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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at the end of a visit to the Netherlands on June 24, 2025.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology

May 26, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Push for UK social media ban risks being seen as political lifeline for Starmer
Smartphone with website of short video sharing service YouTube Shorts in front of business logo. Focus on top-left of phone display.

Intellectual Property

May 26, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Google prevails in UK appeal court trademark fight over YouTube Shorts

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

May 22, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Authors suing Meta might seek early US appellate review of shadow library claims

Antitrust View More

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

May 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission told a federal appeals Tuesday that a lower court erred in finding Meta Platforms did not have a monopoly in the social media market for multiple reasons, one of them being that... (more story)

Italy regulators to clash at May 27 hearing over French operator SNCF's rail entry

May 26, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Italy’s transport and antitrust regulators are set to clash at a May 27 interim hearing over French operator SNCF’s planned entry into Italy’s high-speed rail market, MLex has learned. Italy’s transport regula... (more story)

UK collective-action funders and claimants unsettled by legislative void

May 26, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

After a promised bill to reform UK litigation funding didn't materialize in government legislative plans earlier this month, collective-action funders and claimants were left unsettled and uncertain. While min... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

GEMA, Suno copyright ruling postponed by Munich court to July 31

May 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

A ruling in German music rights body GEMA’s lawsuit against Suno has been postponed by the Munich Regional Court to July 31. The ruling could shed light on how far AI developers can rely on copyright exception... (more story)

UK, Australia announce AI security partnership

May 26, 2026

Europe, Oceania

MLex Summary: UK and Australian AI risks will be scrutinized together under a new partnership between the two countries’ AI safety institutes. The UK government said the agreement would see the bodies share in... (more story)

AI assurance emerges as the operational backbone of AI governance

May 26, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

AI assurance is increasingly emerging as the operational layer through which governments may ultimately govern autonomous AI systems, as regulators confront the limitations of static compliance frameworks buil... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Unimed Blumenau hospital deal should be blocked, Brazil CADE Superintendence says

May 26, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

The investigative arm of Brazil’s competition regulator recommended blocking healthcare cooperative Unimed Blumenau’s proposed buyout of Hospital Santa Catarina. 

Charter-Cox transaction would harm consumers, TURN argues

May 26, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Harms associated with Charter Communications’ proposed acquisition of Cox Communications still exist despite evidentiary testimony to the contrary, according to an opening brief filed by The Utilities Reform N... (more story)

Court stays proceedings in US FTC appeal of US Chamber win challenging HSR form

May 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the US Federal Trade Commission's unopposed motion to stay further proceedings in its appeal of the US Chamber of Commerce's district court v... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Dozens of US state AGs oppose House kids online safety bill

May 26, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

More than 40 state attorneys general sent a letter to US congressional leadership on Tuesday opposing the House's version of a kids' online safety bill known as the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, or KID... (more story)

Bipartisan US state coalition opposes KIDS Act

May 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general in writing to Congress to oppose the passage of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety ... (more story)

US DOJ opposes high court review of Uber security officer's conviction over data breach

May 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice opposed former Uber security official Joseph Sullivan's petition for US Supreme Court review of his conviction for obstruction and misprision in concealing a 2016 dat... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Cloud service providers ask Italian court to annul new cloud copyright levy

May 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Cloud providers say Italy’s new private-copying levy on cloud storage risks raising costs, duplicating existing hardware charges and fragmenting the EU cloud market. A trade group has asked an Italian court to... (more story)

Japan court says rival mite-trap sheet escaped patent infringement claim

May 26, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

The Osaka District Court rejected a patent infringement suit over commercial mite-trap sheets, ruling that a rival product using nonwoven fabric fell outside the scope of patents covering sponge- and mesh-base... (more story)

China proposes rules for stronger administrative track for patent disputes

May 26, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top intellectual property regulator has proposed detailed guidelines for handling patent disputes through administrative adjudication and mediation, a move that could bolster administrative enforcement... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US waives response to request that Supreme Court take corporate transparency case

May 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US government has waived its right to respond to a petition urging the Supreme Court to take a case that would review the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act, an anti-money la... (more story)

Adani hearing in SEC case adjourned as US judge weighs settlement

May 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis adjourned an upcoming hearing in the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud suit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, as he... (more story)

UK sanctions Russia's 'A7 network' for bypassing existing measures

May 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government ramped up its pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin's war machine with tough new sanctions targeting crypto networks used to bypass Britain’s existing sanctions, includin... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Early supervisory intervention is key to heading off bank failures, BIS chief says

May 26, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

Early intervention by bank supervisors is essential to heading off the kind of systemic failures that occurred in 2023, said Pablo Hernandez de Cos, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements. T... (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)

UK bond tape provider secures FCA authorization, edges closer to launch

May 26, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK’s financial regulator has granted official authorization to the provider of the bond consolidated tape, paving the way for the trading feed’s rollout on June 22. Sassan Danesh, the chief executive of Et... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court rebukes government on jurisdiction in golf cart evasion case

May 26, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade on Tuesday denied the federal government’s motion to dismiss a complaint from ICON EV alleging Fifth Amendment violations, citing lack of jurisdiction.

Commerce right in using new statistical pricing pattern, US CIT says

May 26, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade upheld the Commerce Department’s latest remand of an order on diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan, ruling the agency correctly used a shi... (more story)

US, Japan, Australia, India announce critical minerals cooperation framework

May 26, 2026

Asia, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: The US government announced a framework critical minerals cooperation deal with Japan, Australia and India, under which the four nations will put up to $20 billion in state and private funds to i... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

Utiledulci's request to suspend state aid claw-back gets skeptical EU ruling

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Utiledulci’s request to suspend a Portuguese action to recoup illegal state aid has suffered a set-back after top EU judges said the bloc’s state aid rules trumped national procedural rules, whic... (more story)

EU farmers shielded from aid cuts where disaster insurance is unavailable

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's top court has said that a 50 percent reduction in agricultural disaster aid cannot apply to farmers who can prove that suitable insurance for the goods they produce was unavailable on th... (more story)

Energy View More

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)

Agrifood, emissions are top priorities for EU-UK talks, Irish minister says

May 26, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Concluding EU-UK negotiations on agrifood standards and emission trading schemes are a top priority, the Irish minister for foreign affairs said on Tuesday. The EU and UK agreed last year to wrap up the talks ... (more story)

EU water permitting guidance clarifies exemptions for mining

May 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Projects affecting water quality could benefit more easily from existing exemptions under EU water laws, according to new European Commission guidance published Friday. The document explains how ... (more story)

Technology View More

Malaysia imposes under-16 online-safety restrictions, effective June 1

May 26, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Malaysia will require online platforms to implement age-verification measures ensuring only users aged 16 and above can register for services and access age-appropriate features under new online safety codes t... (more story)

EU telecom lobby Connect Europe seeks improvements in draft digital rules

May 26, 2026

Europe

Connect Europe, which represents European telecom companies Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefónica, has issued a 12-point plan to improve the EU's Digital Networks Act, a draft EU telecom bill aimed at transf... (more story)

EU telecom sector seeks more ambitious digital rule revamp

May 26, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Connect Europe, the European telecom industry group, said the EU’s proposed telecom reform doesn’t go far enough to simplify the bloc’s rules or encourage investment, and that lawmakers should make it more amb... (more story)