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Artificial Intelligence, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 03, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Andrew Boyce

Europe, North America

Nvidia's Hugging Face openness pledge identifies US, EU antitrust fault line
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Barcelona El Prat Airport in Spain on Feb. 16, 2025.

State Aid

September 03, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Ryanair’s bid for EU state aid injunction against Lufthansa is rejected by court
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Artificial Intelligence

September 02, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

OpenAI PR team overrode safety concerns before Canada mass shooting, suits allege

Antitrust View More

Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron say US antitrust claims over DRAM repackaged

September 03, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technologies said a class action complaint over an alleged chipmaking cartel should be dismissed for the same reasons a similar lawsuit was rejected in 2022. “Plaintiff... (more story)

Smithfield Foods agrees to settle workers' US wage-fixing claims

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Smithfield Foods and plaintiffs notified a US federal judge that they've reached an agreement to resolve claims that the company conspired to suppress wages paid to workers at processing plants. ... (more story)

Netflix faces German complaints over AI voice training

September 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Germany's professional association for voice actors said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with the country's antitrust authority — and was backing separate privacy complaints in Berlin — against Netflix ov... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Va. delegate asks about redirection of NextEra, Dominion data center credits

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Virginia state Delegate JJ Singh said NextEra and Dominion’s proposed $1.78 billion in customer bill credits would disproportionately benefit data centers, which account for 28 percent of the sta... (more story)

UK urged to create independent AI watchdog by privacy campaign group

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An independent public authority with enforcement powers should oversee AI in the UK, including its use across the public sector, civil society organization Open Rights Group said Thursday. In a r... (more story)

US government says Anthropic's court win doesn't overturn risk designation

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Defense told an appeals court that a lower court’s decision on a determination against Anthropic does not support the company’s attempt to reverse a supply chain risk designa... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US CFIUS on-site mitigation inspections drop to historical average under Trump

September 03, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

Companies and investors subject to US national security agreements are facing fewer on-site inspections under President Donald Trump, as his administration scales back a Biden-era expansion of mitigation overs... (more story)

UK merger efficiency guidance updated by CMA

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New guidance, which aims to give greater detail and clarity on how “efficiencies” arising from mergers are assessed as a way of mitigating competition concerns during an investigation, has been i... (more story)

Nippon Steel urges court to affirm dismissal of case over US Steel deal

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Nippon Steel urged the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to maintain the dismissal of steel consumers’ antitrust claims over the $14.9 billion Nippon Steel-US Steel merger. The company ar... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

CalPrivacy issues advisory on information accuracy in data broker registration

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The California Privacy Protection Agency, or CalPrivacy, issued an enforcement advisory highlighting that data brokers must provide accurate and correct information in their annual registration. ... (more story)

EU Quantum Act could arrive this year to support industry scale-up, official says

September 03, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

The European Commission could present its planned Quantum Act later this year, although internal delays could push the proposal into 2027, an official said. Thomas Skordas, a senior official in the commission’... (more story)

Uber faces GDPR lawsuit over AI pay algorithm for drivers in UK, Netherlands

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ride-hailing company Uber is facing legal action brought principally on behalf of drivers in the UK and the Netherlands over its use of an AI-powered algorithm to set drivers’ pay and allocate wo... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Inari must face trimmed US patent claims from Corteva, judge rules

September 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Inari was denied judgments of noninfringement regarding all US patent claims brought by Corteva over corn and soybean crops. District Judge John F. Murphy denied judgment as to all but five of Corteva's claims.

Kraftwerk sample saga heads to next chapter after German copyright ruling

September 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk is “disappointed” in Germany’s top court ruling that its sample used by music producers falls into a copyright exception under a law that was reformed in 2021. But for uses... (more story)

Care home broadcasts don’t need new copyright license, German court says

September 03, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

A care home transmitting broadcasts into residents’ private rooms isn’t breaching copyright law, Germany’s highest court has said. The care home does not need to negotiate a new license because there was no ne... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Ethical Forestry trio jailed for combined 15 years over Costa Rica tree fraud

September 03, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Three former directors of English company Ethical Forestry who defrauded UK investors out of £70 million through a tree-based investment scheme in Costa Rica to support their lavish lifestyles have been jailed... (more story)

