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Artificial Intelligence

September 02, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

OpenAI PR team overrode safety concerns before Canada mass shooting, suits allege
Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

September 02, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Trump administration escalates AI training defense with US court statement
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Antitrust, Technology

September 02, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Opera fails to sway EU court over Microsoft Edge not being named a gatekeeper

Antitrust View More

Google wins partial victory as South Korean court annuls Play Store fine

September 03, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

A three-judge panel at the Seoul High Court upheld the finding by the Korea Fair Trade Commission that Google violated South Korea's competition law by conditioning Play Store featuring and overseas-expansion ... (more story)

Japan's Nichirin faces corrective recommendation over unpaid fees for mold storage

September 03, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Asia

Japanese auto-parts manufacturer Nichirin is set to receive a corrective recommendation from the country's antitrust regulator on Thursday for violating the Subcontract Act. The Japan Fair Trade Commission all... (more story)

China continues antitrust campaign targeting platforms, pharma, utilities

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s antitrust authorities will continue a nationwide enforcement campaign focused on platform companies, active pharmaceutical ingredients, public utilities and sectors affecting people’s liv... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korean defense ministry to spend 55% more on AI, new tech in 2027

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said Thursday it plans to sharply increase spending on projects involving the development and adoption of artificial intelligence and other advanced tec... (more story)

Naver Cloud consortium selected to build South Korea's cybersecurity AI model

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: A consortium led by Naver Cloud, part of the South Korean internet and artificial intelligence giant Naver, has been selected to develop a powerful foundation AI model tailored to domestic cybers... (more story)

OpenAI argues Tumbler Ridge shooting lawsuits belong in Canada

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI is asking a US judge to send lawsuits over the Tumbler Ridge shooting in British Columbia, Canada, to that country's courts, arguing that the victims, shooter, law-enforcement officers, me... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

New EU merger approach's pro-scale promise faces early test with upcoming deals

September 03, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

A string of transactions is set to test EU policymakers' claims that the bloc's new merger guidelines will aid dealmaking and help foster European companies with sufficient scale to invest in innovation, compe... (more story)

E.Sun-Mercuries deal released for public consultation in Taiwan

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Taiwan’s E.Sun Financial Holding Company’s proposed acquisition of Mercuries Life Insurance has been released for public comment by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission. The period for public comment... (more story)

Brazil CADE approves Graber’s acquisition of Grupo SEI

September 03, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s competition watchdog, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, fully approved Graber Segurança’s buyout of Grupo SEI and its four subsidiaries.  After a less-than-two-month exami... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Data breach at South Korean streaming service Tving affects 39 million accounts

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korean streaming service Tving suffered a breach of its internal systems in which an attacker stole source code and information related to 39.54 million user accounts, according to a joint ... (more story)

Japan sees rise in data-breach notifications in April-June, PPC says

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's data protection regulator received 6,101 data-breach notifications in the April-June quarter, up 25.7 percent from the average for the preceding four quarters. The Personal Information Pr... (more story)

Discord to present new child safety plan in Brazil, government says

September 03, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office said Discord will present a new proposal aimed at protecting children and adolescent users of the platform. The office disclosed in a statement that a conciliat... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Holiday Inn secures broader brand protection in India with injunction against Goa hotel

September 03, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Holiday Inn secured an interim injunction from the Delhi High Court against a Goa hotel using its well-known trademark, with the court also ordering allegedly infringing listings to be removed from major onlin... (more story)

Congress advances USPTO fee-setting extension, but House debates reform

September 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Congress included a short-term extension of the USPTO's authority to set its own fees in a continuing resolution to the federal budget passed late Tuesday, averting a Sept. 16 expiration. But some IP experts a... (more story)

Canada seeks to turn US research uncertainty into engine for patents, startups

September 02, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Canada has recruited 48 researchers from US institutions including Harvard and MIT in a bid to strengthen its future pipeline of patents, startups and licensing revenue as Washington cuts research funding and ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US regulators writing stablecoin rules should add guardrails for users, observers say

September 02, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

US financial policymakers writing rules to carry out the GENIUS Act with respect to stablecoins should provide guardrails for users and against illicit finance in anticipation of growth in use of the cryptocur... (more story)

