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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Amodei, Altman call for global coordination on advanced AI risks

Nvidia may seek EU review of Hugging Face deal amid filing uncertainty

US rejects any 'globalist' effort to control AI, Trump tells UN

Frontier AI capabilities for US, China loom over Trump-Xi Washington summit

EU govts split over AI, data transfer rules in Digital Omnibus comments

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Data Privacy and Security, Technology

September 23, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Roblox, Discord seek arbitration of US child-exploitation claims

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Trade

September 23, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

US Senate Democrats push for Trump to hold line on AI chip controls
pair of boats made of euro notes to symbolize EU banking mergers

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

September 23, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FTC has used phased second requests since leadership change, director says
Roblox, Discord seek arbitration of US child-exploitation claims
US Senate Democrats push for Trump to hold line on AI chip controls
US FTC has used phased second requests since leadership change, director says

Antitrust View More

Czech pet food distributor Plaček fined for setting retail prices

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Plaček Pet Products, a Czech distributor of premium pet food and supplies, has been fined more than 36 million Koruna (more than $1.7 million) for setting minimum retail prices for dog and cat fe... (more story)

US FTC is better agency than DOJ's Antitrust Division, Ferguson says

September 24, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has pushed back against the notion that a consensus-driven model of decision-making produces better outcomes and said that the FTC is a better agency than t... (more story)

Juul arbitration bid gains traction, but US judge questions moving distributor claims

September 24, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

A California federal judge signaled Wednesday that he may require more than 800,000 absent class members in an antitrust case against Juul Labs to arbitrate their claims, but he questioned whether claims by Wa... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI, tokenization focus of new initiative by European markets watchdog

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: AI and tokenization will be the initial focus of a new supervisory initiative by Europe's financial markets watchdog, the European Securities and Markets Authority, or ESMA. In a statement, it sa... (more story)

China probes DeepSeek, Moonshot over possible data transfers to Anthropic's Claude

September 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese artificial-intelligence startups DeepSeek and Moonshot AI are under investigation in China over possible transfers of sensitive user data to Anthropic’s Claude model, MLex has learned. The probe follow... (more story)

China court factors token costs into damages for copied AI short drama

September 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has factored token-related computing costs into damages for the unauthorized copying of an artificial intelligence-assisted short drama, while finding that the series qualified for copyright pr... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

China regulator explains reasoning on Tongwei-Lihao deal clearance

September 24, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s State Administration for Market Regulation on Thursday explained its competition assessment of polysilicon giant Tongwei’s planned acquisition of Qinghai Lihao Clean Energy, saying it had... (more story)

EP Group's planned takeover of Fnac Darty open for feedback in EU

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in plans by Czech holding EP Group to buy French retail business Fnac Darty now have ten days to provide their feedback to the European Commission. The EU merger regulator has ... (more story)

Japan's Daiwa House doesn't plan UK CMA filing for Miller Homes deal

September 24, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Asia, Europe

Japan's Daiwa House Industry doesn't currently plan to notify the UK Competition and Markets Authority of its acquisition of about 30 percent of UK homebuilder Miller Homes' parent company. The company told ML... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

TikTok agrees to pay £12.7m UK children’s privacy fine; drops appeals

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: TikTok has agreed to pay a fine of £12.7 million (around $17 million) imposed for numerous breaches of UK data protection law, the Information Commissioner's Office said on Thursday. The tech com... (more story)

Philippines seeks compliance timelines from Reddit, Discord after 24-hour demand

September 24, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Philippine authorities are pressing Discord and Reddit to establish a local presence and implement online child-safety measures, following a 24-hour ultimatum and the temporary blocking of Discord. Cybersecuri... (more story)

Vietnamese lawmakers call for consistency in data classification

September 24, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Vietnamese lawmakers have called for changes to the draft data security law to align its data classifications with existing legislation and refine controls on cross-border transfers ahead of expected passage n... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Congressman floats US action against foreign court orders in global SEP disputes

September 23, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

In public remarks Wednesday, US Representative Darrell Issa suggested the Trump administration should consider taking executive action to deny domestic effect to foreign court orders which impose global injunc... (more story)

Google's Gemini faces new EU copyright questions over AI training, summaries

September 23, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Google faces a fresh EU copyright test over Gemini as the bloc's top court is asked whether AI training, prompts, retrieval of current web content and generated summaries can infringe press publishers' rights.... (more story)

