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New Jersey suit over Amazon delivery drivers puts new spin on labor antitrust

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Antitrust, Data Privacy and Security, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

August 05, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Prospective head of US DOJ Antitrust Division commits to 'cautious' enforcement

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

August 05, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford

North America

Kids Online Safety Act advances in US Senate with duty-of-care provision

Trade

August 04, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US Senate Russia sanctions bill raises concerns with tariff powers
Prospective head of US DOJ Antitrust Division commits to 'cautious' enforcement
Kids Online Safety Act advances in US Senate with duty-of-care provision
US Senate Russia sanctions bill raises concerns with tariff powers

Antitrust View More

NHK files reply in support of US Supreme Court review of Seagate's antitrust case

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: NHK Springs filed a reply in support of its petition for the US Supreme Court to review price-fixing claims brought by Seagate Technology over suspension assemblies, arguing that the Ninth Circui... (more story)

VoIP-Pal antitrust standing doubted by US judge in suit against phone carriers

August 05, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

VoIP-Pal’s antitrust claims against major US phone carriers appeared to be in trouble during proceedings Wednesday before a District of Columbia federal judge who called the plaintiff’s allegations about a sch... (more story)

Skiers file US price-fixing claims against resorts over ski packages

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Three skiers filed a US complaint accusing Vail Resorts, Alterra Mountain, Boyne Resorts, Powdr Corp., RRC Associates and the National Ski Areas Association of conspiring to fix the prices of des... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI, Anthropic incident prompts UK evaluation overhaul as AI risk shifts

August 05, 2026

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

MLex Summary: OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue during UK AI Security Institute cyber tests and took unsanctioned actions against real people and organizations, the government-backed institute said in a s... (more story)

Australian AI data center growth needs binding safeguards, climate groups say

August 05, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Climate advocates are calling on the Australian government to impose mandatory sustainability requirements on the country's rapidly expanding artificial intelligence data center sector, warning a surge in elec... (more story)

China warns against duplication as provinces race into future industries

August 05, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China is warning that an accelerating nationwide race into future industries could undermine innovation and distort competition, as nearly every province pursues many of the same strategic sectors despite sign... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Black Hills, NorthWestern merger needs only Montana panel's approval in US

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Black Hills Corp. said in an earnings release that it's merger with NorthWestern Energy Group still needs regulatory approval from the Montana Public Service Commission, but it still expects to c... (more story)

Eliminating ownership cap unlawful, won't relieve pressure, US FCC Commissioner Gomez says

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Anna M. Gomez spoke out against the upcoming agency vote to eliminate the broadcast ownership cap, arguing that the move is unlawful and "does no... (more story)

Copasa-Equatorial deal clearance upheld by Brazil’s antitrust watchdog

August 05, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition watchdog has denied a regional labor union’s appeal concerning Gerais Saneamento, a subsidiary of Equatorial Group, acquiring a 30 percent stake in Minas Gerais Sanitation Company (Co... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Belarusian man sentenced in US to 16 years in prison for operating ransomware

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Belarusian national was sentenced to 16 years in prison for conspiracy to commit offenses against the US, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft over his creation and adm... (more story)

TikTok to settle more cases in US social media addiction litigation

August 05, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

TikTok has agreed in principle to settle three more individual lawsuits brought by young app users that accuse the app of harming the plaintiffs’ mental health ahead of scheduled trials in October. 

Canadian man pleads guilty to hacking US cloud storage provider

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced that Canadian resident Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty to a widespread computer hacking conspiracy that resulted in the compromise of more than 165 victi... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US trademark owners turn to Schedule A as blocking bills bypass counterfeiting

August 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Trademark owners are leveraging what's known as "Schedule A" litigation to reach successor accounts and online intermediaries as they seek remedies that increasingly resemble the dynamic blocking regimes available abroad.

