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Financial Crime, Financial Services, Technology

June 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

FTX founder Bankman-Fried applies for Trump pardon

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 08, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FCC, Nexstar say challenges to approval of Tegna deal premature

Antitrust View More

FIFA settles Belgian lawsuit with Diarra over transfer rules

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Football's global governing body FIFA has struck an out-of-court settlement with Lassana Diarra, a sportsman who had taken antitrust action over transfer rules. FIFA said there was no "admission ... (more story)

Brazil's CADE sets nine sessions for second half of year

June 09, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) is scheduled to hold nine Tribunal sessions in the second half  of this year. According to the calendar, the CADE Tribunal will vote on case... (more story)

Booking faces £2bn UK collective lawsuit over hotel contracts

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Booking.com faces a planned collective lawsuit in the UK over pricing provisions in its contracts with hotels, with prospective class representative Chris Warner saying he has the backing of liti... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Italy drops Meta AI probe; EU takes over case

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Italian competition authority has closed its probe of Meta AI, with the European Commission having taken over the investigation. Since July 2025, the AGCM has investigated Meta’s integration ... (more story)

OpenAI wins in Indian ruling over forced search indexing

June 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Setting a precedent in the legal landscape for generative artificial intelligence, an Indian court has dismissed e-commerce platform IndiaMart's claims against OpenAI. The Calcutta High Court ruled that busine... (more story)

Snapchat faces Dutch class action over online safety, data concerns

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Snapchat is facing legal action over its addictive design, targeted advertisement and harmful content, especially when aimed at minors. The Foundation for Market Information Research, known as SO... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

GSK agrees to acquire Nuvalent for $10.6 bln, expects third-quarter close

June 09, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: London-based GSK agreed to acquire Boston-based Nuvalent, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating targeted oncology therapies, for $10.6 billion. The deal includes multi-pr... (more story)

UK initial probe of Paramount’s Warner buyout under way with Aug. 7 deadline

June 09, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is now formally under initial review in the UK after the merger regulator gathered views from interested parties. The Competition and Markets ... (more story)

Paramount-Warner deal probe starts in UK

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK probe of Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has started in the UK after the antitrust regulator gathered views from interested parties. The Competition and ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Credit agency CRIF faces Noyb legal action over Austrian ‘shadow registry’

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary CRIF, an Austrian credit-rating agency, faces legal action over its database of millions of people in Austria. On Tuesday, privacy activist group Noyb filed an injunction against CRIF, along with ... (more story)

EU digital 'omnibus' talks need longer, Polish official says, citing cookie rules

June 09, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

The EU's digital simplification package requires "two to three months" of further talks among member states, Poland has urged, arguing that further work is needed on key provisions, including reforms to how co... (more story)

EU governments back European business wallets, paving way for Parliament talks

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU member states agreed a negotiating position on legislation establishing European business wallets, a digital identity framework to enable companies to verify identities, exchange authenticated... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan IP Court rejects autonomous-driving patent revisions over Subaru manual

June 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

The Japan IP High Court rejected three lawsuits challenging the Japan Patent Office’s refusal to allow revisions to granted autonomous-driving patents, holding that Subaru’s driver-assistance manual and known ... (more story)

China, Brazil advance AI use in patent examination, retain human oversight

June 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, Latin America

China is studying whether artificial intelligence can assist in generating patent-examination opinions, signaling a potential expansion of AI's role into core patent-examination functions. The initiative, toge... (more story)

VLSI accuses Intel, PQA, USPTO of blocking 'whistleblower report' from public

June 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

VLSI Technology on Friday decried efforts by Intel Corp., Patent Quality Assurance LLC and the US Patent and Trademark Office to keep allegations of an Intel-PQA connection under wraps. Their shared resistance... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

AML rules only as strong as their implementation, EU commissioner Albuquerque says

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: While the EU's anti-money laundering package marks a major legislative milestone, its success will depend on consistent and effective implementation, EU financial services commissioner Maria Luís... (more story)

