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Financial Crime

September 09, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Russian billionaire Abramovich loses third appeal against EU sanctions
Photo illustration of a Canadian passport resting atop a U.S. flag

Trade

September 09, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trump signs US orders to ban certain Canadian goods

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

September 08, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Calif. legislature sends data center bills to governor

Antitrust View More

Prestage turkey antitrust settlement gets preliminary approval from court

September 09, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Restaurants suing turkey suppliers over alleged price-fixing got preliminary approval for a settlement with Prestage Farms, and also discussed a potential settlement — or a trial — on the remaining claims agai... (more story)

Ganuza takes reins of Spanish competition authority

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Juan José Ganuza Fernández is the new president of the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, the Spanish authority announced on Wednesday. New members have also joined the board of ... (more story)

European Leagues expand EU complaint against FIFA

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Leagues has expanded its antitrust complaint against FIFA to include the women’s international match calendar. It argues that FIFA’s dual role as regulator and competition organizer lets... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

xAI loses bid to freeze Minnesota AI ‘nudify’ law during appeal

September 09, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

xAI has lost its latest bid to block Minnesota’s new AI “nudify” law while it appeals a district court judge’s refusal to halt enforcement. US District Judge Donovan W. Frank denied xAI’s request for an injunc... (more story)

Tech companies should be liable for chatbot-assisted crimes, Florida AG says

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is proposing legislation that would hold companies that own, control or distribute artificial intelligence chatbots responsible when those systems partici... (more story)

US Senator Blumenthal questions OpenAI about Hugging Face hack

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, sent a letter to Open AI's CEO Sam Altman questioning the company about how its AI agents bypassed safeguards to hack into the firm Hugging Face.

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

American-Essential filed regulatory settlement agreement in North Carolina

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: American Water and Essential Utilities filed a settlement agreement with the utility regulator in North Carolina and is waiting for it to be approved, Essential said in a filing with the US Secur... (more story)

States suing over Paramount deal must respond to US high court motion by Sept. 25

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Supreme Court told the 12 states suing to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery that they have until Sept 25 to file a response to Iowa and Montana's motion to consider t... (more story)

Prysmian-Atkore deal needs clearance in Canada, US, Australia, Austria

September 09, 2026

Europe, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: Electricity focused technology firms Prysmian and Atkore need clearance for their proposed merger in Australia, Austria, Canada and the United States, Atkore said in a US securities filing.

Data Privacy and Security View More

US strike force deploys to Madagascar to assist in scam center takedown

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced actions taken by the Scam Center Strike Force to secure the US against Southeast Asian cryptocurrency-related fraud and scams. The Strike Force and the ... (more story)

Plan to lighten UK companies' reporting burdens could tighten over cyber risks

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A proposed overhaul of UK corporate reporting rules could simplify procedures for swathes of companies and support long-term economic growth, the government has said as it published a consultatio... (more story)

BBVA faces €5.5m Italian GDPR fine over failed marketing opt-out

September 09, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili

Europe

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s Italian branch has been fined €5.5 million by the country's data protection authority after it failed to implement a customer’s in-app marketing objection in its customer rela... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

EU aims to unlock €10bn in IP-backed finance a year with new Innovation Act

September 09, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The EU is looking to patents and other intellectual property assets to become a bigger source of financing for European companies, with its European Innovation Act aiming to unlock €10.2 billion a year while t... (more story)

China top court issues first AI dispute guidelines, leaves copyright questions open

September 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has issued its first judicial guidelines for artificial-intelligence disputes, clarifying fault, platform liability and evidentiary burdens while leaving unresolved whether training AI models... (more story)

China top IP court refines patent judgments amid rise in emerging-industry cases

September 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top intellectual property court is reshaping its approach to judgments to better coordinate infringement litigation with administrative patent challenges, amid a sharp rise in cases involving strategic... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Xinbi Guarantee sanctioned by US for aiding scam center operations

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language platform used extensively by Chinese cybercriminals that operates a large illicit onli... (more story)

Judge improperly threw out businessman’s bribery conviction, US says in appeal

September 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US judge abused his authority when he tossed out the foreign bribery conviction of a Texas-based Mexican businessman, federal prosecutors said in their appeal of the judge’s decision.

