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US industry, experts warn against growing Chinese biotech industry

How far will Brussels go to shield EU industry from Chinese overcapacity?

TikTok’s EU probe may trigger addiction ‘guardrails’, not business overhaul

US judges stay true to ‘substantial similarity’ test in weighing AI output claims

Ticketmaster must be divested to remedy monopoly, states tell US court

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Dozens of one hundred dollar bills are strewn across a surface. A brown, round sound block on the bills has a stack of hundred dollar bills on top of it and a brown gavel rests on top of that stack.

Financial Crime

May 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

Fox executive, sports company's US fraud convictions in FIFA case dismissed

Antitrust, Technology

May 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

TikTok’s growth 'irrelevant' in Meta monopoly suit, FTC tells US appeals court
SNCF

Antitrust

May 26, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Italy regulators to clash at May 27 hearing over SNCF’s rail entry
Fox executive, sports company's US fraud convictions in FIFA case dismissed
TikTok’s growth 'irrelevant' in Meta monopoly suit, FTC tells US appeals court
Italy regulators to clash at May 27 hearing over SNCF’s rail entry

Antitrust View More

South Korea's Telecom Business Act amendments target closed mobile OS ecosystems

May 28, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Proposed amendments to South Korea’s Telecommunications Business Act have entered public notice procedures, centered on requiring mobile operating system providers to provide the technical access... (more story)

Live Nation says US states' remedy discovery is burdensome, inappropriate

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Live Nation and Ticketmaster told a US federal court that a multistate coalition intends to seek an "extraordinarily broad swath" of material and isn't pursuing a “limited” remedies discovery. Ma... (more story)

Animal waste cartel convicted in Brazil

May 27, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil’s competition regulator voted unanimously on Wednesday to convict companies and executives accused of operating a cartel in the national market for the purchase of animal waste, diverging from an earlie... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Research finds 'shadow AI' in vendor software poses growing privacy risk

May 27, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Businesses may not know what AI is actually running inside the software they buy from vendors, as new research shows that 64 percent of vendors failed to disclose additional AI subprocessors in their data proc... (more story)

Workday likely must face employment discrimination claims on AI tools, US judge says

May 27, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

A federal judge in California issued a tentative ruling that Workday must face claims that it violated the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, or FEHA. While US District Judge Rita Lin scheduled oral a... (more story)

US Fed successfully using AI to monitor financial stability, governor says

May 27, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Reserve is using artificial intelligence to monitor financial stability and is seeing results on two fronts, Fed Governor Lisa Cook said. The central bank is deploying AI to assess how the techn... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Singapore clears SP Mobility-Strides YTL deal for EV charging with conditions

May 28, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore’s Competition and Consumer Commission conditionally approved SP Mobility’s acquisition of Strides YTL after accepting commitments addressing competition concerns in the electric vehicle... (more story)

Penalty imposed on Amazon in Future Coupons deal set aside by India's top court

May 28, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Amazon has secured a major legal victory after India’s top court overturned a 2.02 billion-rupee ($21.26 million) antitrust penalty linked to the e-commerce giant's 2019 acquisition of Future Coupons. The Supr... (more story)

Spirit Airlines' demise renews debate on failing-firm defense, but standard remains high

May 27, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Spirit Airlines’ collapse this month pushed the failing-firm defense back to the forefront of merger debates, with antitrust lawyers expected to invoke the doctrine more aggressively in future deal proposals. ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US judge to have advisory jury for state claims in Meta youth mental health trial

May 27, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

A US federal judge told a coalition of states that she intends to have an advisory jury for at least some of their claims against Meta Platforms over the role of its social media apps in the deterioration of y... (more story)

Lifted redactions in US Discord suit allege outdated algorithms led to child harm

May 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

New Jersey’s unredacted complaint against Discord, released Tuesday, details allegations that the messaging platform’s content moderation algorithmic tools were outdated and failed to live up to the standards ... (more story)

UK data watchdog weighed transparency on chief's absence weeks before disclosure

May 27, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK Information Commissioner's Office had internal discussions about having a “more proactive and transparent communications approach” to the absence of the privacy watchdog's chief more than one month befo... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Expert scrutiny reshapes standard-essential patent landscape in Brazil

May 27, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Latin America

Brazil’s business courts are becoming more technically rigorous in standard-essential patent disputes even as the country cements its reputation as a fast-moving injunction jurisdiction, Isabel Milman, a partn... (more story)

Lovo files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in US amid AI voice-cloning lawsuit

May 27, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Artificial intelligence-powered voice generation company Lovo Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the company said, less than three weeks before scheduled motion-to-dismiss arguments in a lawsuit by voice... (more story)

New DTSA jury instructions aim to bring order to growing trade secret docket

May 27, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

The Sedona Conference’s new DTSA model jury instructions grew out of the frustration trade secret litigators faced when they had to negotiate complex jury instructions from the ground up in federal cases.

