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Antitrust, Technology

August 21, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May

North America

Zillow, Redfin to face off against US FTC in trial over rental market advertising
Prime, a developer and operator of hyperscale and wholesale data centers in America and Europe, today announced expansion into the Phoenix market with a five-building, 66.5-acre campus in Avondale. Prime Phoenix will feature 210 megawatts of critical power and 1.3 million square feet of space designed to support hyperscale services providers, large internet brands, global technology companies and the Fortune 500 enterprise.

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

August 21, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

US lawmakers push for AI data center transparency with limited success
Uber taxi windscreen

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

August 21, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Uber fined €825m by Dutch privacy watchdog over driver deactivations (*update)

Antitrust View More

US DOJ patent deposit stance wins narrow embrace in Corteva-Inari ruling

August 24, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A summary judgment Friday clarified one side of an important boundary for biological patent deposits — public availability does not create a public license. But the question of whether Inari Agriculture's cond... (more story)

US FTC's Zillow-Redfin agreement attained same benefits as trial, Ferguson says

August 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the agency's settlement with Zillow and Redfin in an antitrust lawsuit over competition for rental listing marketing services obtains "ev... (more story)

Zillow, Redfin file antitrust settlement with US FTC, states

August 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Zillow Group and Redfin Corp. asked a Virginia federal judge to sign off on a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission and a multi-state coalition that would resolve antitrust claims over ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China's five-year internet-tech plan targets AI chips, cutthroat competition

August 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Under a new five-year plan, China will push companies primarily engaged in informatization and cybersecurity to develop advanced AI chips, improve foundation models and pursue frontier technologies such as AI ... (more story)

South Korea approves aid loan for $170m Tanzania AI project

August 24, 2026

Africa, Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea approved on Sunday a $170 million project to provide low-interest loans to finance the establishment of an artificial intelligence and digital technology education institute in Tanzan... (more story)

South Korean startup opens robot theme park to scale K-pop through physical AI

August 24, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korean entertainment technology company Galaxy Corp has opened a robot theme park in Seoul where artificial intelligence-powered robots perform K-pop dances and interact with visitors, as it seeks to tur... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

California AG cancels Paramount meeting, but says still willing to have talks

August 24, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

The California Attorney General’s office, scheduled to meet with Paramount Skydance today to discuss the lawsuit to block the Hollywood studio from acquiring Warner Bros Discovery, canceled the meeting after P... (more story)

Uber gets conditional approval in Denmark for Dantaxi buyout

August 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Danish competition authority has allowed Uber to acquire local transport provider Dantaxi, subject to several conditions. These include the divestment of Dantaxi’s trademark, of some of its p... (more story)

Orange, APG’s joint acquisition of Nexera gets EU clearance (update*)

August 24, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Telecom operator Orange and pension fund APG have received approval from the European Commission for their joint acquisition of Polish fiber operator Nexera. The regulator’s decision was delayed by two weeks f... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta asks US appeals court for inunction against Calif. addictive-feed law

August 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms asked a US court of appeals to enjoin California's Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, pending its appeal. “After incorrectly concluding that the First Amendment ‘... (more story)

TikTok says it faces up to $11.45bn in Dutch collective claims in privacy cases

August 24, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

TikTok faces maximum claims totaling $11.45 billion in three Dutch collective actions over its handling of user data and allegedly harmful content, according to financial disclosures by TikTok Information Tech... (more story)

Regulators’ data collection scope during probes questioned at top EU court

August 24, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

EU member states’ financial regulators and their authority are under scrutiny at the bloc’s highest court, after a Lithuanian referral over how far investigators may go when copying data from personal electron... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US patent litigation drawn into broader third-party funding disclosure debate

August 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Third-party litigation funders have suffered setbacks in a disclosure fight that includes patent disputes, with the USITC considering new requirements alongside action by states, Congress and a federal rules c... (more story)

