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Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Intellectual Property, Trade

September 10, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

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

Huawei built business on crime, theft, US argues as racketeering trial begins

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Fox-Roku deal faces in-depth US DOJ antitrust review

Trade

September 09, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trump signs US orders to ban certain Canadian goods

Antitrust View More

Prague taxi cartel decision largely upheld in review by Czech watchdog's chair

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Taxi Praha and Fix engaged in a cartel for the operation and brokerage of taxi services to and from Prague’s Václav Havel Airport between 2019 and 2021, the Czech competition authority's chairman... (more story)

China's first platform-sector sub-threshold merger probe faces public hearing

September 10, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Chinese food-delivery platform Meituan’s proposed acquisition of Beijing Maiyatian Network Technology company will face a public hearing on Sept. 18 over whether commitments offered to address co... (more story)

Latvian city waste contract didn't break EU antitrust rules, top EU court says

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Latvian municipality didn’t breach EU dominance-abuse rules when awarding a waste-management contract to a company in which it held a 51 percent stake, the EU’s top court has said. When awardin... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK diplomats back closer EU AI ties, urge more European computing power

September 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK government remains committed to deepening AI cooperation with the EU, senior British diplomats said today, arguing that both sides need to work together to increase European computing power and remain c... (more story)

Unanswered query over EU industrial AI envoy's impartiality draws in ombudsman

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Ombudsman has opened an inquiry related to the European Commission's appointment of Siemens chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe as special EU envoy for industrial AI. The watchdog, which is ... (more story)

California enacts AI bills setting new standards for third-party audits

September 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills strengthening AI safeguards by establishing first-in-the-nation standards for third-party audits and independent assessments of AI systems. "... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Von der Leyen's blessing for EU satellite 'champion' raises due process concerns

September 10, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Ursula von der Leyen's honeyed words for a joint venture between Airbus, Leonardo and Thales on Thursday was an exceptional intervention that will trigger concerns over respect for the European Commission's no... (more story)

UPM, Sappi to make case for graphic-paper venture at EU hearing on Tues

September 10, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

UPM and Sappi are set to counter EU objections to their €1.42 billion plan to merge their graphic paper businesses in Europe at closed-door hearing next Tuesday, MLex has learned. Last month the European Commi... (more story)

Welltower care-home deal cleared in UK with divestments

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: US real estate investment trust Welltower’s offer to divest some sites and reallocate certain operators to ease antitrust fears over its acquisition of hundreds of care homes has been accepted by... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Online platforms could face child-safety dos and don’ts list, EU official says

September 10, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Online platforms could face a list of child safety dos and don’ts in the EU under a new legislative measure likely to be announced next week, a senior European Commission official said. The rules could cover a... (more story)

EU-wide approach for child safety online needed, Irish minister says

September 10, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Protecting children online requires a “whole of Europe approach,” Irish Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan said ahead of a two-day online safety conference in Dublin. He said next... (more story)

New York DFS issues new cybersecurity guidance on risk assessments

September 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The New York State Department of Financial Services issued new cybersecurity guidance outlining the department’s expectations for regulated entities’ on conducting risk assessments sufficient to ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

X’s ‘Twitter’ injunction shows cracks in retired trademark portfolio

September 10, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A parenthetical is keeping X Corp.’s “Twitter” trademarks enforceable — for now — but a trail of digital relics wasn’t enough for a Delaware federal judge to include “Tweet” or the famed bird logo in a prelimi... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Sept. 4-10

September 10, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili

Europe

This week, the Unified Patent Court granted Abbott Diabetes Care a preliminary injunction, blocking SiBionics’ GS3-R glucose monitor across all 18 UPC states. Other rulings sharpened UPC rules on evidence pres... (more story)

Tokyo court rejects inventor pay claim tied to Murata's 4.3bn yen IP transfer

September 10, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A former employee whose patents were among intellectual property transferred within Japanese electronics group Murata for 4.3 billion yen ($28 million) was not entitled to a share of that value, a Tokyo court has ruled.