Confident ENRC probe 'wrongdoing' won't happen again, says UK fraud agency

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's Serious Fraud Office has said it is "confident" its "wrongdoing" over its investigation into miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation between 2011 and 2013 won't happen again. "The S... (more story)

ENRC settles $290m legal claim against SFO, Dechert

September 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Asia, Europe

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation on Wednesday settled its $290 million compensation claim over an abandoned decade-long bribery prosecution with the UK’s fraud agency and law firm Dechert. The confidenti... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Japan urges fairer payment practices as promissory notes phased out

September 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission and METI’s Small and Medium Enterprise Agency said Wednesday they asked industry groups to shorten payment periods to within 60 days, use cash where possible and s... (more story)

Use merger powers more proactively, bank lobby group urges EU Commission

September 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission “should use its enforcement powers more proactively” and “establish a harmonized EU-level merger control process to ensure consistent assessments and limit political inter... (more story)

US CFTC issues final rule on clearing requirement for Canadian, Mexican interest rate swaps

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a final rule to modify its interest rate swap clearing requirement. The rule amends the regulations to remove the requirement to clear intere... (more story)

Trade View More

US companies urged to deepen China investment as Premier Li pledges fair competition

September 03, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: US companies were encouraged to expand investment and deepen their presence in China, as Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged to address their reasonable concerns and maintain a fair competitive envi... (more story)

US Commerce preliminarily says Austria subsidizing oil pipes

September 02, 2026

Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that imports of oil country tubular goods from Austria are subsidized. Commerce assigned a preliminary 10.17 percent subsidy rate to all Austrian producers.

EU grid operators urge flexibility in ‘Made in Europe’ rules

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European electricity distribution system operators have warned that rigid EU-origin requirements could increase costs, restrict access to critical components and delay electricity-grid expansion.... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany’s €35bn electricity ‘capacity mechanism’ wins EU approval

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU state aid approval for an up to €35 billion program designed to ensure sufficient capacity to produce, store and consume electricity. The European Commission said the “capa... (more story)

Japan's METI seeks $940m for Rapidus in FY27 budget request

September 01, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Monday it is seeking 150 billion yen ($940 million) in fiscal 2027 funding for Japanese chipmaker Rapidus from the government-affiliated Innov... (more story)

Tata’s planned €2bn Dutch subsidy puts EU green-aid test in focus

August 28, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Tata Steel Nederland’s proposed €2 billion Dutch subsidy will need to show environmental improvements that wouldn’t otherwise take place as part of the EU state aid approval process, competition chief Teresa R... (more story)

Energy View More

EU emissions targets will not be reviewed by European Commission, court says

September 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions allocations for 2023-30 will not be reviewed by the European Commission, the EU General Court said on Wednesday, rejecting a challenge by two environmental campa... (more story)

South Korea forms offshore wind committee amid AI-led surge in power demand

September 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea on Wednesday held the inaugural meeting of a committee under the prime minister, established as stipulated in a special law on expanding offshore wind power generation. The public-pri... (more story)

US House panel advances bills on AI, supply chains, corporate duty restrictions

September 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Emma Whitford

North America

A US House panel Tuesday advanced a slate of new bills to bolster supply chain security, promote US artificial intelligence open-source code and push back against sustainability requirements in other countries... (more story)

Technology View More

Tech-facilitated child sexual abuse needs stronger regulation, UN says

September 03, 2026

Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Governments should require digital platforms to meet safety-by-design standards, strengthen regulators’ enforcement powers and update laws to cover online grooming, sexual extortion and AI-genera... (more story)

CCIA says breakup in Google adtech monopoly suit would have gone 'far beyond' US court finding

September 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauded US District Judge Leonie Brinkema's order in the Google adtech monopolization case, which rejected a structural remedy and opted for o... (more story)

Google’s US adtech win gives EU new remedy headache

September 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe, North America

Google persuaded a US judge not to break up its adtech business, putting the European Commission in an awkward position of deciding whether to settle for the same solution or push for an asset sale and risk a ... (more story)