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Data Privacy and Security

September 14, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Facebook’s Sandberg denies knowledge of Cambridge Analytica details
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 14, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount, Warner say deal will boost film output, streaming competition

Antitrust, Data Privacy and Security, Technology

September 11, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Madeline Hughes

North America

US courts keeping close eye on Big Tech privilege claims, evidence preservation

Antitrust View More

Google urges UK court to approve record settlement over Play Store

September 15, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Google and a class representative told a UK court on Tuesday that the terms of the £260 million settlement agreed relating to a claim on behalf of app developers are just and reasonable and should be approved.... (more story)

Wesleyan University moves to dismiss US price-fixing claims over early admissions

September 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Wesleyan University has filed a motion to dismiss US price-fixing claims over tuition, and more specifically an alleged conspiracy alongside Common Application and Scoir Inc. designed to reduce o... (more story)

Dutch egg-cartel fines largely upheld by trade and industry appeals court

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal mostly upheld fines imposed on three companies for coordinating industrial-egg purchase prices, dividing suppliers and exchanging sensitive informati... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK's AI Security Institute to appear in parliament to discuss 'existential threat'

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The head of the UK's AI Security Institute has been asked to appear in parliament to give evidence on the risks of AI developments on Oct. 13 amid growing calls for AI regulation in Britain. In a... (more story)

AI used as news source by one in five UK adults, media regulator says

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: One in five UK adults use AI chatbots such as ChatGPT to follow the news, media regulator Ofcom found in its latest annual report on news consumption habits, published Tuesday. But 56 percent of ... (more story)

AI safety challenges are taken seriously by government, Australian minister says

September 15, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

An Australian minister has said the government takes artificial intelligence safety challenges seriously while noting the role of the Australian AI Safety Institute. In an event on Monday in Canberra, Australi... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

US FTC's Ferguson signals move away from in-house merger litigation

September 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the agency is likely to continue pursuing merger challenges in federal court rather than through in-house litigation, citing constitutional developments, concerns about age... (more story)

Kimberly-Clark, Kenvue seek Brazil clearance with Essity divestiture

September 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Kimberly-Clark and Kenvue have asked Brazil’s antitrust authority to clear Kimberly-Clark’s proposed acquisition of Kenvue without remedies, arguing that Kenvue’s agreed sale of its Brazilian feminine-care bus... (more story)

Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern rail merger garners support of South Carolina governor

September 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Combining Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway "presents meaningful opportunities to reinforce South Carolina's position as a national leader in commerce and trade," the state's go... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Digital euro talks advance as EU lawmakers, govts weigh compensation models

September 15, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

Negotiations on the digital euro regulation are progressing, but EU lawmakers and governments remain divided over how banks and payment providers should be compensated for providing digital euro services, rece... (more story)

Snapchat faces German lawsuit threat over child safety claims

September 15, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Júlia Tar

Europe

Social media platform Snapchat faces a planned German lawsuit by Dutch consumer-rights foundation SOMI, which alleges the platform’s design breaches the EU’s Digital Services Act and AI Act by exposing minors ... (more story)

Revolut data breach report being assessed by UK's data protection watchdog

September 15, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

A report from Revolut of a data breach affecting about 680 of its customers is being looked into by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, or ICO. The digital financial services company said it had been t... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China top court finds unfair competition in Lukfook trade-name dispute

September 15, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has held that a business can commit unfair competition by registering and using a corporate name similar to another party’s trademark if it is likely to mislead consumers, even when it uses t... (more story)

US judge denies USPTO more time to defend whistleblower report redactions

September 14, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

The clock is ticking on the US Patent and Trademark Office’s deadline to explain its redactions to an anonymous report alleging an Intel-linked effort to invalidate VLSI Technology patents before the Patent Tr... (more story)

US presses Supreme Court to leave IPR criteria to USPTO discretion

September 14, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A filing by the federal government in support of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s “settled expectations” policy goes beyond patent age to argue that because Congress never required inter partes review inst... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Leasing company directors defrauded UK investors in 'Ponzi scheme,' court told

September 15, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Two former directors at car leasing company Buy2Let Cars defrauded thousands of UK investors out of £40 million after telling them “lies” about a “Ponzi scheme,” a London court was told on Tuesday.

