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US FTC proposal to preempt state AI laws raises First Amendment concerns

Groupe Canal+ seeks EU top court's view on consent for promotional emails

Big win over Google steels EU enforcer and marginalizes key economic test

US declines to renew trade pact with Mexico, Canada

Google told to pay $1.5bn damages to Klarna's PriceRunner by Swedish court

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Financial Services

July 02, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US Fed’s Global Systemically Important Bank plan `misses the mark,’ group says

Trade

July 02, 2026 | Zack Budryk

Asia, North America

US zeroes in on elusive India trade deal after false starts, Trump-Modi rift

Antitrust

July 02, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

UK water companies may face revival of mass competition claim over pollution
US Fed’s Global Systemically Important Bank plan `misses the mark,’ group says
US zeroes in on elusive India trade deal after false starts, Trump-Modi rift
UK water companies may face revival of mass competition claim over pollution

Antitrust View More

Bang & Olufsen targeted by UK claim

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Bang & Olufsen has been targeted by a claim alleging breach of competition rules, according to a summary of the lawsuit published by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Retail business MorethanAV, w... (more story)

Big Tech's video alliance needs EU scrutiny, lawmaker Schwab says

July 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The Alliance for Open Media, which is backed by the likes of Apple and Google, should face EU scrutiny under competition and tech gatekeeper rules, an influential lawmaker has urged. Andreas Schwab has written... (more story)

US DOJ, FTC urge state AGs to probe high gas price antitrust, consumer abuses practices

July 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission have urged state attorneys general to investigate potential antitrust and consumer protection violations contrib... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI cyber risks may be understated by lower-budget tests, UK institute warns

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The cyber risks of new AI models should always be interpreted with consideration to the compute budget used to estimate it, the UK’s AI Security Institute said in a new research briefing, warning... (more story)

Indonesia seeks feedback on annual reporting templates for AI, blockchain, IoT

July 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs invited businesses to comment on draft annual-reporting templates for artificial intelligence, blockchain and Internet of Things activiti... (more story)

Malaysia to complete Online Safety Act framework with private-messaging rules

July 03, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Malaysia is finalizing the regulatory framework underpinning its Online Safety Act 2025 with proposed regulations governing private-messaging features, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil told Parliament on T... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Rossel-IPM merger wins Belgian approval with media plurality safeguards

July 03, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Rossel's acquisition of IPM's press activities has been approved by the Belgian competition watchdog after the publisher accepted stringent editorial safeguards, including indefinite commitments to preserve ne... (more story)

Soccer bloc FFU faces full-form antitrust review in Brazil

July 03, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Futebol Forte União, or FFU, notified the transaction as part of a gun-jumping settlement reached with CADE, seeking antitrust clearance for an arrangement involving the collective commercialization of soccer ... (more story)

Rossel's media acquisition of IPM approved with conditions in Belgium

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Rossel's acquisition of IPM has been granted conditional antitrust approval in Belgium after the media company agreed to preserve editorial independence and journalists’ protections. Belgium’s co... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Streaming platforms seek EU court guidance on Belgian copyright rules

July 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Matthew Newman

Europe

Belgian streaming platform Streamz, Spotify, Google and other companies will ask the EU's highest court on July 6 and July 7 to determine whether Belgium can require streaming platforms to make additional paym... (more story)

GSMA fined €50,000 in Spain for over-collecting data of trade fair visitors

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: GSMA Limited, a Spanish organizer of trade fairs, was fined €50,000 by the national privacy watchdog on Thursday for more identity data than was necessary of nearly 100,000 attendees. During the ... (more story)

List of categorized services under UK’s Online Safety Act due in July, Ofcom says

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A list of online services in scope of extra regulatory obligations under the UK’s Online Safety Act is set to be published by the end of this month, regulator Ofcom has confirmed. Following sever... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Xiaomi wins Chinese trademark appeal over AI 'wake word'

July 03, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Tech giant Xiaomi has won an appeal protecting its "Xiao Ai Tong Xue" trademark, which also serves as the voice "wake word" used to activate the company’s artificial intelligence assistant across its devices.

