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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

Trade

August 19, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe, North America

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

Antitrust View More

Competition Bureau backs more demand-side competition in Canadian energy markets

August 20, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Canada's Competition Bureau has recommended a slew of demand-side measures to introduce competitive pressures in national energy markets, along with removing regulatory barriers that may favor utilities.

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 jury returns guilty verdict in $100m price-fixing suit over construction contracts

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US federal jury found Sioux Erosion Control, its vice president BG Dale Biscoe and another employee Randall David Shelton guilty of a price-fixing conspiracy targeting over $100 million in publ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Growing agentic AI risks prompt UK cyber agency warning

August 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Cyber risks stemming from agentic AI should be managed with additional safeguards, sandboxing and active human oversight, the UK National Cyber Security Centre said in a statement Thursday. The a... (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)

South Korea creates new legal pathway for personal-data use in AI development

August 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act allowing lawfully collected personal data to be used for artificial intelligence develop... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Charter concurrently closes Cox, Liberty deals

August 20, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Charter Communications closed its $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications and concurrently closed its all-stock acquisition of Liberty Broadband, the company announced. Charter and Cox received their f... (more story)

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)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US Sens. Blackburn, Blumenthal press TikTok on withholding child safety features

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal wrote to TikTok regarding a recent report that the social media company knowingly withheld an algorithmic safety measure from users to determin... (more story)

Germany's Lower Saxony state saw 70% surge in data complaints in 2025

August 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Data protection complaints in the German state of Lower Saxony rose 70 percent between 2024 and 2025, the local privacy regulator said in its annual report. In total, over 4,000 complaints were m... (more story)

Twitch users shouldn't share data for Amazon AI training, Dutch watchdog warns

August 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Twitch users should disable data sharing for the training of AI models by Amazon, the streaming platform's owner, the Dutch privacy regulator said on Thursday. Twitch recently announced that audi... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

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)

This week at the UPC: Aug. 14-20

August 20, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

UPC appeal judges clarified how national and UPC law interact for pre-2023 infringement, while also setting rules for conditional revocation appeals and strict evidence-production deadlines. Elsewhere, Abbott,... (more story)

Collapse of German carmakers' LNG doesn’t mean collective bargaining is dead

August 20, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Inbar Preiss

Europe, North America

The collapse of Germany’s proposed automotive licensing negotiation group lays bare deep uncertainty over LNGs. Divergent EU, UK and US antitrust approaches, established patent pools and limited practical expe... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

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)

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)

Financial Services View More

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)

US CFTC seeks input on listing of compute derivatives contracts

August 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it is seeking comments to better inform its understanding and oversight of derivatives markets in compute. The request seeks comment on the s... (more story)

US OCC to adopt stablecoin rule carrying out GENIUS Act by November, Gould says

August 19, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will adopt by November a GENIUS Act rule implementing the stablecoin law for bank issuers, Comptroller Jonathan Gould said. Separately, since President Trump to... (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)