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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

Zillow, Redfin to face off against US FTC in trial over rental market advertising

August 21, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May

North America

Zillow and Redfin will have to convince a US federal judge at a trial next week that an allegedly illegal deal between them did not stunt multifamily rental advertising competition, while defending a $100 mill... (more story)

Jushi Holdings, Sammartino seek judgment in Mass. cannabis monopolization case

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Sammartino Investments and Jushi Holdings moved for judgment against MJ’s Market’s US antitrust case accusing them of conspiring to keep it from competing in the cannabis industry in Tyngsborough... (more story)

MJ’s Market moves for judgment in US antitrust case over Massachusetts cannabis market

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: MJ’s Market moved for a judgment in its US antitrust case accusing Sammartino Investments and Jushi Holdings of conspiring to keep it from competing in the cannabis industry in Tyngsborough, Mass... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US lawmakers push for AI data center transparency with limited success

August 21, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Amid an AI-fueled boom in data center construction, lawmakers in more than a dozen US states introduced legislation to prohibit state agencies and local governments from entering into nondisclosure agreements ... (more story)

Newspapers file amended US copyright claims against OpenAI, Microsoft

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital filed an amended US complaint accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of infringing their copyrights, alleging the tech companies illegally use their ar... (more story)

EU lawmakers aim to lever tech sovereignty into digital simplification package

August 21, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

EU lawmakers want the proposed Digital Omnibus to advance Europe's technological sovereignty by reducing reliance on non-EU AI and data-processing providers. Amendments they have lodged broaden a package origi... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Azul, American Airlines urge Brazil's CADE to reject Abra appeal of investment deal

August 21, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras and American Airlines told CADE that Abra's attempt to intervene in the deal via an appeal lacks substance. They argued that the third party's request for the watchdog's General ... (more story)

Paramount bond request tests US states' merger enforcement role

August 21, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

Paramount has asked a court to require the Writers Guild of America and a coalition of state attorneys general to post a $1.88 billion bond in their effort block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discov... (more story)

Neil Averitt commentary: Strategic implications of the Slaughter ruling (FTCWatch)

August 21, 2026

North America

Longtime friends of the Federal Trade Commission have been discussing how to respond to the Trump v. Slaughter decision. Unfortunately, they have been whistling past the graveyard and missing the bigger questi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US FTC's COPPA rule presents barrier to age verification as injunctive relief

August 21, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act remains a barrier to forcing social media sites to implement better age-verification techniques, even as technology has advanced and states seek age verificati... (more story)

US drops suit against TikTok claiming COPPA violations

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice agreed to dismiss its case against ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, for alleged violations by TikTok of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and its implementing regulations. 

Brazil’s ANPD begins monitoring digital platforms, AI tools, app stores

August 21, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority has begun monitoring 22 digital platforms, generative artificial intelligence tools and app stores to assess their compliance with obligations under th... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Corteva wins judgment against Inari's invalidity counterclaims in US patent suit

August 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge John F. Murphy granted Corteva’s motion for judgment on Inari’s counterclaims related to invalidity of Corteva’s utility patents. Murphy said that “Inari did not adduce evidence... (more story)

Early test of USPTO's ex parte preorder filing leads to re-exam denial

August 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Patent and Trademark Office determined last week that a request for ex parte re-examination of a Xiamen PVTECH Corp. patent does not raise a substantial new question of patentability, an early example o... (more story)

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)

Financial Crime View More

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)

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.

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

US Congress, Trump administration keep uncertainty about African trade pact alive

August 21, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Eliana Hubacker

North America

The US Congress is pushing to yet again renew a key trade pact with African countries, but the fight to keep that deal alive is headed for increasing uncertainty as questions mount about how to modernize the p... (more story)

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)

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 maritime emissions reporting overhaul put out for eight-week feedback period

August 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An EU proposal to overhaul maritime emissions reporting is open for feedback for eight weeks, with submissions feeding into legislative negotiations. The proposal would create a single monitoring... (more story)

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)

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)

Technology View More

Porn sites get UK age-check compliance warning as watchdog details recent fine

August 21, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Porn sites operating in the UK have been warned by the country’s online safety watchdog that failures to implement robust age checks will end up in enforcement as it published details of a recent fine. Ofcom s... (more story)

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)

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)