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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

US FTC to no longer bring antitrust cases under Part 3 proceedings, chair says

September 15, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission won't bring any single-firm conduct or consumer protection cases alleging antitrust or consumer protections violation through internal administration proceedings, with Chairman ... (more story)

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)

Artificial Intelligence View More

EU’s planned Kids Act set to look beyond Australia-style social-media ban

September 15, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

A broad range of online services — including social-media and video-sharing platforms, games, app stores and certain AI systems — are set to face new child-safety obligations under the EU’s planned Kids Act. U... (more story)

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)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Intesa Sanpaolo's takeover of MPS faces Italian antitrust probe

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo’s proposed takeover of rival Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, or MPS, is facing a probe in Italy, the national competition authority announced on Tuesday. Th... (more story)

FTC's Ferguson favors detailed HSR form, says new version must survive court review

September 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he still prefers a more expansive Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification form, but any replacement for the form now in use must better balance filing... (more story)

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)

Data Privacy and Security View More

School districts file witness lists in US case against Snap, TikTok, Google

September 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: School districts filed their witness lists in a US case against Snap, Google and TikTok over the platforms' alleged addictive design.

Facebook, TikTok, YouTube face Portugal addictive-design actions

September 15, 2026

Europe

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube face Portuguese collective actions alleging that addictive design features induce compulsive use and infringe users’ rights, digital-rights association D3 sai... (more story)

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)

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

UK to recruit 500 more police in dirty money crackdown

September 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Hundreds of police officers will be recruited in the UK to track dirty money and seize criminal assets, backed by £500 million of investment over three years, the government said. New officers wi... (more story)

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)

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 trade court upholds ITC freight rail couplers decision

September 15, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade has upheld the International Trade Commission’s 2023 injury finding in an antidumping and antisubsidy investigation into freight rail couplers from China and Mexico.

EU lawmakers back broader carbon border levy, bigger buffer for carbon market

September 15, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU lawmakers backed a broader carbon border levy Tuesday, extending it further down industrial supply chains while rejecting temporary exemptions during exceptional price shocks. Parliament also backed earlier... (more story)

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.

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)