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US AI, cybersecurity order postponed amid Trump dissatisfaction

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

China strengthens drug IP regime with new trial-data protection rules

US FTC privacy spending dwarfed by global peers as Congress mulls new law

French Apple ruling highlights debate over 'abuse of economic dependency' rule

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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

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 21, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

ABF-Hovis deal on track for UK clearance after antitrust regulator drops concerns
Nexstar says preliminary US injunction goes too far, should be reversed
US trade court denies Trump push for stay on Section 122 tariffs
ABF-Hovis deal on track for UK clearance after antitrust regulator drops concerns

Antitrust View More

Evergreen challenges South Korea's cartel claims as court seeks company-specific proof

May 22, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Evergreen Marine challenged South Korea’s antitrust regulator at a remand hearing on Thursday to show concrete evidence that the carrier itself joined a long-running shipping cartel, as appellate judges repeat... (more story)

Ticketmaster must be divested to remedy monopoly, states tell US court

May 22, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Live Nation should be ordered to divest its wholly owned subsidiary Ticketmaster so that competition can be restored for primary ticketing contracts with major concert venues, 33 states and the District of Col... (more story)

Irico moves for decertification of plaintiff classes in US price-fixing case

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Irico moved to decertify indirect purchaser and direct purchaser plaintiff classes and to vacate entry of default against the company in price-fixing litigation. "This Motion is advanced on the g... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korea to classify businesses on three levels of privacy risks for inspections

May 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator will classify businesses and public institutions into three tiers of privacy risk — high, medium and low — based on the scale and sensitivity of the personal data ... (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)

Singapore launches AI playbook to steer enterprise transformation

May 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority, SkillsFuture Singapore and Workforce Singapore launched an AI for Enterprise Impact Playbook to guide companies through AI adoption, workforce up... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Japan urges startups to consider M&A exits in new guidance

May 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan is encouraging startup founders to view mergers and acquisitions as a viable exit option alongside initial public offerings in new guidance published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and I... (more story)

CalPortland must hire nearly all Vulcan employees as part of merger settlement

May 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: CalPortland must hire at least 90 percent of existing Vulcan employees at acquired facilities statewide and divest three ready-mix concrete plants in the San Diego area to a new entrant as part o... (more story)

California AG, US DOJ settle antitrust concerns over concrete merger

May 22, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Khushita Vasant

North America

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the US Department of Justice reached a settlement with concrete companies CalPortland and Vulcan Materials to resolve antitrust concerns tied to their merger, the stat... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta expert disputes New Mexico testimony on social media mental health causation

May 22, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift

North America

As New Mexico's remedies bench trial against Meta Platforms continued in Santa Fe, an expert witness for Meta contested the state's argument that social media is harming the mental health of the state's teenag... (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)

Privacy lawsuit against Meta over tracking tool dismissed by US judge

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US federal judge dismissed privacy claims against Meta Platforms over the use of its software development tools by third-party apps. The judge found the plaintiffs’ most recent complaint “does ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

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)

US deepfake legislation would expand safe harbor, takedown system

May 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

A revised version of the bipartisan NO FAKES Act, introduced Wednesday, would create a personal property right in an individual’s digital likeness, allowing people to better control and license the use of thei... (more story)

Music publishers file amended US claims against Anthropic

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Music publishers Universal Music, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music filed their second amended US complaint accusing Anthropic of copyright infringement. Publishers claim that in the process o... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Ex-Stericycle financial director pleads guilty in US to foreign bribery charge

May 21, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former financial director for Stericycle in Latin America admitted to his role in a foreign bribery scheme at the waste-management firm, according to court records. His bond was reduced to a curfew, down fro... (more story)

Major US banks underwrite Chinese military company's IPO, House panel finds

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America provided underwriting and other services to the initial public offering of a Chinese military company, according to an investigation by the US House of Represen... (more story)

Trump order would integrate fintechs, crypto firms into US financial system

May 21, 2026 | Neil Roland

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

President Trump issued an executive order instructing federal banking regulators to ease financial technology firms’ partnerships with banks and permit integration of digital assets into traditional financial ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US CFTC, NHL agree to cooperate regarding prediction markets

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Hockey League announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding intended to protect the integrity of professional hockey and main... (more story)

US SEC, futures association enter memo for regulatory coordination

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Futures Association entered a memorandum of understanding to better share information on matters of mutual regulatory interest, includin... (more story)

UK consumer investment firms face FCA approval delays despite govt’s push for speed

May 21, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK consumer investment firms are facing lengthy approval processes to become authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority, according to the latest data published by the watchdog. The government has been press... (more story)

Trade View More

Trump-Xi summit projects stability, but US-China challenges remain

May 21, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

President Donald Trump’s high-stakes visit to Beijing last week projected stability to the difficult trading relationship with China but offered little else, with the fragile truce still in place and existing ... (more story)

Russian palladium subsidized, US Commerce finds

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined that unwrought palladium from Russia was provided countervailable subsidies.   

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)

State Aid View More

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)

Annul EU decision on Swedish ‘risk tax’ on credit institutions, legal opinion says

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission’s decision on Sweden's “risk tax” on large credit institutions should be annulled, according to a non-binding legal opinion for the bloc's top court, published on Thursday... (more story)

Energy View More

Energy price shock squeezes EU industry and delays investment, EU commission says

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Higher energy prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are raising costs for European manufacturers, slowing investment and weakening demand across energy-intensive industries, according to t... (more story)

EU's emissions trading system needs to change, EU climate chief says (correct*)

May 20, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

European countries' use of revenue from the EU's Emissions Trading System, or ETS, should change, the European Commissioner for climate, net zero, and clean growth has said. The comments come ahead of a review... (more story)

EU critical-minerals projects still face financing gap, officials say

May 20, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU strategic critical raw-materials projects are still struggling to secure the financing and long-term purchase agreements needed to move from planning to production, officials said. The bloc has selected 60 ... (more story)

Technology View More

Malaysia orders TikTok to act over offensive AI content targeting royals

May 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Malaysia’s communications regulator has issued a statutory demand to TikTok over alleged failures to promptly remove offensive and defamatory content targeting the Malaysian Royal Institution, in... (more story)

Live Nation-Ticketmaster breakup sought by US states in 'high-level' remedy proposal

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Live Nation Entertainment's divestiture of Ticketmaster is among a list of remedies being sought by a coalition of US state attorneys general and the District of Columbia after prevailing in an a... (more story)

Belgium’s IPM-Rossel deal comes under new EU media-plurality review

May 21, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Belgium’s planned merger of newspapers Le Soir and La Libre Belgique is facing review by an advisory body under new media plurality rules, a Belgian regulator and the EU media board said Thursday. The board is... (more story)