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Apple logo sign on the flagship store in Milan, Italy

Antitrust, Technology

June 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts, Nicholas Hirst and Anna Ferrari

Europe

Apple pushes back against Italy’s gatekeeper rules probe into iCloud
Tom Cruise on a motorbike in the movie Top Gun, a Paramount film

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 19, 2026 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Paramount's Warner Bros deal poses risks for European productions, cinemas say

Antitrust

June 18, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America, North America

Apple launches new App Store policies in Brazil after deal with CADE

Antitrust View More

Portuguese litigation funding dispute detailed by EU's top court

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU Court of Justice has disclosed details of a Portuguese court's request for preliminary ruling on whether class actions backed by certain kinds of litigation financing risk undermine the ef... (more story)

Pfizer, Flynn Pharma, UK watchdog granted appeals in long-running pricing case

June 19, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Pfizer, Flynn Pharma and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority have won appeals against a court ruling in the latest chapter in their long-running epilepsy drug pricing case. The companies were originally... (more story)

Nexstar-Tegna merger litigants jointly seek July 2027 trial date

June 19, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Nexstar Media and Tegna, together with plaintiffs DirecTV and a coalition of 12 states, have jointly asked a federal court in California to accelerate proceedings in the challenge to the companies’ completed m... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI developers may see greater legal clarity on data use in EU simplification bill

June 19, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

AI developers, researchers and companies that share large datasets could gain greater legal certainty over the use of pseudonymized data under the latest revised plans for simplifying the EU's digital rules. C... (more story)

EU funds open-source AI model to advance global position

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An open-source AI model that covers all 24 official EU languages was selected for European funding, the European Commission announced on Friday. The model should make advanced AI more accessible ... (more story)

UK privacy chief’s conduct 'below expected standards,' tech ministry and ICO say

June 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The chief UK privacy enforcer's conduct fell below the highest standards expected of public officials, the technology ministry said in the wake of John Edwards’ resignation as Information Commissioner on Frida... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

AmericanOil acquisition denied fast-track review in Brazil

June 19, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil’s antitrust authority has denied fast-track review of Grupo Argenta’s proposed acquisition of AmericanOil and related assets, citing a high market share in at least one relevant market. Before issuing i... (more story)

BNP Paribas files Arval-Athlon car leasing merger for EU approval

June 19, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

French bank BNP Paribas has requested EU approval for its European vehicle leasing and fleet management business Arval to buy rival Athlon from Mercedes, according to an update on the European Commission’s reg... (more story)

New Zealand parliamentary committee largely backs competition law changes

June 19, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A parliamentary committee reviewing the proposed overhaul of New Zealand's competition laws has largely endorsed the bill but has also recommended some significant changes, including that the substantial lesse... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Brazil’s ANPD monitors porn websites' access restrictions for minors

June 19, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has begun overseeing websites with pornographic content and escort services as part of efforts under Brazil's child online safety framework to rest... (more story)

Research shows websites can infer user activity, even in private browsing

June 19, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

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

Websites already have plenty of ways to track visitors. Now security researchers have unearthed another: inferring what sites and apps users open by measuring tiny delays in their computer’s storage drive, wit... (more story)

Telegram loses challenge to temporary India blocking order

June 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's temporary blocking of messaging platform Telegram has received judicial backing, with the Delhi High Court ruling on Friday that the restriction until June 22 was lawful, proportionate and necessary to... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan's AI copyright bargain: not Brussels, not Washington

June 19, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan is trying to keep one of the world’s most permissive AI copyright rules intact while making opaque AI use harder to defend. Its 2026 intellectual property strategy keeps AI training largely protected, bu... (more story)

NO FAKES Act clears US Senate Judiciary Committee on voice vote

June 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced the bipartisan NO FAKES Act, a closely watched artificial intelligence bill that would target unauthorized AI-generated replicas of people's v... (more story)

IP licensing and business: June 5-18

June 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

LinkConnect launched with a large telecom network patent portfolio, Everest Medicines struck a major drug licensing deal with Dimerix and Applied Atomics secured rights to commercialize BWXT's small modular re... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Shell and Eni prosecutors' overturned convictions a 'relief,' says lawyer

