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Data Privacy and Security, Technology

September 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Meta, X, TikTok challenging UK online safety watchdog over information requests
A sign for Huawei hangs above a booth as people walk by

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

September 15, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

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

Former T-Mobile exec describes ‘salient moment’ of Huawei breach at US trial
US FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson.

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FTC's Ferguson signals move away from in-house merger litigation

Antitrust View More

Google's UK mass claim settlement cuts risk, but another app store suit awaits

September 16, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Google has said it's pleased at approval of a record £260 million settlement in a UK collective action on behalf of developers over its app store fees. But while its immediate legal risk drops, another claim o... (more story)

Google, Cloudflare, Cisco face Belgian site-blocking deadline in DAZN piracy case

September 16, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Inbar Preiss

Europe

Google, Cloudflare and Cisco have three months to block access from Belgium to websites that illegally stream content from UK-based sports-streaming service DAZN, following a Belgian court ruling involving alt... (more story)

Zillow, Compass merit US state antitrust probes, advocacy organizations say

September 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Zillow Group, Compass, Inc. and other dominant real estate listing platforms deserve scrutiny over "the full range of anticompetitive and deceptive practices that have made housing less affordabl... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI ‘supercharging’ online harms, UK watchdog tells lawmakers probing legal gaps

September 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

AI is “supercharging” online harms even as the UK’s Online Safety Act begins to have a significant impact, the watchdog Ofcom's online safety director told a committee of lawmakers. Parliament's Communications... (more story)

EU countries to start aid pre-notifications in first major AI project this month

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Eleven out of nineteen EU countries involved in the first Important Project of Common European Interest in the field of artificial intelligence and planning to grant state aid, will start pre-not... (more story)

New EU age rules for social media draw support, prompt enforcement calls

September 16, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Social-media platforms would face new age-based access rules and safety-by-design obligations under the EU’s planned Kids Act, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said would require platfo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

EU objects to MMG's move for Anglo American's nickel business in Brazil

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has issued MMG a list of formal objections, warning that its purchase of Anglo American’s Brazilian nickel business could reduce low-carbon ferronickel supplies available ... (more story)

MMG's nickel deal with Anglo gets formal EU opposition over supply concerns

September 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Global mining company MMG’s $500 million bid for Anglo American's nickel business in Brazil has received formal EU objections over concerns it could divert ferronickel away from European steel-makers in favor ... (more story)

Intesa-MPS in-depth probe to address market overlaps, branch plan, Generali link

September 16, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo’s proposed takeover of rival MPS could significantly impede competition in deposit-taking, lending, savings-management and insurance markets, Italy’s watchdog said in open... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Spanish soccer federation fined over school records for minors

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Royal Spanish Football Federation was was fined €100,000 for requiring foreign minors to submit school records alongside proof of five years’ uninterrupted residence in Spain. The national data-p... (more story)

Holaluz handed €675,000 Spanish GDPR fine after customer-data breach

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spanish energy supplier Holaluz has been fined €675,000 after Spain’s data protection authority found that inadequate access controls exposed customer data following unauthorized access to the co... (more story)

US forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms cannot pursue lawsuit against UK watchdog

September 16, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe, North America

US online forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms have had their lawsuit over UK regulator Ofcom's application of the Online Safety Act dismissed after a federal court found the watchdog was protected by foreign sovereign... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Nestlé loses EU trademark fight over ‘Fitness’ for food, drinks

September 16, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The multinational food processing conglomerate Nestlé has lost its bid to preserve EU trademark protection for “Fitness” on food and drinks. The EU General Court upheld findings that the term directly describe... (more story)

Netflix hit with UPC injunction in DivX streaming patent dispute

September 16, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The online streaming giant faces a UPC injunction across 18 European countries after judges found its streaming software infringed a DivX patent. The Munich court upheld the patent, rejected Netflix’s invalidi... (more story)

Japan's Supreme Court to test tort limits on copying beyond copyright

September 16, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Supreme Court will rule next month on whether tort law can stop a business from deliberately copying and commercially exploiting a product that copyright law does not protect.

Financial Crime View More

Meta liable for financial scam ads on Facebook, Instagram, Frankfurt court says

September 16, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Meta is liable for fake advertisements and profiles on Facebook and Instagram and cannot invoke the Digital Services Act’s hosting liability exemption because its algorithms gave it control over the distributi... (more story)

Buy2Let Cars promotional material completely false, UK court told in fraud case

September 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Claims by the founder of Buy2Let Cars that the car leasing company’s success came from its transparency with consumers was false as it was facing serious financial difficulties, the prosecuting lawyer has told... (more story)

Odey case highlights misconduct new UK financial services rules aim to tackle

September 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The confirmation of a lifetime ban for disgraced high-profile asset manager Crispin Odey this week has provided a prime example of the kind of non-financial misconduct new regulations for the UK financial serv... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Von der Leyen's EU banking system 'built for growth' signals priorities ahead

September 16, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The EU banking reform package due in 2027 must support growth and not just financial stability, with provisions simplifying the framework and tackling fragmentation of EU markets, European Commission President... (more story)

Von der Leyen sets out EU policy priorities in State of the Union address

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union speech on Wednesday, taking stock of the commission’s work over the past year and setting out p... (more story)

US Senate Democrats block crypto regulation bill

September 15, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Senate failed to advance a comprehensive bill to regulate cryptocurrency, likely ending the crypto industry’s legislative campaign for this Congress. The revised version of the Clarity Act, released by ... (more story)

Trade View More

Trump seeks leverage with US import prohibitions as questions mount

September 16, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The Trump administration significantly ramped up the US trade war with Canada by banning the import of certain products, but a strategy that relies on outright prohibitions for leverage could lead to legal que... (more story)

US trade court denies suspended customs broker's bid for preliminary injunction

September 16, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade denied a request Wednesday for a preliminary injunction from customs broker Forrest Xu that would have barred the federal government from deactivating his Customs entry filer code.

US CIT sustains remand redetermination in Colombian paper bag dumping case

September 16, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has sustained the Commerce Department's second remand redetermination for the antidumping duty investigation into Colombian paper bags.

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 Green Deal, carbon market reform plans see lawmakers split down party lines

September 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU carbon pricing and the 2035 zero-emission requirement for new cars came under fire from right-wing European Parliament groups after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union sp... (more story)

EU countries back more free carbon allowances for energy-intensive industries

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Energy-intensive industries would receive more free allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System from 2026 through 2030, under a position agreed by EU countries Wednesday. ETS allowances must... (more story)

EU plans climate resilience, insurance, heatwave initiatives, Von der Leyen says

September 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission plans to unveil a new climate resilience framework next month, identifying 100 of Europe's most vulnerable territories and assessing how climate risks should be managed, European Commis... (more story)

Technology View More

EU customs overhaul wins lawmakers' green light, clearing it to become law

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers have adopted rules to reform the EU's customs framework that will make non-EU e-commerce platforms responsible for customs formalities and payments and introduce an EU-wide handling ... (more story)

4chan forum blocked in US legal challenge over UK online safety fine

September 16, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The operator of US online forum 4chan has seen a legal challenge in the US over a UK online safety fine blocked after judges said they lacked legal authority to hear the case. UK regulator Ofcom ... (more story)

Social media to face EU curbs on under-15 accounts, Von der Leyen confirms

September 16, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Social-media services would face rules preventing children under 13 from accessing them and those under 15 from holding unsupervised personal accounts under the EU’s forthcoming Kids Act, European Commission P... (more story)