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Trade

August 20, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Potential US-Canada deal offers new hope, but elusive details

Artificial Intelligence

August 19, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

US NIST urges companies to fight AI risks with AI

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 19, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

US rail board must decide if Union Pacific merger rationale is plausible

Antitrust View More

Apple queried over alleged noncompliance with Brazil's App Store settlement

August 20, 2026

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary:The Brazilian competition authority’s investigative unit has asked Apple to respond to allegations from Epic Games and Onside that the company is not complying with a settlement reached in an inve... (more story)

US judge grills JND president over antitrust settlement administration in NAR suit

August 20, 2026 | Chris May

North America

JND Legal Administration’s top executive defended the company’s handling of class action settlements on Thursday while facing extensive questioning from a Missouri federal judge overseeing a major antitrust ca... (more story)

Google Play settlement shows conduct 'will not be tolerated,' Arizona AG says

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement that a $700 million settlement between Google, US states, and consumer plaintiffs resolving allegations of anticompetitive conduct in the G... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Suno narrows AI music claims in US, but most plaintiff copyright claims survive

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A federal judge in Massachusetts granted Suno's motion to dismiss claims against the AI music company under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, but US District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV denied... (more story)

Ex-Google engineer acquitted of economic espionage after US jury conviction

August 20, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding has been acquitted on seven counts of economic-espionage after US District Judge Vince Chhabria said prosecutors failed prove that he intended to benefit the Chinese governme... (more story)

Former Google engineer Ding acquitted of economic espionage by US judge

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The evidence was insufficient for a rational jury to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Former Google engineer Linwei Ding knew or intended that his actions would benefit the Chinese governm... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US FTC Republicans' split highlights risks of two-member commission

August 20, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission’s split vote on IonQ’s acquisition of SkyWater Technology shows the potential of a two-member commission allowing deals with concerns to go through without challenges or remedie... (more story)

Charter closes Cox, Liberty deals

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Charter Communications closed its $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications and its all-stock acquisition of Liberty Broadband, the company announced. The companies secured their final requ... (more story)

JD.com offers remedies in EU subsidy probe of Ceconomy deal

August 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is proposing changes to its acquisition of electronics retailer Ceconomy to address EU concerns over the potentially distortive effect of Chinese subsidies. The European Commiss... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US states, Meta battle over limits of whistleblower testimony as sick juror suspends trial

August 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

With the addictive-design trial between Meta Platforms and 29 states suspended in Oakland, California, due to an ill juror, lawyers for Meta and the states battled over the company's proposed limitations to th... (more story)

ANPD seeks to preserve Discord in Brazil, but imposes tough requirements

August 20, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Discord is under scrutiny in Brazil following the alleged suicide of a 13-year-old girl, Lívia, during a broadcast on the platform. The country’s privacy watchdog, the National Data Protection Agency (ANPD), h... (more story)

LinkedIn faces amended US claims that it intercepted insurance marketplace data

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs filed an amended US complaint accusing LinkedIn of intercepting sensitive and confidential communications of customers who used Covered California’s website. According to the complaint... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Trademark friction evinces growing commercial stakes in US higher education

August 20, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

US colleges and universities have long protected their intellectual property, but a series of recent trademark disputes show how aggressively some are enforcing their rights — including against each other.

Munich court sets SEP licensing guide with discount for Chinese portfolios

August 20, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Germany’s busiest standard-essential patent court has set out a test for patent user willingness and a rebuttable 15 percent discount for portfolios held by Chinese companies in new detailed guidelines for ass... (more story)

US Congress considers 'Netflix for antibiotics' funding model

August 20, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

A bill to de-link antimicrobial innovation funding from volume and instead rely on fixed-rate funding for new drugs is gaining momentum in Washington, building off similar successful programs in the UK and Swe... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Retail tech firm founder sentenced to prison in US for $300 million fraud scheme

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Christine Hunsicker, founder and former chief executive of the fashion technology firm CaaStle, was sentenced to five years in prison for securities fraud after duping investors into giving her n... (more story)

Cuban state-owned metals, mining firms sanctioned by US

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department sanctioned nine entities and three individuals to further the Trump administration's comprehensive policy against the Cuban government, both in Cuba and across the hemisphere.

Hezbollah cash courier network sanctioned by US

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 10 people in a network responsible for transferring cash to Hezbollah. The network utilizes couriers travelling on commerc... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Four former Commerzbank bankers charged in German cum-ex probe

August 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Four bankers, including two based in the UK, have been charged by German authorities over allegations that they defrauded the country’s tax authorities out of €20 million through cum-ex trading. The four have ... (more story)

Scaling AI in EU requires integrated capital market, says ECB’s Lagarde

August 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Europe faces two main barriers to growing AI companies, including internal barriers within the EU's Single Market and fragmented capital markets, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Cent... (more story)

Indonesia prepares rules for strategic commodities exchange

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, is preparing rules and a supervisory framework for a planned mineral and strategic commodities exchange aimed at strengthening domestic price for... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court upholds Commerce UAE pipes remand

August 20, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday sustained the Commerce Department’s second remand of a 2023 review of an antidumping order on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the United Arab Emirates.

US CIT voids free trade agreement eligibility test from US-Bahrain side letter

August 20, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Middle East, North America

The US Court of International Trade voided a US Customs and Border Patrol regulation adopting a free trade agreement eligibility test from a side letter between the US and Bahrain.

US trade court rules NRDC motion to enforce settlement moot

August 20, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday denied as moot a motion by the Natural Resources Defense Council to enforce a settlement agreement with the Commerce Department.

State Aid View More

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

EU countries gain fiscal leeway for clean-energy investments through 2028

August 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries can exempt additional spending on nuclear power, electricity grids, hydrogen, renewables and other energy-security measures from normal spending constraints through 2028 under new gu... (more story)

Georgia lawmaker calls for ‘playbook’ to manage data center boom

August 17, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

State and local lawmakers need a clear framework for managing the rapid growth of AI-driven data centers, including rules for what developers should pay and what communities and regulators should demand, state... (more story)

Australian state announces AI framework for data-center investment

August 17, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The New South Wales government on Monday announced a new policy framework for data-center investment that requires projects seeking streamlined approvals to meet energy, water, community and infr... (more story)

Technology View More

More scrutiny for platforms under UK privacy watchdog's work to guard children

August 20, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Online platforms face another six months of scrutiny from the UK privacy watchdog after it extended its Children’s Code strategy. Several areas of regulatory work remain unresolved, with the Information Commis... (more story)

Roblox provides undertaking to strengthen child safety in Australia

August 20, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Gaming giant Roblox has provided a three-year court-enforceable undertaking to Australia’s online safety regulator to strengthen safeguards for children, including restricting contact between adults and users ... (more story)

China MIIT think tank plans AI ethics-review center as oversight expands

August 20, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A research arm of China’s top industry regulator is preparing to establish a technology ethics service center that will conduct artificial-intelligence ethics reviews and advise companies, as Beijing moves to ... (more story)