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Antitrust, Data Privacy and Security, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

August 05, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Prospective head of US DOJ Antitrust Division commits to 'cautious' enforcement

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

August 05, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford

North America

Kids Online Safety Act advances in US Senate with duty-of-care provision

Trade

August 04, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US Senate Russia sanctions bill raises concerns with tariff powers

Antitrust View More

Luxottica Japan settles resale price maintenance probe

August 06, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Asia

Luxottica Japan settled a probe into suspected resale price maintenance involving Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses after Japan's competition regulator approved the company's commitment plan without finding a viol... (more story)

New Zealand's Foodstuffs South Island faces resale price maintenance case

August 06, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

One of New Zealand's largest grocery retailers, Foodstuffs South Island, is facing court proceedings after the country's competition regulator alleged it engaged in unlawful resale price maintenance involving ... (more story)

Google warns of privacy threats in EU's move to guarantee AI agent interoperability

August 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Google has warned that new EU measures requiring Android to give third-party AI agents deeper system access could expose users to fraud, malware and privacy breaches. In a fresh swipe at the Digi... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australian government challenges states over national data-center rules

August 06, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

A senior minister says Australia plans to legislate national standards requiring new data centers to fully offset their electricity use with additional renewable generation, despite opposition from Queensland ... (more story)

South Korea adopts AI healthcare strategy amid shift to super-aged society

August 06, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea on Thursday adopted a government-wide Basic AI Healthcare Strategy as part of efforts to use artificial intelligence to respond to rapidly rising healthcare demand as the country tran... (more story)

Australian competition chair outlines approach for AI, energy, digital markets

August 05, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Gina Cass-Gottlieb, chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, said on Thursday that regulators must balance consumer protection, competition and investment to build resilient mar... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Danaher's proposed acquisition of StatLab to be reviewed by Australian watchdog

August 06, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Danaher Corporation’s proposed acquisition of StatLab Medical Products from SLMP Intermediate Holdings and StatLab, will be reviewed by the Australian antitrust regulator. In a statement on Thurs... (more story)

Economic security, supply chain resilience gain prominence in Japan's merger guidelines

August 06, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japan's revised merger guidelines mark the clearest acknowledgment yet that economic security and supply-chain resilience may justify corporate consolidation. While competition experts expect the revisions to ... (more story)

Black Hills, NorthWestern merger needs only Montana panel's approval in US

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Black Hills Corp. said in an earnings release that it's merger with NorthWestern Energy Group still needs regulatory approval from the Montana Public Service Commission, but it still expects to c... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta executive, Tennessee expert offer different views of teen protection priorities

August 06, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

As Tennessee’s addictive-design trial against Meta Platforms continued in Nashville, company executive Miki Rothschild said teen safety and privacy are the social media company's top priorities, citing increas... (more story)

Belarusian man sentenced in US to 16 years in prison for operating ransomware

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Belarusian national was sentenced to 16 years in prison for conspiracy to commit offenses against the US, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft over his creation and adm... (more story)

TikTok to settle more cases in US social media addiction litigation

August 05, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

TikTok has agreed in principle to settle three more individual lawsuits brought by young app users that accuse the app of harming the plaintiffs’ mental health ahead of scheduled trials in October. 

Intellectual Property View More

Nintendo ruling expands India's protection for well-known trademarks

August 06, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Nintendo's Delhi High Court victory reinforces India's expanding protection for well-known trademarks, preventing their use in unrelated sectors where corporate names could imply a false commercial association.

US trademark owners turn to Schedule A as blocking bills bypass counterfeiting

August 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Trademark owners are leveraging what's known as "Schedule A" litigation to reach successor accounts and online intermediaries as they seek remedies that increasingly resemble the dynamic blocking regimes available abroad.