Sulzer Mixpac patent appeal fails as Indian court backs prior art finding

July 03, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Swiss industrial equipment manufacturer Sulzer Mixpac lost its India patent appeal after the Delhi High Court upheld the rejection of its static mixer application, finding the claimed invention obvious over pr... (more story)

'Forensics first' approach gains ground in US trade secret litigation

July 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A new Sedona Conference draft commentary — and a dispute between two enterprise database software providers currently unfolding across two US states — could show trade secret litigation transitioning to a fron... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK fraud agency closes Signature criminal probe

July 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

An investigation into development and investment company, Signature Group, which collapsed with debts of £140 million six years ago has been closed without charges by the UK fraud agency Thursday. An Serious F... (more story)

Australia's AML/CTF reforms bring Privacy Act obligations to 100,000 entities

July 02, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia has extended its anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing regime to lawyers, accountants and real estate agents, while also bringing more than 100,000 businesses within the scope of the 1... (more story)

EagleBank allegedly allowed decade-long US kiting scheme, document says

July 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A friend and former business partner of EagleBank’s ex-chairman and chief executive, and the friend’s son, were able to carry out a check kiting scheme through the bank for more than a decade, according to a d... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU businesses’ sustainability reporting simplified by the EU Commission

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU businesses’ reporting on sustainability issues is simplified by the revised reporting standards adopted on Friday by the European Commission. The measures, an implementing text, reduce the num... (more story)

Lawmakers warmer toward more EU-level capital markets oversight than govts

July 03, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmakers are pushing for more EU-level oversight of capital markets than national governments in a jumbo legislative package which aims to foster a more efficient, integrated, and competitive financial sys... (more story)

Future of UK retail payments ecosystem laid out in long-term strategy

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government has set out a long-term strategy to modernize retail payment infrastructure, outlining priorities that will affect the likes of banks, payment providers and other fintech compan... (more story)

Trade View More

EU and Thailand advance free-trade talks, provisionally close key chapters

July 03, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The EU and Thailand made progress during the ninth round of negotiations on a future trade agreement, provisionally closing chapters on competition and subsidies, state-owned enterprises, dispute... (more story)

Competitive advantage in tariffs remains final hurdle in US-India trade talks

July 03, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia, North America

India will not finalize a US trade deal until Washington identifies a legally sustainable mechanism to grant Indian exports preferential market access over Asian competitors, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said.

High US beef prices require 'structural' trade, antitrust interventions, report says

July 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meatpacker break-ups, mandatory country-of-origin labeling, prosecution of fraud and reduced beef import quotas are needed to address "structural" drivers of high beef prices in a highly concentr... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU outlines data-protection approach in enforcing foreign-subsidies law

July 01, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

PostNord's 2017 capital injection into Post Danmark undergoing state aid probe

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PostNord Group's capital injection of 1 billion Danish krone (approximately €134 million) into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017 is undergoing an in-depth probe to assess whether it was in line... (more story)

Open Markets says US Supreme Court 'grossly usurped' Congress in Slaughter case

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute said the US Supreme Court has "grossly usurped Congress' constitutional authority" by ruling the president could remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners at will, ... (more story)

Energy View More

New 'small mid-cap company' category backed by EU lawmakers in committee

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers in committee backed new rules creating a new category of small mid-cap companies, following a provisional agreement with member states earlier this month. The agreed text will now go... (more story)

EU clean-energy projects face shorter approval deadlines under lawmakers' plan

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Renewable energy developers, grid operators and storage companies could face faster permitting decisions under draft rules backed Thursday by the European Parliament’s energy committee. Part of t... (more story)

EU power plan, emissions system review, banking report postponed to July 17

July 02, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

The EU’s electrification action plan, the review of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System, network-charges measures and a bank competitiveness report are set to be unveiled on July 17, two days later than initia... (more story)

Technology View More

China mandates safety rules for driver-assist systems as adoption hits 70%

July 03, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

China has issued mandatory safety standards for combined driver-assistance systems, requiring automakers to meet stricter rules than international regulations as the technology gains widespread adoption in the... (more story)

Australian bill strengthening under-16 social media ban delayed for inquiry

July 03, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia's Senate has delayed a bill to strengthen enforcement of the country's under-16 social media ban by referring it to an eight-week parliamentary inquiry, postponing planned new powers for the online-s... (more story)

Indonesian ministry to verify if Apple services comply with child-protection rules

July 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has started the process to verify that 14 services provided by tech giant Apple are compliant with child-protection standards outlined in... (more story)