US asks appellate courts to vacate Corporate Transparency Act decisions

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US is asking the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in two cases to vacate decisions relating to the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act so it can go to a lower court a... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Securities issuers invited to comment on revised EU prospectus disclosure guidance

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has proposed changes to prospectus disclosure guidance, following recent reforms to EU listing rules. The consultation focuses on clarifying what inf... (more story)

US SEC subpoenas investment advisor ISS after refusal to comply with investigation

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed investment advisor International Shareholder Services for information about its compliance with federal securities laws after the company refu... (more story)

Quick EU bank prudential changes risk ‘race to bottom,’ commission official says

September 08, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Almorò Rubin de Cervin, a senior European Commission official, on Tuesday rejected banks’ calls for immediate, targeted changes to EU prudential rules, warning that such moves could trigger a race to the botto... (more story)

Trade View More

US pizza box industry says its under threat from unfair imports

September 09, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, Middle East, North America

The US pizza box industry is under imminent threat of being overtaken by unfairly traded imports from China, Malaysia and Turkey if duty orders aren't put into place, petitioners told the US government.

US solar cell producers say Section 232 duties not enough amid trade changes

September 09, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

A coalition of US solar cell producers told the International Trade Commission that Section 232 duties protecting national security and previous antidumping and antisubsidy cases are not enough to maintain a v... (more story)

US companies seek duty orders on pizza boxes from China, Malaysia, Turkey

September 09, 2026

Asia, Middle East

MLex Summary: US manufacturers Smurfit and Pratt Industries, along with the United Steelworkers Union, petitioned the US Commerce Department and the US International Trade Commission for antidumping and antisu... (more story)

State Aid View More

Japan ramps up public spending on content as Cool Japan Fund falters

September 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan is seeking a sharp increase in public spending on creators and the content industry just as mounting losses at the government-backed Cool Japan Fund force policymakers to reconsider an earlier model for ... (more story)

EU to press ahead with FSR information requests outside the bloc, official says

September 08, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Asia, Europe

The European Commission will continue asking for information under the EU foreign subsidies rules for mergers despite China's instructions to its companies not to cooperate with the requests, an official from ... (more story)

Belgian funding for Flemish nature reserves wasn’t state aid, EU says

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Public funding by authorities in Belgium’s Flanders region to non-profit groups Natuurpunt Beheer, Durme and Limburgs Landschap to acquire land and transform it into nature reserves did not const... (more story)

Energy View More

Report warns EU energy-independence goals at risk from investment and grid gaps

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU efforts to end dependence on Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the clean-energy transition face investment and implementation gaps that could put longer-term goals at risk, the European Cour... (more story)

EU plan to end Russian energy dependency looks stalled, auditors' report warns

September 09, 2026 | Ryan Harrison and Louis Crosnier de Briant

Europe

EU member states have so far committed less than a fifth of the €300 billion in funding available for projects under the REPowerEU plan to end dependence on Russian fossil fuels and speed the green energy tran... (more story)

Agribusiness faces uncertainty as UN land-degradation talks stall

September 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

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

Agribusinesses and investors face continued uncertainty over global drought rules, after UN land talks in Mongolia in August pushed a decision on the issue to the next conference in 2028, exposing how geopolit... (more story)

Technology View More

Tech firms face UK monitoring over efforts to curb AI deepfakes

September 09, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Tech platforms face active monitoring over their efforts to stop the spread of illegal intimate images — including AI-generated deepfakes — after the UK regulator announced a new enforcement program. Ofcom sai... (more story)

Online platforms face UK deadline to curb spread of illegal deepfakes

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms have three weeks to put measures in place to stop illegal intimate images — including AI-generated deepfakes — from spreading on their services, the UK's online safety watchdog h... (more story)

Japan's DPA to broaden consultations on amended privacy-law rules

September 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s data protection authority plans to broaden stakeholder consultations as it drafts implementation rules for the amended privacy law. The Personal Information Protection Commission said Wed... (more story)