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Trade

August 19, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe, North America

EU, Canada aiming to conclude digital trade agreement by Oct 29-30 summit

Antitrust

August 18, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Corteva sued by herbicide supplier over alleged US monopolization scheme
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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology

August 18, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

EU’s cookie-banner overhaul stalls amid competing interests

Antitrust View More

Quadvest fails to get US antitrust case against San Jacinto River Authority revived

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Quadvest failed to convince a US appeals court to revive its monopolization claims against San Jacinto River Authority over wholesale water supplies in Montgomery County, Texas. The US Court of A... (more story)

Britannia, US WorldMeds, Supernus must face US Apokyn antitrust case, plaintiffs say

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs opposed a motion for judgment filed by Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Britannia Pharmaceuticals and US WorldMeds Partners in a US case accusing them of engaging in a conspiracy to restrain ... (more story)

Generic drugmakers denied judgment on damages in Humana's US case over drug pricing

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Actavis, Teva Pharmaceuticals and other drug companies were denied a judgment to offset damages sought by Humana in a US antitrust case over generic drug prices. US District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

IAB revamps AI labeling in advertising as regulation expands globally

August 19, 2026

Asia, Europe, North America

Mlex Summary: Digital advertising trade association IAB has published an updated framework for labeling AI-generated and modified marketing content. The framework aims to harmonize compliance for advertisers, ... (more story)

OpenAI to slow launch of new AI models after Hugging Face hack

August 19, 2026

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

MLex Summary: OpenAI said it has "temporarily slowed the pace of scaling" its frontier AI models because of the cybersecurity risks associated with developing and testing them. In a statement, the company poin... (more story)

AI, social media firms should prioritize child safety in product design, UN says

August 19, 2026

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

MLex Summary: AI developers and social media companies should prioritize children’s safety in product design and business models, the UN said in a report that warned against a “wait-and-see” approach to AI reg... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Abra files appeal against Brazil's clearance of American Airlines' investment in Azul

August 19, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Abra Group, owner of Gol Linhas Aéreas and Avianca, has challenged the unconditional approval by Brazil's competition authority of American Airlines' $100 million investment in Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, ... (more story)

Novamed's Medley acquisition review in Brazil gets new round of queries

August 19, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority has opened a new round of market testing in its review of Novamed’s proposed acquisition of Medley Farmacêutica from Sanofi, asking competitors about six pharmaceutical cate... (more story)

Nortera buy of Green Giant, Le Sieur bad for market, Canada's Competition Bureau says

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Canada’s Competition Bureau announced that it has asked the Competition Tribunal to block Nortera Foods’ proposed acquisition of B&G Foods Canada’s Green Giant and Le Sieur brands. The bureau fou... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US FTC seeking input on enforcement policy on personalized pricing

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission announced it is seeking public comment on an enforcement policy statement regarding personalized pricing, which is the use of personal data to set prices according... (more story)

Ramona Films fined €60,000 for not complying with Spanish data watchdog order

August 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Pornographic site operator Ramona Films was fined €60,000 by Spain's data watchdog for failure to comply with an earlier corrective order. In November 2023, the company was sanctioned for using a... (more story)

TaxAct settles Connecticut case involving data shared with Meta, Google

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the state entered into a $275,000 settlement with the Texas-based tax preparation company, TaxAct, because it allegedly improperly disclosed ta... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

As Big Pharma patents age, smaller biotechs hold the most clinical-stage assets

August 19, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Big Pharma is under growing pressure to restock its drug pipelines as an unusually large wave of patent expirations threatens hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. That urgency is intensifying competitio... (more story)

China to tighten trade-secret enforcement, deepen coordination among authorities

August 19, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s market regulator plans to strengthen trade-secret enforcement and formalize links between administrative and criminal authorities, while stepping up protection in sectors including integrated circuits,... (more story)

Naver's pre-ChatGPT AI disclosures disputed in South Korean copyright trial

August 19, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

Naver told a South Korean court on Tuesday that it had informed the country's three major broadcasters in 2018 and 2020 of its plans to use their news content to develop artificial intelligence models, as the ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Alameda CEO, cofounder settle US CFTC claims over fraud

August 19, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced supplemental consent orders against former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, and Gary Wang, a cofounder of both that company and fellow ... (more story)

Balt seeks to block ‘fishing expedition’ by former executive in US bribery case

August 18, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Balt and its lawyers have asked a judge to block subpoena requests from a former executive as he defends himself from US corruption charges after allegedly bribing a French public hospital official to buy the ... (more story)

Signature founder banned from acting as UK company director for five years

August 18, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The founder of UK property business Signature Group, which was investigated after collapsing with debts of £140 million, has been banned from acting as a director for five years for his role in another company... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Reporting framework for EU firms using foreign clearinghouses open for feedback

August 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A consultation on an EU framework for annual reporting by clearing members and clients on their activity at non-EU central counterparties, was opened by the European Securities and Markets Author... (more story)

Frontrunners for top jobs at EU finance watchdogs to face lawmakers Sept. 2

August 19, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Parliament will hear Carlo Comporti and Thomas Gstaedtner on Sept. 2 as candidates for chair of ESMA and executive director of the EBA, respectively. Comporti requires parliamentary confirmation b... (more story)

Association of Accidental Americans seeks stay of French bank US data transfers

August 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Association of Accidential Americans has asked France’s State Council, the country's highest administrative court, to suspend transfers of banking data to US tax authorities while the EU's hi... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce says India dumping, subsidizing paprika

August 19, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce said in a final determination that India is dumping and subsidizing oleoresin paprika. Commerce gave to all Indian producers final dumping rates of 5.08 percent and final subsidy ... (more story)

US Commerce preliminarily says Mexico dumping winter strawberries

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that Mexico is dumping fresh winter strawberries. Commerce assigned preliminary dumping rates of 4.83 percent to all Mexican producers, wit... (more story)

China finds EU's JD.com subsidy probe involved improper extraterritorial reach

August 19, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China has determined that cross-border investigative practices targeting Chinese entities in the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation probe into JD.com amount to "improper extraterritorial jurisdict... (more story)

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

Platforms' privacy upgrades have reached millions of children, UK watchdog says

August 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Improvements made by online platforms have affected close to 5 million child users since the UK privacy watchdog launched its Children's Code Strategy in April 2024, it said in an update on Wedne... (more story)

TikTok 'engaging' with Irish media regulator about handling of harmful content

August 19, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

TikTok says it is engaging with Ireland’s media regulator over a push for information on how it is responding to recent reports of illegal or harmful content on its platform, including whether it has stepped u... (more story)

Over half of children would bypass age checks, UK privacy watchdog study suggests

August 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: 52 percent of children surveyed by the Information Commissioner's Office said they would try to bypass age checks to access online services, the UK's privacy regulator said in a study published W... (more story)