Financial Crime View More

Former Doximity executive sentenced in US to prison for insider trading

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Paul Jorgensen, the former chief revenue officer of Doximity, was sentenced to 26 months in prison for committing securities fraud involving a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade in the company's... (more story)

New York apartment bought with 1MDB-linked funds forfeited to US

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department obtained an order forfeiting a luxury New York apartment purchased with funds misappropriated from 1MDB, a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, along with certain rental inc... (more story)

Insurance exec sentenced in US to 12 years in prison for bribery, fraud scheme

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Greg E. Lindberg, the founder and chairman of Eli Global LLC and the owner of Global Bankers Insurance Group, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a bribery conspiracy and multibil... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Some of ESMA’s empowerments need further framing, legal service says

May 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The EU package proposal — transferring supervisory powers to the EU market watchdog from national supervisors — could respect the balance of powers between EU institutions if some adjustments are made to ensur... (more story)

UK financial promotions approvers ordered to raise standards

May 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has told financial promotions approvers to raise their standards or face regulatory action. The FCA’s review of 10 firms that approve financial promotions fou... (more story)

Singapore AI sandbox highlights shift toward deployment-level governance

May 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Enterprise AI governance is increasingly shifting away from abstract model risks toward operational oversight of how autonomous AI systems behave once deployed in the real world. That shift was evident in the ... (more story)

Trade View More

China, Germany discuss trade ties, oppose 'decoupling' in Beijing talks

May 28, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche in Beijing on Wednesday to discuss China-Germany and China-EU economic and trade... (more story)

US modifies Taiwanese wood tariffs, removes 232 metal duties

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative announced an amendment to Section 232 tariffs on Taiwanese imports of automobile parts, timber, lumber and wood derivatives and the removal of 232 tariff... (more story)

US energy exports reach record high in 2025, US EIA says

May 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Energy Information Administration announced that total US energy exports reached a record 31 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2025, 2 percent more than the previous record set in 2024.

State Aid View More

Portugal pushes EU to strip away state-aid red tape for investment projects

May 27, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Portugal says the EU should clarify state aid rules to enable swifter projects and smoother handling of financing applications, MLex has learned. In a note to governments, Lisbon takes aim in particular at the... (more story)

Czech plan for two new nuclear units open for feedback in EU until June 29

May 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in plans by Czechia to support the construction and operation of two new nuclear units at the Dukovany site have one month to provide input to the European Commission. In Decem... (more story)

French support for fishing companies hit by Middle East crisis wins EU approval

May 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has granted state aid clearance for €13 million of French support for fishing companies hit by rising fuel prices due to the crisis in the Middle East sparked by the US-Is... (more story)

Energy View More

EU to delay plan to cut price of electricity relative to fossil fuels

May 27, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission has postponed the introduction of a plan aimed at making electricity cheaper relative to fossil fuels from June 10 to July 22, according to the commission’s latest planning document. Th... (more story)

No urgent need to revamp commodity derivatives framework, EU Commission says

May 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The financial sector's consultation on the EU commodity derivatives framework and analyses of market trends "did not point to an urgent need to make substantive changes," even though certain amen... (more story)

Cross-border bottleneck fees should support domestic grids, EU lawmakers say

May 26, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Socialist and conservative EU lawmakers are proposing to keep income generated by bottlenecks on cross-border power lines, known as congestion revenues, tied primarily to grid projects in the countries where t... (more story)

Technology View More

Social media platforms failed to remove hate speech in most cases reviewed in EU, report says

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Social media providers including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube wrongly left hate speech on their platforms in 70 percent of reviewed EU cases, Appeals Centre Europe said in a report pub... (more story)

Temu faces EU digital-services fine for risk-assessment failures

May 27, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter, Lewis Crofts, Matthew Newman and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Temu could face a fine by the European Commission as early as this week over shortcomings in its risk assessment, MLex has learned. The dispute concerns the company’s obligation as a Very Large Online Platform... (more story)

Telecom, satellite companies see EU plan to split spectrum for mobile services (update*)

May 27, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Telecom operators and satellite service providers, such as EchoStar and Viasat, will see an EU plan to divide spectrum for government and commercial uses, after the EU executive faced intense scrutiny to allow... (more story)