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Intellectual Property

June 12, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe, Latin America, North America

Amazon, InterDigital settle video patent litigation with license deal

Data Privacy and Security, Trade

June 11, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trump says he's 'not looking to renew' USMCA trade pact

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

June 11, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo, Xu Yuan

North America

Social media platforms’ $27 million Breathitt deal sets benchmark in school MDL

Antitrust View More

Over 30 Japanese contractors may face JFTC enforcement for condo repair bid rigging

June 12, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Asia

More than 30 Japanese construction contractors and two construction design consulting firms are likely to face corrective orders from Japan’s competition watchdog for alleged bid rigging involving large-scale ... (more story)

China warns automakers over suspected 'irrational' pricing practices

June 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's industry and market regulators on Thursday summoned automakers suspected of "irrational competitive practices," ordering them to comply with anti-dumping and pricing laws. The Ministry of... (more story)

Meta, Dialogue Consulting economic experts to confer ahead of Australian trial

June 12, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Economic experts for Dialogue Consulting and Meta Platforms will confer and prepare a joint report ahead of a September trial in the long-running antitrust proceedings, an Australian judge has ordered. Followi... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Chinese regulator launches reporting portal for AI-linked violations

June 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's cyberspace regulator has opened a dedicated reporting channel for artificial intelligence-related misconduct, targeting 14 types of violations including inadequate labeling for AI-generat... (more story)

JASRAC's AI rule makes human authorship gateway to Japan music royalties

June 12, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s main music copyright-management organization will handle music created with artificial intelligence only when human creative contribution can be recognized, putting royalty collection for AI-involved s... (more story)

China pushes platforms to curb misinformation on businesses, entrepreneurs

June 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s internet platforms face new expectations to police business-related content under a self-regulatory agreement released by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which requires platforms to remove fals... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

EBOS Group's bid for Paringa Pet Food under review in Australia

June 12, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: EBOS Group's plan to wholly acquire Paringa Pet Foods is under review by Australia's competition watchdog. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on Friday said EBOS is a major Australi... (more story)

Grab's Taiwan deal awaits acceptance as regulator seeks more information

June 12, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

Taiwan's antitrust authority has issued a second request for documentation on Grab Holdings' proposed acquisition of Foodpanda's local operations, Commissioner Shih Chih-Chung told MLex on Friday. The pre-acce... (more story)

Magellan's bid for shares of Barrenjoey approved by Australian watchdog

June 12, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Magellan Financial Group's proposal to wholly acquire Barrenjoey Capital Partners has been cleared by Australia's competition watchdog. In a determination issued on Thursday but published on Frid... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Coupang data-breach mediation resumes after privacy decision in South Korea

June 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Coupang is facing renewed collective dispute-resolution proceedings over its personal-data breach after South Korea’s Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee resumed a case that had been... (more story)

Irish court upholds TikTok GDPR findings, orders review of data transfer measures (update*)

June 11, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was found by an Irish court to have breached EU data protection rules, though the platform can continue transferring European user data to China after the court told Ireland... (more story)

Grok faces ongoing privacy scrutiny in Canada following findings of violation

June 11, 2026 | Yuan Xu

North America

X Corp. and xAI have violated Canada’s privacy law over the generation of sexualized deepfakes by AI chatbot Grok and the companies’ remedial measures have fallen short, the country’s privacy agency said as it... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China's top court official revives call for specialized IP procedure rules

June 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A top Chinese court official has renewed calls for dedicated procedural rules for intellectual property litigation and the establishment of a national IP court, citing the growing complexity of technology-rela... (more story)

Dolby ratchets up the pressure on Snap in global HEVC, AV1 patent fight

June 11, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Latin America, North America

The licensing arm of Dolby Laboratories this week expanded a patent enforcement campaign against Snap Inc. in the US and abroad. The filings add new video-coding patents to the litigation and reiterate a posit... (more story)

OpenAI say newspapers don't have triable US copyright case

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI moved for a judgment against newspapers’ US copyright claims, arguing that their theory of contributory copyright infringement based on knowledge and material contribution is precisely wha... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Austrian banker pleads guilty in US to Travel Act charge in Odebrecht-linked case

June 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The former chief of a defunct Austrian bank admitted that he helped a construction conglomerate hide more than $170 million from Brazilian tax authorities as the company engaged in a global bribery scheme. 

