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Financial Crime, Financial Services, Technology

June 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

FTX founder Bankman-Fried applies for Trump pardon

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 08, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FCC, Nexstar say challenges to approval of Tegna deal premature

Antitrust View More

EU rejects Apple demand for 18-month rule waiver for Siri AI

June 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce

Europe

The European Commission struck out at Apple on Tuesday, pushing back at claims the Siri AI service was delayed in Europe because of digital rules. The regulator said it had rejected Apple's request for an 18-m... (more story)

Booking faces £2bn UK collective lawsuit over hotel contracts

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Booking.com faces a planned collective lawsuit in the UK over pricing provisions in its contracts with hotels, with prospective class representative Chris Warner saying he has the backing of liti... (more story)

Italy drops Meta AI probe; EU takes over case

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Italian competition authority has closed its probe of Meta AI, with the European Commission having taken over the investigation. Since July 2025, the AGCM has investigated Meta’s integration ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI wins in Indian ruling over forced search indexing

June 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Setting a precedent in the legal landscape for generative artificial intelligence, an Indian court has dismissed e-commerce platform IndiaMart's claims against OpenAI. The Calcutta High Court ruled that busine... (more story)

Snapchat faces Dutch class action over online safety, data concerns

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Snapchat is facing legal action over its addictive design, targeted advertisement and harmful content, especially when aimed at minors. The Foundation for Market Information Research, known as SO... (more story)

South Korea maps out AI privacy R&D priorities in new roadmap

June 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator has released a 2026–2030 roadmap for privacy technology R&D and standardization aimed at supporting safe personal-data use in the artificial intelligence era. The ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

UK initial probe of Paramount’s Warner buyout under way with Aug. 7 deadline

June 09, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is now formally under initial review in the UK after the merger regulator gathered views from interested parties. The Competition and Markets ... (more story)

Paramount-Warner deal probe starts in UK

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK probe of Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has started in the UK after the antitrust regulator gathered views from interested parties. The Competition and ... (more story)

Kimberly-Clark secures EU foreign-subsidy clearance for Kenvue acquisition

June 09, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Kimberly-Clark's intended acquisition of Kenvue has been cleared by the European Commission under the terms of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The deal, due to close in the second half of 2026, still needs m... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU digital 'omnibus' talks need longer, Polish official says, citing cookie rules

June 09, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

The EU's digital simplification package requires "two to three months" of further talks among member states, Poland has urged, arguing that further work is needed on key provisions, including reforms to how co... (more story)

EU governments back European business wallets, paving way for Parliament talks

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU member states agreed a negotiating position on legislation establishing European business wallets, a digital identity framework to enable companies to verify identities, exchange authenticated... (more story)

New ‘small mid-cap’ category outlined by EU lawmakers, member states

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament and EU member states have reached a provisional agreement on the creation of a new category of small mid-cap companies, covering firms with fewer than a thousand employees... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan IP Court rejects autonomous-driving patent revisions over Subaru manual

June 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

The Japan IP High Court rejected three lawsuits challenging the Japan Patent Office’s refusal to allow revisions to granted autonomous-driving patents, holding that Subaru’s driver-assistance manual and known ... (more story)

China, Brazil advance AI use in patent examination, retain human oversight

June 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, Latin America

China is studying whether artificial intelligence can assist in generating patent-examination opinions, signaling a potential expansion of AI's role into core patent-examination functions. The initiative, toge... (more story)

VLSI accuses Intel, PQA, USPTO of blocking 'whistleblower report' from public

June 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

VLSI Technology on Friday decried efforts by Intel Corp., Patent Quality Assurance LLC and the US Patent and Trademark Office to keep allegations of an Intel-PQA connection under wraps. Their shared resistance... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

PwC probed by UK watchdog over WH Smith audit

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PricewaterhouseCoopers is being investigated by the UK audit watchdog over its audit of the consolidated financial statements of WH Smith for the financial year ended Aug. 31, 2024. The Financial... (more story)

Eleven importers evaded dumping order on Chinese lawn groomers, US Customs says

June 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection determined that 11 importers evaded an antidumping duty order on Chinese tow-behind lawn groomers. 

