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Technology

May 05, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Meta under two Irish DSA probes over recommenders, interface design (*update)
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Trade

May 05, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Renewed US tariff threats against EU cast shadow over trade-deal talks

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

May 05, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Latin America

Tech firms adapting before Brazil's new child safety rules start, official says

Antitrust View More

Agri Stats, DOJ, US states in throes of settlement talks over information-sharing suit

May 05, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts

North America

As Agri Stats and the government hold intensive talks to settle an information-sharing lawsuit ahead of a May 18 trial, the Department of Justice and six US states are aiming to secure remedies that would ban ... (more story)

Coalition calls for ban on surveillance pricing, electronic shelf labels in New York

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James and state Senator Rachel May joined local elected officials, labor unions, advocates and community members to rally in support of the One Fair Price Packag... (more story)

German court suspends information requests in wholesale fuel probe

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Düsseldorf court ruled that a media company and its subsidiary don't have to disclose information to the German competition authority in an ongoing fuel wholesale investigation, according to an... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Pa. suit alleging unlicensed medical practice is latest state action against chatbots

May 05, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Pennsylvania has sued artificial intelligence company Character Technologies for allegedly practicing medicine without a license through its Character.AI platform, as chatbot developers face mounting pressure ... (more story)

Meta, Zuckerberg face copyright claims from major publishers for AI development

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex summary: Publishers Elsevier, Cengage, McGraw Hill and Macmillan, along with author Scott Turow, have sued Meta and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in New York federal court, for copyright infringement in art... (more story)

Character.AI sued by Pa. over alleged doctor impersonation by chatbot

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex summary: Pennsylvania's Department of State has sued chatbot developer Character.AI, alleging the company misrepresented its companion chatbots as licensed medical professionals. “Pennsylvanians deserve t... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Canada challenges Keyera-Plains NGL deal, Competition Tribunal to decide outcome

May 05, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

The Canadian Competition Bureau has moved to block Keyera Corp’s proposed acquisition of Plains All American Pipeline’s natural gas liquids business in Canada, filing an application with the Competition Tribun... (more story)

Abu Dhabi's wealth fund seeks EU nod for stake in Ireland-UK electricity interconnector

May 05, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, has requested the European Commission's approval to become a controlling shareholder of Greenlink, a strategic electricity interconnector linkin... (more story)

Transocean, Valaris get US DOJ second request, need 4 other regulatory approvals

May 05, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

Transocean Chief Executive Officer Keelan Adamson told investors Tuesday that Transocean and Valaris received a second request from the US Department of Justice regarding their proposed deal. The companies hav... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta to expand Instagram's teen safeguards in the EU, Brazil

May 05, 2026

Europe, Latin America

MLex Summary: Meta is expanding the use of AI to place suspected minors into its Instagram Teen Accounts, which apply additional safeguards on accounts used by 13- to 17-year-olds, to the EU and Brazil, the co... (more story)

Lenovo seeks dismissal of US wiretapping case

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Lenovo asked a California federal judge to dismiss a proposed privacy class action accusing it of using tracking technology on its website to collect and transfer user data, arguing that the plai... (more story)

EU AI law amendments to be discussed as deadline looms for high-risk AI systems

May 05, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

EU policy makers are due to discuss legislative amendments to the bloc's landmark AI law on Wednesday in a bid to find an agreement on how to reform the way the legislation applies to products already regulate... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Sisvel POS pool gains momentum, becoming ‘dominant’ offering, head of licensing says

May 05, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, North America

Sisvel is quickly growing its licensing program for point-of-sale, or POS, payment devices, adding four more companies this week. The patent licensing and pool management firm expects the pool to become the “d... (more story)

Judge Newman turns to Supreme Court in fight for US judicial independence

May 05, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Now removed from the bench for three years, patent law trailblazer and embattled US Judge Pauline Newman is resorting to the Supreme Court to challenge her suspension from the US Court of Appeals for the Feder... (more story)

IP-backed lending a priority for UK and needs support to grow, minister urges

May 05, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

The growth of IP-backed financing is a key priority for the UK government, the minister responsible for intellectual property has said. Kanishka Narayan also emphasized the acceleration of the innovation cycle... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

ING Belgium fined €1.6m over payments linked to former European Commissioner

May 05, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

ING Belgium has been told to pay €1.6 million to settle a Belgian money laundering investigation involving transactions connected to the former European Commissioner Didier Reynders.

