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US Third Circuit charts antitrust path for AI pricing algorithms

As EU's AI content labeling regime kicks in, its aim for clarity remains divisive

EU seeks investors for Europe's first AI gigafactories

Latest US trade salvo against Canada signals new stage of USMCA hardball

Uber’s breakup of Delivery Hero likely to test limits of EU merger jurisdiction

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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 31, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

UK merger-control caseload shrinks with shift away from global deals

Artificial Intelligence

July 30, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US AI bill on horizon with Senate leader as cosponsor, Senator Klobuchar says
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 30, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

US merger settlements increase, probes flat through June, Dechert finds
UK merger-control caseload shrinks with shift away from global deals
US AI bill on horizon with Senate leader as cosponsor, Senator Klobuchar says
US merger settlements increase, probes flat through June, Dechert finds

Antitrust View More

US judge won't yet rule on Pacific Dream, Caito settlement in crab antitrust case

July 31, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

A US judge on Friday held off on deciding whether to grant preliminary approval to a settlement with Pacific Dream and Caito in US antitrust litigation over crab prices, saying he needed more information as to... (more story)

College coach files US antitrust claims against NCAA over hiring restrictions

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A football strength and conditioning professional filed a US antitrust complaint against the National Collegiate Athletic Association over rules that restrict the number of strength and condition... (more story)

Google beats Unlockd's US antitrust case on appeal

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Unlockd Media’s US antitrust case against Google over mobile advertising is not “the type the antitrust laws were intended to prevent,” an appeals court has ruled. The Court of Appeals for the Ni... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US judge allows Minnesota nude deepfake ban to take effect, delaying xAI challenge

July 31, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Minnesota’s ban on nonconsensual AI-generated nude deepfakes will take effect Saturday, after a federal judge rejected xAI’s last-minute request to block it, finding no immediate harm from the ban going into f... (more story)

US judge denies xAI bid to block Minnesota nude deepfake law from taking effect

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A federal judge in Minnesota has denied xAI's motion for a temporary restraining order to block the state's law barring nude deepfake images, saying the AI company waited too long to seek the TRO... (more story)

OpenAI security incident should be probed by US Congress, coalition says

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A coalition of more than 50 organizations, researchers, and experts wrote to the US Congress, urging it to immediately investigate an incident in which OpenAI’s autonomous agent hacked into anoth... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Amazon, Globalstar US antitrust waiting period expired July 17

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period for Amazon's proposed acquisition of Globalstar expired on July 17, according to a securities filing. The companies filed their respective US premerger no... (more story)

IonQ-SkyWater deal cleared by split US FTC

July 31, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

The proposed acquisition of SkyWater Technology by IonQ presented vertical competition concerns, but the US Federal Trade Commission ultimately decided to clear the transaction rather than pursue litigation or... (more story)

OppFi’s application for national bank charter opposed by 123 groups, academics

July 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Opportunity Financial’s request to acquire a national bank should be denied by federal regulators on grounds that the firm could make payday loans in every state, according to a coalition of 123 consumer, civi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Data brokers to pay first fines in Calif. over inaccurate registration information

July 31, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Three data brokers have agreed to pay fines for providing inaccurate information regarding their businesses in registration with California’s privacy regulator in the first cases of such enforcement, according... (more story)

Challengers to US FCC data-breach notification rules to get appellate rehearing

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Ohio Telecom Association, Texas Association of Business, Wireless Association, Internet & Television Association and Broadband Association convinced a US appeals court to rehear their challen... (more story)

UK data-law exemptions for AI could bring significant benefits, regulator says

July 31, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

A proposed UK regulatory sandbox allowing companies to test AI uses with time-limited exemptions from selected data protection rules could bring significant benefits despite limited demand, the Information Com... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Grant uncertainty emerges as potential risk factor in early-stage IP valuations

July 31, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Asia, North America

With the US government mulling changes to how it administers federal research grants, funding continuity could become its own consideration when valuing intellectual property-intensive startups. A new model es... (more story)

US judge allows Reddit anti-circumvention claims vs. Perplexity AI, SerpAPI

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Paul A. Englemeyer declined to dismiss Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims by Reddit against the artificial intelligence answer engineer Perplexity AI and web-scraping platf... (more story)

AI music generator Suno loses 'Rasputin' copyright suit by German rights group

July 31, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

A German collective rights management organization has won its copyright lawsuit against Suno, developer of an AI music generator. A Munich court found that Suno reproduced copyrighted music without permission... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Scrapping of UK jury system could be reversed, New leader Burnham hints

July 31, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A UK government plan to end jury trials in many instances, including complex fraud cases, could be reversed, new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has hinted. “I want to really look in detail at that proposal, an... (more story)

Ghanian official awaited ‘holy rain’ of bribes, US jury hears at ex-banker’s trial

July 31, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A senior Ghanian government official was awaiting a “holy rain” of bribes after helping to secure approvals necessary for a power plant deal, jurors in New York were told at a former Goldman Sachs banker’s corruption trial. 

