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Congress takes aim at familiar foil in US economic espionage prosecutions

Patent pools shape SEP licensing choices in court disputes

Independent auditor overseeing US Meta compliance seen as linchpin to deal

Belgian moves on ratifying EU-Canada trade deal put focus on other holdouts

Meta settles US addictive algorithm cases, will alter platforms, pay up to $17bn

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An illustration of Facebook's personal data collection from Cambridge Analytica

Data Privacy and Security

August 28, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica

Trade

August 28, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US tariff refunds watered down by taxes, missed duties

Artificial Intelligence

August 28, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US judge’s forceful rejection of Anthropic risk designation not courts' final word
Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica
US tariff refunds watered down by taxes, missed duties
US judge’s forceful rejection of Anthropic risk designation not courts' final word

Antitrust View More

Hong Kong arrests 50 in building maintenance bid-rigging, bribery probe

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Hong Kong's Competition Commission conducted a joint operation with the Independent Commission Against Corruption and police last week against a bid-rigging and bribery syndicate in the building ... (more story)

China picks financial veteran to steer SAMR amid deflation risks

August 31, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

China has appointed Liu Guiping as party chief of its top market regulator, tapping a former central banker to steer antitrust enforcement and broader competition policy as the world's second-largest economy g... (more story)

China's Jiangsu market regulator uses AI in investigations, penalty decisions

August 31, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Jiangsu Province in eastern China is using artificial intelligence to help market-regulation officials investigate cases, identify evidentiary gaps and recommend penalties, according to the provincial regulato... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China data regulator weighs industry proposals on AI, data infrastructure

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s National Data Administration will consider proposals from private digital-economy companies to improve policy support, open more application scenarios and promote shared data infrastructu... (more story)

China to expand data-labeling pilots to 32 more cities to support AI development

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China will expand pilot programs for data labeling to 32 more cities and open more high-value data to support artificial intelligence development and digital transformation, the National Data Adm... (more story)

Japanese AI-image copyright fight could bring first court test of human creativity

August 31, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A dispute over commercially sold beauty images made using generative artificial intelligence is moving through courts in Tokyo and Osaka, potentially giving Japanese courts an early opportunity to decide when ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Henkel’s acquisition of coatings business Stahl open for views in EU

August 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in Henkel's plan to buy Dutch specialty coatings company Stahl now have 10 days to provide comments to the European Commission. The EU merger regulator has set a Sept. 22 deadl... (more story)

Hanwha's share purchase in Korea Aerospace Industries approved by KFTC

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Hanwha’s purchase of shares in Korea Aerospace Industries has been approved by South Korea’s competition regulator. The Korea Fair Trade Commission said Monday that Hanwha’s 15.89 percent stake w... (more story)

CVC-IFF among deals unconditionally cleared in China Aug. 17-23

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: CVC Capital Partners’ acquisition of 90 percent of the food ingredients business of US company International Flavors & Fragrances; CP Industrial Capital Management’s acquisition of a 20 percent s... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

China seeks feedback on road-safety law revision covering autonomous vehicles

August 31, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s legislature is seeking public feedback through Sept. 26 on a draft revision to the Road Traffic Safety Law that would establish the country’s first dedicated statutory framework for auton... (more story)

Australia unveils right to erasure as part of draft changes to privacy laws

August 31, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia has released draft changes to the 1988 Privacy Act that would introduce a limited right to erasure from large digital platforms, a fair and reasonable test for data handling, stronger consent rules a... (more story)

AI models pose cyber risks that can threaten financial stability, FSB head warns

August 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

Advanced artificial intelligence models pose a risk to global financial stability through their potential impact on cybersecurity, Andrew Bailey, head of the Financial Stability Board, told the Group of 20 eco... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Ex-Google engineer seeks home confinement in trade secrets case

August 28, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Former Google engineer Linwei Ding is seeking asking a US judge impose a sentence of three months of home confinement and no restitution for stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets, accord... (more story)

Music IP Holdings CEO says AI patent strategy favors licensing over lawsuits

August 28, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Music IP Holdings is negotiating with additional AI companies as it looks to turn its expanding patent portfolio into common infrastructure for generative content, Chief Executive Daniel Drolet told MLex. Udio... (more story)

Samsung’s patent in FRAND dispute with ZTE upheld by UK court

August 28, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

ZTE has failed to invalidate a Samsung patent at the center of a long-running and multi-jurisdictional dispute between the companies over fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory — FRAND — terms for the licensi... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Egyptian bank’s UAE branches targeted by US over money laundering concerns

August 28, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US Treasury Department deemed United Arab Emirates-based branches of an Egyptian bank a money laundering concern, moving to block their access to US correspondent banking over business with Iranian clients.