Operators of 'AudiA6' crypto laundering service arrested, charged in US

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, both residents of Batumi, Georgia, were arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary... (more story)

Cuba state-owned oil company sanctioned by US

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department sanctioned Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company, Union Cuba-Petroleo, for operating in the country's energy sector and saying “key assets” were expropriated from Americans.

Financial Services View More

EU banks stress test to be streamlined and include climate risks, under draft plans

June 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has started an early consultation on the methodology and reporting templates for the 2027 EU-wide bank stress test. The EBA proposes a 55 percent reduction in data ... (more story)

US SEC moves to cancel 2005 stock-trading rules aimed at spurring competition

June 11, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed to eliminate 2005 market-structure rules originally aimed at improving competition among stock markets and orders while serving interests of long-term inv... (more story)

US CFTC proposes changes to whistleblower rules

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission published proposed amendments to its whistleblower rules that incorporate a 30% presumption for whistleblower awards of $5 million or less.

Trade View More

EU dumping duties on Chinese MSG come under review, regulator says

June 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Dumping tariffs of up 39.7 percent in place on imports of monosodium glutamate from China into the European Union are now undergoing an interim review, the European Commission said Friday. The st... (more story)

US Commerce preliminarily says China dumping van-type trailers

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US Department of Commerce said in a preliminary determination that China is dumping van-type trailers, assigning all Chinese firms a 130.86 percent dumping rate for the products.

US Commerce says China dumping fiberglass door panels

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce said in a final determination that China is dumping and subsidizing fiberglass door panels. Commerce levied on all Chinese producers a 147.85 percent dumping rate, w... (more story)

State Aid View More

€10m Austrian aid to cleantech cleared by EU watchdog

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies, including their main specific components, will be eligible for direct grants, under a €10 mil... (more story)

Czechia sees EU drop foreign-susbidy probe of Dukovany powerplant

June 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have avoided intervention under the EU's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, with the bloc closing a probe into a deal to provide nuclear reactors a... (more story)

Tiberis case puts Italy's renewable-energy incentives before EU judges

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy’s highest administrative court has asked EU judges whether a European Commission state-aid approval decision prevents national courts from assessing whether Italy’s renewable-energy support... (more story)

Energy View More

Don't weaken EU emissions trading system in review, investors urge policymakers

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A coalition of 45 investors, including Allianz, Aberdeen Investments, Nordea Asset Management and Robeco, managing €11.4 trillion in assets, is urging EU leaders to maintain "a robust and predict... (more story)

Extension of free ETS allocations, aviation rules emerge in EU Commission review

June 11, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Free ETS allowances for industry could be extended under the European Commission's upcoming carbon-market review, while support would be tied more closely to decarbonization investments, according to a leaked ... (more story)

Gas and oil importers urge delay to EU methane rules over compliance concerns

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: 18 gas and oil organizations including the American Petroleum Institute, Cefic and Eurogas are calling for a revised timeline for the EU Methane Regulation, warning that upcoming import requireme... (more story)

Technology View More

Nanjing appeal court holds China AI provider liable for hallucinated defamation

June 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A decision by the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court offers one of the clearest judicial signals yet that Chinese courts intend to hold AI providers accountable for harmful content they generate, while stoppi... (more story)

Yelp supports reintroduction of US legislation targeting Big Tech

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Yelp Chief Legal Officer Aaron Schur said in a statement that the American Innovation and Choice Online Act "would help level the playing field and create a more competitive ecosystem." US Senato... (more story)

Apple opposes reintroduction of US Big Tech bill

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Apple issued a statement on the reintroduction of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act AICOA, saying it strongly disagrees with the US Senate's "consideration of European-style regulatio... (more story)