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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 31, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Writers Guild's Paramount challenge showcases US talent bidding wars

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Intellectual Property

July 31, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Reddit’s US claims against Perplexity AI, scraper survive under DMCA reading
Data brokers are required to provide a link on their website informing consumers of their rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Data Privacy and Security

July 31, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

New Calif. data broker platform to begin work as states tighten regulations

Antitrust View More

Google, Apple adapt as global authorities reshape compliance in app markets

August 03, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

The app store ecosystems of Google and Apple have been under siege for years as regulators, legislators and litigators across the globe seek more competition among major digital platforms. While that pressure ... (more story)

Sandoz, US states strike $469m settlement in generic drug antitrust case

August 03, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Sandoz and 43 attorneys struck a $469 million settlement agreement Monday to resolve antitrust claims accusing Sandoz of conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate markets for generic drugs.

Sandoz reaches $469 mln settlement with US states in generic drug antitrust case

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Sandoz reached a $469 million settlement with a coalition of 43 attorneys general to resolve claims that it conspired to artificially inflate generic drug prices and reduce competition, Connectic... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Indonesia seeks deeper AI cooperation with India

August 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia is seeking to deepen cooperation with India on artificial intelligence following completion of its National AI Roadmap, Deputy Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Nezar Patria s... (more story)

Construction begins on South Korea's national AI computing center

August 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea began construction of its national artificial intelligence computing center on Monday in Haenam, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, the Ministry of Science and ICT said. The f... (more story)

Australian children turn to AI for personal, social reasons, report shows

August 03, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Artificial intelligence assistants are being used by four in five Australian children aged 10 to 17 for learning and personal matters, according to new research by the country's online safety reg... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Brazil oil association cites EU, Australia reviews in fighting Subsea7-Saipem deal

August 03, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Brazilian oil and gas association ABEP has urged the country's antitrust tribunal to take into account recent decisions by the European Commission and the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission in the Sa... (more story)

American Airlines' $100m investment in Azul wins unconditional approval in Brazil

August 03, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil's competition watchdog has concluded that American Airlines' purchase of an equity stake in Azul does not raise competition concerns in the passenger and cargo air transportation markets between Brazil ... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE clears American Airlines’ acquired stake in Azul

August 03, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Superintendence of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or CADE, approved without restrictions American Airlines’ $300 million investment in Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras. The in... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to authorize critical-minerals controls

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to invoke the Defense Production Act authorizing the US Commerce Department to implement export restrictions on recyclable critical minerals and materia... (more story)

Airbnb loses French constitutional challenge over tourist tax fines

August 03, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Airbnb has lost its challenge to France's minimum fine for accommodation platforms that fail to collect tourist tax, after the Constitutional Council ruled that the measure complies with the constitution. The ... (more story)

Data breach at UK govt's corporate finance arm under privacy watchdog scrutiny

August 03, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

The UK's privacy watchdog is examining a data breach at UK Government Investments after an internal file containing management information and details of 51 officials was left publicly accessible for around 40... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan government presses boards to turn IP into corporate growth

August 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan has issued new guidance urging companies to make intellectual property a core part of business strategy rather than treating it primarily as a legal or compliance function, marking the government's lates... (more story)

Grant uncertainty emerges as potential risk factor in early-stage IP valuations

July 31, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Asia, North America

With the US government mulling changes to how it administers federal research grants, funding continuity could become its own consideration when valuing intellectual property-intensive startups. A new model es... (more story)

US judge allows Reddit anti-circumvention claims vs. Perplexity AI, SerpApi

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer declined to dismiss Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims by Reddit against the artificial intelligence answer engineer Perplexity AI and web-scraping platf... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UBS unit fined by FINRA for anti-money laundering violations

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: FINRA, a brokerage industry self-regulator, fined UBS Financial Services $20 million for anti-money laundering violations after finding that it had again failed to establish and implement a compl... (more story)

UBS unit fined by US CFTC for anti-money laundering supervision failures

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a settlement with UBS Financial Services for failing to diligently supervise the configuration and operation of its anti-money launderi... (more story)

Liechtenstein says breach exposed beneficial ownership data on 31,000 legal entities

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A cyberattack on Liechtenstein's Register of Beneficial Owners exposed data relating to around 31,000 companies, foundations and trusts, the government said on Monday. Authorities described the i... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UBS unit fined by US SEC for failure to file suspicious activity reports

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser UBS Financial Services for failing to timely file suspicious activ... (more story)

EU banks receive no-action letter on market-risk rulebook from sector regulator

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU banks have received a “no action” letter from the European Banking Authority, recommending that supervisors should not prioritize enforcement of rules governing the boundary between banking an... (more story)

UBS unit fined $125 million by US FinCEN for Bank Secrecy Act violations

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a $125 million civil money penalty against UBS Financial Services for willful violations of the Bank Secrec... (more story)

Trade View More

Chinese firm challenges US Commerce on xanthan gum order

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Chinese firm Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd and its affiliates filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade contesting the Commerce Department's July review of an antidumping... (more story)

US Commerce says Canada, Mexico dumping van-type trailers

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department in a preliminary determination said Canada and Mexico are dumping imports of van-type trailers. Commerce issued a preliminary dumping rate of 4.29 percent for all Canad... (more story)

‘Partner origin’ category in Industrial Accelerator Act proposed

August 03, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Ireland, which chairs the meetings of EU leaders until Dec. 31, has proposed a new "partner origin" category under the Industrial Accelerator Act, creating a framework for determining which products from trust... (more story)

State Aid View More

Goldwind’s pleas against request for subsidy information published in EU journal

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind is seeking to annul a European Commission request for information under the bloc's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, according to pleas published in the EU's Official Journal. ... (more story)

Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu's parent company PDD Holdings and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology have received a formal warning from the European Commission for not having cooperated during an inspection in Ireland. The... (more story)

Dutch support for sustainable aviation fuels wins EU approval

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Netherlands has won EU state aid approval for €290 million of support for sustainable aviation fuels, or SAFs. The European Commission said it had cleared two aid programs, sharing a common b... (more story)

Energy View More

EU carbon market overhaul preserves climate goals; key questions remain

August 03, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission's overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System preserves the bloc's 2050 climate-neutrality objective, according to think tanks. But they warn that extensive delegated powers, delayed in... (more story)

Ex-Goldman banker paid Ghana parliament members to back deal, US jury hears

August 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker paid members of the Ghanaian parliament to ratify a power plant deal with the government there on behalf of its client, a Turkish energy firm, prosecutors told a New York jury on Friday.

Australia's data-center ambitions collide with clean-energy constraints

July 31, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia’s data-center boom is outpacing the country’s ability to build the renewable generation, storage and transmission needed to support it, according to energy experts. Proposed national standards would ... (more story)

Technology View More

Dutch authority says Bol offers concessions to address platform concerns

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Dutch competition and consumer authority has announced a draft settlement in an investigation of the retail platform Bol.com. It means the company will give greater transparency and freedom t... (more story)

Bol makes platform changes to resolve Dutch antitrust concerns (update*)

August 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Dutch online marketplace Bol has offered commitments to address competition concerns over seller treatment, price transparency and consumer protection, the national antitrust watchdog said Monday. It will chan... (more story)

China launches matchmaking crackdown over personal data misuse

August 03, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has launched a nationwide crackdown on the matchmaking industry, placing the misuse and leakage of personal information at the center of a broader campaign targeting a sector long plagued by consumer com... (more story)