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Big win over Google steels EU enforcer and marginalizes key economic test

US declines to renew trade pact with Mexico, Canada

Google told to pay $1.5bn damages to Klarna's PriceRunner by Swedish court

Tech companies to face more Irish probes as minors' safety comes into focus

Paramount’s buyout of Warner on track for UK public interest review

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Data Privacy and Security

July 01, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Maria Dinzeo

Europe, North America

EU-US data transfers face new pressure after US Supreme Court ruling

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

July 01, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US Rep. Guthrie says 'don't count out' AI regulatory framework this year
Quantum

Data Privacy and Security, Energy, Technology, Trade

July 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trump eyes quantum boost, but supply chain challenges remain
EU-US data transfers face new pressure after US Supreme Court ruling
US Rep. Guthrie says 'don't count out' AI regulatory framework this year
Trump eyes quantum boost, but supply chain challenges remain

Antitrust View More

Google ordered to pay €126m in damages to Dailymotion, French press publishers

July 02, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Google was ordered by a French court to pay a total of €126 million in antitrust damages to Le Figaro, Les Echo-Le Parisien, Prisma Media and Dailymotion, according to rulings issued on Monday and seen by MLex... (more story)

US DOJ, FTC issue Fiscal Year 2025 Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report

July 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice and US Federal Trade Commission's Antitrust Division released the 48th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report. The report details that in the fiscal year 2025, companies not... (more story)

SolidWorks software supply draws UK antitrust probe

July 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Dassault Systemes, Solid Solutions Management and Visiativ Solutions are the target of a new UK antitrust investigation over the supply of SolidWorks software — a kind of modelling software used in design.

Artificial Intelligence View More

China state security authorities flag national-security risks from AR-game data

July 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's state security authorities warned that the collection and misuse of geospatial data through popular augmented-reality games could threaten national security, highlighting the security implications of c... (more story)

South Korea issues guidelines on responding to AI-related financial cyber threats

July 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said Thursday that its Immunity Review Committee has approved immunity measures for IT outages arising during artificial-intelligence security testing ... (more story)

Indonesia cyber bill aims to create powerful regulator, expand oversight of AI

July 02, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia

Indonesian lawmakers have begun deliberating a sweeping cybersecurity bill that would establish a statutory national cyber authority with broad supervisory powers over critical infrastructure, digital products... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Belgium’s Rossel-IPM merger could pose media plurality risks, EU media board says

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Belgium’s Rossel-IPM merger could raise media plurality concerns, an EU media advisory body said Thursday. The Media Board stopped short of issuing a formal opinion under a new EU media law, citi... (more story)

BVD Petroleum agrees to divestitures with Canada as part of Cenovus-Husky deal

July 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: BVD Petroleum has agreed to sell its Petro-Canada gas station and Petro-Pass cardlock facility in a settlement with Canada’s Competition Bureau over its purchase of certain fueling assets from Ce... (more story)

Willow gains conditional UK security clearance to buy Future Technology

July 02, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Willow Vision has gained conditional clearance to buy British semiconductor developer Future Technology Devices International after a UK government review of the deal to protect national security relating to t... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Groupe Canal+ seeks EU top court's view on consent for promotional emails

July 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Groupe Canal+ is asking the EU's highest court to clarify whether companies can rely on consent collected by another controller before sending promotional emails. The case involving the French media and teleco... (more story)

New 'small mid-cap company' category backed by EU lawmakers in committee

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers in committee backed new rules creating a new category of small mid-cap companies, following a provisional agreement with member states earlier this month. The agreed text will now go... (more story)

India tells Meta to pause WhatsApp username rollout over cybercrime concerns

July 02, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India has directed Meta Platforms to pause WhatsApp's planned username feature, citing cybercrime concerns. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has sought explanations under the Information ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Joseph Allen on keeping the Bayh-Dole Act’s legacy alive, 45 years later

July 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Joseph Allen, president of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, didn’t know much about innovation policy when he started helping craft his coalition’s namesake university patent rights bill in the late 1970s. It transform... (more story)

IP licensing and business: June 19-July 1

July 02, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America

RPX expanded access to e-commerce patents and Microsoft joined a WiFi technologies pool, while Nokia added Asus to its consumer electronics licensing program. Nokia joined Avanci’s EV charger pool as a licenso... (more story)