Commenters oppose USPTO proposal to force disclosure in reexamination requests

August 24, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Patent policy and trade groups overwhelmingly oppose a proposed US Patent and Trademark Office rule that would mandate the disclosure of real-parties-in-interest in ex parte reexamination requests, calling the... (more story)

InterDigital targets Disney streaming patent workaround in UPC fight

August 24, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

InterDigital has expanded its fight with Disney at the Unified Patent Court, saying the company’s shift to a different video-encoding technology for some Disney+ content does not avoid an earlier patent injunc... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Iran secondary-sanctions risk expanded under US ‘Operation Economic Outcast’

August 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday threatened secondary sanctions against anyone doing business with several Iranian economic sectors, saying the US is launching “an economic onslaught” against Iran’s ... (more story)

US Treasury launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' in bid to isolate Iran

August 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: At President Donald Trump’s direction, the US Treasury Department has begun Operation Economic Outcast, which it said will sever the economic lifelines that sustain the Iranian regime and the Isl... (more story)

Italian arms dealer sentenced to prison in US for ammunition exports to Russia

August 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Italian national Manfred Gruber was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to commit export control violations over his role as a key member of an international procurement network for R... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Indonesia plans integrated bullion market, strategic commodities exchange from 2027

August 21, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia plans to deepen its bullion market through an integrated market ecosystem that will include a mineral and strategic commodities exchange operating from Jan. 1, 2027, Coordinating Econom... (more story)

HEICO executive charged in US with insider trading

August 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Jesus Luis Morell, a senior executive at HEICO Corporation, was charged with three counts of securities fraud stemming from multiple instances of insider trading based on misappropriated financia... (more story)

Four former Commerzbank bankers charged in German cum-ex probe

August 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Four bankers, including two based in the UK, have been charged by German authorities over allegations that they defrauded the country’s tax authorities out of €20 million through cum-ex trading. The four have ... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce says India dumping citric acid, excludes Canada from order

August 24, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department preliminarily determined that citric acid from India is being dumped, but gave a negative determination on subject imports from Canada. Commerce gave Indian producers a... (more story)

Canadian producer appeals trade court wind tower ruling

August 24, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Canadian producer Marmen Inc. appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to contest a Court of International Trade June ruling that upheld the Commerce Department's second remand... (more story)

US, Canada face tense future after trade talks collapse

August 24, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk

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

The US and Canadian governments' failure to reach a trade deal last week puts the two countries on a rocky path as they must now grapple with the fallout of high tariffs and escalating tensions with no clear r... (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

EU electrification push is key to cutting fossil-fuel dependence, Von der Leyen says

August 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s target to increase electricity’s share of final energy consumption to 46 percent by 2040 will help reduce Europe’s exposure to fossil-fuel price shocks, the European Commission president... (more story)

EU maritime emissions reporting overhaul put out for eight-week feedback period

August 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An EU proposal to overhaul maritime emissions reporting is open for feedback for eight weeks, with submissions feeding into legislative negotiations. The proposal would create a single monitoring... (more story)

EU energy, tire labeling proposal open to feedback for eight weeks

August 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An EU proposal to simplify energy and tire labeling rules is open for feedback for eight weeks, with submissions to be summarized and presented to EU lawmakers to inform negotiations. The proposa... (more story)

Technology View More

Big tech must do more to fight investment fraud, UK financial regulator says

August 24, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Major tech companies should help combat the significant increase in investment fraud by taking a more proactive approach to tackling illegal content across their platforms, a senior official at the UK's Financ... (more story)

Addictive-design risk against Meta, TikTok, others could drive organizational changes

August 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Meta Platforms was able to claim a win this week when another individual plaintiff dropped her addictive-design claim against the company. But the pervasive aspect of so many state addictive-design suits — MLe... (more story)

US FTC's COPPA rule presents barrier to age verification as injunctive relief

August 21, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act remains a barrier to forcing social media sites to implement better age-verification techniques, even as technology has advanced and states seek age verificati... (more story)