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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

Antitrust View More

US FTC's Meador says commissioners can't be 'unaccountable technocrats'

September 14, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Claude Marx

North America

US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador said Monday that agency members can't and shouldn't operate as "unaccountable technocrats attempting to micromanage the economy." He also lauded the Supreme Court's de... (more story)

Uber raises proprietary information concerns in StopClub inquiry in Brazil

September 14, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Uber has told the Brazilian competition authority that StopClub’s tools access proprietary business information and allow the startup to free ride on investments underlying Uber’s pricing model. The arguments ... (more story)

US DOJ's former top antitrust litigator returns to Winston Taylor

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: David Dahlquist, the US Department of Justice's former Director of Litigation in the Antitrust Division, has returned to Winston Taylor as a litigation partner and co-chair of the Antitrust & Com... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK AI regulation push amidst calls for global 'pacing' raises questions of impact

September 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

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

A UK parliamentary report published Monday calling for AI-specific legislation and a new AI oversight body adds to mounting pressure for British action on powerful AI models. It sits alongside recent calls to ... (more story)

X Corp. settles US antitrust claims against Apple

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: X Corp. notified a US court that it has resolved its claims accusing Apple of engaging in an anticompetitive agreement with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone operating system. US Distri... (more story)

OpenAI supports 'stronger UK rules' for AI development

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: OpenAI said it supports "stronger UK rules for the small number of companies developing the most powerful AI systems" in a statement Monday. Tom Duff Gordon, OpenAI's head of EMEA policy, said th... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Huntsman, Olin tell Brazil's CADE no agricultural-input overlap in response to query

September 14, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Huntsman and Olin have told Brazil's competition authority that their proposed transaction does not create an overlap in agricultural inputs, responding to a query prompted by the companies' broad business-act... (more story)

NextEra, Dominion offer improved package of benefits to win over Virginians

September 14, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy offered an enhanced package of merger benefits for Virginians today, in an effort to win over skeptical consumers and government leaders and gain the support of the state’s regulator.

Kingspan faces EU sanction as merger-procedure probe enters endgame

September 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Irish building-materials group Kingspan is heading for formal censure by the European Commission over its conduct in the 2021 review of its abandoned move for Slovenian rival Trimo, MLex has learned. The compa... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Universal Music gets US wiretap claim over cookie opt-outs dismissed

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: While plaintiffs have adequately alleged that Universal Music Group intercepted their web surfing, they still fail to plead that the “contents” of any of their “communications” with the websites ... (more story)

Uber drivers’ suit over alleged algorithmic pay tests GDPR rights, lawyer says

September 14, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Ride-hailing company Uber is facing collective legal action brought by a Dutch foundation on behalf of drivers over its alleged use of an AI-powered algorithm to set pay and allocate work. The case alleges tha... (more story)

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)

Intellectual Property View More

US presses Supreme Court to leave IPR criteria to USPTO discretion

September 14, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A filing by the federal government in support of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s “settled expectations” policy goes beyond patent age to argue that because Congress never required inter partes review inst... (more story)

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)

Financial Crime View More

VTB Bank sanctioned by US over Iran ties

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned prominent Russian financial institution VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company for its involvement in Iranian sanction... (more story)

Former Nodus bank chief should get up to 15 years in prison, US says

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Tomas Niembro Concha, a co-owner of Nodus Bank who served as its president and chief executive, should serve 151 to 188 months in prison for leading a scheme to fraudulently obtain nearly $25 mil... (more story)

Businessman Saab to plead guilty in US over Venezuelan food-aid corruption case

September 14, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A Colombian businessman, who has also served as a Venezuelan diplomat and government official, is expected to plead guilty to his role in a scheme to corrupt a Venezuelan food-aid program, according to US court records.

Financial Services View More

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)

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 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)

Trade View More

South Korean producers challenge US Commerce order on transformers

September 14, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: South Korean producers Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp. and LS Electric Co. filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to contest the Commerce Department's August review of an antidumpi... (more story)

Chinese producer challenges latest US Commerce order on tires

September 14, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Chinese producer Qingdao Transamerica Tire Industrial Co., Ltd. has filed a challenge at the US Court of International Trade to the Commerce Department's August review of an antidumping order on ... (more story)

US industry, Vietnamese company file lawsuits against Commerce fish fillet order

September 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US catfish industry and a Vietnamese firm, Bien Dong Seafood Co., Ltd., filed separate lawsuits at the Court of International Trade to challenge the Commerce Department's August review of an ... (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)

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)

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)

'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)