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Dozens of one hundred dollar bills are strewn across a surface. A brown, round sound block on the bills has a stack of hundred dollar bills on top of it and a brown gavel rests on top of that stack.

Financial Crime

May 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

Fox executive, sports company's US fraud convictions in FIFA case dismissed

Antitrust, Technology

May 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

TikTok’s growth 'irrelevant' in Meta monopoly suit, FTC tells US appeals court
SNCF

Antitrust

May 26, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Italy regulators to clash at May 27 hearing over SNCF’s rail entry

Antitrust View More

Dominant platforms to get EU court clarity on refusing to supply resellers

May 28, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Dominant digital platforms could get some further clarity on whether they have to grant access to rivals who may be resellers offering identical products, from a case due in the EU's top court involving Austri... (more story)

Emma Sleep agrees to change sales practices after court action, UK’s CMA says

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Mattress retailer Emma Sleep has agreed to change its sales methods after a high court order confirmed that its pressure tactics were illegal, the UK Competition and Markets Authority has said. T... (more story)

Mastercard Australia trial hears least-cost routing increased debit competition

May 28, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

The market in which to assess the alleged harm in Mastercard’s Australian antitrust case is debit-card acceptance services, because least-cost routing intensified competition in ways not seen in the credit car... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Shanghai unveils AI push for services sector in new policy directive

May 28, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Shanghai said it will accelerate the development of AI-powered industrial software through expanded computing infrastructure, large-model deployment and stronger data governance to advance breakt... (more story)

South Korea proposes sweeping AI data reforms amid race for AI leadership

May 28, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korea unveiled on Thursday a sweeping cross-government strategy to secure and expand access to data for artificial intelligence, or AI, development, alongside a proposed overhaul of the country’s fragmen... (more story)

Hong Kong flags cross-border data hurdles for Greater Bay Area legal AI model

May 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Differing data-governance rules and standards across Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are creating major obstacles to development of an artificial intelligence foundation model for legal services in the Greater ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

AkzoNobel-Axalta merger received ‘second request’ from US FTC

May 28, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: AkzoNobel and Axalta Coating Systems received a request for additional information, or “second request,” from the US Federal Trade Commission over their merger on Feb. 20, the Dutch paint and coa... (more story)

JD.com's Ceconomy deal draws in-depth EU subsidy probe

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened an in-depth foreign subsidies probe into Chinese retailer JD.com’s takeover of electronics retailer Ceconomy. The regulator now has until Oct. 2 to reach a deci... (more story)

JD.com’s Ceconomy takeover draws in-depth EU probe over Chinese subsidy concerns

May 28, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com’s takeover of electronics retailer Ceconomy has drawn an in-depth investigation from EU regulators over concerns that the company may have received state subsidies that could di... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

IQVIA fined €5m for GDPR breach during health study

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Pharmaceutical data company IQVIA was fined €5 million on Tuesday by the French watchdog for not properly handling health data during a consulting study. The CNIL found that a leaflet issued to p... (more story)

Menstruation app Flo faces GDPR complaint in Netherlands

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Flo, a popular app to track menstrual cycles, is the subject of an upcoming complaint at the Dutch data protection regulator. According to the complaint, the app does not handle users’ intimate i... (more story)

South Korea's interior ministry hit with privacy penalties over public-sector breaches

May 28, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety was hit with combined privacy penalties of about 281 million won ($184,000) after a string of security failures in government online services exposed sensitive... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Chinese battery makers ATL, CosMX agree to settle global patent battle

May 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese battery manufacturers Ningde Amperex Technology, or ATL, and Zhuhai CosMX Battery have agreed to withdraw all ongoing lawsuits, bringing their four-year-long global patent feud closer to an end.

