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Trade

August 04, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US Senate Russia sanctions bill raises concerns with tariff powers

Antitrust

August 04, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Amazon sued by New Jersey over delivery driver monopsony, ‘appalling conditions’
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

August 04, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US states' scrutiny of OpenAI follows mounting concerns over Hugging Face hack

Antitrust View More

US Senators to unveil bill to tackle surveillance pricing ‘soon’

August 04, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

US Senator Josh Hawley is planning to unveil bipartisan legislation to combat surveillance pricing — the “scam” of companies from Jet Blue to Walmart setting different prices for different customers at the sam... (more story)

Sanofi-Adventis, others push for US high court review of Mosaic Health case

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Sanofi-Adventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca filed a reply in support of their petition for the US Supreme Court to hear US antitrust claims against them over diabetes treatments, arg... (more story)

Economists, scholars propose 'pay for half' remedy in US Google Search antitrust case

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Economists and legal and technology scholars told a US appeals court that a lower court’s remedies to Google's monopoly over general search services are insufficient because they do not make it p... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

SpaceX, xAI disclose $354 million in accruals for probable litigation losses

August 04, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: SpaceX has released its first quarterly US securities filing, detailing its current legal proceedings and disclosing that the parent company of xAI has recorded an accrual of $354 million for lit... (more story)

Amazon loses US bid to block Perplexity AI shopping agent

August 04, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Amazon is unlikely to succeed in claims that Perplexity AI's shopping agent violates federal or California anti-hacking laws, a federal appeals court in Seattle said, lifting an injunction that had blocked the... (more story)

Tech policy experts call for stronger Google Search antitrust remedies in US appeal

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A group of bipartisan technology policy experts told a US appeals court that a lower court should have imposed stronger remedies to Google’s monopoly over general search services, saying that the... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Kimberly-Clark, Kenvue deal questions in Brazil focus on portfolio power beyond overlaps

August 04, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority's extensive questionnaires to competitors and customers in the Kimberly-Clark and Kenvue deal review reveal that the agency's inquiry extends well beyond defining product ma... (more story)

NextEra, Dominion procedural schedule adopted by South Carolina commission

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The procedural schedule submitted by NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina was adopted by the body, setting a final order date of Jan. 29, 2027. A ... (more story)

Writers Guild, US states' Paramount-Warner challenges get March 2027 trial date

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Challenges by a group of US states and the Writers Guild of America against Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery are slated for a 12-day trial beginning on March 2, 2027, ac... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US appeals court mulls constitutionality of Texas app store law

August 04, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dug into debate Tuesday over the constitutionality of the Texas App Store Accountability Act, with the court hearing argument on whether app... (more story)

Discord, Telegram targeted in Brazil after live broadcast of 13-year-old's death

August 04, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil’s Digital Rights Secretariat detailed how groups operating on Discord and Telegram allegedly approached underage girls and encouraged violent behavior, leading to the livestreamed suicide of a minor.  A... (more story)

US welcomes Italy into Pax Silica supply chain initiative

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department announced that Italy became the latest country to join the Pax Silica initiative that works to create global supply chains for critical and emerging technologies.

Intellectual Property View More

Anthropic says music publishers still can't show copyright infringement in US case

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Anthropic moved to dismiss amended US copyright claims filed by Universal Music, Concord Music Group and ABKCO Music, saying the complaint lacks any example of an allegedly infringing output by A... (more story)

US Congress eyes barring seed utility patents amid industry consolidation

August 04, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Democrats in the US Congress have proposed ending utility patent protection for most future seed innovations, limiting protection instead to the Plant Variety Protection Act and Plant Patent Act. Supporters ar... (more story)

China links export-control violations to exit-ban risk

August 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese authorities will be able to bar citizens from leaving the country over export-control or technology-transfer violations that may endanger China’s industrial or technology security, under new State Coun... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Texas customs broker appeals US prison sentence in bribery case

