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Meta settles US addictive algorithm cases, will alter platforms, pay up to $17bn

US-Canada rift casts shadow on global trade deals

Uber feels the heat of Denmark’s call-in powers

US, Canada face tense future after trade talks collapse

Air France-KLM’s SAS deal timetable hinges on avoiding in-depth EU probe

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Financial Crime

August 26, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

US real estate rule far less burdensome than anticipated, compliance firm says

Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Technology

August 25, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Google’s AI search built on 'backs of publishers,’ US judge says

Data Privacy and Security

August 25, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

TikTok may have collected data on 20% of Brazil’s children, ANPD says
US real estate rule far less burdensome than anticipated, compliance firm says
Google’s AI search built on 'backs of publishers,’ US judge says
TikTok may have collected data on 20% of Brazil’s children, ANPD says

Antitrust View More

Turkey price-fixing trial vacated as US judge grants $130.7m settlement

August 26, 2026 | Clayton Vickers and Khushita Vasant

North America

Jennie-O Turkey Store and Butterball's settlements with direct purchaser plaintiffs to resolve price-fixing claims in a suit over turkey prices received preliminary approval Wednesday, with a US federal judge ... (more story)

CADE asks whether Apple’s ATT model exceeds Brazil data-privacy requirements

August 26, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority has asked the country’s data-protection agency whether Apple’s consent model for third-party tracking goes beyond the requirements of Brazilian privacy law and results in un... (more story)

Amgen appeal tests antitrust reach over pending patent rights

August 26, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Review by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit of Amgen’s Enbrel patent strategy could clarify that acquisitions of rights to pending patent applications receive no categorical exemption from antitru... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Gates’s call for AI coordination tests UK’s sector-led model

August 26, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has called for national bodies capable of setting AI priorities across government, warning that individual regulators may fail to account for risks spanning multiple sectors. In... (more story)

AI companies get information requests from EU on safety, transparency measures

August 26, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

More than 30 AI companies worldwide have been sent information requests from the European Commission, marking its first regulatory move under the EU's AI law. The requests come after several high-profile hacki... (more story)

Singapore seeks views on AI impact on copyright, patent rules

August 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore’s Ministry of Law and Intellectual Property Office of Singapore on Wednesday launched a public consultation on the impact of artificial intelligence on the country’s intellectual proper... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Petrobras appeal against OceanPact-CBO merger rejected by Brazil CADE councilor

August 26, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazilian competition authority Councilor José Levi Mello do Amaral Júnior has rejected Petrobras’ appeal against the unconditional approval of the merger between maritime services companies OceanPact and CBO,... (more story)

Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal raises US service concerns

August 26, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

US regulators reviewing Union Pacific Railroad’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern may not be paying enough attention to the potential harms it will have on service. Silica Services, which operates a si... (more story)

Sappi says it's confident UPM joint venture will gain EU approval by end of year

August 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sappi said it remained "confident" it would secure EU approval by the end of the year for plans to pool graphic paper assets in Europe with Finnish rival UPM, despite the bloc's merger regulator ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Google location data case settlement gets OK from US appeals court

August 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Objectors to Google's $62 million settlement over the collection of location data from Android devices failed to convince a US appeals court to overturn its approval. In a 2-1 decision, the Court... (more story)

Slovakia approves new personal data protection laws

August 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovakia’s government has approved draft legislation to replace the country’s existing personal data protection rules and align them with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation and EU direct... (more story)

Meta calls on YouTube, TikTok to protect teens following settlement

August 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms issued a statement following its settlement with a bipartisan group of attorneys general that requires it to make changes to design features that the states alleged were addictive ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Access Advance seeks AV2 patents for new device, software pool

August 26, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Access Advance has begun exploring a patent pool covering devices and software that implement the AV2 standard and predecessor video codec AV1. The company on Tuesday invited owners of potentially essential pa... (more story)