Bayer CropScience, Monsanto accused of monopolizing US seeds market

May 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Bayer CropScience unlawfully monopolized the US seeds market through acquisitions and a web of restrictive license agreements that led to less competition and higher prices for farmers, according to a lawsuit ... (more story)

Expert scrutiny reshapes standard-essential patent landscape in Brazil

May 27, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Latin America

Brazil’s business courts are becoming more technically rigorous in standard-essential patent disputes even as the country cements its reputation as a fast-moving injunction jurisdiction, Isabel Milman, a partn... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Doximity executive sentenced in US to prison for insider trading

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Paul Jorgensen, the former chief revenue officer of Doximity, was sentenced to 26 months in prison for committing securities fraud involving a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade in the company's... (more story)

New York apartment bought with 1MDB-linked funds forfeited to US

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department obtained an order forfeiting a luxury New York apartment purchased with funds misappropriated from 1MDB, a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, along with certain rental inc... (more story)

Insurance exec sentenced in US to 12 years in prison for bribery, fraud scheme

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Greg E. Lindberg, the founder and chairman of Eli Global LLC and the owner of Global Bankers Insurance Group, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a bribery conspiracy and multibil... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK gilt repo market reforms are essential but will take years, BOE's Breeden says

May 28, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK's gilt repo market must undergo reform to address vulnerabilities, but changes will take "years rather than months," a senior Bank of England official has reassured the financial industry after hedge fu... (more story)

US Fed successfully using AI to monitor financial stability, governor says

May 27, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Reserve is using artificial intelligence to monitor financial stability and is seeing results on two fronts, Fed Governor Lisa Cook said. The central bank is deploying AI to assess how the techn... (more story)

Some of ESMA’s empowerments need further framing, legal service says

May 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The EU package proposal — transferring supervisory powers to the EU market watchdog from national supervisors — could respect the balance of powers between EU institutions if some adjustments are made to ensur... (more story)

Trade View More

EU regional administrations say industry plan is 'key' to support automotive sector

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Industrial Accelerator Act is key to strengthen Europe’s automotive industry, the Automotive Regions Alliance, a network of EU regional administrations, said in a declaration published Thursd... (more story)

EU member states sign off on EU-US trade deal, paving way for lawmakers vote

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Representatives from the 27 EU member states have approved the political agreement on the EU-US trade deal reached earlier this month. Their approval paves the way for a final vote in the Europea... (more story)

Redirect cohesion funds toward energy crisis relief, EU Commission tells countries

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has urged EU countries and regions to reallocate cohesion policy and Just Transition Fund resources toward energy projects to help industries, businesses and households co... (more story)

State Aid View More

French state aid for agricultural, aquaculture firms' fuel costs approved by EU

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France's plan to provide €15 million in state aid for agricultural and aquaculture companies facing increased fuel prices as a result of the Middle East crisis has been approved by the European C... (more story)

Portugal pushes EU to strip away state-aid red tape for investment projects

May 27, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Portugal says the EU should clarify state aid rules to enable swifter projects and smoother handling of financing applications, MLex has learned. In a note to governments, Lisbon takes aim in particular at the... (more story)

Czech plan for two new nuclear units open for feedback in EU until June 29

May 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in plans by Czechia to support the construction and operation of two new nuclear units at the Dukovany site have one month to provide input to the European Commission. In Decem... (more story)

Energy View More

Gas storage could reach 80% by end of summer, EU says

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries and the European Commission said gas storage levels could reach 80 percent by the end of summer, supporting security of supply for next winter. Officials said no physical fuel supply... (more story)

EU to delay plan to cut price of electricity relative to fossil fuels

May 27, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission has postponed the introduction of a plan aimed at making electricity cheaper relative to fossil fuels from June 10 to July 22, according to the commission’s latest planning document. Th... (more story)

No urgent need to revamp commodity derivatives framework, EU Commission says

May 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The financial sector's consultation on the EU commodity derivatives framework and analyses of market trends "did not point to an urgent need to make substantive changes," even though certain amen... (more story)

Technology View More

Temu fined €200m under digital law in second EU non-compliance decision

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu has been fined €200 million under the EU’s Digital Services Act for failing to properly assess systemic risks linked to illegal products sold on its marketplace, marking only the second non-... (more story)

Temu fined €200m under EU Digital Services Act, in only the second sanction (update*)

May 28, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Temu has been fined €200 million under the EU’s Digital Services Act for failing to properly assess systemic risks linked to illegal products sold on its marketplace, marking only the second non-compliance dec... (more story)

X, online-safety regulator clash over new standards in Australian trial

May 28, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

X Corp. is arguing in an Australian court that the country's online-safety watchdog cannot apply a new regulatory standard designed to limit harmful online content. X says an Australian online safety law requi... (more story)