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft loses India biomass patent fight over disclosure failures

July 02, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft lost its appeal against the rejection of an Indian patent application after the Calcutta High Court found insufficient disclosure and missing biological-origin information required unde... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Australia's AML/CTF reforms bring Privacy Act obligations to 100,000 entities

July 02, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia has extended its anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing regime to lawyers, accountants and real estate agents, while also bringing more than 100,000 businesses within the scope of the 1... (more story)

EagleBank allegedly allowed decade-long US kiting scheme, document says

July 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A friend and former business partner of EagleBank’s ex-chairman and chief executive, and the friend’s son, were able to carry out a check kiting scheme through the bank for more than a decade, according to a d... (more story)

US asks for extension to submit opening brief in appeal of bribery case

July 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department asked for a 30-day extension in the deadline to submit an opening brief in its appeal of a federal judge’s decision to throw out the conviction of a Texas-based Mexican ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK pension providers urged to do more for consumers with older products

July 02, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Europe

UK pension providers should do more to improve outcomes for customers holding older products, the financial markets watchdog has urged after finding that some may be receiving poorer value than savers invested... (more story)

UK motor finance redress scheme delayed following legal challenges

July 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A UK program for lenders to pay £9.1 billion in compensation to customers who were missold car finance has been delayed following legal challenges from a consumer group and three finance companies, the Financi... (more story)

Moody’s Germany fined €2.1m by EU markets regulator over reporting failures

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Moody’s Germany has been fined €2.1 million by the European Securities and Markets Authority for four breaches of EU credit-rating agency rules, the authority said. The company failed to provide ... (more story)

Trade View More

US producers file circumvention request over disposable containers from Malaysia

July 02, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: A coalition of US aluminum foil producers filed a circumvention request with the Commerce Department, alleging that imports of disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from Malaysia ... (more story)

US Customs has sent $71 billion in tariff refunds for payouts

July 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection said it has processed $104.29 billion in refunds for illegal tariffs paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, with more than $71 billion of tha... (more story)

USITC opens case into Chinese glyphosate imports

July 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission opened an injury case into glyphosate imports from China after domestic producers filed a petition requesting antidumping and antisubsidy duties on Chinese subject imports.

State Aid View More

EU outlines data-protection approach in enforcing foreign-subsidies law

July 01, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

PostNord's 2017 capital injection into Post Danmark undergoing state aid probe

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PostNord Group's capital injection of 1 billion Danish krone (approximately €134 million) into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017 is undergoing an in-depth probe to assess whether it was in line... (more story)

Open Markets says US Supreme Court 'grossly usurped' Congress in Slaughter case

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute said the US Supreme Court has "grossly usurped Congress' constitutional authority" by ruling the president could remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners at will, ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU clean-energy projects face shorter approval deadlines under lawmakers' plan

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Renewable energy developers, grid operators and storage companies could face faster permitting decisions under draft rules backed Thursday by the European Parliament’s energy committee. Part of t... (more story)

EU power plan, emissions system review, banking report postponed to July 17

July 02, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

The EU’s electrification action plan, the review of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System, network-charges measures and a bank competitiveness report are set to be unveiled on July 17, two days later than initia... (more story)

NJ lawmakers send legislation scaling back data center tax credits to governor

July 01, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

New Jersey lawmakers have approved a package of legislation related to data centers and electricity prices, including a large-load tariff proposal, a water and energy reporting bill, and a bill scaling back ta... (more story)

Technology View More

Online platforms adopting safety features for minors in EU, advisory group says

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Changes to terms and conditions, content moderation and design features such as blurring or warning labels, are among the most used techniques by online platforms to improve safety for minors onl... (more story)

Japan police seek comments on social media scam guideline revisions

July 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's National Police Agency on Thursday launched a public consultation on proposed revisions to the operational guidelines for the Internet Hotline Center, expanding the categories of illegal ... (more story)

AI chatbot, platform-design measures still due in July, UK tech minister says

July 01, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Further child safety measures in the UK covering AI chatbots, restrictions on platform design and circumvention of age checks will still be set out later this month, technology minister Liz Kendall told lawmak... (more story)