June 19, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Sofia Gerace

Africa, Europe

Two senior prosecutors who led criminal investigations into Shell and Eni only to be prosecuted themselves have been freed from suffering after Italy’s top court overturned their convictions, a lawyer for the ... (more story)

EU court ruling may limit reach of US sanctions

June 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle

Europe

After the US imposed sanctions on a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court, she said late last year that she had lost access to her credit cards, and Amazon’s Alexa service had stopped responding t... (more story)

UK fraudster ordered to pay back £491,000 after hidden assets found

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A fraudster who falsely persuaded investors they were putting their money into UBS has been ordered to pay back a further £491,000 after the UK's Serious Fraud Office uncovered he had additional ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK govt should remove powers over banking access in new bill, lawmakers say

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government should remove plans to give it broad powers over peoples' access to banking services in its new financial services bill, a committee of lawmakers from the unelected upper chambe... (more story)

UK's BOE set to test private markets under deep global recession scenario

June 19, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The Bank of England on Friday published details of the stress scenario for its private markets System-Wide Exploratory Scenario, or SWES, which will test the resilience of private markets assets under a hypoth... (more story)

BOE sets out hypothetical 5-year global downturn to stress test private markets

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England has said its hypothetical scenario for stress testing private markets assets would be a severe, but plausible, global macro-economic recession over a five-year period. The so-... (more story)

Trade View More

EU leaders press competitiveness agenda and back carbon-trading system changes

June 19, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: EU leaders called for faster deployment of the bloc's trade and economic-security tools, alongside efforts to lower energy prices and strengthen industrial competitiveness. In the conclusions to ... (more story)

EU leaders call for rapid adoption of latest Russia sanctions package

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU leaders called for the swift adoption of the 21st sanctions package against Russia, urging further action to cut Moscow's energy revenues, disrupt its shadow fleet and tighten constraints on i... (more story)

Indonesia, Kuwait push for Gulf Cooperation Council trade deal by end-2026

June 19, 2026

Asia, Middle East

MLex Summary: Indonesia and Kuwait have agreed to strengthen cooperation on energy security and support completion of the Indonesia-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement, or I-GCC FTA, by the end of 20... (more story)

State Aid View More

Tech sector sees EU competition enforcer ring staff changes

June 18, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Tech companies seeking merger approval or facing antitrust probes will see their cases overseen by different officials after the European Commission rotated the heads of teams tasked with scrutinizing digital ... (more story)

Iveco expects Tata Motors merger to close by third quarter of 2026

June 17, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Iveco Group said that its planned sale to Tata Motors is expected to close by the third quarter of 2026, aligning with comments from Tata last month. The €3.8 billion deal was cleared by the EU m... (more story)

Slovakia’s €1bn aid for clean manufacturing wins EU approval

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovakia’s plan to grant €1 billion of state funding to support clean energy manufacturing capacity has received EU approval. The program comprises grants and income tax relief for companies carr... (more story)

Energy View More

EU leaders back plan to address industry concerns over carbon market benchmarks

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU leaders have endorsed plans for the European Commission to present a proposal by mid-July to address concerns raised by industrial sectors over benchmarks in the bloc's carbon market, the Emis... (more story)

New EU biomethane platform aims to improve regulatory transparency

June 18, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission has launched a digital platform for the biomethane market to improve transparency around national regulatory frameworks, facilitate cross-border market access and attract investment. Th... (more story)

Seeking to boost AI data centers, NTIA preparing report on regulatory obstacles

June 18, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

The construction of data centers that will power US leadership in artificial intelligence is turning out to be the key infrastructure bottleneck, the chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Ad... (more story)

Technology View More

Porn site operator First Time Videos fined in UK for lack of age checks

June 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summaries: Porn website operator First Time Videos has been fined £80,000 by UK regulator Ofcom for not having the legally required age checks in place. The watchdog also set out a provisional view that i... (more story)

Temporary Telegram block in India faces Delhi High Court challenge

June 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's decision to temporarily block messaging app Telegram to combat cheating concerns ahead of a national medical entrance examination has triggered a constitutional challenge. The Delhi High Court Judge he... (more story)

Australian watchdogs to strengthen coordination on digital platforms

June 19, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s key watchdogs have signed an agreement to strengthen coordination in their regulation of digital platforms. In a joint statement on Friday, the Digital Platforms Regulators Forum, kno... (more story)