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Tom Cruise on a motorbike in the movie Top Gun, a Paramount film

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 19, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Paramount's Warner Bros deal poses risks for European productions, cinemas say

Antitrust

June 18, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America, North America

Apple launches new App Store policies in Brazil after deal with CADE
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier

Technology

June 18, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Challenge to Florida social media law heads to US trial

Antitrust View More

Singapore antitrust commission unveils fast-track rules with higher penalty discounts

June 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore's competition watchdog on Friday published new Fast Track Procedure Guidelines, effective July 1, that increase discounts on financial penalties to as much as 30 percent for businesses ... (more story)

Candy Hoover premises inspected in Slovenia over antitrust suspicions

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Household appliances company Candy Hoover was subjected to an unannounced inspection of its premises in Ljubljana by Slovenian antitrust officials on Tuesday in connection with suspicions that it... (more story)

New Zealand parliamentary committee largely backs competition law changes

June 19, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A parliamentary committee reviewing the proposed overhaul of New Zealand's competition laws has largely endorsed the bill but has also recommended some significant changes, including that the substantial lesse... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Japan's AI copyright bargain: not Brussels, not Washington

June 19, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan is trying to keep one of the world’s most permissive AI copyright rules intact while making opaque AI use harder to defend. Its 2026 intellectual property strategy keeps AI training largely protected, bu... (more story)

South Korea launches phase two of Physical AI Alliance

June 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s science ministry has launched the second phase of its Physical AI Alliance, reshaping the public-private body into an execution-focused platform linking physical AI development with... (more story)

South Korea revises finance-sector AI guidelines to reflect new risks

June 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s financial regulator has announced revised artificial intelligence guidelines for financial companies, fintech operators and other non-financial businesses whose use of AI may affect... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

BNP Paribas files Arval-Athlon car leasing merger for EU approval

June 19, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

French bank BNP Paribas has requested EU approval for its European vehicle leasing and fleet management business Arval to buy rival Athlon from Mercedes, according to an update on the European Commission’s reg... (more story)

Itoham Yonekyu's ANZCO agrees to buy New Zealand meat processor Greenlea for $460m

June 19, 2026

Asia, Oceania

MLex Summary: Itoham Yonekyu Holdings, a listed Japanese food-processing company, said on Thursday that its New Zealand-based subsidiary ANZCO Foods has agreed to acquire all shares of New Zealand meat process... (more story)

BMG-Concord merger under review by Australian watchdog

June 19, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Bertelsmann and Axton’s plan to merge their music businesses — BMG and Concord — is under review by Australia’s competition watchdog. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said German ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Telegram loses challenge to temporary India blocking order

June 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's temporary blocking of messaging platform Telegram has received judicial backing, with the Delhi High Court ruling on Friday that the restriction until June 22 was lawful, proportionate and necessary to... (more story)

Tving breach hits 19.5 mln as South Korea probes retention practices

June 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Tving’s recent data breach has been confirmed to have affected 19.5 million individuals, according to materials submitted to Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Lee Jeong-heon by South Korea’s pri... (more story)

Temporary Telegram block in India faces Delhi High Court challenge

June 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's decision to temporarily block messaging app Telegram to combat cheating concerns ahead of a national medical entrance examination has triggered a constitutional challenge. The Delhi High Court Judge he... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

NO FAKES Act clears US Senate Judiciary Committee on voice vote

June 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced the bipartisan NO FAKES Act, a closely watched artificial intelligence bill that would target unauthorized AI-generated replicas of people's v... (more story)

IP licensing and business: June 5-18

June 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

LinkConnect launched with a large telecom network patent portfolio, Everest Medicines struck a major drug licensing deal with Dimerix and Applied Atomics secured rights to commercialize BWXT's small modular re... (more story)

This week at the UPC: June 12-18

June 18, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

This week, the Unified Patent Court granted InterDigital an injunction against Disney's streaming services, and rejected a preliminary injunction application from Ericsson in its dispute with Asus. The court a... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US FinCEN proposal would make stablecoin issuers keep customer ID programs

June 18, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

A Trump administration proposal would require payment stablecoin issuers to maintain customer identification programs to curb illicit activity such as money laundering and terrorist financing, as banks and cre... (more story)

