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Trade

May 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

COVID vaccine precursor chemicals need trade relief, US producer says

Financial Crime

May 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Former Stericycle finance director to plead guilty to US foreign bribery charges

Data Privacy and Security

May 12, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Judge denies bid to treat Meta Pixel as pen register under Calif. privacy law

Antitrust View More

Interim measures are key to ensuring market impact, European antitrust enforcers say

May 13, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Top antitrust enforcers from Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands highlighted the importance of addressing “kitchen table” issues that are relevant to citizens. Meanwhile, a senior French enforcer said his agenc... (more story)

Truckmakers can keep fighting bundled German damages claim with top court ruling

May 13, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

Truckmakers will return to a German appeal court to renew battle over a bundled damages claim by a debt-collection company after judges at the country's highest court on Tuesday annulled a ruling on whether th... (more story)

EU antitrust guidelines slated for autumn, top enforcer McCallum says

May 13, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

A new EU framework for enforcing antitrust law is planned for release in the third quarter of 2026, after a July 2 ruling by the EU's top court on an antitrust appeal brought by Google, according to senior enf... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Japan, US tackle AI cyberthreats as megabanks prepare to access Mythos

May 13, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japan is accelerating efforts to address cybersecurity risks from frontier artificial intelligence models in cooperation with the US, as three major Japanese banks are reportedly set to gain access to Anthropi... (more story)

China orders mandatory AI, content labels for short videos across platforms

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s internet regulator said it has launched a nationwide campaign requiring all platforms to standardize labels on short-video content, expanding a pilot involving 12 major companies includin... (more story)

Former Google engineer's economic espionage conviction questioned by US judge

May 13, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

The economic espionage conviction of a former Google engineer convicted earlier this year of stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google to benefit China was questioned during a court hearing Tuesd... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Discuss efficiencies even when no concerns, EU merger official tells dealmakers

May 13, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

EU merger officials are willing to discuss potential benefits emerging from deals, even in cases that don’t ultimately give rise to competition concerns, an EU competition official said. But Daniele Calisti sa... (more story)

Tencent-Ximalaya decision puts China's smart-car ecosystem concerns in spotlight

May 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday published its conditional approval for Tencent Holdings’ acquisition of audio platform Ximalaya through Tencent Music Entertainment Group, saying the deal could allow the... (more story)

Animal health company Zoetis seeks to acquire Neogen, New Zealand regulator says

May 13, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Global animal health company Zoetis is seeking to acquire Neogen Corporation, New Zealand’s competition regulator said. In a statement on Wednesday, New Zealand’s Commerce Commission said it rece... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Suicide forum faces £950,000 UK online safety fine, court-block threat

May 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An online suicide forum has been fined £950,000 by UK regulator Ofcom for breaching the Online Safety Act, in the latest escalation of a year-long enforcement probe. The decision — published on W... (more story)

Kerala unveils draft state data policy 2026 to monetize government data

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Kerala, a southern state in India, recently released the draft Kerala State Data Policy 2026. The state government of Kerala intends to unlock the economic value of government data through moneti... (more story)

Indian government invites applications for Data Protection Board

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is inviting applications for the post of chairperson and four members of the new Data Protection Board. The body will enforce the Digita... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China's top court reverses trademark-damages rulings in glass sealant retrial

May 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

When both parties lawfully hold registered trademarks, infringement shouldn’t be determined solely by registration priority or similarity between the marks, China’s top court ruled, saying the key question is ... (more story)

India's top court to rule on survival of revocation pleas for expired patents

May 13, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India’s top court will decide whether patent revocation proceedings survive patent expiry, in Boehringer’s Linagliptin dispute with Macleods. The Supreme Court of India's ruling is expected to reshape pharmace... (more story)

In Inari case, Corteva ignored role of competition in patent law, US DOJ says

May 12, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division told a federal judge Tuesday that Corteva’s suit against Inari Agriculture has ignored the competition-fostering purpose of a patent law requirement that it di... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Santander unit must answer whistleblower lawsuit from ex-banker, US judge rules

