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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

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U.S. Representative Jay Obernolte (R-CA)

Artificial Intelligence

July 22, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Hugging Face hack shows need for strong US AI testing body, Rep. Obernolte says

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 22, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Nexstar leaders should be removed from Tegna's board, US deal challengers argue

Trade

July 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Eliana Hubacker

North America

Trump creates new legal battle with Section 338 tariffs on Canada

Antitrust View More

Seagate opposes US high court review of antitrust case against NHK

July 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Seagate Technology told the US Supreme Court that the Ninth Circuit faithfully applied the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act in its antitrust case against NHK, properly focusing on the “do... (more story)

Nexstar-Tegna merger challengers claim board appointments violate US hold-separate order

July 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Nexstar-Tegna merger challenge plaintiffs have asked Chief US District Judge Troy Nunley to clarify whether the hold-separate order for the deal allows Nexstar executives to serve on the board of... (more story)

Mosaic Health opposes US high court review of claims over diabetes treatments

July 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Mosaic Health opposed a petition for the US Supreme Court to review its antitrust case accusing Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals of conspiring to retract a ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

ChatGPT's advice led to nearly fatal health crisis, Florida pastor alleges in lawsuit

July 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI is facing a lawsuit in California state court alleging that its chatbot, ChatGPT, provided “extremely dangerous medical recommendations” to a Florida pastor, which led to delayed care for ... (more story)

Anthropic's AI sandbox with UK's FCA joined by pensions, open banking providers

July 22, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Pensions provider Scottish Widows and open banking platform TrueLayer are among the companies selected for the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s second AI sandbox program, the regulator said Wednesday, as it an... (more story)

OpenAI says model hacked Hugging Face in 'unprecedented' cyber-testing incident

July 22, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI has said its autonomous AI agent carried out an unprecedented hack of Hugging Face, a repository hosting over a million open-source AI models, during an internal test of advanced cyber cap... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US STB warns Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern against retaliation

July 22, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Railroads Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern received a warning Wednesday from the US Surface Transportation Board, which told the merging parties that it “will not tolerate retaliation” against merger critics... (more story)

Amazon, Globalstar urge US FCC to approve merger

July 22, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Amazon and Globalstar urged the US Federal Communications Commission to approve their merger, in their opposition to the lone petition opposing Amazon's acquisition. Yippy Inc. asked the FCC to deny the transf... (more story)

Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern must publicize employment data, US STB rules

July 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Merging railroads Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are obligated to release employment data submitted with their merger application, the US Surface Transportation Board ruled. "Union Pacific ha... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta asks US court to delay social media trial against state AGs

July 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms asked a US appeals court to pause a trial slated for Aug. 12 pending appeal in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of state attorneys general over allegations that Meta’s apps contribut... (more story)

Second US bellwether social media addiction lawsuit dropped on eve of trial (correct*)

July 22, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo, Xu Yuan and Madeline Hughes

North America

A Florida teenager who accused Meta Platforms, Snap, TikTok and Google of designing their platforms to be addictive has dropped his claims against Meta just before trial was set to begin.

France’s social media ban for under-15s could accelerate EU legislation

July 22, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

France's ban on social media for users under age 15 could speed up EU legislation on protecting children online, after lawmakers watered down the measure to preserve the European Commission's powers under the ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Intellectual property emerges as Big Law's newest consolidation catalyst

July 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Europe, North America

The merger of US-based Winston & Strawn with the UK’s Taylor Wessing is set to test demand for intellectual property counsel capable of straddling the geographic divide. But unlike most transatlantic partnersh... (more story)

Shorts International seeks to take Google trademark case to UK Supreme Court

July 22, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Short film distributor Shorts International has applied to have its trademark claim against Google’s YouTube Shorts heard by the UK Supreme Court, after it lost its case against the tech giant at the Court of Appeal.