US regulators writing stablecoin rules should add guardrails for users, observers say

September 02, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

US financial policymakers writing rules to carry out the GENIUS Act with respect to stablecoins should provide guardrails for users and against illicit finance in anticipation of growth in use of the cryptocur... (more story)

Confident ENRC probe 'wrongdoing' won't happen again, says UK fraud agency

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's Serious Fraud Office has said it is "confident" its "wrongdoing" over its investigation into miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation between 2011 and 2013 won't happen again. "The S... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Banca Tercas suffered serious breach in state-aid probe, EU court says

September 03, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

The European Commission committed a serious breach of EU state aid rules when it wrongly classified support for Banca Tercas as unlawful aid, the EU’s top court has ruled. However, judges rejected BdM Banca's ... (more story)

EU’s highest court curbs unrestricted access to shareholder data

September 03, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

EU countries may not allow anyone to obtain personal data on every minority shareholder in a public limited company without demonstrating a legitimate interest, the EU’s highest court said on Thursday. A Latvi... (more story)

Financial firms struggle to address AI-discovered cyber flaws, UK FCA says

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Financial firms’ use of AI to identify cyber flaws is outpacing their ability to address them, the UK's financial regulator found in a review of frontier AI systems. The Financial Conduct Authori... (more story)

Trade View More

USITC correct on Chinese pea protein finding, trade court says

September 03, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

The US Court of International Trade this week upheld the International Trade Commission's affirmative critical circumstances decision on high-content pea protein from China, finding the agency had properly con... (more story)

US countervailing duty findings for Hyundai Steel remanded by trade court

September 03, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade granted a motion for judgment from the Korean government and Hyundai Steel, remanding a US Commerce Department determination in a countervailing duty administrative review.

Lower-than-usual gas storage poses no immediate supply risk, EU says

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Lower-than-usual EU gas storage levels pose no immediate supply risk for the coming winter, EU countries and the European Commission have said. The bloc remains on track for adequate preparedness... (more story)

State Aid View More

Bidders in Greek energy tenders face EU exclusion under foreign-subsidy rules

September 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The European Commission is moving to exclude three companies from participating in public tenders in Greece’s energy sector, after they failed to provide enough information under rules designed to reveal the i... (more story)

BdM Banca shouldn’t get compensation over defeated state aid case, EU top court says

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: BdM Banca isn't entitled to €203.3 million in compensation from the European Commission for damage allegedly caused by its unlawful Tercas state aid decision, the EU's top court said on Thursday.... (more story)

Germany’s €35bn electricity ‘capacity mechanism’ wins EU approval

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU state aid approval for an up to €35 billion program designed to ensure sufficient capacity to produce, store and consume electricity. The European Commission said the “capa... (more story)

Energy View More

Power-only hydro plants not covered by EU services law, top court says

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Small-scale hydroelectric plants whose sole or principal activity is generating electricity are not covered by the EU Services Directive, the EU Court of Justice said on Thursday. The dispute con... (more story)

EU grid operators urge flexibility in ‘Made in Europe’ rules

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European electricity distribution system operators have warned that rigid EU-origin requirements could increase costs, restrict access to critical components and delay electricity-grid expansion.... (more story)

EU emissions targets will not be reviewed by European Commission, court says

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions allocations for 2023-30 will not be reviewed by the European Commission, the EU General Court said on Wednesday, rejecting a challenge by two environmental campa... (more story)

Technology View More

Yoti pulls Spanish ID app after €950,000 fine over processing biometric data

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK digital identity provider Yoti will withdraw its app from Spanish app stores on Sept. 10 after the Spanish Data Protection Agency fined it €950,000 ($1.1 million) over its processing of biomet... (more story)

Tech-facilitated child sexual abuse needs stronger regulation, UN says

September 03, 2026

Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Governments should require digital platforms to meet safety-by-design standards, strengthen regulators’ enforcement powers and update laws to cover online grooming, sexual extortion and AI-genera... (more story)

CCIA says breakup in Google adtech monopoly suit would have gone 'far beyond' US court finding

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauded US District Judge Leonie Brinkema's order in the Google adtech monopolization case, which rejected a structural remedy and opted for o... (more story)