UK regulator takes further action against ex-star fund manager Woodford

June 08, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Former star fund manager Neil Woodford faces further action by the UK’s financial regulator over a subscription-based investment platform set up following the collapse of his eponymous fund. Woodford was banne... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK car finance redress program has cost watchdog £20m, lawmakers told

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's financial regulator said its ongoing work to set up a program for consumers to be compensated over the car finance scandal cost it £20.5 million up to March this year. In a letter to law... (more story)

US Senator Warren questions CFTC actions amid charges of presidential corruption

June 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig's on the agency's ability to properly regulate prediction markets and cryptocurrencies amid allegat... (more story)

US SEC, CFTC adopt standards for data reported by firms

June 08, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission established technical standards for data submitted to some financial regulators under a 2022 law. The two agencies were... (more story)

Trade View More

China pushes back as US military-company list expands to Alibaba, Baidu, NIO

June 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

China has pushed back after the Pentagon added Alibaba, BYD, Baidu and dozens of other Chinese companies to its “Chinese military companies” list, saying Washington was overstretching national-security concept... (more story)

EU tariffs on Chinese, Egyptian glass-fiber fabrics upheld

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Punitive dumping tariffs on imports of woven and stitched glass fiber fabrics from China and Egypt have been extended for a five-year period, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The move fol... (more story)

EU duties on glass-fiber fabrics from China, Egypt remain in place

June 09, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

EU imports of fabrics made of woven and stitched continuous filament glass fiber from China and Egypt will continue to face punitive dumping duties, the European Commission said on Tuesday. China's duties will... (more story)

State Aid View More

Czechia sees EU drop foreign-susbidy probe of Dukovany powerplant

June 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have avoided intervention under the EU's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, with the bloc closing a probe into a deal to provide nuclear reactors a... (more story)

Tiberis case puts Italy's renewable-energy incentives before EU judges

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy’s highest administrative court has asked EU judges whether a European Commission state-aid approval decision prevents national courts from assessing whether Italy’s renewable-energy support... (more story)

Mail operator PNS challenges aid to Czech Post at EU court

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Private postal services operator První novinová společnost, or PNS, is challenging the European Commission's approval of compensation for Czech Post for its universal service mission for the peri... (more story)

Energy View More

Ohio becomes test case for data center opposition as US tech companies defend plans

June 09, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

As data centers proliferate, tech companies are being called to defend their data center development plans before worried lawmakers. Ohio is becoming a test case for what’s ahead across the country as state la... (more story)

Review of climate maritime laws backed by EU ministers if global measures take effect

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU ministers have called for an assessment of whether certain EU shipping climate rules may need to be adjusted if new global measures to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from shipping take effect... (more story)

EU energy-intensive industries set for easier access to electricity tax relief

June 08, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Electricity would be favored over natural gas in national tax systems, while energy-intensive industries would find it easier to qualify for reduced electricity taxes, under a European Commission draft seen by... (more story)

Technology View More

Stop Destroying Video Games initiative gets EU lawmakers’ support

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An initiative against the practice of disabling online video games has gained widespread support among EU lawmakers. In a joint call for action on Tuesday, 45 lawmakers across multiple political ... (more story)

Digital Omnibus impact assessment on cookies expected in October, EU lawmaker says

June 09, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The European Parliament’s work on an EU digital simplification bill will forge ahead even as lawmakers wait for a long-demanded impact assessment that's expected by October, according to Marina Kaljurand, a ke... (more story)

Tech challenge to Florida social media law likely headed to trial, judge says

June 09, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A federal judge in Florida said Monday that a tech industry challenge to Florida’s social media content-moderation law will likely be headed for trial in September, unless he reconsiders whether two trade grou... (more story)