US trade court judge's BMW ruling could raise stakes for forum-selection clauses (update*)

August 05, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Europe, North America

A US International Trade Commission judge may have handed companies facing Section 337 investigations a powerful new tool, ruling for what practitioners said was the first time that a forum-selection clause wa... (more story)

Squires' impact may explain drop in patent eligibility affirmance rate

August 05, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

A small decline in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirmance rate of patent examiners' § 101 rejections could be explained by US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires' focus on broadening eligib... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US SEC establishes financial reporting and accounting unit in enforcement division

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced it is establishing a new specialized unit within the Division of Enforcement to provide the dedicated expertise, focus and capacity to pursue a... (more story)

UK pensions case shows judges aren’t scared to push back on FCA enforcement bite

August 05, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The upholding of industry bans on two “dishonest” pension advisers was welcomed by the UK’s financial regulator on Tuesday, but the Financial Conduct Authority has once again seen its bite softened by judges. ... (more story)

Ex-Goldman banker discusses Ghana bribe scheme in recorded meeting, US jury sees

August 05, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Over lunch at a London restaurant in November 2016, a former Goldman Sachs banker told a confidential source working with the FBI about an alleged scheme to bribe Ghanian officials on behalf of a client seekin... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Barclays faces UK legal claim by MFS administrators

August 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Market Financial Solutions is suing Barclays at a London court, as the fallout continues from the collapse of the lender amid allegations of fraud. While details of the claim haven’t been made public, the case... (more story)

UK pension advisers have industry bans upheld on appeal but fines slashed

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Two pensions advisers in the UK have had their bans upheld for giving the wrong advice to customers, but their fines have been significantly reduced. The Upper Tribunal  on Tuesday agreed with th... (more story)

Ex-Goldman banker received client’s funds, made cash withdrawals, US jury sees

August 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker received millions of dollars directly from his Turkish client, and hundreds of thousands more from consultants, as he engaged in a foreign bribery scheme in Ghana, according to su... (more story)

Trade View More

Trump tariffs didn't provide relief for tube-fitting chemical producers, US producer says

August 05, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

None of the tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on India since the beginning of 2025 have helped protect the US industry from the effects of unfairly traded perfluoroalkoxy alkane, the Chemours Compan... (more story)

US-Canada natural gas, electricity trade value rose in 2025, US EIA says

August 05, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Energy Information Administration said that, although the total value of energy trade between the US and Canada fell by 11 percent in 2025, the trade value of natural gas and electricity r... (more story)

The Chemours Company petitions US for duty orders tube-lining chemical from India

August 05, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The Chemours Company, a US chemical manufacturer, petitioned the US Commerce Department and the US International Trade Commission to impose antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders on imports of p... (more story)

State Aid View More

Spanish order compensating JGC for changes to renewables aid draws EU probe

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An arbitration award — ordering Spain to compensate Japan’s JGC Holdings for changes to a program supporting renewable electricity production — has drawn an in-depth EU investigation. The probe s... (more story)

Goldwind’s pleas against request for subsidy information published in EU journal

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind is seeking to annul a European Commission request for information under the bloc's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, according to pleas published in the EU's Official Journal. ... (more story)

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)

Energy View More

SpaceX details $350 million in probable litigation losses over AI, privacy, IP

August 04, 2026 | Mike Swift

Europe, North America

SpaceX detailed an array of litigation challenges as it issued its first quarterly earnings report Tuesday, including content-moderation issues in Europe and the US, privacy litigation in a federal court in Ca... (more story)

SpaceX, xAI disclose $354 million in accruals for probable litigation losses

August 04, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: SpaceX has released its first quarterly US securities filing, detailing its current legal proceedings and disclosing that the parent company of xAI has recorded an accrual of $354 million for lit... (more story)

US welcomes Italy into Pax Silica supply chain initiative

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department announced that Italy became the latest country to join the Pax Silica initiative that works to create global supply chains for critical and emerging technologies.

Technology View More

Amazon must improve recommender transparency and reporting tools, German court rules (update*)

August 05, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Amazon must change how it presents information about recommender systems, content moderation and illegal-content reporting under the Digital Services Act, following a German court ruling that partly favored th... (more story)

Disinformation spreads about alleged asylum for Ceuta migrants, campaigners say

August 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Disinformation continues to spread online about the reception of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, advocacy group Maldita said on Wednesday. Fast spreading messages on social media wr... (more story)

Meta faces India scrutiny over takedown of Modi post, CSAM ads

August 05, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Meta's moderation failures have prompted India to summon senior executives for compliance talks after the platform briefly removed a post from Prime Minister Narendra and allegedly carried child sexual abuse m... (more story)