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Intellectual Property

June 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Nokia signs patent deal with Asus, extending electronics licensing streak
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Most medical device, pharma mergers procompetitive, US FTC official says
Republican Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

June 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US House subcommittee advances bill to shield consumers from AI energy costs

Antitrust View More

US DOJ's Chetan Sanghvi to exit Antitrust Division next week

June 25, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Chetan Sanghvi, a deputy assistant attorney general at the US Department of Justice, will depart the agency next week which marks yet another high-profile departure from the Antitrust Division during the secon... (more story)

Barreto urges review of Brazil merger rules as he exits CADE with major deals looming

June 25, 2026 | Henrique Santiago and Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority must be transparent about which deals require notification, exiting Superintendent Alexandre Barreto de Souza said in an exclusive interview, as he called for a review of re... (more story)

Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron accused in US of fixing DRAM prices

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology were hit with a proposed US class action accusing them of conspiring to fix the supply and prices for dynamic random access memory (DRAM). “The... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US announces new Pax Silica initiatives on tech supply chains

June 25, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US officials on Thursday announced three new initiatives under the Pax Silica international cooperative focused on shoring up supply chains for emerging technologies, including a new declaration signed by more... (more story)

US House committee passes bipartisan AI legislation

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Brian Babin released a statement applauding the committee’s passage of a bipartisan package of artificial intelligence legislation. “Thi... (more story)

Australia's prudential regulator warns of frontier AI cyber risks

June 25, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority warns that frontier AI models are creating a "paradigm shift" in cybersecurity risk, urging Australia's financial sector to share intelligence on vulnerabilities ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

CFIUS national security review just one tool in government's expanding toolkit

June 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

The US government's national security review of foreign investments in the US used to be one of the country's primary means of ensuring adversaries didn't steal American military secrets or gain access to pers... (more story)

US Congress, states targeting private equity investments in healthcare

June 25, 2026 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers

North America

Momentum is building among US states and members of Congress who are pursuing legislation that would restrict private equity investments into a consolidated healthcare sector that faces ongoing antitrust scrut... (more story)

UK blocks China’s Shenzhen HYT from buying TTG Global to protect national security

June 25, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

China’s Shenzhen HYT Science & Technology has been blocked from buying British telecommunications company TTG Global Solutions Group to protect national security. The UK government said the order was needed to... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta loses bid to end Illinois voiceprint suit over Facebook, Messenger audio

June 25, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A US federal judge refused to end an Illinois biometric privacy lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms of collecting voiceprints through Facebook and Messenger, finding a factual dispute over whether the company’s vo... (more story)

Platforms see renewed debate about EU rules for detecting child abuse content

June 25, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Online platforms could once again have a legal basis in the EU to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material if lawmakers revive an interim regulation that expired in April. EU ambassadors are due to discu... (more story)

Meta may be capable of identifying people based on voice recordings, US judge says

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Susan Illston unsealed a May decision that denied Meta Platforms a summary judgment against claims accusing it of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by col... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Senate questions five USITC nominees, including two patent experts

June 25, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The Senate Finance Committee considered five nominees to be commissioners of the US International Trade Commission on Thursday, a bipartisan slate that would return the agency to full strength for the first ti... (more story)

Senator Tillis reflects on IP legacy, pushes patent reform in final months

June 25, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis is counting down the final months of his Senate career, but the chair of the Judiciary Committee's intellectual property subcommittee remains focused on the future... (more story)

Global courts converging on FRAND approach

June 25, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Asia, Europe, North America

Courts around the world are adopting increasingly similar approaches to determining fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory rates in disputes over standard essential patents. A new report shows that comparing ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Rwandan gold refinery sanctioned by US for enabling conflict minerals trade

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on a Gasabo Gold Refinery, which has acted as a key partner to Rwandan government officials and M23 rebels as t... (more story)

Bank Caceis UK to pay millions over WealthTek failings, says UK regulator

June 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Asset servicing bank Caceis UK has been censured and will pay £31.7 million to the clients of collapsed wealth manager WealthTek over compliance failures, following UK regulatory action on Thursday.

UK financial enforcement speeds up as firms engage with BOE earlier

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England has said there's a new trend of the subjects of investigations engaging with the bank earlier in its investigation and enforcement process. David Chaplin, the BOE's head of en... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Uneven global crypto implementation poses financial stability risks, BIS says

June 25, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

A review of 16 jurisdictions revealed an uneven implementation of global standards for crypto assets and stablecoins that could present risks to financial stability, the Bank for International Settlements said... (more story)

Several issues remain in EU countries' talks on market integration, report shows

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Further work is needed on key issues in the package proposal for more integrated EU capital markets, according to a progress report published Thursday by Cyprus, which has chaired EU talks for th... (more story)

Australian regulator warns of urgent risk of frontier AI models for banks

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has warned that frontier AI models pose an urgent and growing risk to the financial sector while urging information sharing between regulated entiti... (more story)

Trade View More

US, Uzbekistan announce preliminary early-harvest trade agreement

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US and Uzbekistan have reached an early-harvest trade agreement during US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s visit to Tashkent, the USTR’s office said. The preliminary details of the agree... (more story)

CBP rolls out more de minimis security measures, formal rules on low-value goods

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection rolled out new rules to bolster enforcement on low-value shipments, following the Trump administration’s formal ending last year of the de minimis rule, which had... (more story)

US, Australia sign deal to strengthen trade enforcement

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection signed an agreement with Australia for both countries to greater collaborate on detection and prevention across trade and travel enforcement services.

State Aid View More

Mead Johnson Nutrition should lose tax state aid appeal, says EU court opinion

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Baby food maker Mead Johnson Nutrition should lose its appeal against an EU state aid investigation into its tax arrangements in Gibraltar, according to a legal opinion prepared for the EU's top ... (more story)

Zenobē Energy's 'subsidy' review application dismissed by UK tribunal

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy's application for the Competition Appeal Tribunal to examine and rule on a “subsidy scheme” designed to promote development of energy storage projects has been dismissed by the cour... (more story)

QuantumDiamonds gets EU approval for chips facility state aid

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a German state aid program worth €76 million, intended to help QuantumDiamonds build a plant to make semiconductor-testing equipment. This will be the EU’s fi... (more story)

Energy View More

Applications open for EU cross-border hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure projects

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Applications opened Thursday for hydrogen, electrolyzer, and CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure projects seeking EU recognition under the TEN-E Regulation, the bloc's framework for cro... (more story)

Simpler rules on industrial emissions, batteries backed by EU countries

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Rules simplifying requirements for industrial emissions, batteries and spatial data were approved by EU countries, which agreed their position on key parts of the environmental simplification pac... (more story)

Unused EU congestion-income revenues would be freed up after eight years

June 24, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Congestion-income revenues — generated when power cannot flow freely between markets — that are earmarked for EU cross-border electricity projects would no longer remain reserved indefinitely, under an EU gove... (more story)

Technology View More

UK crackdown on self-harm content, cyberflashing set to intensify

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK crackdown on unsolicited sexual images and content that encourages self-harm will be intensified, under strengthened protections published on Thursday by Ofcom. Dating, messaging and socia... (more story)

Australia's social media ban has little early impact on under-16 use, study finds

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A study published late Tuesday has found no clear evidence that Australia’s social media ban for under-16s has reduced adolescents’ use of social media in its first three months. The observationa... (more story)

NetChoice backs challenge to Texas app store law on appeal

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: NetChoice and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression told a US appeals court that Texas’ App Accountability Act is content-based, both on its face and in its purpose, because app sto... (more story)