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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

New Microsoft, OpenAI docs show knowledge of AI copying costs to US news firms

EU’s Ribera calls for multilateral approach to AI risks

EU, Canada should deepen cooperation on critical minerals, AI, Carney says

Trump seeks leverage with US import prohibitions as questions mount

Meta says UK regulator’s information demands, categorization criteria go too far

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Trade

September 17, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker and Bradley Dress

North America

US tariff powers in Russia bill could lead back to global trade chaos

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 17, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Paramount foreign ownership petition granted by US FCC

Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Intellectual Property

September 17, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Africa, North America

Huawei's decision-making centralized in China, former employees say at US trial
US tariff powers in Russia bill could lead back to global trade chaos
Paramount foreign ownership petition granted by US FCC
Huawei's decision-making centralized in China, former employees say at US trial

Antitrust View More

China backs mining self-regulation on trade, fair competition

September 18, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s Commerce Ministry has backed a new industry initiative setting expectations for Chinese mining companies on fair competition, supply-chain due diligence and sustainable operations in international mark... (more story)

Apple temporarily barred from terminating Australian betting-app developer account

September 18, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Tech giant Apple has been temporarily barred by Australia's Federal Court from terminating the developer account used to distribute Perth-based startup PlayWest's online-betting app. In orders pu... (more story)

Shopee fined in Thailand's first e-marketplace unfair-trade case

September 18, 2026 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Asia

Thailand’s competition regulator has fined Shopee’s local unit for unfairly using its superior market or bargaining power by automatically enrolling sellers in paid promotional programs without prior consent. ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australia consults on AI standards for data centers, frontier-model training

September 18, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia has begun consultation on national AI standards that would impose mandatory energy, water and other requirements on large data centers and set safety and security conditions for frontier AI-model tra... (more story)

Hong Kong's AI 'City Brain' won't breach privacy, chief executive says

September 18, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee defended plans for an artificial intelligence-powered city management system against privacy concerns, insisting it will focus on infrastructure and operations without tracki... (more story)

Australia consults on AI infrastructure, training

September 18, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian government on Friday published a consultation paper seeking industry feedback on artificial intelligence training and large data centers in the country. In a statement late on Thur... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Tenaris's Artrom Steel Tubes deal ready for comments in EU

September 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in a plan by steel pipes maker Tenaris to buy Artrom Steel Tubes have now ten days to provide feedback to the European Commission. The EU merger regulator has a provisional Oct... (more story)

Japan's Daiwa House takes Miller Homes minority stake in UK market entry

September 18, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Daiwa House Industry, a major Japanese homebuilder, said Thursday that it agreed to acquire about 30 percent of Castle-Builder Topco Limited, the holding company of UK homebuilder Miller Homes, f... (more story)

Paramount says Ellisons, RedBird will have 100% of voting shares after Warner merger

September 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Paramount said a US Federal Communications Commission ruling granting its petition for foreign investors to indirectly hold equity in excess of 25 percent of the movie studio followed completion ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Facebook faced internal alarms over harmful content, New Mexico jury hears

September 17, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A Facebook employee warned senior colleagues in the run-up to the 2020 election that the company could catch only a fraction of the hate, violence and misinformation on its platform and urged it to “pause all ... (more story)

California's privacy regulator at its 'strongest,' former enforcement chief says

September 17, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

The California Privacy Protection Agency, or CalPrivacy, since its inception in 2020, has evolved into one of the most "powerful" privacy regulators in the world, which both domestic and international agencies... (more story)

Cloudflare to challenge Belgian site-blocking order in DAZN case

September 17, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

US-based cloud service provider Cloudflare said it will challenge a Belgian court order requiring its public Domain Name System, or DNS, service to block Belgian users from reaching websites that illegally str... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

India's life-sciences patent guidelines promise clarity, but consistency will be the test

September 18, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's draft life-sciences patent guidelines could improve predictability without easing patentability standards, but their impact will depend on consistent examination and applying existing jurisprudence to ... (more story)

OpenAI an 'existential' threat to publishers, unsealed US litigation statements say

September 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: News outlets including the New York Times filed an updated version of their summary judgment motion in copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, with fewer redactions. Their lawsuits say... (more story)

Pepsi's US trademark dispute could reshape brand choices, lawsuit strategy, lawyers say

September 17, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Rise Brewing’s Supreme Court challenge to Pepsi could reshape trademark disputes by deciding whether juries or judges assess a mark’s conceptual strength, potentially affecting brand-selection strategies, mark... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