Precious stones dealer fined by Canada's FINTRAC for compliance failures

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Birks Group, a dealer in precious metals and precious stones, for failing to com... (more story)

Real estate brokerage fined by Canada's FINTRAC for compliance failures

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc., also operating as Twin City Realty, for failing to... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU revamped securitization framework adopted in European Parliament

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers on Tuesday adopted their stance on a reform to make the EU securitization framework more attractive to both issuers and investors in order to boost the bloc's capital markets. The Eu... (more story)

Revised EU payment services rules formally approved by lawmakers

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament’s committee on economic and monetary affairs has approved the overhaul of EU payment services rules, comprising a revised Payment Services Directive and a new Payment Serv... (more story)

Non-bank finance risks highlight need for better data sharing, tools, ECB says

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Strengthening the macroprudential approach to non-bank finance is key to financial system resilience, the European Central Bank says in a report published Tuesday. It highlights the need for bett... (more story)

Trade View More

US importer group pushing for change to Trump’s trade zone restrictions

May 05, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones is pushing for the Trump administration to reverse course on a major change to foreign trade zones that eliminated a means to import finished goods at lower prices.

US Commerce announces preliminary duties on Czech, Indian couplers

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US Commerce Department said in a preliminary decision that India and the Czech Republic are dumping imports of freight rail couplers. Commerce announced a 60.05 percent dumping rate for Czech... (more story)

EU calls for US 'swift return' to agreed tariff terms as trade chiefs meet

May 05, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič met his US counterpart Jamieson Greer on Tuesday and called for a “swift return” to 15 percent tariff terms of the EU-US trade deal provisionally struck last summer, in the wake o... (more story)

State Aid View More

Austrian, Spanish aid to energy-intensive companies wins EU state aid approval

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Austria and Spain have won approval from the European Commission to compensate energy-intensive businesses for higher electricity costs due to the impact carbon prices. The measures are designed ... (more story)

EU Commission cleared 370 corporate deals in 2025

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission cleared 370 mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures in 2025, according to the annual report on competition policy released on Tuesday by the regulator. It imposed conditio... (more story)

Lithuania’s aid for development bank wins EU approval

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Lithuania has won EU state aid approval to inject more than €800 million into development bank Investicijos į Lietuvos ekonomiką, and grant it exemptions from corporate income tax and dividend pa... (more story)

Energy View More

Regulatory barriers, not technology, hold back EU energy transition, solar lobby says

May 05, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Structural and regulatory barriers are now the main obstacle to scaling renewables in the EU, lobby group SolarPower Europe said in a new report published Tuesday, urging reforms to grids, storage and market d... (more story)

EU ban on Chinese inverters driven by cybersecurity, dependency risks

May 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s ban on Chinese inverters in renewable-energy projects involving EU funding is driven by cybersecurity and dependency risks, a European Commission official said Monday. The commission has evidence that... (more story)

US official cites critical mineral procurement concerns with Project Vault

April 30, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

A key US official working on the Export-Import Bank’s new critical minerals stockpile said he remains concerned with the ability to procure enough minerals for the unprecedented effort. 

Technology View More

EU digital services law revision of could include evidence access, official says

May 05, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Online platforms and search engines under investigation for breaching the EU’s digital services law could see changes to evidence-handling procedures as part of a wider evaluation of the rules, a senior Europe... (more story)

Meta’s Instagram, Facebook targeted in Irish Digital Services Act probes

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Facebook and Instagram are at the center of two Irish investigations over possible violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act. Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán launched the probes against paren... (more story)

Chegg, Penske Media denied US motion for oral argument in Google AI search suits

May 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Chegg and Penske's motion for oral argument in related antitrust suits over Google's AI Overviews is "unnecessary," US District Judge Amit Mehta said in an order filed in the District of Columbia... (more story)