US

July 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned four individuals and nine entities that form key components of Babak Zanjani’s broader Iranian sanctions evasion network, ... (more story)

Güralp Systems has 'deteriorating' bribery compliance, says UK prosecutor

July 24, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Güralp Systems’ "deteriorating standards" of compliance and poor bribery controls were behind a bid by the Serious Fraud Office to prosecute the company following its alleged failure to meet the terms of a 201... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Wise denied US banking license over AML concerns

July 24, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe, North America

UK-headquartered fintech Wise has been denied a US banking license, due to concerns about its anti-money laundering defenses. The US banking regulator said it had doubts about the bank's ability to manage anti... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard say New Zealand's new fee caps could weaken competition

July 24, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Visa, Mastercard and American Express have warned that the new interchange-fee caps proposed by New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog could reduce competition and innovation while failing to lower costs for consume... (more story)

Indonesia financial regulator expands digital finance innovation pipeline

July 24, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, said Thursday it is expanding startup accelerator programs as part of its regulatory framework for digital financial innovation under the Financi... (more story)

Trade View More

Singapore, Australia sign FTA protocol to bolster essential supply chains

July 27, 2026

Asia, Oceania

MLex Summary: Singapore and Australia have signed a protocol to their free trade agreement committing both countries to seek to avoid export restrictions on agreed essential supplies, including diesel and liqu... (more story)

Coupang dispute prompts South Korea to rebut US congressional discrimination claims

July 27, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia, North America

Coupang's regulatory troubles in South Korea have become the subject of formal diplomatic friction, after the country pushed back against a US congressional report accusing South Korean authorities of discrimi... (more story)

AmCham EU survey points to improved confidence one year after Turnberry deal

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A survey by the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, or AmCham EU, among its members suggests the EU-US Turnberry deal has improved business confidence one year after it was struck, with fewer... (more story)

State Aid View More

UK government must bolster impact analysis of electricity costs, says subsidy unit

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government should strengthen its assessment of competition impacts arising out of the proposed "British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme," which is designed to reduce electricity costs fo... (more story)

PostNord Strålfors’ capital injections draw in-depth EU probe

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Capital injections into PostNord Strålfors — a subsidiary of the Swedish and Danish state-owned postal operator — have drawn an in-depth investigation from the European Commission. The regulator ... (more story)

New EU guidance on rescue and restructuring aid out for public comment

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU state aid regulators are seeking public views on draft new guidelines on rescuing and restructuring companies outside the financial sector that are “in difficulty.” The new guidelines updates ... (more story)

Energy View More

New EU ecodesign requirements for industrial fans enter into application

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New EU ecodesign rules for industrial fans took effect on Friday, two years after the new legal text entered into force, introducing stricter energy-efficiency standards, repair requirements and ... (more story)

No immediate oil supply risk despite Strait of Hormuz disruption, EU group says

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU sees no immediate threat to its oil supply despite renewed hostilities in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, following a meeting of the Oil Coordination Group, an EU... (more story)

EU adopts 21st Russia sanctions package targeting banks, crypto and energy revenues

July 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU has adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia, freezing the automatic review of the Russian oil price cap until July 2027 and expanding measures targeting Moscow's energy revenues.... (more story)

Technology View More

Apple, Google expand MSCA compliance as Japan tests dialogue-first model

July 27, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

The Japanese competition regulator on Monday published Apple's and Google's second compliance reports under the Mobile Software Competition Act, or smartphone law, highlighting additional measures by the two c... (more story)

Japan publishes second Apple, Google smartphone-law compliance reports

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Monday published Apple's and Google's second compliance reports under the Mobile Software Competition Act, covering the period from Dec. 18, 2025, when the law ... (more story)

Discord to roll out stronger, 'UK-style' safeguards in Texas under AG agreement

July 24, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Discord has agreed to bring stronger age-assurance and teen-safety protections already used in the UK to Texas under an agreement reached as the state pursues consumer protection claims accusing the platform o... (more story)