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French Constitutional Council strikes down under-15 social media ban

EU court to test if cultural fame can defeat Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ trademark

EU platform user-counting rules create legal uncertainty beyond Big Tech

US Congress opens new battle over tariff powers

Germany takes step closer to tougher financial crime laws

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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 13, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Charter-Cox deal cleared by Calif. utility panel, to close next week
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Trade

August 13, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US trade court rules against small business on de minimis challenge

Antitrust

August 12, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Apple gets one-day reprieve in US App Store commission fight
Charter-Cox deal cleared by Calif. utility panel, to close next week
US trade court rules against small business on de minimis challenge
Apple gets one-day reprieve in US App Store commission fight

Antitrust View More

Farmers file new US antitrust complaint against meatpackers over cattle prices

August 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Cattle farmers filed US antitrust claims accusing Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing of conspiring to suppress the prices paid for fed cattle. According to the complaint, the com... (more story)

Open Markets Institute supports reviving US antitrust claims against Amgen over Enbrel

August 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute told a US appeals court that the Sherman Act applies to acquisitions of all kinds of assets, including patents and patent applications. OMI filed a brief in support of ... (more story)

Apple, Google criticize UK ‘steering’ demands over mobile platforms

August 14, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Apple and Google have criticized proposals from the UK competition regulator to allow app developers to "steer" consumers away from the tech giants' app-based mobile platform payment systems. Apple and Google ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

EU defends naming Siemens chief Snabe as industrial AI adviser

August 14, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

The European Commission has said it cannot release documents from its assessment of a potential conflict of interest involving Jim Hagemann Snabe's appointment as the EU's special adviser for industrial AI, ci... (more story)

Shanghai summons six platforms in national online child-protection crackdown

August 14, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Six online platforms have been grilled by Shanghai’s internet regulator over failures to protect minors from harmful content, as part of a nationwide crackdown aimed at shielding young people from risks tied t... (more story)

South Korean Army, Hyundai Motor to jointly develop physical AI defense systems

August 14, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Army and Hyundai Motor Group on Friday to expand the use of robots, physical AI and o... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Vertex-Crinetics pharma merger cleared in US, Germany, Austria, Australia

August 14, 2026

Europe, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: Drugmakers Vertex and Crinetics saw their US premerger waiting period expire Aug. 12, and as of Aug. 13, the companies had obtained approval for their deal from Germany, Austria and Australia, ac... (more story)

Vietnam plans broader digital-platform market-power tests in competition overhaul

August 14, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Digital platforms in Vietnam could face broader competition scrutiny based on their control of data, network effects, ecosystems, users and algorithms under proposed changes to the country's competition law, w... (more story)

Expedia-Car Trawler deal approved by Australian watchdog

August 14, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Expedia’s proposed acquisition of CarTrawler has been approved by Australia's competition watchdog, which found that the transaction is unlikely to substantially lessen competition. The Australia... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta asks Supreme Court to reverse Nevada ruling letting addictive algorithms suit proceed

August 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms asked the US Supreme Court to review a Nevada ruling allowing a state suit over allegedly addictive algorithms to proceed, arguing the claims are barred by Section 230 and the First Amendment.

France’s Constitutional Council annuls law to ban social media for under-15s

August 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France's Constitutional Council has annulled a law that bans social media for minors under 15, ruling that the legislation is "a disproportionate infringement on freedom of expression" and failed... (more story)

Platforms defend Australia social media ban compliance as regulator seeks more powers

August 14, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Meta Platforms, Google, Snap and TikTok on Friday defended their efforts to comply with Australia’s under-16 social-media ban at a Senate inquiry into amendments that would strengthen eSafety’s information-gat... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

OpenAI says news outlets’ sanctions motion seeks to ‘rewrite history’

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI pushed back on allegations from news outlets including the New York Times that it blocked discovery in ongoing copyright litigation over large language model training. The plaintiffs are t... (more story)

