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A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Barcelona El Prat Airport in Spain on Feb. 16, 2025.

State Aid

September 03, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Ryanair’s bid for EU state aid injunction against Lufthansa is rejected by court
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Artificial Intelligence

September 02, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

OpenAI PR team overrode safety concerns before Canada mass shooting, suits allege
Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

September 02, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Trump administration escalates AI training defense with US court statement

Antitrust View More

New guidelines on pursuing dominance abusers published by EU

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has published the final version of formal guidelines on investigating companies that abuse their market power. The guidelines codify the legal territory set out by EU cour... (more story)

Large companies get new EU guidance on abusing market power

September 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Companies with large market shares will have a clearer view of when they face EU antitrust risk in new guidelines published Thursday, setting out how the European Commission will apply one of its most powerful... (more story)

Delays in Apple monopolization suit an 'acute concern,' US DOJ, states say

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Apple's request to extend the case schedule in monopolization litigation brought by the US Department of Justice and a multistate coalition should be denied, the plaintiffs told a New Jersey fede... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Spain seeks national AI pact with employers, unions

September 03, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

Spanish employers and labor unions will be invited to take part in a government initiative to discuss how the benefits of artificial intelligence are distributed in a way that supports trust and security, the ... (more story)

Financial firms struggle to address AI-discovered cyber flaws, UK FCA says

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Financial firms’ use of AI to identify cyber flaws is outpacing their ability to address them, the UK's financial regulator found in a review of frontier AI systems. The Financial Conduct Authori... (more story)

South Korean defense ministry to spend 55% more on AI, new tech in 2027

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said Thursday it plans to sharply increase spending on projects involving the development and adoption of artificial intelligence and other advanced tec... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face for nearly $13bln

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a move that will “scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions... (more story)

Uniphar faces Irish in-depth review over TouchStore deal

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Healthcare services provider Uniphar faces an in-depth merger investigation in Ireland over its completed acquisition of pharmacy software supplier TouchStore, the national competition authority ... (more story)

Kimberly-Clark's Kenvue deal open for feedback in EU

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in plans by personal-care business Kimberly-Clark to buy healthcare company Kenvue now have ten days to provide feedback to the European Commission. The EU merger regulator has... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Uber faces GDPR lawsuit over AI pay algorithm for drivers in UK, Netherlands

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ride-hailing company Uber is facing legal action brought principally on behalf of drivers in the UK and the Netherlands over its use of an AI-powered algorithm to set drivers’ pay and allocate wo... (more story)

Yoti pulls Spanish ID app after €950,000 fine over processing biometric data

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK digital identity provider Yoti will withdraw its app from Spanish app stores on Sept. 10 after the Spanish Data Protection Agency fined it €950,000 ($1.1 million) over its processing of biomet... (more story)

Meta must face action over addictive design, lawmakers tell European Commission

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms should face swift enforcement action under the EU’s digital services law over allegedly addictive design features on Facebook and Instagram in the wake of its landmark US settlemen... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

This week at the UPC: Aug. 28-Sep. 3

September 03, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili, Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unified Patent Court this week granted injunctions to Aesculap and InterDigital, with InterDigital securing its third order against Disney. Judges also clarified the court’s reach into the UK and Poland, p... (more story)

Kraftwerk sample acceptable as pastiche, German court rules

September 03, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Germany’s highest court has clarified the conditions under which reuse of a copyrighted work can be justified on the grounds of pastiche, in a ruling on a sampling of Kraftwerk’s song “Metal on Metal” by Germa... (more story)

Romanian law undermines copyright rules on social media posts, EU top court says

September 03, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

Short social media posts may be protected by copyright law and subject to exceptions for media outlets that report on current events, the EU’s top court said on Thursday. Romania’s additional restrictions, whi... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Ethical Forestry trio jailed for combined 15 years over Costa Rica tree fraud

September 03, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Three former directors of English company Ethical Forestry who defrauded UK investors out of £70 million through a tree-based investment scheme in Costa Rica to support their lavish lifestyles have been jailed... (more story)

