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UK SFO agents paid bribes in London Mining probe, defense filing alleges

YouTube, TikTok criticized over UK child safety, but rivals also put on notice

EU grid-funding overhaul faces mounting backlash from member states

US AI, cybersecurity order postponed amid Trump dissatisfaction

Minority-stake talks gets fresh warning in EU move against turf cartel

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Trade

May 22, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Asia, Europe

Too few companies integrate geopolitical risk in business plans, EU industry chief says

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 21, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Wesley Brown

North America

Nexstar says preliminary US injunction goes too far, should be reversed
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Trade

May 21, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US trade court denies Trump push for stay on Section 122 tariffs
Too few companies integrate geopolitical risk in business plans, EU industry chief says
Nexstar says preliminary US injunction goes too far, should be reversed
US trade court denies Trump push for stay on Section 122 tariffs

Antitrust View More

Direct purchasers file amended US antitrust claims against fire truck manufacturers

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Direct purchasers including the cities of Philadelphia, Nashville and others filed amended US class-action antitrust claims against fire truck manufacturers Oshkosh Corporation, Pierce Manufactur... (more story)

US DOJ defends per se theory in erosion control price-fixing case

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice urged an Oklahoma federal judge to reject a motion to dismiss filed by Sioux Erosion Control, its partial owner BG Dale Biscoe and estimator Randall Shelton. The gove... (more story)

US FTC, states ask judge set trial date in Sygenta, Corteva antitrust suit

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of states told a federal judge that it is now the appropriate time to set a trial date for their antitrust suit against Sygenta and Corteva. "Setti... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Google says ruling in US DOJ search monopoly suit punishes earned success

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google asked a US appeals court to overturn a ruling in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice, saying the lower court’s failure to heed the fundamental distinction between con... (more story)

EU governments split over GDPR changes on AI training, pseudonymized data

May 22, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

EU governments are divided over how to revise the bloc's privacy rules on pseudonymized data, AI training and cookie-related processing, a document containing their comments shows. The countries are discussing... (more story)

US House bill would create antitrust safe harbor for independent musicians’ AI licensing

May 22, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The Protect Working Musicians Act would help independent musicians who wish to license their music to streaming services or artificial intelligence companies, establishing an antitrust safe harbor to allow the... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Eli Lilly, Centessa Pharmaceuticals receive US green light

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Eli Lilly's acquisition of Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc saw the applicable Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period expire on May 21, giving the deal approval in the United States, according to a sec... (more story)

Nexstar answers amended DirecTV complaint against Tegna deal

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Nexstar Media Group answered an amended complaint submitted by DirecTV, which is seeking to block the company's acquisition of Tegna. Nexstar acknowledged that the merger increases its reach but ... (more story)

P&H must divest Saskatchewan grain elevator to approved buyer under Canada consent deal

May 22, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Canada’s Competition Bureau said Friday it reached a consent agreement with Parrish & Heimbecker requiring the company to divest a grain elevator in Reford, Saskatchewan, to resolve concerns tied to its propos... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Texas sues Discord for allegedly enabling child exploitation

May 22, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Online communication platform Discord was hit with a lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over alleged intentional failures in online safety measures to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation of young users.

EU governments weigh planned GDPR changes on AI training, pseudonymized data

May 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU governments have submitted a range of views on the European Commission's plans to simplify the bloc's' digital rules, the so-called digital omnibus, including proposals covering the General Da... (more story)

Capital One must face US privacy claims over tracking, judge rules

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Capital One Financial must face claims that it disclosed consumers’ personal and financial information to third parties without their knowledge or consent, according to a US federal judge. Distri... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US magistrate judge seeks specificity in Prema, Lamborghini trade secret row

May 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and its American affiliate scored a partial win this week when a US magistrate judge in Texas directed Prema Engineering S.r.l. to provide additional detail on hypercar steering-w... (more story)

EU lawmakers to revisit IP enforcement rules

May 22, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

EU lawmakers will examine whether the 20-year-old IP Rights Enforcement Directive needs reform, as disputes over patent injunctions, proportionality and standard-essential patents intensify. The meeting in the... (more story)

US judge in copyright case orders OpenAI to produce depositions from Musk trial

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US magistrate judge overseeing discovery in US copyright lawsuits against OpenAI said the company must hand over deposition transcripts from the trial over Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI violat... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US FDIC proposes rules to carry out BSA standards for bank stablecoin issuers

