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Big Tech antitrust enforcement is driven by EU cooperation, Italy’s Iossa says

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Fujifilm granted injunction against Kodak in UPC appeal saga

US states' Paramount-Warner suit tests narrow antitrust markets

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Financial Crime

July 16, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Swedbank fined by NY regulator for failing to disclose Panama Papers ties
Five workers in professional attire sitting around a table that has glasses of water on it, with diagrams and charts on the wall, and, directly above the table, large black letters spelling out "AI" with a small black circle in between the letters.

Artificial Intelligence

July 15, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Calif. advances broad workplace AI bills despite business opposition
US Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh

Artificial Intelligence, Financial Crime, Financial Services

July 15, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US Fed's Warsh says most instant concern is cyber attack from foreign actor
Swedbank fined by NY regulator for failing to disclose Panama Papers ties
Calif. advances broad workplace AI bills despite business opposition
US Fed's Warsh says most instant concern is cyber attack from foreign actor

Antitrust View More

EU order for Google search data draws concerns technical and political

July 16, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Google has said an EU order mandating the sharing of search data with rivals puts user privacy at risk. Behind the scenes, critics compare the decision, which fleshes out a provision of the EU's Digital Market... (more story)

State AGs denied intervention in US private settlements with property managers

July 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and the states of Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and Washington have been denied their motion to intervene in private plaintiffs' settlements wit... (more story)

EU judges back antitrust enforcers’ seizure of emails — unless personal

July 16, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Antitrust enforcers across Europe will have cheered at Thursday’s news that they don’t need to secure prior approval from a judge to be able to carry off business email records when conducting dawn raids. But ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Latest UK social media safety package leaves plenty of questions unanswered

July 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The latest UK child safety legislative package confirms default curfews and feature restrictions for older teens, mandatory AI chatbot breaks for under-18s and no immediate plans to restrict VPN use. But key q... (more story)

Brazil clears Microsoft-Inflection AI deal after Tribunal required notification

July 16, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Europe

MLex Statement: Brazil's antitrust authority has cleared without restrictions Microsoft's 2024 hiring of Inflection AI's co-founders and a large portion of its staff, concluding that the transaction is unlikel... (more story)

AI systems reinforce political censorship, Meta’s Oversight Board says

July 16, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Popular AI models are reinforcing political censorship, Meta’s Oversight Board said on Thursday. Large Language Models operated by companies such as itself — and by Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google an... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Delay in Nutrella auction amid Bimbo-Wickbold divestment proposed by Brazil councilor

July 16, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

A Brazil antitrust authority councilor has proposed postponing the auction of the Nutrella bread brand by one week and granting Bimbo do Brasil a final opportunity to demonstrate that a proposed purchaser is q... (more story)

French review of SFR carve-up preferable to parallel probes, EU Commission says

July 16, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Having Bouygues Telecom, Iliad and Orange’s proposed carve-up of SFR reviewed entirely by the French competition authority was preferable to “duplicate” reviews in Brussels and Paris, particularly given the co... (more story)

Brasil Tecpar’s acquisition of Ligga telecom assets cleared by CADE

July 16, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil’s antitrust authority has cleared without remedies Brasil Tecpar Serviços de Telecomunicações’ acquisition of fiber broadband, wholesale network infrastructure and data center assets currently held by L... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

DC Court of Appeals denies Meta petition to keep documents confidential

July 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  Meta Platforms’ petition for a writ of mandamus directing a Washington, DC, court to vacate two discovery orders has been denied by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The discovery order... (more story)

Google’s commercial partnership review may void YouTube liability shield, ECJ says

July 16, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Google may not be able to rely on the hosting liability exemption under the EU's E-Commerce Directive after reviewing a YouTube creator's channel before entering into a commercial partnership, the EU's highest... (more story)

UK's Ofcom probes TikTok over age checks, seeks Google's help on porn searches

July 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK regulator Ofcom opened an investigation into TikTok’s age inference systems and called on Google and Microsoft’s Bing to curb the visibility of porn sites without age checks. In a statement Thursday, the wa... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: July 2-July 16

July 16, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, North America

Patent pools drove licensing activity in early July before mid-year licensing incentives expired, alongside notable licensing deals in agriculture and pharmaceuticals.

