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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
Rep. Rich McCormick

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

September 11, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US House Republicans inquire about foreign influence in data center opposition
A white man with curly red hair wearing a suit and tie speaks

Data Privacy and Security

September 10, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Users knew ads were personalized, Zuckerberg says in New Mexico trial
US courts keeping close eye on Big Tech privilege claims, evidence preservation
US House Republicans inquire about foreign influence in data center opposition
Users knew ads were personalized, Zuckerberg says in New Mexico trial

Antitrust View More

Safeguards in focus as Indonesia weighs stronger powers for antitrust agency

September 14, 2026 | Roffie Kurniawan

Asia

Indonesia's planned expansion of antitrust investigative powers should be accompanied by stronger safeguards for businesses, a competition commissioner said Friday, responding to concerns raised by competition... (more story)

Grab summoned by Vietnam competition authority over fare-reduction complaints

September 14, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Vietnam’s National Competition Commission on Friday said it has summoned ride-hailing platform Grab and requested information on its policies covering fares, fees, commissions and other deduction... (more story)

REA Group removes restrictive agency-contract terms after Australian antitrust probe

September 14, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Online property giant REA Group has provided an undertaking to remove restrictive provisions from its contracts with real estate agencies following an investigation by Australia’ antitrust watchd... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Trump says he can manage AI without further 'guardrails,' US must lead over China

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social that the only "control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" The post cam... (more story)

UK seeks views on AI in energy system, including regulation, safety risks

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government is seeking views on its proposal that AI deployment in energy should lower consumers' bills, improve system efficiency and support decarbonization, while maintaining energy secu... (more story)

UK urged to develop safety framework for AI in the power grid

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government should work with domestic energy regulator Ofgem and the AI Security Institute to develop a safety framework and processes to enable autonomous AI in the electricity grid by 203... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Claro acquisition of Desktop cleared in Brazil

September 14, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority cleared Claro's acquisition of publicly listed broadband provider Desktop without remedies. The decision evaluated whether conditions imposed by the country’s telecom agency... (more story)

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

September 14, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have argued that their proposed merger will increase theatrical-film output, investment in television and film production, and competition with Netflix, Disney and... (more story)

STV Group's re-filed Tatra Trucks deal open for feedback in EU

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in Czech defense group STV's plan to buy joint control of truck maker Tatra Trucks have ten days to send their comments to the European Commission. The authority has a provisio... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Romanian data watchdog issued 105 GDPR fines in 2025

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Romanian Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing issued 105 GDPR fines in 2025, totaling 2.5 million lei ($590,000), it said in a statement summarizing its latest annual report. Th... (more story)

'EU Kids Act' to be presented by EU Commission this week (update*)

September 14, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

An "EU Kids Act" will be discussed by European commissioners this week before being adopted by written procedure and presented on Thursday, a spokesperson for the EU executive said Monday. The initiative follo... (more story)

Meta reviews extending US teen protections to South Korea as talks continue

September 14, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Meta Platforms has told South Korea’s communications regulator that it has yet to decide whether safeguards for teenage Facebook and Instagram users agreed to in the US could also apply in South Korea. The Kor... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

BRICS puts AI training, rights-holder remuneration on IP agenda

September 14, 2026 | Freny Patel

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America

BRICS countries at the their recent meeting have put IP rights in artificial-intelligence training and fair remuneration for rights holders on their cooperation agenda, while seeking a greater role in global AI governance.

China's top court sets damages benchmark for trade-secret theft used to secure projects

September 14, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has treated fees earned from an engineering project obtained through misused confidential technology as infringement profits, setting a damages benchmark where trade-secret theft secures comm... (more story)

Japanese court rejects attempt to use product labels to clarify patent

September 14, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld the cancellation of claims in a magnetic-shielding patent after rejecting the owner’s attempt to use product packaging and QR-code information to explain what th... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Appeals court directs US judge to justify fine of NY man in Russia exports case

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit directed a US judge to "elaborate on [his] rationale" for imposing a $150,000 fine on dual US-Russian citizen Nikolay Grigorev over his role in a sc... (more story)

Crispin Odey loses court bid to overturn UK financial services ban

September 14, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

High-profile UK hedge-fund manager Crispin Odey has lost his bid to overturn his ban from the UK’s financial services industry but has seen a £1.8 million fine modestly reduced. A court ruling refusing his app... (more story)

US CFTC approves final rule concerning whistleblower awards

September 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a final rule that incorporates a 30% presumption for whistleblower awards of $5 million or less, subject to commission discretion and its anal... (more story)

Financial Services View More

LG AI Research to develop AI systems for South Korea's national pension service

September 14, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s LG AI Research on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with the country’s National Pension Service to jointly develop artificial intelligence tools for managing pension asset... (more story)

US banking regulators propose third-party risk-management guidance

September 11, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US banking regulators issued draft guidance to help financial institutions manage third-party risks, intended to replace what the agencies called "overly broad" Biden-era guidance that they said discouraged ba... (more story)

Broker-dealer fined by US SEC for failing to report suspicious activity

September 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Haywood Securities USA was fined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering compliance program and failing to file suspicious activity reports.

Trade View More

US Commerce says India, Indonesia, Laos, dumping, subsidizing solar cells

September 14, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department in a final determination said India, Indonesia and Laos are dumping and subsidizing imports of solar cells. Commerce assigned final dumping rates of 123.04 percent to I... (more story)

WTO reform talks resume this month as members target decisions by 2028

September 14, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Ryan Harrison

Europe, North America

World Trade Organization members are set to resume discussions on reform in Geneva this month, with a focus on bridging differences over industrial subsidies, development and decision making. Set against a bac... (more story)

Chinese citric acid comes under interim review in EU

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Punitive dumping duties of up 42.7 percent in place on imports of citric acid and trisodium citrate dihydrate from China into the bloc are now under an interim review, the European Commission sai... (more story)

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

European truckmakers seek three-year delay to EU 2030 CO2 compliance deadline

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's 2030 CO2 compliance timeline for heavy-duty vehicles should be delayed by three years, European truck manufacturers said in a statement Monday. In a press release published by the automo... (more story)

Sectoral renewable-energy targets could be scrapped by EU in post-2030 overhaul

September 14, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Several sector-specific renewable-energy targets would be scrapped under the European Commission's preferred approach for overhauling the EU Renewable Energy Directive after 2030, according to a draft impact a... (more story)

EU carbon market reform should be tougher after 2035, lead lawmaker says

September 11, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The EU's planned revision of its carbon market should reduce the speed at which companies need to cut their emissions allowances after 2030 but accelerate after 2035, the lawmaker that is leading the European ... (more story)

Technology View More

Amazon, Google, Apple voice assistants face new UK rules on radio access

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri face new rules for voice assistants in the UK that would require them to let users play requested internet radio services, protect them from plat... (more story)

Malaysian regulator probes Anthropic claims of AI election manipulation

September 14, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission says it is examining Anthropic’s September 2026 threat-intelligence report, which alleged an AI-enabled election-manipulation operation targ... (more story)

Second Australian law firm probes social-media harm class action against Meta

September 14, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A second Australian law firm has announced that it is investigating a potential action against Meta Platforms, following Meta’s settlement of up to $17.1 billion in the US over claims that Facebo... (more story)