Samsung ordered to pay $11.6m in damages to Swatch in UK trademark case

August 26, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Samsung has been ordered to pay $11.6 million in damages to Swatch after a UK court found that the Korean company broke trademark law by allowing third parties to sell watch face apps for its smartwatches whic... (more story)

SEP users warn Munich FRAND guidelines could drive up licensing rates

August 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Standard Essential Patent users have warned that new Munich court guidelines could push royalty rates higher by giving patent owners greater influence over comparable licenses, while also raising concerns abou... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Dolfin Financial trio banned from UK financial services over visa scheme

August 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

The co-founder and owner of Dolfin Financial, as well as two of its former senior executives, have been banned from the UK’s financial services industry for a multimillion-pound scheme that helped clients to b... (more story)

Florida man pleads guilty to exporting weapons components in Russia-based scheme

August 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Maxim Larin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act and attempting to violate the Arms Export Control Act in connection with his shipment of weapons parts and access... (more story)

Kushner's Albania land purchase under potential US House foreign bribery probe

August 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Congressman Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, expanded his investigation into a luxury resort development in Albania being planned by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Feedback on EU banks’ op-risk management framework sought by EBA

August 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has opened a consultation on rules specifying the operational risk management framework under the Capital Requirements Regulation. The draft text — a Regulatory Tec... (more story)

Schufa defends controversial credit database despite Noyb allegations

August 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Credit scoring agency Schufa has said it will defend its method of storing customer data in court, if privacy activist group Noyb follows through with its threat of a class action lawsuit. Schufa... (more story)

Noyb threatens legal action against German credit agency Schufa for ‘shadow database’

August 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: German credit agency Schufa has been threatened with legal action by privacy group Noyb over its allegedly unlawful retention of customer data. Journalists and activist groups accused Schufa of s... (more story)

Trade View More

Canada's Carney to address EU lawmakers amid push for closer ties

August 26, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe, North America

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg next month as part of a push for closer ties with the EU following the collapse of US trade talks. On the margins of the v... (more story)

EU trade lawmakers plan China visit for week of Oct. 26

August 26, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Asia, Europe

A European Parliament trade committee delegation is expected to travel to China during the week of Oct. 26, MLex understands, as Brussels approaches a deadline for progress in talks with Beijing over longstand... (more story)

Climate litigation boom makes states’ obligations clear, corporate ones less so

August 26, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Climate litigation is increasingly defining governments' and companies' obligations as climate science and legal precedents develop. While landmark cases have helped entrench the duties that states have and pr... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

EU Commission points to national powers amid calls for bloc-wide oil windfall tax

August 25, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Windfall profit taxes remain a matter for EU countries to decide using their national fiscal powers, the European Commission said after six countries called for an EU-wide framework to tax oil companies' excep... (more story)

Six EU countries seek windfall tax targeting oil majors’ foreign profits

August 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Six EU countries are calling for an EU-wide framework to tax oil companies' windfall profits as energy prices remain high. Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain want EU finance mini... (more story)

EU electrification push is key to cutting fossil-fuel dependence, Von der Leyen says

August 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s target to increase electricity’s share of final energy consumption to 46 percent by 2040 will help reduce Europe’s exposure to fossil-fuel price shocks, the European Commission president... (more story)

Technology View More

States settle Meta addictive algorithms suit for $17 billion

August 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Massachusetts and the 26 other states* announced a $17.1 billion settlement that requires Meta to make changes to design features that the states alleged were addictive and harming children. *Co... (more story)

Australian Senate inquiry backs stronger enforcement powers for social-media ban

August 26, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: An Australian Senate committee has recommended passage of legislation that would give the country's online-safety regulator stronger powers to compel documents from social-media platforms and thi... (more story)

Bad content on Instagram like a virus on platform, executive tells Tennessee jury

August 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Bad actors trying to post content that violates Meta’s guidelines are similar to computer viruses: they are always evolving and finding new methods for sharing, Tomas Kabbabe, director of data science at Insta... (more story)