Australia's Austrac begins issuing anti-money laundering compliance notices

August 28, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Austrac, Australia's financial crimes regulator, announced that it has begun issuing notices to businesses that appear to be providing designated services but have not enrolled under the country'... (more story)

US FinCEN to block UAE bank's access to correspondent banking

August 28, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that would revoke Banque Misr UAE’s correspondent banking access to US financial institutions.

Financial Services View More

EU lawmakers' capital market reform amendments show divides, hint at compromises

August 31, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmakers' amendments to the capital market reform reveal common ground between the main parties, the center-right EPP and center-left S&D, on expanding the European Securities and Markets Authority's overs... (more story)

Ex-Goldman banker should forfeit $2.6 million over bribery scheme, US says

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Former Goldman banker Asante Berko should be ordered to forfeit $2.57 million, a "conservative estimate" of the ill-gotten gains from a bribery and money laundering scheme for which he was convic... (more story)

Former Goldman banker asks US judge to throw out bribery conviction

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Asante Berko, a former banker at Goldman Sachs, said there was insufficient evidence to justify a jury's guilty verdict in his corruption case, asking a US judge to acquit him or grant him a new trial.

Trade View More

Indonesia, Chile seek wider two-way market access under trade pact

August 31, 2026

Asia, Latin America

Mlex Summary: Indonesia and Chile are seeking to expand two-way market access under their comprehensive economic partnership agreement, with agricultural and food products a key focus of talks in Jakarta. Indo... (more story)

Japan steps up safeguards for supply-chain resilience, official says

August 31, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japan is strengthening supply-chain and foreign-investment safeguards to counter export restrictions and economic “weaponization,” a senior industry ministry official told MLex in an exclusive interview. Amid ... (more story)

Trade commission determines steel pressure pipes from three nations harm US industry

August 28, 2026

Asia, Middle East, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously voted in a preliminary determination that a domestic industry is materially injured by allegedly dumped imports of welded stainless steel line an... (more story)

State Aid View More

Tata’s planned €2bn Dutch subsidy puts EU green-aid test in focus

August 28, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Tata Steel Nederland’s proposed €2 billion Dutch subsidy will need to show environmental improvements that wouldn’t otherwise take place as part of the EU state aid approval process, competition chief Teresa R... (more story)

Italy's €285m plan to offset fuel, fertilizer price hikes wins EU approval

August 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies active in agriculture, fisheries or aquaculture suffering from increased fuel and fertilizer prices due to the crisis in the Middle East will be eligible for direct grants and tax advan... (more story)

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

Energy View More

Europe’s AI data-center expansion plans raise concerns over prices, grid strain

August 28, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

The European Commission will incorporate plans to expand AI and data-center capacity into its energy strategy, seeking to limit pressure on electricity bills and constrained grids. Brussels is developing volun... (more story)

EU maritime carbon-market review must balance decarbonization and competitiveness

August 28, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The EU's maritime Emissions Trading System review seeks to make shipping cleaner without pushing activity away from European ports, but its design may pull those goals in opposite directions. Industry and envi... (more story)

Singapore launches liquid cooling standard for tropical data centers

August 28, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore on Thursday launched SS 726:2026, which it said is the world’s first national standard for liquid cooling in tropical data centers, as AI workloads drive higher power densities and cool... (more story)

Technology View More

Australia online-safety regulator calls for smart-glasses safeguards

August 31, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s online-safety regulator on Monday warned that smart glasses can facilitate covert recording and amplify online harms including image-based abuse, cyberbullying, harassment and livestr... (more story)

Visa concerned over deposition witnesses DOJ seeks in US antitrust suit

August 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers

North America

Visa told a US judge it has concerns regarding the deposition witnesses sought by the US Department of Justice in the government's monopolization lawsuit accusing the credit card company of entering into de fa... (more story)

TikTok, YouTube, Snap hold key to ultimate success of US states' deal with Meta

August 28, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

YouTube, TikTok and Snap continued to stay silent Friday about whether they will agree to make teen-safety changes to their platforms in line with what Meta Platforms agreed to earlier this week as part of a $... (more story)