May 22, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. released draft rules to carry out Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions compliance standards applicable to bank stablecoin issuers under the 2025 GENIUS Act. The agency estimate... (more story)

Former Brazil soccer chief convicted in bribery case has died, US filing says

May 22, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Jose Maria Marin, the former head of Brazil's soccer federation who was convicted at a 2017 US corruption trial, died last year, his lawyer said in a court filing. The lawyer is seeking to substi... (more story)

US seeks to seize assets allegedly bought with Goliath Ventures proceeds

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A civil forfeiture complaint was filed against seven real properties and 11 vehicles allegedly purchased by Christopher Delgado with proceeds of a wire fraud scheme for which he was criminally ch... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Insurers’ Q2 reporting requirements published in EU Official Journal

May 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The figures that insurers must use to calculate technical provisions and basic own funds for reporting between March 31 and June 29 have now been updated by the European Commission, and published... (more story)

Indonesia antitrust regulator defends online lending cartel ruling against appeals

May 22, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia

Indonesia’s competition regulator has urged a Jakarta court to reject appeals filed by 87 online lenders against its record interest-rate cartel ruling. The regulator argued that the lenders cannot rely on all... (more story)

Japan's financial sector urged to prepare for AI-powered cyberattacks

May 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japanese financial regulators on Friday urged financial institutions to prepare for cyberattacks powered by frontier artificial intelligence, amid growing concerns that advanced AI tools such as ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU, Mexico upgrade trade deal amid geopolitical turbulence

May 22, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe, North America

The EU and Mexico signed a revamped trade agreement on Friday, upgrading a framework in force since 2000 and adding another deal to the bloc’s recent push to diversify trade ties. The agreement, signed at a su... (more story)

EU, Mexico sign trade deal overhaul after decade-long talks

May 22, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The EU and Mexico signed a Modernised Global Agreement and Interim Trade Agreement at a summit in Mexico City on Friday. The agreements are intended to deepen political and economic ties, expand ... (more story)

USITC says four countries potentially harming industry with spandex material

May 22, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously voted in a preliminary decision that a domestic industry is potentially harmed by allegedly dumped imports of polytetramethylene ether glycol fro... (more story)

State Aid View More

French support for fishing companies hit by Middle East crisis wins EU approval

May 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has granted state aid clearance for €13 million of French support for fishing companies hit by rising fuel prices due to the crisis in the Middle East sparked by the US-Is... (more story)

Utiledulci's request to suspend state aid claw-back gets skeptical EU ruling

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Utiledulci’s request to suspend a Portuguese action to recoup illegal state aid has suffered a set-back after top EU judges said the bloc’s state aid rules trumped national procedural rules, whic... (more story)

EU farmers shielded from aid cuts where disaster insurance is unavailable

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's top court has said that a 50 percent reduction in agricultural disaster aid cannot apply to farmers who can prove that suitable insurance for the goods they produce was unavailable on th... (more story)

Energy View More

EU grants €400m funding for 65 clean heat technology projects in 10 countries

May 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sixty-five projects across 10 European countries have been granted €400 million from the European Commission in the first ever EU-wide auction to accelerate the deployment of clean heat technolog... (more story)

SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks

May 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

Europe, North America

From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)

EU targets simpler, less fragmented rules on raw materials recycling

May 21, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission is focusing its raw materials overhaul on simplifying rules for reuse and recovery. In addition, it wants to reduce fragmentation inside the EU single market, which it says is preventin... (more story)

Technology View More

Roblox likely can't force arbitration after failures to dismiss US child-safety lawsuit

May 22, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A panel of three appeals court judges seemed disinclined to allow Roblox to force a father to arbitrate his child-safety lawsuit after the gaming company twice failed to get it thrown out of court.

Live Nation says evidence can’t sustain jury verdict, seeks new US trial, judgment

May 22, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May

North America

Live Nation and Ticketmaster are asking a US federal judge to order a new trial and are seeking judgment as a matter of law, saying the trial evidence cannot sustain the jury’s verdict against it.

X’s EU digital services law fine decision published

May 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: X’s Digital Services Act fine decision has been published by the European Commission, months after the document first surfaced from the US House Judiciary Committee. The 181-page decision details... (more story)