US trade court judge's BMW ruling could raise stakes for forum-selection clauses (update*)

August 05, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Europe, North America

A US International Trade Commission judge may have handed companies facing Section 337 investigations a powerful new tool, ruling for what practitioners said was the first time that a forum-selection clause wa... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Ex-Goldman banker used ‘corrupt money’ in Ghana, US says as bribery trial closes

August 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker “took advantage” of an energy crisis in Ghana, bribing multiple officials for approvals for a Turkish client to open a power plant, US prosecutors said at the close of his corrupt... (more story)

US SEC establishes financial reporting and accounting unit in enforcement division

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced it is establishing a new specialized unit within the Division of Enforcement to provide the dedicated expertise, focus and capacity to pursue a... (more story)

UK pensions case shows judges aren’t scared to push back on FCA enforcement bite

August 05, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The upholding of industry bans on two “dishonest” pension advisers was welcomed by the UK’s financial regulator on Tuesday, but the Financial Conduct Authority has once again seen its bite softened by judges. ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Ex-Goldman banker discusses Ghana bribe scheme in recorded meeting, US jury sees

August 05, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Over lunch at a London restaurant in November 2016, a former Goldman Sachs banker told a confidential source working with the FBI about an alleged scheme to bribe Ghanian officials on behalf of a client seekin... (more story)

Barclays faces UK legal claim by MFS administrators

August 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Market Financial Solutions is suing Barclays at a London court, as the fallout continues from the collapse of the lender amid allegations of fraud. While details of the claim haven’t been made public, the case... (more story)

UK pension advisers have industry bans upheld on appeal but fines slashed

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Two pensions advisers in the UK have had their bans upheld for giving the wrong advice to customers, but their fines have been significantly reduced. The Upper Tribunal  on Tuesday agreed with th... (more story)

Trade View More

China deploys multiple regulatory tools in broad retaliation against US

August 06, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

US companies involved in drones, product certification, office equipment and supply-chain compliance are facing a new package of Chinese restrictions, as Beijing deploys export controls, counter-sanctions powe... (more story)

Trump tariffs didn't provide relief for tube-fitting chemical producers, US producer says

August 05, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

None of the tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on India since the beginning of 2025 have helped protect the US industry from the effects of unfairly traded perfluoroalkoxy alkane, the Chemours Compan... (more story)

US-Canada natural gas, electricity trade value rose in 2025, US EIA says

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Energy Information Administration said that, although the total value of energy trade between the US and Canada fell by 11 percent in 2025, the trade value of natural gas and electricity r... (more story)

State Aid View More

Spanish order compensating JGC for changes to renewables aid draws EU probe

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An arbitration award — ordering Spain to compensate Japan’s JGC Holdings for changes to a program supporting renewable electricity production — has drawn an in-depth EU investigation. The probe s... (more story)

Goldwind’s pleas against request for subsidy information published in EU journal

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind is seeking to annul a European Commission request for information under the bloc's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, according to pleas published in the EU's Official Journal. ... (more story)

Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu's parent company PDD Holdings and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology have received a formal warning from the European Commission for not having cooperated during an inspection in Ireland. The... (more story)

Energy View More

SpaceX details $350 million in probable litigation losses over AI, privacy, IP

August 04, 2026 | Mike Swift

Europe, North America

SpaceX detailed an array of litigation challenges as it issued its first quarterly earnings report Tuesday, including content-moderation issues in Europe and the US, privacy litigation in a federal court in Ca... (more story)

SpaceX, xAI disclose $354 million in accruals for probable litigation losses

August 04, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: SpaceX has released its first quarterly US securities filing, detailing its current legal proceedings and disclosing that the parent company of xAI has recorded an accrual of $354 million for lit... (more story)

US welcomes Italy into Pax Silica supply chain initiative

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department announced that Italy became the latest country to join the Pax Silica initiative that works to create global supply chains for critical and emerging technologies.

Technology View More

South Korean telecom operators ordered to revise terms on personal-data liability

August 06, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s three major telecom operators — SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus — have revised terms of service that the country’s competition regulator found unfairly limited their liability for perso... (more story)

Amazon must improve recommender transparency and reporting tools, German court rules (update*)

August 05, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Amazon must change how it presents information about recommender systems, content moderation and illegal-content reporting under the Digital Services Act, following a German court ruling that partly favored th... (more story)

Disinformation spreads about alleged asylum for Ceuta migrants, campaigners say

August 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Disinformation continues to spread online about the reception of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, advocacy group Maldita said on Wednesday. Fast spreading messages on social media wr... (more story)