US regulators writing stablecoin rules should add guardrails for users, observers say

September 02, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

US financial policymakers writing rules to carry out the GENIUS Act with respect to stablecoins should provide guardrails for users and against illicit finance in anticipation of growth in use of the cryptocur... (more story)

Confident ENRC probe 'wrongdoing' won't happen again, says UK fraud agency

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's Serious Fraud Office has said it is "confident" its "wrongdoing" over its investigation into miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation between 2011 and 2013 won't happen again. "The S... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Banca Tercas suffered serious breach in state-aid probe, EU court says

September 03, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

The European Commission committed a serious breach of EU state aid rules when it wrongly classified support for Banca Tercas as unlawful aid, the EU’s top court has ruled. However, judges rejected BdM Banca's ... (more story)

EU’s highest court curbs unrestricted access to shareholder data

September 03, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

EU countries may not allow anyone to obtain personal data on every minority shareholder in a public limited company without demonstrating a legitimate interest, the EU’s highest court said on Thursday. A Latvi... (more story)

EU banks face detailed new rules for measuring operational risk

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New rules for how banks calculate operational risk and related capital requirements were published on Thursday in the EU's Official Journal. The regulation defines which income, expenses and loss... (more story)

Trade View More

G20 members agree to innovation statement, split with China on global trade

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Members of the G20 agreed to an innovation ministerial statement that pledged to cooperate on artificial intelligence, supply chain management and intellectual property, along with addressing mar... (more story)

EU customs overhaul wins final approval from national governments

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU governments have formally approved an overhaul of the bloc’s customs framework that will make non-EU e-commerce platforms responsible for customs formalities and payments, introduce penalties ... (more story)

Armenian tariff support gets EU trade committee approval

September 03, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament’s Trade Committee has voted to approve the tariff relief measures for Armenia proposed by the European Commission earlier this year, after Russia placed restrictions on Ar... (more story)

State Aid View More

Bidders in Greek energy tenders face EU exclusion under foreign-subsidy rules

September 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The European Commission is moving to exclude three companies from participating in public tenders in Greece’s energy sector, after they failed to provide enough information under rules designed to reveal the i... (more story)

BdM Banca shouldn’t get compensation over defeated state aid case, EU top court says

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: BdM Banca isn't entitled to €203.3 million in compensation from the European Commission for damage allegedly caused by its unlawful Tercas state aid decision, the EU's top court said on Thursday.... (more story)

Germany’s €35bn electricity ‘capacity mechanism’ wins EU approval

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU state aid approval for an up to €35 billion program designed to ensure sufficient capacity to produce, store and consume electricity. The European Commission said the “capa... (more story)

Energy View More

Power-only hydro plants not covered by EU services law, top court says

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Small-scale hydroelectric plants whose sole or principal activity is generating electricity are not covered by the EU Services Directive, the EU Court of Justice said on Thursday. The dispute con... (more story)

EU grid operators urge flexibility in ‘Made in Europe’ rules

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European electricity distribution system operators have warned that rigid EU-origin requirements could increase costs, restrict access to critical components and delay electricity-grid expansion.... (more story)

EU emissions targets will not be reviewed by European Commission, court says

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions allocations for 2023-30 will not be reviewed by the European Commission, the EU General Court said on Wednesday, rejecting a challenge by two environmental campa... (more story)

Technology View More

Tech-facilitated child sexual abuse needs stronger regulation, UN says

September 03, 2026

Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Governments should require digital platforms to meet safety-by-design standards, strengthen regulators’ enforcement powers and update laws to cover online grooming, sexual extortion and AI-genera... (more story)

CCIA says breakup in Google adtech monopoly suit would have gone 'far beyond' US court finding

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauded US District Judge Leonie Brinkema's order in the Google adtech monopolization case, which rejected a structural remedy and opted for o... (more story)

Google’s US adtech win gives EU new remedy headache

September 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe, North America

Google persuaded a US judge not to break up its adtech business, putting the European Commission in an awkward position of deciding whether to settle for the same solution or push for an asset sale and risk a ... (more story)