May 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A unit of Santander must answer a lawsuit from a former New York-based executive who alleged that the bank had fired him for blowing the whistle about potentially fraudulent activity, including bribery of fore... (more story)

US Senate Banking Committee unveils crypto market-structure bill drawing banks’ ire

May 12, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Senate Banking Committee unveiled a cryptocurrency market-structure bill for markup Thursday that contains a bipartisan interest-rate provision that inflamed banking groups and was hailed by crypto firm... (more story)

US lawsuit against JPMorgan over Goliath crypto Ponzi scheme voluntarily dismissed

May 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase filed by victims of an alleged cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme carried out by Goliath Ventures was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, according to a court filing.

Financial Services View More

Give UK regulators more ‘political cover’ to push growth agenda, lawmakers urge

May 12, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK regulators need greater “political cover” if they are to take a less risk-averse approach and back ministers' economic growth agenda, lawmakers have warned. Ahead of the government unveiling its next legisl... (more story)

Swiss lenders face stricter rules on ownership structures of clients

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Swiss banks face revisions to the country's anti-money laundering rules that would see having to understand better the ownership and control structures of clients. The Swiss Financial Market Supe... (more story)

More centralized oversight of EU financial markets in lawmaker Ferber's sights

May 12, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmaker Markus Ferber is expected to expand centralized supervision of post-trade market infrastructures in his upcoming draft report on a key text of the Market Integration and Supervision Package, as wel... (more story)

Trade View More

China, US hold economic, trade talks in South Korea

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held economic and trade talks in South Korea on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce. The two s... (more story)

Chinese PET spunbond subject to provisional dumping duties in EU

May 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU imports of polyethylene terephthalate spunbond originating in China will come under dumping tariffs of up to 50 percent, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The duties, which will start... (more story)

Chinese alkyl phosphonic acids subject to steep provisional EU dumping tariffs

May 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU imports of alkyl phosphonic acids and their sodium salts from China will be subject to provisional dumping duties ranging from 182.9 percent to 219.4 percent, the European Commission said on W... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU Commission, Carpatair told to cover costs in airport state aid dispute

May 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Carpatair and the European Commission have been told by an EU court to cover their own legal costs following a mixed ruling in long-running state aid dispute. Following a legal challenge from Car... (more story)

UK regulators lack clarity on growth mandate, lawmakers say in push for reform bill

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK regulators risk failing to meet the government’s demand that they support economic growth because of unclear guidance, legislative constraints and competing statutory duties, a parliamentary c... (more story)

UK plans legislation to nationalize British Steel

May 11, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK will have the power to bring British Steel under public ownership, subject to public interest tests, under new legislation to be set out this week. The public interest test would consider factors includ... (more story)

Energy View More

Yearlong closure of Strait of Hormuz would mean gas shortfall, EU watchdog says

May 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The global liquefied natural gas market would face shortfall of 27 billion cubic meters compared with 2025 levels if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed for the whole of 2026, the EU’s Agency fo... (more story)

Philippines weighs risks of power cooperatives reforms, competition safeguards

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission and the National Electrification Administration have discussed regulatory reforms in the electricity distribution sector, including proposals to reshape the ... (more story)

Merz backs EU carbon market to protect industry and climate goals

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his country would push to adapt the EU Emissions Trading System to protect the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries while maintaining climate goals... (more story)

Technology View More

Snapchat's EU ad repository may breach DSA transparency rules, researchers say

May 13, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Snapchat’s EU advertising repository may breach Digital Services Act transparency rules because of limited search functions, frequent outages and missing labels for commercial communications, researchers at AI... (more story)

Researchers claim failings in Snapchat ad database under EU online content rules

May 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Snapchat’s advertising repository for the EU may not comply with key Digital Services Act transparency obligations, investigative research organization AI Forensics has said, citing problems with... (more story)

South Korea proposes decree rules for large platforms under revised law

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s communications regulator has proposed enforcement-decree rules for the amended information and communications network law, setting detailed obligations for large online services to ... (more story)