Mahan Air sales agents sanctioned by US

July 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned six entities and individuals in China, India, Russia and Iran, including multiple companies serving as general sales agent... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Former US Congressman Santos settles CFTC claims of manipulative trading

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Former US Republican Congressman George Santos agreed to pay $35,000 to settle claims that he engaged in manipulative activity in an event contract titled "Who will attend the State of the Union?... (more story)

New US community bank loan limits to insiders proposed by Fed

July 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Reserve proposed updated community-bank loan limits to insiders who could potentially influence the institutions' credit decisions. The insiders under 1979's Regulation O consist of executive of... (more story)

UK equity markets reform consultation stresses transparency, access

July 31, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Europe

Planned reform of UK equity markets focuses on improving transparency, strengthening access to market-wide trading data and supporting confidence in the UK capital markets, the financial regulator has indicate... (more story)

Trade View More

US adds 43 companies to Uyghur forced-labor entity list

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Homeland Security on Friday added 43 new companies to its Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list, a list of entities in China’s Xinjiang Province alleged by the feder... (more story)

US biodiesel import duties face EU expiry reviews

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: US biodiesel imports into the EU face expiry reviews of existing anti-dumping and countervailing duties, under European Commission notices published in the bloc’s Official Journal on Friday. The ... (more story)

US SAF exemption from EU biodiesel import duties sought

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Diamond Green Diesel and Valero Energy are seeking an exemption for US sustainable aviation fuel — known as SAF HEFA — from EU anti-dumping and countervailing duties on biodiesel. The European Co... (more story)

State Aid View More

Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu's parent company PDD Holdings and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology have received a formal warning from the European Commission for not having cooperated during an inspection in Ireland. The... (more story)

Dutch support for sustainable aviation fuels wins EU approval

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Netherlands has won EU state aid approval for €290 million of support for sustainable aviation fuels, or SAFs. The European Commission said it had cleared two aid programs, sharing a common b... (more story)

Temu gets EU charges for obstructing foreign-subsidy inspections (updates)

July 31, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu could face fines after the European Commission formally accused it of hindering an investigation into whether it was unfairly benefiting from government support. The EU regulat... (more story)

Energy View More

Australia's data-center ambitions collide with clean-energy constraints

July 31, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia’s data-center boom is outpacing the country’s ability to build the renewable generation, storage and transmission needed to support it, according to energy experts. Proposed national standards would ... (more story)

Goldman walked away from Ghana deal due to red flags, exec says in US bribery trial

July 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Goldman Sachs walked away from a lucrative power plant deal in Ghana after its client, a Turkish energy company, wouldn't address red flags concerning its local partner, an executive of the investment bank tes... (more story)

xAI, MZX Tech say Mississippi residents' claims over data center plant 'meritless'

July 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: xAI and MZX Tech are seeking to dismiss public nuisance, negligence and emotional distress claims in a proposed class action filed by Mississippi residents alleging that a power plant fueling nea... (more story)

Technology View More

For Meta, signing up teens was vital, former executive tells Tennessee court

July 31, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Maximizing user time on Facebook and Instagram and getting teens onto the platforms were vital for business growth and for boosting advertising revenue, a former Meta Platforms ad executive testified in Tennessee state court.

French Constitutional Council rejects Airbnb challenge against tourist tax

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France's Constitutional Council has rejected Airbnb Ireland's constitutional challenge to a minimum fine for failing to collect France's tourist tax, finding that the provision complies with the ... (more story)

Meta and Google join nearly 200 organizations and sign EU's AI labeling code

July 31, 2026

Europe

Mlex Summary: Nearly 200 organizations signed the EU's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content, including Meta, Google, Mistral AI, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The voluntary code comes alongside th... (more story)