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Intellectual Property

September 07, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Flowerbx wins UK trademark claim against Flowers Box London
Gautam Adani

Financial Crime

September 03, 2026 | Tony Cooke

North America

US judge again rejects DOJ's bid to dismiss Adani case charges
Futuristic AI Server Room with Data Flow and Glowing Chip

Artificial Intelligence, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 03, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Andrew Boyce

Europe, North America

Nvidia's Hugging Face openness pledge identifies US, EU antitrust fault line

Antitrust View More

India's antitrust chief warns of agentic AI competition risks

September 08, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

The head of India's antitrust watchdog, Ravneet Kaur warned that agentic artificial intelligence could enable autonomous coordination or exclusion, signaling closer scrutiny under the Competition Commission of... (more story)

Netherlands gets extra month to answer EU allegation of favoring railway incumbent

September 08, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

The Netherlands was granted one additional month by the European Commission to respond to allegations that its rules on railway capacity allocation breach competition law, a spokesperson for the State Secretar... (more story)

Over 30 companies probed in Turkey over possible 'no-poach' agreements

September 08, 2026

Middle East

MLex Summary: Thirty-seven businesses active in automotive supply including Benteler Gebze, Toyota Boshoku and Van Leeuwen Distribution Boru, and two trade associations, are now under investigation to shed lig... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Philippines maps nationwide AI infrastructure push as power constraints loom

September 08, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

The Philippines unveiled an AI infrastructure masterplan on Tuesday that will move away from a Metro Manila-centric model, with the government looking to develop regional corridors that can provide the power, ... (more story)

Thailand advances national AI plans with cloud, governance sandbox strategies

September 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Thailand has approved four strategies for its draft national AI action plans for 2027 and 2028–2032, including a National AI Cloud, an upgrade of the LANTA II supercomputer and a National AI Data... (more story)

Naver maintains contracts shield it from broadcasters' AI copyright claims

September 08, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

Naver told a South Korean court on Tuesday that its use of news content from the country’s three largest television broadcasters to train artificial intelligence models complied with content-sharing contracts ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Saipem and Subsea7 see EU review derail merger timeline

September 08, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Jean Comte

Africa, Europe, Latin America, Oceania

A recent decision by the European Commission to pause its ongoing review of the intended Saipem7 deal is putting an end to any expectation that the deal could close by the end of the year — the official date f... (more story)

Terveystalo Healthcare wins conditional Finnish nod for Hohde deal

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Private healthcare group Terveystalo Healthcare has won approval from Finland's competition authority to buy Hohde Group. To win approval, the buyer offered to divest its private dental care busi... (more story)

EU’s M&A shield for start-ups needs tweak to be workable, says Siemens lawyer

September 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The European Commission should change the terms of a safe harbor — where startups facing acquisition are spared intrusive merger review — to ensure it is workable, a senior lawyer at Siemens said. Saar Diercke... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK plans for online platforms to boost traditional media criticized by US

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK plans to increase the prominence of traditional media content on online platforms such as YouTube have been criticized by the US administration, in a submission recently published by the US em... (more story)

Australia's draft digital duty-of-care law targets social-media algorithms

September 08, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia’s proposed digital duty-of-care law would allow social-media users to choose whether algorithmically recommended content appears in their feeds, while requiring online services to assess and mitigate... (more story)

South Korea's Gangnam Unni breach affecting nearly 220,000 users under PIPC review

September 08, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Healing Paper, the operator of Gangnam Unni, reported a data breach affecting nearly 220,000 users to South Korea’s privacy regulator on Monday, putting the incident under preliminary review as the watchdog co... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China top IP official outlines protection, commercialization priorities through 2030

September 08, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China will strengthen intellectual property protection in emerging fields, speed the commercialization of research results and deepen international cooperation as it begins the 15th Five-Year Plan, which runs ... (more story)

Japan court says structural similarities in manga not enough for copyright infringement

September 08, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's IP High Court has ruled that similarities in plot, character settings, props and the way scenes are arranged are not enough to establish manga copyright infringement unless they reproduce the original ... (more story)

Indonesia court restores patent evergreening barrier, aiding generics

September 08, 2026 | Roffie Kurniawan

Asia

Indonesia’s pharmaceutical patent landscape has shifted back in favor of generic drugmakers after the Constitutional Court restored restrictions designed to prevent patent “evergreening.”