UK intellectual property policy outlook uncertain after departmental overhaul

July 22, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

The outlook for UK intellectual property policy remains uncertain after the country's new prime minister Andy Burnham took office this week and scrapped the ministry which had overseen the UK Intellectual Prop... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Trinidad court cites US disdain of rights, blocks extradition of ex-FIFA official

July 22, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The Trump administration has shown an “very public and very vocal disregard” for the legal rights of non-citizens, a Trinidad and Tobago court said in a recent ruling that permanently blocked the extradition o... (more story)

Latest US Senate crypto market structure bill decried by Democrats, banks

July 22, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US Senate Republicans circulated an updated version of a bill to govern the broader digital asset market that drew fire from banking groups and key Democrats. The Digital Market Asset Clarity Act includes the ... (more story)

EU anti-money laundering body sets rules for supervision with national watchdogs

July 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has set rules for working with national financial supervisors as it prepares to oversee the largest cross-border financial institutions from 2028. The rul... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK guidance for insurance friendly societies aimed at transparency, lower costs

July 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Guidance on amalgamations and transfers of insurance friendly societies has been proposed by the UK prudential regulator with an aim to make this process more efficient without additional regulat... (more story)

Comporti backed by EU ambassadors to be next ESMA chair

July 22, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

A majority of EU ambassadors on Wednesday backed Carlo Comporti's appointment as chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, clearing the way for European Parliament confirmation and formal adoptio... (more story)

UK financial firms' interest spikes in watchdog's AI 'supercharged sandbox'

July 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK financial services providers participating in the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Supercharged Sandbox will gain access to Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork models to help accelerate their d... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court upholds remand results for Canadian lumber countervailing duty

July 22, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade sided with the federal government in a Tuesday ruling, sustaining its findings in a countervailing duty review for certain Canadian softwood lumber products.

US Senate confirms former Trump lawyer as trade court judge

July 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Senate this week confirmed a former White House lawyer under President Donald Trump as the latest judge for the Court of International Trade. 

Chinese lysine subsidized, US Commerce finds

July 22, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined that the Chinese government is providing countervailable subsidies to producers and exporters of l-lysine.

State Aid View More

JD.com gets EU warning in subsidy probe of Ceconomy purchase

July 22, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce

Europe

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has received formal concerns from the European Commission over the role of foreign subsidies in its takeover of electronics retailer Ceconomy. The regulator said it had detailed... (more story)

Goldwind loses EU court bid to suspend subsidy probe

July 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has failed to persuade the EU’s General Court to suspend the European Commission’s in-depth foreign subsidies investigation into its activities. The court rejected the compa... (more story)

Goldwind sees EU court reject interim-measures request in foreign-subsidy probe

July 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind, a Chinese maker of wind turbines, has seen the EU's General Court reject its request for an interim suspension of an investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The court said... (more story)

Energy View More

EU countries expected to reach a common view on carbon market review by December

July 22, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU countries are expected to reach a common position on the European Commission's overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System by December, the country chairing the talks has said. Ireland is also planning to s... (more story)

Demand for EU hydrogen pipelines to be tested through infrastructure round

July 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Transmission system operators, hydrogen network operators and other infrastructure developers will be able to gauge market interest in planned hydrogen pipelines and storage projects, under a new... (more story)

Clean-tech tenders should reward resilience, not just price, EU guidance says

July 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Public procurement and renewable energy auctions should reward projects that strengthen the EU's clean-tech supply chains — not just those offering the lowest price — according to European Commis... (more story)

Technology View More

UK cyber defense risks fragmentation with tech ministry gone, tech veteran warns

July 22, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

UK cybersecurity regulation risks being “fragmented” with the scrapping of the government’s technology department, and at a time when the threat landscape is at its most severe, a former lawmaker and tech poli... (more story)

Discord moves to dismiss Texas AG's case over safety settings

July 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Discord moved to dismiss the Texas attorney general’s claims over alleged intentional failures in online safety measures to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation of young users, saying the state ... (more story)

France confirms social media ban for under-15s; first EU member state to do so (update*)

July 22, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

France confirmed on Tuesday that it's the first EU member state to be implementing a social media ban for users under 15, after the Senate voted in favor of the measures. Following an objection to a previous d... (more story)