VideoLabs enters cloud licensing with Ericsson patent acquisition, CEO says

September 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

VideoLabs bought an Ericsson cloud infrastructure, networking and cybersecurity patent portfolio, extending its licensing business beyond video technology, the CEO told MLex. The deal transferred 332 assets to... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Freight-moving company president found guilty in US of illicit exports to Russia

September 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The president of a freight-forwarding company was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston of unlawfully exporting a mass spectrometer from the US into Russia without a license. Kirill Gordei was... (more story)

Binance says it has 'zero-tolerance policy' for sanctions violations

September 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Binance representative said the company maintains a "zero-tolerance policy for sanctions violations" in response to a report by Bloomberg News that the cryptocurrency exchange is being investig... (more story)

Binance dismisses US suit against Wall Street Journal over Iranian transactions

September 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Binance has filed a voluntary dismissal of its US lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a report published in February that said the cryptocurrency exchange had fired compliance department... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US SEC’s Peirce says crypto authorities should back off information gathering

September 23, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US Securities and Exchange Commission member Hester Peirce said cryptocurrency regulators should retreat on citizen information-gathering because it is counter-productive. “The excessive regulatory focus on da... (more story)

US SEC enforcement chief touts case quality; former investigation official skeptical

September 23, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is bringing fewer but higher quality enforcement cases, according to  SEC Enforcement Director David Woodcock – a claim scoffed at Wednesday by the SEC’s former intern... (more story)

US Fed’s modernization of discount window boosts banks’ confidence, Jefferson says

September 22, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Reserve’s operational improvements to its discount window since the spring 2023 collapse of three banks have made it more likely firms will access the window and less likely they will be forced ... (more story)

Trade View More

PVC resin imports from four countries come under dumping probe in EU

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU imports of polyvinyl chloride originating in China, South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan are being investigated by EU trade officials over suspicions of possible dumping, the European Commission sai... (more story)

Cellulose ethers, steel wire ropes and cables probed over possible dumping in EU

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Imports of cellulose ethers from China and South Korea into the EU will be probed to see if they have been unfairly priced, the European Commission said Thursday, after receiving a complaint from... (more story)

Indonesia pushes to close ASEAN-Canada FTA gaps by November

September 24, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Indonesia is urging ASEAN and Canada to resolve remaining free-trade negotiating issues by early November, with market-access commitments, parts of the agreement's text, product-specific rules of... (more story)

State Aid View More

Acciaierie d’Italia can be excluded from national energy aid, EU court says

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Steelmaker Acciaierie d'Italia can be excluded from Italy's support schemes for electricity- and gas-intensive companies, the EU's highest court ruled on Thursday. This is because companies under... (more story)

EU decision clearing Lithuanian aid for LNG terminal published

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has issued the text of its recent decision approving a Lithuanian program to compensate Litgas for supplying a mandatory volumes of liquefied natural gas to a terminal in ... (more story)

Norwegian aid for digital games to run for one more year, EFTA watchdog says

September 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Norway will be able to prolong its support program for digital games until the end of 2027, the EFTA Surveillance Authority said on Wednesday, finding the measure remains in line with state aid r... (more story)

Energy View More

Hydrogen companies urge EU to retain binding renewable targets after 2030

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Binding EU targets for renewable hydrogen in transport and industry should be maintained beyond 2030 to preserve investment certainty, 170 energy companies have said in a letter to the European C... (more story)

Carmakers in EU could have faster access to green steel credits under draft plan

September 23, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Green steel credits could help carmakers meet EU CO2 targets starting in 2030, five years earlier than proposed by the European Commission, under changes being considered by member states. The credits could al... (more story)

EU govts back suspension of allowance cancellations in carbon market until 2031

September 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries have backed a suspension of the cancellation of carbon allowances in the EU carbon market's stability reserve until the end of 2030 as their position on plans to revise the bloc's Em... (more story)

Technology View More

Epic Games faces Dutch class action for misleading under 21 Fortnite players

September 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, faces a threatened Dutch class-action lawsuit seeking more than €100 million for people who played the game before turning 21. Epic was fined €1.125 million on ... (more story)

Telegram extremist-content case in Australia to be heard in February 2027

September 24, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Instant-messaging service Telegram Messenger will face a four-day liability trial beginning Feb. 9. in proceedings brought by Australia’s online-safety regulator, after a court ordered that the hearing be move... (more story)

OpenAI agent accessed Australian Medicare portal, prime minister says

September 24, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced an urgent government taskforce to review an incident in which an OpenAI artificial intelligence agent gained unauthorized access to the pu... (more story)