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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

August 26, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Amy Miller

North America

AI chatbots offer next front for US state AGs following Meta settlement

Data Privacy and Security

August 26, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil sues Discord, seeks hefty compensation over minors' protections

Trade

August 26, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Canada faces smoother road on retaliatory tariffs than US

Antitrust View More

B3, CRDC deal and Keeta,99 Food appeal to be ruled in Brazil

August 27, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian competition authority scheduled for Wednesday a ruling on B3's proposed acquisition of CRDC after the Superintendence recommended the Tribunal reject the transaction. At the same se... (more story)

Rise in pellet prices not due to competition restrictions, Polish watchdog says

August 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The rise in pellet prices in Poland is due to the growing popularity of pellet stoves and a fuel shortage, rather than practices restricting competition, the country's antitrust authority said Th... (more story)

Accept economic pain to tackle distorted trade, Dutch advisers tell EU

August 27, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Asia, Europe

The EU should be prepared to accept higher prices and retaliation from trading partners as the cost of tackling distorted global trade and reducing strategic dependencies, a Dutch government advisory body has ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China plans tighter EV, autonomous-driving oversight through 2030, official says

August 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China will strengthen governance of its intelligent connected new-energy vehicle industry during 2026-2030, including by tightening reviews of innovative designs, testing requirements and product... (more story)

China plans AI manufacturing drive spanning chips, open source

August 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China will use industrial applications to drive artificial-intelligence innovation and industry growth during the 2026-2030 period, while strengthening the broader ecosystem, safety governance and internationa... (more story)

South Korea music copyright group reverses AI rules amid stakeholder divisions

August 27, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

The Korea Music Copyright Association has withdrawn new filing and registration criteria for AI-assisted musical works less than a month after adopting them, citing requests from the National Assembly and the ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

MMG, Anglo American say EU deal probe's China concerns lack economic rationale

August 27, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Concerns over MMG buying a Brazilian ferronickel mine from Anglo American to re-route the product to China are unfounded, the miners have told the EU's merger regulator, because they imply that MMG would accep... (more story)

KKR to pay record $250M fine to US DOJ for serial HSR violations

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: KKR has agreed to pay a record $250 million civil penalty to resolve US Justice Department allegations that it repeatedly violated federal premerger notification requirements by altering or withh... (more story)

Paramount’s WBD acquisition cleared in Turkey, with commitments

August 27, 2026

Middle East

MLex Summary: The Turkish competition authority has allowed Paramount Skydance’s intended acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, under the condition that Paramount exits UIP, a film-distribution joint venture.... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Trio of EU countries differ over personal data definition in Digital Omnibus

August 27, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

EU governments reviewing the Digital Omnibus look in line to disagree over its narrowing of when information is considered personal data. Germany and Sweden want the digital simplification package to exclude i... (more story)

Philippines, Meta agree to deepen cooperation on child online safety

August 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Philippine government officials and Meta Platforms agreed during a meeting Thursday to deepen cooperation on protecting children and young people from online threats, including harmful content, d... (more story)

South Korea's state childcare, adoption agency fined $641,000 for data breaches

August 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s state childcare and adoption agency has been fined a combined 885.2 million won ($641,240) over a series of data breaches involving highly sensitive personal data related to adoptee... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Singapore weighs AI training safeguards, patent inventorship rules in IP review

August 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Singapore is considering whether to make clearer when contractual restrictions can prevent AI developers from relying on a copyright exception for training, as part of a broader review of how its intellectual ... (more story)

China charts broader trade secret protection for specialized AI models

August 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s market regulator has highlighted what it calls the country’s first trade secret enforcement case involving an industry-specific large model, extending protection beyond source code to other technical i... (more story)

Meta wins dismissal of AI training copyright suit, but amendment permitted

August 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Charles Breyer has dismissed a proposed class action accusing Meta Platforms of stripping copyright information from 3D models used to train its generative AI systems, violating... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Global fraud network crackdown in planning by 'Five Eyes' countries

August 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A bid to crackdown on global fraud networks has seen the UK team up with its "Five Eyes" security partners the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the UK government said on Thursday. Home affa... (more story)

Agri company forfeits $5.2m in UK police settlement over suspected laundering

August 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

ENEX Premium Trading, an agricultural trading company linked to suspected money laundering and sanctions evasion, has forfeited millions of dollars, following action taken by a specialized UK police agency.

Dolfin Financial trio banned from UK financial services over visa scheme

August 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The co-founder and owner of Dolfin Financial, as well as two of its former senior executives, have been banned from the UK’s financial services industry for a multimillion-pound scheme that helped clients to b... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU chief wants market integration deal by year-end, or willing states advancing

August 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen renewed pressure on EU governments to agree on the market integration and supervision package by year-end. She again warned that willing member states could m... (more story)

Key financial reforms on the line as EU enters packed fall negotiating season

August 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU institutions are racing to finalize major financial reforms by year-end — including market integration, securitization, pensions and the digital euro — while new proposals to boost the EU capital markets ar... (more story)

Feedback on EU banks’ op-risk management framework sought by EBA

August 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has opened a consultation on rules specifying the operational risk management framework under the Capital Requirements Regulation. The draft text — a Regulatory Tec... (more story)

Trade View More

US appeals court sustains trade court ruling on artist canvas

August 26, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday upheld a trade court ruling on artist canvas from China, agreeing that an importer's products are subject to a 2006 antidumping order. 

USITC says steel rebar from Bulgaria, Egypt, Vietnam injure domestic industry

August 26, 2026

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously concluded that a domestic industry is materially injured by imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Bulgaria, Egypt and Vietnam. Because t... (more story)

US Teflon producer pushes for duties on Indian imports

August 26, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

The producer of Teflon argued at the US International Trade Commission on Wednesday for antidumping and antisubsidy duties on subject imports from India that are challenging the market for the plastic resin ch... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

Climate litigation boom makes states’ obligations clear, corporate ones less so

August 26, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Climate litigation is increasingly defining governments' and companies' obligations as climate science and legal precedents develop. While landmark cases have helped entrench the duties that states have and pr... (more story)

EU Commission points to national powers amid calls for bloc-wide oil windfall tax

August 25, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Windfall profit taxes remain a matter for EU countries to decide using their national fiscal powers, the European Commission said after six countries called for an EU-wide framework to tax oil companies' excep... (more story)

Six EU countries seek windfall tax targeting oil majors’ foreign profits

August 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Six EU countries are calling for an EU-wide framework to tax oil companies' windfall profits as energy prices remain high. Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain want EU finance mini... (more story)

Technology View More

Poland seeks €250m fine against Meta over online scams

August 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Poland’s Digital Minister has asked the European Commission to fine Meta €250 million over scam advertisements on its platforms, which allegedly breach the bloc’s online rulebook. In a letter see... (more story)

Meta asked if US teen safeguards will extend to South Korea, regulator says

August 27, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Meta Platforms is being asked by South Korea’s communications regulator whether safeguards for teenage Facebook and Instagram users agreed with US state attorneys general will also be extended to South Korean ... (more story)

Australia children's privacy code mirrors some Meta US safeguards, regulator says

August 27, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s draft Children’s Online Privacy Code includes proposed safeguards similar to some Meta Platforms agreed to under a US settlement worth up to $17.1 billion over claims that Facebook an... (more story)