Financial Crime View More

Kim Ji-yong nominated to lead South Korea’s Serious Crimes Investigation Agency

September 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Former prosecutor and attorney Kim Ji-yong has been nominated as the inaugural head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, which will launch on Oct. 2 as part of the South Korea’s criminal j... (more story)

Deutsche Bank settles multimillion-euro Monte dei Paschi lawsuit

September 07, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Deutsche Bank has settled a €152 million claim brought by a former senior executive who claimed his career was harmed by the lender’s involvement with Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena. The former executi... (more story)

MeSoFa sues EU institutions over collapse of Slovenian Sberbank subsidiary

September 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: MeSoFa, formerly Sberbank Europe, has sued several European institutions over measures taken during the 2022 collapse of its Slovenian subsidiary Sberbank banka. In its case, lodged July 20 and p... (more story)

Financial Services View More

BAWAG should lose bid for relief from annulled bank levy, EU court opinion says

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Austrian lender BAWAG should lose its appeal seeking immediate relief from an annulled contribution decision made by the EU’s bank-resolution authority, according to a non-binding court opinion. ... (more story)

EU bank-resolution authority erred in calculating bank levies, court opinion says

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Single Resolution Board, the EU’s bank-resolution authority, unlawfully calculated levies imposed on banks to finance the Single Resolution Fund, a non-binding court opinion in several legal ... (more story)

Consolidated tape tweaks included in EU govts’ early trade, post-trade compromise

September 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Compromise proposals on a reform to better integrate and supervise the EU’s capital markets, obtained by MLex, are due to be discussed by member state governments’ finance experts in Brussels on ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU risks losing critical-minerals race by cutting development aid, study says

September 08, 2026 | Ryan Harrison and Cynthia Kroet

Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania

Cuts to development funding, fragmented financing and the EU’s slow, demanding approach to projects could weaken the bloc’s ability to secure critical raw materials and make it a less attractive partner than C... (more story)

Importers of Japanese chipmaking chemical face China dumping deposits

September 08, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China began requiring importers of Japanese dichlorosilane, a chemical gas used in semiconductor manufacturing, to post provisional dumping deposits of 80.8 percent to 99.2 percent starting Tuesday after the c... (more story)

Indonesia, Australia review free-trade pact, flag digital trade, critical minerals

September 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia and Australia have started a general review of their bilateral free-trade agreement, with digital trade, critical minerals, environmental issues and food security among areas identified... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany’s €400m aid to Sanofi for insulin production wins EU clearance

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU state aid clearance to give €400 million of support to drugmaker Sanofi, to cover the costs of a program designed to strengthen the resilience of its supply of insulin. The... (more story)

Chinese automakers to get stronger policy, infrastructure support in Jiangsu

September 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Chinese automakers including Li Auto, BYD, Changan and SAIC Volkswagen are set to receive stronger policy and infrastructure support in Jiangsu Province. Jiangsu Governor Liu Xiaotao met with rep... (more story)

UK watchdogs to see 'practical changes' to push growth, finance minister says

September 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's major regulators will be called together this autumn to identify where they are “holding British business back” and to make "practical changes," finance minister John Healey said in a sp... (more story)

Energy View More

Europe's largest industrial carbon storage project starts operations in the Netherlands

September 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Europe’s largest commercial carbon capture and storage project has started operations in the Dutch village of Sluiskil, the European Commission said. The facility is expected to capture and lique... (more story)

Spain seeks binding EU climate adaptation targets, dedicated fund

September 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Binding EU climate adaptation targets for sectors including water, infrastructure and agriculture should form part of the European Commission's upcoming climate resilience framework, Spain has told EU Climate ... (more story)

AI data centers' water usage costs target of US House bill

September 03, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Data centers' water usage took center stage at a US House hearing, with Republicans saying developers should cover the cost of their water needs, and Democrats urging environmental as well as financial guardra... (more story)

Technology View More

Australian government releases draft legislation on digital duty of care

September 08, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian government has announced the release of its draft legislation for the digital duty of care on Tuesday for targeted consultation. In a joint statement, Australia’s prime minister An... (more story)

Industry groups urge EU to allow digital product information

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A total of 21 industry groups are urging the European Commission to allow digital delivery of regulatory product information, under a revised New Legislative Framework. The groups, which include ... (more story)

South Korean AI startup Wrtn to strengthen youth-protection policies

September 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Wrtn Technologies, a major homegrown artificial intelligence service provider in South Korea, announced plans on Tuesday to strengthen youth-protection policies for its AI entertainment-content p... (more story)