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US Fed’s Warsh asked by Democratic senators to disclose contacts with Trump

Charter concurrently closes Cox, Liberty deals

Meta researcher found US state AGs' addictive claims 'hard to refute,' jury hears

US trade court judge pushes DOJ for refund answers

Meta, TikTok face Nov. 19 hearing in Italian child-safety case

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Trade

August 20, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Potential US-Canada deal offers new hope, but elusive details

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
Potential US-Canada deal offers new hope, but elusive details
US NIST urges companies to fight AI risks with AI
US rail board must decide if Union Pacific merger rationale is plausible

Antitrust View More

AI industry book destruction merits US FTC antitrust probe, civil society groups say

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: AI industry business practices like Anthropic's effort to "destructively scan all the books in the world" should be investigated as a potential unfair method of competition in violation of Sectio... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE closes Soy Moratorium cartel probe after Supreme Court ruling

August 21, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Superintendence of Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has closed an investigation into the agreement known as the Soy Moratorium, under which traders commit not to pu... (more story)

Three companies accused of cartel in Bulgarian footbridge tender

August 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Scorpion Investstroy, Planeks and El Story Engineering have been accused of taking part in a cartel while participating in a Bulgarian local government tender to build a pedestrian overpass, Bulg... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK privacy regulator eyes bigger AI role with statutory code, sandbox

August 21, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK privacy regulator is preparing a statutory code on AI and automated decision-making, while scoping research on AI’s impact on children that MLex understands will inform the code. The Information Commiss... (more story)

India lets AI into patent examination — but who's really deciding?

August 21, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's Patent Office is putting formal rules around the use of artificial intelligence across patent examination while drawing a line against allowing AI to replace examiner judgment. The safeguards look robu... (more story)

South Korea plans future fund with surplus tax revenue from AI-driven chip boom

August 21, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea plans to create a new fund using higher-than-expected tax revenue from the country’s booming semiconductor industry, fueled by the global artificial intelligence boom, to strengthen n... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Adobe sees legal win over German M&A scrutiny head to country's top court

August 21, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Europe

US software giant Adobe’s court victory striking down German merger scrutiny of its 2018 acquisition of Magento and Marketo is to be reviewed by the Federal Court of Justice. Germany's most senior judges last ... (more story)

Bloomberg-Canoe Intelligence deal under review in Australia

August 21, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Bloomberg’s proposed acquisition of private-markets data platform Canoe Intelligence is under review by Australia’s competition watchdog. Bloomberg plans to acquire Canoe through a merger with ne... (more story)

Tencent's proposed acquisition of Happibits reviewed in Australia

August 21, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A proposal by Mount Baker Investment, a special purpose vehicle wholly owned by global Internet and technology company Tencent Holdings, to acquire a portion of the share capital, on a fully dilu... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Uber fined €825m by Dutch privacy watchdog over driver-account deactivations

August 21, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Uber has been fined €825 million by the Dutch Data Protection Authority under EU data protection rules for deactivating driver accounts without adequately informing them. The Dutch regulator found that Uber fa... (more story)

TikTok flags possible sanctions breaches to UK and Irish regulators

August 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

TikTok has said it flagged a possible breach of sanctions to both UK and Irish regulators. "In April 2026, the group identified and is investigating a potential issue relating to its compliance with applicable... (more story)

China details data-security risk reviews as new rules take effect

August 21, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s internet and public security authorities have clarified how companies should conduct and report data-security risk assessments under new rules that took effect this week, as Beijing moves to operationa... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

New UK minister for IP, Chris McDonald, wins industry welcome for experience

August 21, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

UK lawmaker Chris McDonald has won a welcome from industry after being handed responsibility for intellectual property. The former chemical engineer will oversee the UK Intellectual Property Office and the Cop... (more story)

Suno narrows AI music claims in US, but most plaintiff copyright claims survive

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A federal judge in Massachusetts granted Suno's motion to dismiss claims against the AI music company under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, but US District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV denied... (more story)

Ex-Google engineer acquitted of economic espionage after US jury conviction

August 20, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding has been acquitted on seven counts of economic-espionage after US District Judge Vince Chhabria said prosecutors failed prove that he intended to benefit the Chinese governme... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Retail tech firm founder sentenced to prison in US for $300 million fraud scheme

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Christine Hunsicker, founder and former chief executive of the fashion technology firm CaaStle, was sentenced to five years in prison for securities fraud after duping investors into giving her n... (more story)

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)

Financial Services View More

Indonesia plans integrated bullion market, strategic commodities exchange from 2027

August 21, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia plans to deepen its bullion market through an integrated market ecosystem that will include a mineral and strategic commodities exchange operating from Jan. 1, 2027, Coordinating Econom... (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)

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)

Trade View More

Trump raises tariff-rate quota for ground beef imports for 90 days

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump announced on TruthSocial that the US will allow 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff for the next 90 days.

USITC says hardwood from 3 countries harms domestic industry

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has unanimously voted to determine that hardwood and decorative plywood allegedly subsidized and dumped by China, Indonesia and Vietnam have materially injur... (more story)

Indonesia, EU prepare CEPA ratification ahead of 2027 implementation

August 21, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Indonesia plans to ratify its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union through a presidential regulation, while the EU will submit the pact to the European Parliament ... (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 energy, tire labeling proposal open to feedback for eight weeks

August 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An EU proposal to simplify energy and tire labeling rules is open for feedback for eight weeks, with submissions to be summarized and presented to EU lawmakers to inform negotiations. The proposa... (more story)

EU countries see no immediate power supply risks despite heat, low water levels

August 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Electricity supplies in Central and Southeast Europe remain secure despite persistent high temperatures and record-low water levels putting pressure on generation and demand, an EU coordination g... (more story)

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)

Technology View More

Meta seeks US Supreme Court ruling on Section 230, addictive algorithms

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms petitioned the US Supreme Court to take an appeal of the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that said Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act did not bar the state from sui... (more story)

South Korea's Network Act aims to curb digital harms, protect users, KMCC says

August 21, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s revised Network Act is intended to address social harms arising from changes in the digital environment and strengthen user protection, the country’s communications regulator said i... (more story)

Instagram doesn't optimize for time spent, Meta executive testifies in Tennessee

August 21, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Instagram doesn't optimize for time spent by users on its platform because its ads wouldn't be as lucrative if they did, a Meta Platforms executive told a Tennessee jury on Thursday as the social media giant k... (more story)