Financial Crime View More

‘Fictitious’ takeover of Touchstone Exploration sees UK fraud guilty plea

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A man who admitted creating a fictitious takeover approach for energy company Touchstone Exploration, by using multiple false identities and forged documents, has pleaded guilty to fraud and forg... (more story)

Man arrested, faces extradition to UK over alleged $23m Australian mining fraud

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A man facing UK money laundering charges in connection with a $23 million fraud on an Australian mining company has been arrested in Dublin, Ireland and will appear in court on Thursday as part o... (more story)

Former Glencore exec Beard enters not guilty plea to UK bribery charges

September 10, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Alex Beard, the former head of oil at Glencore, pleaded not guilty to two corruption charges at a London court on Thursday. Beard is one of six former Glencore executives who will face UK bribery trials beginn... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU deposit plan to target big banks, smaller banks to stay under national schemes

September 10, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Commission is considering an EU deposit-protection scheme for large banks, while allowing smaller lenders to remain in national guarantee schemes, with an option to join. The proposal, due early n... (more story)

EU lawmakers consider broader access to DLT regime with stronger ESMA role

September 10, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmakers are considering broader access to the pilot allowing market infrastructures to use distributed ledger technology, or DLT, MLex has learned. A draft compromise by lead lawmaker Markus Ferber, seen ... (more story)

EU financial market correction risk looms amid high valuations, watchdog says

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European financial markets face a heightened risk of a sudden correction as strong investor optimism and high technology valuations diverge from a weaker economic outlook and rising geopolitical ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU Product Act would levy fee on imported parcels, tighten e-commerce border controls

September 10, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

The European Commission would introduce a fee on products entering the EU and give customs new digital tools to identify non-compliant imports, under a draft European Product Act seen by MLex. The proposal, se... (more story)

Tech businesses concerned about EU’s upcoming procurement rules

September 10, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

Technology groups warn that the EU’s proposed Public Procurement Act could limit opportunities for non-EU companies by allowing authorities to favor European suppliers on security and sovereignty grounds. The ... (more story)

EU sees ‘massive’ drop in Chinese parcel shipments after €3 fee, lawmaker says

September 10, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s temporary €3 customs fee on low-value parcels has cut shipment volumes in the Netherlands by 46 percent since July 1, center-right lawmaker Dirk Gotink said, calling the effect “massive” and bigger th... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

Japan ramps up public spending on content as Cool Japan Fund falters

September 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan is seeking a sharp increase in public spending on creators and the content industry just as mounting losses at the government-backed Cool Japan Fund force policymakers to reconsider an earlier model for ... (more story)

EU to press ahead with FSR information requests outside the bloc, official says

September 08, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Asia, Europe

The European Commission will continue asking for information under the EU foreign subsidies rules for mergers despite China's instructions to its companies not to cooperate with the requests, an official from ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU energy infrastructure rules should rely on common scenario, lawmakers say

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU energy infrastructure planning should rely on a common energy scenario developed by the European Commission and shared data, European Parliament industry committee lawmakers agreed by an overw... (more story)

EU carbon market overhaul to curb free allowances misuse, EU climate chief says

September 10, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The EU has been "too trustworthy" in expecting companies and governments to use the benefits and revenues from its carbon market to support decarbonization, the EU's climate chief says. Wopke Hoekstra also def... (more story)

Next EU energy regulators agency director named as Christof Lessenich

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Christof Lessenich has been appointed as the next director of the EU's Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, known as ACER. Lessenich currently leads the European Commission unit respo... (more story)

Technology View More

Misaligned child online safety rules risk enforcement problems, UK-EU event told

September 10, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

The UK and EU should coordinate their approaches to protecting children online as governments introduce new social media restrictions, the UK's deputy ambassador to the EU has said, Caroline Read's comments ca... (more story)

UK govt details unfinished transfers after scrapping tech ministry

September 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government has said that some former tech-department functions still have no settled departmental home, more than seven weeks after the technology ministry was dismantled. In a letter to t... (more story)

UK must convince voters of benefit of closer European tech ties, EU official says

September 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK government needs to persuade voters that closer technology ties and regulatory alignment with the EU is beneficial to both sides, a senior European Commission cybersecurity official has said. The commen... (more story)