This week at the UPC: July 13-16

July 16, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

The UPC this week granted Fujifilm an injunction against Kodak, kept KeeeX’s €120 million provisional damages claim alive and imposed further penalties in Brita’s enforcement dispute. Several cases ended throu... (more story)

Delhi court overhaul could reshape global IP litigation in India

July 16, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Global companies could face a fundamental shift in India's commercial-litigation landscape as the Delhi High Court's proposed jurisdictional overhaul redirects many intellectual property disputes to district c... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Judge demands answers from US prosecutor on dismissal of Adani case

July 16, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US judge has turned to the top prosecutor in Brooklyn federal court as he searches for answers as to why the government is seeking to dismiss charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in a closely watc... (more story)

New York regulators fine Swedbank for withholding information from investigators

July 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  Swedbank AB and its New York branch agreed to pay a $50 million penalty to resolve an investigation into the bank's compliance with New York Banking Law and its failure to cooperate fully with r... (more story)

Germany sets out plans to take tougher financial crime action

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany is set to set up a joint center for financial and tax crime investigations, and to take tougher action against companies evading tax. The government said on Thursday it would seek to recr... (more story)

Financial Services View More

PwC fined £3.2m over 'serious breaches' in Babcock audit

July 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been fined £3.2 million by the UK’s audit regulator over the accounting firm’s audit of defense company Babcock, which contained “serious breaches.” The fine is the second the Big Fo... (more story)

UK drive to weed out misleading motor finance claims continues, watchdog says

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A joint UK regulatory crackdown on misleading motor finance claims has continued with the removal or amending of 170 adverts in June, the Financial Conduct Authority said. A joint taskforce invol... (more story)

Fresh EU market-abuse rules on company disclosures, trading published

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU-listed companies and trading venues face updated market-abuse rules, under two EU regulations published in the bloc’s Official Journal on Thursday. They clarify when companies must disclose in... (more story)

Trade View More

Unfair trade practices tariffs on Brazil signal new stage in relations with US

July 16, 2026 | Zack Budryk and Henrique Santiago

Latin America, North America

The latest Section 301 tariffs imposed against Brazil by the US have wide-reaching implications for the future of the two nations' trade relationship, as well as Brazilian domestic politics, and experts warn t... (more story)

Brazil condemns US 25 percent tariff, vows retaliation

July 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian government pledged to retaliate against the United States' decision to impose an additional 25% tariff on Brazilian exports. Brazil condemned the results of the US Section 301 inves... (more story)

Imported Chinese glass beads under EU dumping investigation

July 16, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

Imported glass beads from China are being investigated to find out if they are being dumped on the EU market following a complaint from some European producers, including Sovitec, Potters Ballatoni and Intermi... (more story)

State Aid View More

€300m Irish aid for energy intensive industry wins EU approval

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ireland has won EU state aid approval for €300 million of temporary support for energy-intensive companies. The program requires companies to reinvest a “significant share” of the aid into decarb... (more story)

Czech support for market-wide energy storage wins EU approval

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Czechia has secured EU state aid approval for a “market-wide” program to ensure sufficient capacity to produce and store electricity. The European Commission said the clearance was the first for ... (more story)

Czech agri businesses lose appeal to state aid recovery order at EU court

July 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Czech agricultural companies Úsovsko Agro and Úsovsko Eko have lost their legal challenge to a European Commission decision that required Czechia to recoup illegal aid granted to large agricultur... (more story)

Energy View More

Extend EU Emissions Trading System cap closer to 2050, ten countries urge

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ten EU member states, including Italy and Poland, have called for a broad overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System, urging the European Commission to extend the ETS emissions cap closer to 205... (more story)

Next round of EU grids legislation negotiations scheduled for October

July 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The first technical discussions on EU plans to strengthen cross-border electricity interconnections are due in September, followed by another round of negotiations on the legislation between representatives of... (more story)

Decision on 21st EU sanctions package against Russia postponed until July 23

July 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU countries delayed a decision on freezing the Russian oil price cap until July 23 after failing to reach agreement on the bloc's 21st sanctions package. The proposal would suspend the cap's automatic adjustm... (more story)

Technology View More

Preventing 5G reuse of radio-frequency license is allowed, EU top court rules

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: National media regulators can prevent network operators from reusing their radio-frequency license for 5G, the EU’s highest court ruled on Thursday. The case is a referral by an Italian court, fo... (more story)

TikTok investigation on under-13s’ access set to advance under EU’s digital law

July 16, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

EU investigators probing TikTok’s handling of under-13s’ access to its platform are preparing to charge the ByteDance-owned company with violations of EU law, MLex has learned. However, it's understood that th... (more story)

Google may be liable for YouTube gambling videos in Italy

July 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Google could be held liable for YouTube videos promoting online gambling in Italy published by a content creator with whom it had a commercial partnership, the EU's highest court said Thursday in... (more story)