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Intellectual Property

June 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Nokia signs patent deal with Asus, extending electronics licensing streak
Photo illustration of pills spilled from an open medicine bottle, beside scattered $100 and $50 bills, on a light blue background

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Most medical device, pharma mergers procompetitive, US FTC official says
Republican Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

June 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US House subcommittee advances bill to shield consumers from AI energy costs
Nokia signs patent deal with Asus, extending electronics licensing streak
Most medical device, pharma mergers procompetitive, US FTC official says
US House subcommittee advances bill to shield consumers from AI energy costs

Antitrust View More

Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron accused in US of fixing DRAM prices

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology were hit with a proposed US class action accusing them of conspiring to fix the supply and prices for dynamic random access memory (DRAM). “The... (more story)

US Congress, states targeting private equity investments in healthcare

June 25, 2026 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers

North America

Momentum is building among US states and members of Congress who are pursuing legislation that would restrict private equity investments into a consolidated healthcare sector that faces ongoing antitrust scrut... (more story)

Apple fails in bid to cancel UK mass claim approval in light of top court ruling

June 25, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Apple has failed in its bid to convince the UK antitrust court to cancel its trial approval for a collective action that alleges the tech giant abused a dominant market position by overcharging app developers.... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australia's prudential regulator warns of frontier AI cyber risks

June 25, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority warns that frontier AI models are creating a "paradigm shift" in cybersecurity risk, urging Australia's financial sector to share intelligence on vulnerabilities ... (more story)

Australian regulator warns of urgent risk of frontier AI models for banks

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has warned that frontier AI models pose an urgent and growing risk to the financial sector while urging information sharing between regulated entiti... (more story)

China pledges more support for AI, advanced computing to boost self-reliance

June 25, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

China's industry ministry pledged stronger support for artificial intelligence and advanced computing as Beijing pushes to achieve greater technological self-reliance, calling for breakthroughs in key technolo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

UK blocks China’s Shenzhen HYT from buying TTG Global to protect national security

June 25, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

China’s Shenzhen HYT Science & Technology has been blocked from buying British telecommunications company TTG Global Solutions Group to protect national security. The UK government said the order was needed to... (more story)

Airline competition increased in two decades, low cost airlines face challenges, US GAO finds

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Government Accountability Office released a report finding that while domestic airline mergers generally raise fares and lower service quality in the short run, there has been increased co... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE to rule on Lin Yin–Mitsubishi deal, Amil–Vision Med gun-jumping probe

June 25, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian competition authority has scheduled six cases to vote on at its July 1 session, including a deal in the electric vehicles sector involving Lin Yin International, a subsidiary of Fox... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Platforms see renewed debate about EU rules for detecting child abuse content

June 25, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Online platforms could once again have a legal basis in the EU to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material if lawmakers revive an interim regulation that expired in April. EU ambassadors are due to discu... (more story)

Meta may be capable of identifying people based on voice recordings, US judge says

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Susan Illston unsealed a May decision that denied Meta Platforms a summary judgment against claims accusing it of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by col... (more story)

VRT faces new Belgian privacy decision after European data regulators’ ruling

June 25, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Belgian public broadcaster VRT will face a new decision on whether its use of cookie banners violates EU data protection rules, after an umbrella group of European privacy regulators ruled that a complaint is ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Global courts converging on FRAND approach

June 25, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Asia, Europe, North America

Courts around the world are adopting increasingly similar approaches to determining fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory rates in disputes over standard essential patents. A new report shows that comparing ... (more story)

This week at the UPC: June 19-25

June 25, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

This week, the UPC saw multiple attempts to derail injunction orders, decided on confidentiality and reinforced the Central Division's jurisdiction over a dispute involving the Bosch group. The Munich Local Di... (more story)

UK’s top court to hear landmark Optis-Apple case for SEPs

June 25, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

A landmark case between Optis and Apple over how fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms are decided for licensing Standard Essential Patents is set to be heard by the UK’s Supreme Court in the week ahea... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Bank Caceis UK to pay millions over WealthTek failings, says UK regulator

June 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Asset servicing bank Caceis UK has been censured and will pay £31.7 million to the clients of collapsed wealth manager WealthTek over compliance failures, following UK regulatory action on Thursday.