Businessman pleads guilty in US to illicit exports of aviation parts to Russia

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Andrei Samuilovski, who has citizenship in Estonia, Switzerland and Russia, pleaded guilty over his role in a scheme to illegally export US-origin aviation and aerospace parts to Russia in violat... (more story)

VTB Bank sanctioned by US over Iran ties

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned prominent Russian financial institution VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company for its involvement in Iranian sanction... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Tweak capital rules to back emerging market private capital, industry group says

September 15, 2026

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

MLex Summary: G20 policymakers and regulators should review the prudential treatment of investments supported by multilateral development banks and development finance institutions to support private capital f... (more story)

US House Republican 'bullish' on crypto bill due for Senate vote Tuesday

September 14, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

A senior US House Republican is "bullish" that a cryptocurrency procedural bill due to come up for a US Senate vote Tuesday will pass and eventually be adopted by that chamber before going to the House to face... (more story)

States call on Congress to preserve ability to protect investors from crypto scams

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan coalition of 17 other attorneys general in opposing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Clarity Act), according to a statement. In a let... (more story)

Trade View More

US CIT partially sustains review results for dumping order on Indian glycine

September 15, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade sustained in part and remanded in part the 2022-2023 review results for the antidumping order on glycine from India.

US House set to take up Russia sanctions bill this week

September 15, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US House of Representatives on Monday advanced a Russia sanctions bill that includes more tariff powers for President Donald Trump, setting up a contentious vote later this week in the lower legislative chamber.

US CIT sustains second remand results for dumping order on Mexican pipes, tubes

September 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has sustained the Commerce Department's second remand results for the dumping order on Mexican light-walled rectangular pipe and tube.

State Aid View More

Vindenergi challenging Danish aid for wind farms project at EU court

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Energy company Dansk Vindenergi is challenging the Danish government's €5 billion plan to back the construction and operation of the Hesselø and North Sea I Mid offshore wind farms at an EU court... (more story)

Czech TV operators ask EU judges to re-allow cancelled state aid

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: České Radiokomunikace, Digital Broadcasting and Česká televize, three Czech digital terrestrial television infrastructure operators, have asked the EU General Court to overturn a decision by the ... (more story)

China seeks information from French companies over EU subsidies

September 10, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce has sought information from several French companies operating in China about subsidies received from the EU and its member states. Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling s... (more story)

Energy View More

EU carbon-market reserve, price protections backed by European Parliament

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers backed changes Tuesday that would keep more carbon allowances — permits companies use to cover their emissions — available to stabilize the EU carbon market, while retaining a limit ... (more story)

EU countries challenge European Commission plan to tax electricity less than gas

September 15, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Nine EU countries have told the European Commission they do not agree with its plans to tax electricity less than gas in planned legislation to boost the bloc's use of electricity and cut imports of fossil fue... (more story)

Wider EU carbon tax, export fund backed by EU lawmakers

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU carbon border adjustment mechanism, or CBAM, would be extended to downstream steel and aluminum goods under a European Parliament negotiating position that also tightens anti-circumvention... (more story)

Technology View More

EU telecom CEOs urge changes to Digital Networks Act

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Chief executives from 17 telecom companies, including Orange, Telefónica and Deutsche Telekom, said in an open letter that the EU’s proposed Digital Networks Act should remove regulatory barriers... (more story)

Four companies challenging UK's Online Safety Act categorization, Ofcom says

September 15, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Four online services are appealing Ofcom’s categorization register under the UK’s Online Safety Act, the regulator told lawmakers, as it faces questions over its implementation of the regime. Ofcom’s online sa... (more story)

Harden EU's Democracy Shield against Russian, AI election threats, lawmakers urge

September 15, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

The European Democracy Shield should be strengthened through tougher enforcement of digital rules and a stronger EU coordination hub to counter Russian interference, AI-driven manipulation and cyber threats to... (more story)