Jack Daniel’s parody ruling raises trademark tarnishment bar in Ninth Circuit

August 13, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Famous brand owners pursuing trademark dilution claims in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will need to prove both that each individual mark they assert is famous and that the challenged use is li... (more story)

AI video coding looms as next streaming patent battleground

August 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Asia, Europe

Licensing of High Efficiency Video Coding, or HEVC, video coding patents has been mired in years of litigation across multiple jurisdictions, as the growing popularity of streaming media has met the thicket of... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

New US beneficial ownership disclosure rule condemned by lawmakers, campaigners

August 14, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A new US rule permanently eliminating corporate ownership disclosure requirements on Americans was condemned by lawmakers, observers and others as encouraging money laundering in the US. The US Treasury Depart... (more story)

Failed football-club buyer banned from UK financial services industry over ‘dishonesty’

August 14, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A businessman who tried to buy an English football club by falsely claiming he had a €200 million bond portfolio has been banned from the UK’s finance industry and fined almost £500,000. Paul Taylor was identi... (more story)

Switzerland faces money laundering risks from foreign shell companies, report says

August 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Switzerland has made good progress on corporate transparency, but faces money laundering risks from foreign shell companies, opaque cross-border structures, trusts and the professional advisers w... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU settlement-finality overhaul amendments unveiled by European Parliament

August 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers’ amendments to the proposed regulation on settlement finality — one of three texts in the EU’s Market Integration and Supervision Package — have been published. Italian conservative ... (more story)

Key market-integration regulation amendments published by EU Parliament

August 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Parliament amendments to the “master regulation” in the EU’s Market Integration and Supervision Package have been published. Center-right lawmaker Markus Ferber is leading Parliament’s w... (more story)

Goliath Ventures, founder sued by US SEC over crypto Ponzi scheme

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Goliath Ventures and its founder and chief executive, Christopher A. Delgado, for raising at least $425 million from more than ... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court denies reconsideration of magnesium antidumping order review

August 14, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade sided with the federal government Friday in denying a motion for reconsideration by Tianjin Magnesium International Co. and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co. of an earlier court o... (more story)

Trump signs order directing tariffs up to 100 percent on drones

August 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing tariff rates of up to 100 percent on imported drones under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The order directs 100 percent tar... (more story)

EU Commission ready to explore trade deal with Bangladesh

August 14, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Asia, Europe

The European Commission is “prepared to engage" in technical talks to see whether common ground exists to launch free trade deal talks with Bangladesh, a spokesperson for the commission confirmed to MLex. The ... (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 expands aviation carbon market as doubts grow over global emissions rules

August 14, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission has proposed expanding the EU aviation carbon market to cover more departing flights — starting in 2029 — while limiting its reach to avoid backlash from the US and China, which strongl... (more story)

EU packaging rules restrict 'forever chemicals' as businesses warn of costs

August 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Food-contact packaging containing levels of "forever chemicals" above new limits can no longer enter the EU market under a law that starts applying Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation intro... (more story)

EU packaging rules take effect with 'forever chemicals' restrictions

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Food packaging containing "forever chemicals" above specified limits can no longer enter the EU market, according to new European rules taking effect Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste ... (more story)

Technology View More

Portugal regulator’s draft spectrum renewals raise EU lawmaker’s concerns

August 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Paulo Cunha, a member of the European Parliament's European People’s Party group, has asked the European Commission whether spectrum renewals of 6-14 years — proposed by Anacom, Portugal’s teleco... (more story)

UK streaming giants set to face familiar rules, but unfamiliar Ofcom, public scrutiny

August 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ are preparing for UK broadcast-style content and accessibility rules that could require catalog reviews and new compliance systems, even though the impact should be limi... (more story)

Telegram lawsuit held up by Australian regulator's difficulties serving platform

August 14, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia’s online-safety regulator has until Sept. 4. to seek permission to serve enforcement proceedings against instant-messaging platform Telegram Messenger by alternative means ,amid the regulator's effor... (more story)