UK financial enforcement speeds up as firms engage with BOE earlier

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England has said there's a new trend of the subjects of investigations engaging with the bank earlier in its investigation and enforcement process. David Chaplin, the BOE's head of en... (more story)

International Criminal Court judges sue US to overturn sanctions listing

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Three judges on the International Criminal Court sued the US government seeking to overturn their addition to the sanctions list due to decisions they made on the court. The blacklisting, which i... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Several issues remain in EU countries' talks on market integration, report shows

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Further work is needed on key issues in the package proposal for more integrated EU capital markets, according to a progress report published Thursday by Cyprus, which has chaired EU talks for th... (more story)

US Basel plans would raise mandates more than touted, banks complain

June 24, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The Trump administration’s proposals for Basel III Endgame and other capital requirements would impose mandates at least twice as high on banking giants as the administration has touted, banking groups complai... (more story)

US Fed says large banks well positioned to weather severe recession, continue lending

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve Board said that the annual bank stress test found that large banks are well positioned to weather a severe recession and able to continue to lend to households and business... (more story)

Trade View More

US Customs announces duty-evasion probe into Chinese thermal paper imports

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection has announced an investigation into Joyful Trading LLC and Winmark Group LLC into potential evasion of antidumping duties on Chinese lightweight thermal paper, in... (more story)

China, US remain EU’s top dual-use export destinations, report shows

June 25, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

China and the US were the EU’s top destinations for dual-use export authorizations in 2024, a European Commission report shows, underscoring how the bloc’s most sensitive trade flows remain tied to its two lar... (more story)

China says China-US trade council to discuss reciprocal tariff cuts

June 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce said at a regular press briefing Thursday that China and the US will hold further consultations under the bilateral trade council established during previous economic... (more story)

State Aid View More

Mead Johnson Nutrition should lose tax state aid appeal, says EU court opinion

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Baby food maker Mead Johnson Nutrition should lose its appeal against an EU state aid investigation into its tax arrangements in Gibraltar, according to a legal opinion prepared for the EU's top ... (more story)

Zenobē Energy's 'subsidy' review application dismissed by UK tribunal

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy's application for the Competition Appeal Tribunal to examine and rule on a “subsidy scheme” designed to promote development of energy storage projects has been dismissed by the cour... (more story)

QuantumDiamonds gets EU approval for chips facility state aid

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a German state aid program worth €76 million, intended to help QuantumDiamonds build a plant to make semiconductor-testing equipment. This will be the EU’s fi... (more story)

Energy View More

Applications open for EU cross-border hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure projects

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Applications opened Thursday for hydrogen, electrolyzer, and CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure projects seeking EU recognition under the TEN-E Regulation, the bloc's framework for cro... (more story)

Simpler rules on industrial emissions, batteries backed by EU countries

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Rules simplifying requirements for industrial emissions, batteries and spatial data were approved by EU countries, which agreed their position on key parts of the environmental simplification pac... (more story)

Unused EU congestion-income revenues would be freed up after eight years

June 24, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Congestion-income revenues — generated when power cannot flow freely between markets — that are earmarked for EU cross-border electricity projects would no longer remain reserved indefinitely, under an EU gove... (more story)

Technology View More

UK crackdown on self-harm content, cyberflashing set to intensify

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK crackdown on unsolicited sexual images and content that encourages self-harm will be intensified, under strengthened protections published on Thursday by Ofcom. Dating, messaging and socia... (more story)

Australia's social media ban has little early impact on under-16 use, study finds

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A study published late Tuesday has found no clear evidence that Australia’s social media ban for under-16s has reduced adolescents’ use of social media in its first three months. The observationa... (more story)

NetChoice backs challenge to Texas app store law on appeal

June 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: NetChoice and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression told a US appeals court that Texas’ App Accountability Act is content-based, both on its face and in its purpose, because app sto... (more story)