Nigerian ex-minister’s bribery trial acquittal holds lessons for UK prosecutors

June 18, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Wednesday's acquittal of former Nigerian oil minister and OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke over accusations that she took bribes for oil contracts meant a dark day for prosecutors at the UK's National Cri... (more story)

Thai consumer lawsuit tests Big Tech liability for scam losses

June 18, 2026 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Asia

A lawsuit in Thailand seeking more than 230 million baht ($7 million) from Meta Platforms, Line, Apple, Google and several financial institutions could become a test case for whether giant tech companies can b... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK's BOE set to test private markets under deep global recession scenario

June 19, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The Bank of England on Friday published details of the stress scenario for its private markets System-Wide Exploratory Scenario, or SWES, which will test the resilience of private markets assets under a hypoth... (more story)

BOE sets out hypothetical 5-year global downturn to stress test private markets

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England has said its hypothetical scenario for stress testing private markets assets would be a severe, but plausible, global macro-economic recession over a five-year period. The so-... (more story)

UK prudential watchdog sets out plans for market risk internal model approach under Basel 3.1

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's prudential watchdog sets out adjustments to its risk internal model approach, the final piece in implementing the capital requirements under Basel 3.1. The Prudential Regulation Authorit... (more story)

Trade View More

EU leaders call for rapid adoption of latest Russia sanctions package

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU leaders called for the swift adoption of the 21st sanctions package against Russia, urging further action to cut Moscow's energy revenues, disrupt its shadow fleet and tighten constraints on i... (more story)

Indonesia, Kuwait push for Gulf Cooperation Council trade deal by end-2026

June 19, 2026

Asia, Middle East

MLex Summary: Indonesia and Kuwait have agreed to strengthen cooperation on energy security and support completion of the Indonesia-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement, or I-GCC FTA, by the end of 20... (more story)

Chinese rubber accelerant injures US industry, USITC finds

June 18, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission preliminarily determined that allegedly dumped and subsidized imports of rubber accelerant N-cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide (CBS) materially injure US industry.

State Aid View More

Tech sector sees EU competition enforcer ring staff changes

June 18, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Tech companies seeking merger approval or facing antitrust probes will see their cases overseen by different officials after the European Commission rotated the heads of teams tasked with scrutinizing digital ... (more story)

Iveco expects Tata Motors merger to close by third quarter of 2026

June 17, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Iveco Group said that its planned sale to Tata Motors is expected to close by the third quarter of 2026, aligning with comments from Tata last month. The €3.8 billion deal was cleared by the EU m... (more story)

Slovakia’s €1bn aid for clean manufacturing wins EU approval

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovakia’s plan to grant €1 billion of state funding to support clean energy manufacturing capacity has received EU approval. The program comprises grants and income tax relief for companies carr... (more story)

Energy View More

EU leaders back plan to address industry concerns over carbon market benchmarks

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU leaders have endorsed plans for the European Commission to present a proposal by mid-July to address concerns raised by industrial sectors over benchmarks in the bloc's carbon market, the Emis... (more story)

New EU biomethane platform aims to improve regulatory transparency

June 18, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission has launched a digital platform for the biomethane market to improve transparency around national regulatory frameworks, facilitate cross-border market access and attract investment. Th... (more story)

Seeking to boost AI data centers, NTIA preparing report on regulatory obstacles

June 18, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

The construction of data centers that will power US leadership in artificial intelligence is turning out to be the key infrastructure bottleneck, the chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Ad... (more story)

Technology View More

Porn site operator First Time Videos fined in UK for lack of age checks

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summaries: Porn website operator First Time Videos has been fined £80,000 by UK regulator Ofcom for not having the legally required age checks in place. The watchdog also set out a provisional view that i... (more story)

Australian watchdogs to strengthen coordination on digital platforms

June 19, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s key watchdogs have signed an agreement to strengthen coordination in their regulation of digital platforms. In a joint statement on Friday, the Digital Platforms Regulators Forum, kno... (more story)

Florida loses bid for summary judgment against challenge to social media law

June 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Florida's motion for summary judgment against a US court challenge to a state social media law has been denied. US District Judge Robert L. Hinkle said that the governor’s signing statement and n... (more story)