KanRus Trading owner sentenced in US to prison for illicit avionics exports

September 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Kansas businessman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating US customs laws by selling advanced aviation technology to Russian end users. Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky is the former presid... (more story)

Cuban state-owned companies sanctioned by US

September 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department sanctioned four Cuban state-run enterprises that strip the country's nickel reserves for regime profit, and four military enterprises dedicated to research and development... (more story)

Raiffeisen Bank calls Russian sanctions claims 'misleading'

September 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Raiffeisen Bank International has described a report claiming it is involved in sanctions evasion as "misleading." The Austrian bank was accused by short-seller Grizzly Research of being a "key c... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US SEC issues ‘Innovation Exemption' as bridge to tokenized trading rule

September 17, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Two days after President Donald Trump and Republicans failed to win Senate passage of a digital-assets regulation bill, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order with time-limited exemptions to... (more story)

US FDIC floats plan to speed reviews of bank mergers

September 17, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. floated an industry-friendly rule to speed reviews of bank mergers and change the framework for analysis of the competitive landscape by adding thrifts and tax-exempt cre... (more story)

Law-abiding UK law firms need not fear AML supervision, FCA enforcement head says

September 17, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

UK law firms shouldn’t expect to be “caught out” by the country’s financial regulator when it takes over anti-money laundering supervision in two years, its enforcement head said Thursday. But the regulator wi... (more story)

Trade View More

Titanium dioxide imports come under closer surveillance in EU

September 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has released additional TARIC codes to adequately monitor imports of titanium dioxide, or TiO2, into the bloc, particularly import flows from the UK. The step will allow t... (more story)

US customs opens evasion case against importers of thermoformed molded fiber

September 17, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection opened an investigation into whether three importers evaded antidumping and antisubsidy duties on thermoformed molded fiber products from China. CBP alleged the i... (more story)

US food tariff adjustments could provide opening for litigants

September 17, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US government’s multiple adjustments of tariffs on food and grocery products, during a period where grocery affordability is a hot-button political issue, could create opportunities for the various litigan... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU countries to start aid pre-notifications in first major AI project this month

September 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Eleven out of nineteen EU countries involved in the first Important Project of Common European Interest in the field of artificial intelligence and planning to grant state aid, will start pre-not... (more story)

Vindenergi challenging Danish aid for wind farms project at EU court

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Energy company Dansk Vindenergi is challenging the Danish government's €5 billion plan to back the construction and operation of the Hesselø and North Sea I Mid offshore wind farms at an EU court... (more story)

Czech TV operators ask EU judges to re-allow cancelled state aid

September 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: České Radiokomunikace, Digital Broadcasting and Česká televize, three Czech digital terrestrial television infrastructure operators, have asked the EU General Court to overturn a decision by the ... (more story)

Energy View More

EU carmakers urge delay to tighter EV battery rules for UK trade

September 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European carmakers are urging the EU and UK to delay tighter rules of origin for electric-vehicle batteries due in 2027, warning that 82 percent of EU EV exports to the UK could otherwise face ta... (more story)

Data centers, some industry would lose EU grid priority in legislative plan

September 17, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Data centers and energy-intensive industries in the EU would lose priority access to electricity in times of scarcity under a proposal seen by MLex that EU countries are set to discuss on Sept. 22. The EU memb... (more story)

EU shipping carbon-market derogations should run until 2040, lead EU lawmaker says

September 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Exemptions from the EU's carbon market for shipping should be extended until 2040, European Parliament lawmaker Peter Liese said in a draft report. Liese's proposal differs from that of the Europ... (more story)

Technology View More

Coupang, South Korea regulator contest algorithm self-preferencing, customer inducement

September 18, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

In its appeal challenging a 162.8 billion won ($117 million today) antitrust fine imposed in 2024, Coupang challenged the reliability of consumer research used by South Korea’s competition regulator to support... (more story)

US DOJ’s Google adtech case offered ideal chance for break-up, former enforcer says

September 17, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Google’s anticompetitive conduct in digital advertising technology markets offered a golden opportunity for a court to impose structural remedies, said a former senior US Department of Justice antitrust enforc... (more story)

US DOJ open to settling Google adtech monopoly suit, Woodward says

September 17, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

A top US Department of Justice official said Thursday the agency is always open to settling monopolization cases, including with Google over its antitrust violations in the adtech markets after a federal judge... (more story)