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Carlos Leopoldo Alvelais Alarcon, a customs broker based in Texas, filed a notice of appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit against his 18-month sentence over his role in a schem... (more story)

Freeze on Alison-Madueke's UK cash ended following bribery trial acquittal

August 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has had tens of thousands of pounds unfrozen by UK enforcers following her acquittal on bribery charges. The former head of the Organization of the Petroleum... (more story)

Barclays faces UK legal claim by MFS administrators

August 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Market Financial Solutions is suing Barclays at a London court, as the fallout continues from the collapse of the lender amid allegations of fraud. While details of the claim haven’t been made public, the case... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK pension advisers have industry bans upheld on appeal but fines slashed

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Two pensions advisers in the UK have had their bans upheld for giving the wrong advice to customers, but their fines have been significantly reduced. The Upper Tribunal  on Tuesday agreed with th... (more story)

Ex-Goldman banker received client’s funds, made cash withdrawals, US jury sees

August 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker received millions of dollars directly from his Turkish client, and hundreds of thousands more from consultants, as he engaged in a foreign bribery scheme in Ghana, according to su... (more story)

UBS unit fined by FINRA for anti-money laundering violations

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: FINRA, a brokerage industry self-regulator, fined UBS Financial Services $20 million for anti-money laundering violations after finding that it had again failed to establish and implement a compl... (more story)

Trade View More

USITC says Australia, Norway injure domestic industry with silicon metal imports

August 04, 2026

Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously voted to determine that a domestic industry is materially injured by dumped and subsidized imports of silicon metal from Australia and Norway. Th... (more story)

US trade deficit falls slightly in June

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis said in a new report that the goods and services trade deficit fell to $73.3 billion in June, a $4.4 billion drop from May. The goods defi... (more story)

US Commerce says Indonesia surged fatty acid imports

August 04, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily said critical circumstances exist for imports of fatty acids from Indonesia, after finding Indonesia producers surged product following the initiation of ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Spanish order compensating JGC for changes to renewables aid draws EU probe

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An arbitration award — ordering Spain to compensate Japan’s JGC Holdings for changes to a program supporting renewable electricity production — has drawn an in-depth EU investigation. The probe s... (more story)

Goldwind’s pleas against request for subsidy information published in EU journal

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind is seeking to annul a European Commission request for information under the bloc's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, according to pleas published in the EU's Official Journal. ... (more story)

Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu's parent company PDD Holdings and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology have received a formal warning from the European Commission for not having cooperated during an inspection in Ireland. The... (more story)

Energy View More

Nuclear assessed for inclusion in data-center rating system, EU Commission says

August 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission said it is assessing whether nuclear power should be recognized under the EU's planned data-center rating system after receiving feedback from member states and stakeholders. The EU's e... (more story)

India’s EU carbon levy bill less than average emissions suggest, think tank says

August 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

India’s exports could face gross annual costs of €407 million under the EU carbon border levy by 2034, far below the €762 million estimated using national average emissions, according to a report by think tank... (more story)

Texas governor mandates data center audits before approval

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on the approval of data centers in the state until regulatory agencies can audit proposed projects seeking connection to the state's electric gri... (more story)

Technology View More

Google's search defaults cut off path rivals needed to grow, Public Knowledge says

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Public Knowledge filed a brief in support of a US appeals court rejecting Google’s challenge to a judgment in a monopoly case over search brought by the Department of Justice and a group of state... (more story)

Google should have to end revenue-sharing program, Open Markets tells US court

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute told a US appeals court that unless Google is banned from continuing its revenue-sharing program with manufacturers and browsers, it will continue to dominate the gener... (more story)

Platforms asked to follow through on disinformation commitment after Ceuta crisis

August 04, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Tech platforms have been asked by the European Commission to follow through on their commitments in a code of conduct for tackling disinformation after officials said false information spread on social media c... (more story)