EU's new Russia sanctions target oil sector, banks and crypto firms

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The 21st sanctions package against Russia proposed by the European Commission would tighten restrictions on the energy, financial services and trade sectors. The measures would add vessels to the... (more story)

PwC probed by UK watchdog over WH Smith audit

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PricewaterhouseCoopers is being investigated by the UK audit watchdog over its audit of the consolidated financial statements of WH Smith for the financial year ended Aug. 31, 2024. The Financial... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK car finance redress program has cost watchdog £20m, lawmakers told

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's financial regulator said its ongoing work to set up a program for consumers to be compensated over the car finance scandal cost it £20.5 million up to March this year. In a letter to law... (more story)

New ‘small mid-cap’ category outlined by EU lawmakers, member states

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament and EU member states have reached a provisional agreement on the creation of a new category of small mid-cap companies, covering firms with fewer than a thousand employees... (more story)

US Senator Warren questions CFTC actions amid charges of presidential corruption

June 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig's on the agency's ability to properly regulate prediction markets and cryptocurrencies amid allegat... (more story)

Trade View More

EU-Canada digital trade agreement could be finalized in autumn, official says

June 09, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe, North America

The EU and Canada could conclude negotiations on a digital trade agreement by the autumn — in time for an EU-Canada leaders' summit in Ottawa — according to commission official Agata Gerba. The talks, launched... (more story)

China pushes back as US military-company list expands to Alibaba, Baidu, NIO

June 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

China has pushed back after the Pentagon added Alibaba, BYD, Baidu and dozens of other Chinese companies to its “Chinese military companies” list, saying Washington was overstretching national-security concept... (more story)

EU tariffs on Chinese, Egyptian glass-fiber fabrics upheld

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Punitive dumping tariffs on imports of woven and stitched glass fiber fabrics from China and Egypt have been extended for a five-year period, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The move fol... (more story)

State Aid View More

€10m Austrian aid to cleantech cleared by EU watchdog

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies, including their main specific components, will be eligible for direct grants, under a €10 mil... (more story)

Czechia sees EU drop foreign-susbidy probe of Dukovany powerplant

June 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have avoided intervention under the EU's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, with the bloc closing a probe into a deal to provide nuclear reactors a... (more story)

Tiberis case puts Italy's renewable-energy incentives before EU judges

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy’s highest administrative court has asked EU judges whether a European Commission state-aid approval decision prevents national courts from assessing whether Italy’s renewable-energy support... (more story)

Energy View More

EU grids package top energy priority for Ireland in leading govts’ legislative talks

June 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Grids Package is a top energy priority for Ireland during its upcoming six-month tenure of the presidency of the Council of the EU, with a focus on permitting reforms, cross-border electricity con... (more story)

Ohio becomes test case for data center opposition as US tech companies defend plans

June 09, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

As data centers proliferate, tech companies are being called to defend their data center development plans before worried lawmakers. Ohio is becoming a test case for what’s ahead across the country as state la... (more story)

Review of climate maritime laws backed by EU ministers if global measures take effect

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU ministers have called for an assessment of whether certain EU shipping climate rules may need to be adjusted if new global measures to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from shipping take effect... (more story)

Technology View More

Stop Destroying Video Games initiative gets EU lawmakers’ support

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An initiative against the practice of disabling online video games has gained widespread support among EU lawmakers. In a joint call for action on Tuesday, 45 lawmakers across multiple political ... (more story)

Digital Omnibus impact assessment on cookies expected in October, EU lawmaker says

June 09, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The European Parliament’s work on an EU digital simplification bill will forge ahead even as lawmakers wait for a long-demanded impact assessment that's expected by October, according to Marina Kaljurand, a ke... (more story)

Tech challenge to Florida social media law likely headed to trial, judge says

June 09, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A federal judge in Florida said Monday that a tech industry challenge to Florida’s social media content-moderation law will likely be headed for trial in September, unless he reconsiders whether two trade grou... (more story)