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Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence

May 18, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Following OpenAI win over Musk, doubts remain about US antitrust claims
Billionaire Indian businessman Gautam Adani.

Financial Crime

May 18, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Adani unit 'overlooked red flags' of gas supplier, US says in Iran sanctions case
pair of boats made of euro notes to symbolize EU banking mergers

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 18, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

US FTC tells Fifth Circuit new premerger form will be streamlined, less burdensome

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Samsung affiliates face Supreme Court fight in unfair-support case after KFTC appeal

May 19, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Samsung Electronics and four other Samsung affiliates are headed to South Korea’s Supreme Court after the country’s antitrust watchdog appealed a lower court ruling that overturned a record penalty tied to all... (more story)

Mastercard executive approved deals, didn't assess purpose, Australian court hears

May 19, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A key Mastercard finance executive told an Australian court on Tuesday that she approved strategic merchant agreements based only on financial metrics and did not assess the commercial strategy and objectives ... (more story)

Philips loses royalty battle over DVD technology in India

May 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Dutch multinational Philips suffered a major legal setback after an Indian court quashed its DVD patent royalty decree, rejecting the company’s standard essential patent and FRAND claims. The Delhi High Court ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Industry minister says Australia should not just be AI customer

May 19, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia’s Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science Tim Ayres on Tuesday described a broad interventionist approach by the federal government to invest in heavy industries, clean energy a... (more story)

South Korean privacy regulator issues generative AI user-data guide

May 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s privacy regulator has published a user-focused guide on how personal information is handled in generative artificial intelligence services. The Personal Information Protection Commi... (more story)

Jury in Musk, OpenAI trial files verdict form with US court

May 19, 2026

North America

The verdict form the jury used to record its verdict that OpenAI, its Chief Executive San Altman and company president Greg Brockman did not breach Elon Musk's charitable trust has been filed with the court. T... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Epta sees EU decision on Hauser acquisition published

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has disclosed the public version of its decision to allow Epta, an Italian maker of commercial refrigeration systems, to acquire Hauser, an Austrian supplier of refrigerat... (more story)

Eli Lilly's bid for Kelonia Therapeutics under review in Australia

May 19, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Eli Lilly's bid to wholly acquire Kelonia Therapeutics is under review by Australia's competition watchdog. In a Monday statement, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said that Eli L... (more story)

Yum!, Restaurant Brands' bid for Taco Bell branches under Australian review

May 19, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Restaurant Brands New Zealand and Yum! Brands' plan to acquire 29 Taco Bell restaurants in Australia through a new joint venture is under review by the country's competition watchdog. In a statem... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

South Korea launches public-private cyber-review committee amid rising AI threats

May 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s science ministry held the first meeting of a new cybersecurity incident-review committee, beginning early operation before amended network-security rules take effect on Oct. 1. The ... (more story)

Hainan completes China's first cross-border satellite data security review

May 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Hainan Province completed China's first security assessment for cross-border transfers of remote-sensing satellite data involving Wenchang Aerospace Supercomputing Smart Technology Company, part ... (more story)

Shanghai judge outlines judicial approach to unfair data practices

May 19, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Shanghai High People’s Court judge said courts assessing data-related unfair competition disputes should place greater weight on public welfare and avoid overemphasizing competitive interests in ways that co... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

GSK's CALPOL wins trademark protection, damages in Indian infringement suit

May 19, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

UK-based GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals secured a major trademark victory after a court in Delhi declared its popular analgesic brand CALPOL a “well-known trademark” under Indian law, in an infringement suit ... (more story)

MiniMax, Nanonoble push for dismissal of studios' US copyright case

May 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: MiniMax and Nanonoble filed replies in support of dismissing US copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery over its artificial intelligence image and video generating ... (more story)

Qualcomm-Which UK proposed settlement cleared by UK competition court (update*)

May 18, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

A proposed settlement between Qualcomm and consumer-advocacy body Which following a collective antitrust lawsuit against the chipmaker has been cleared by the UK competition court. Which withdrew the claim ear... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Venezuelan official charged in US with money laundering in food-aid program

May 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Alex Nain Saab Moran, Venezuela’s former minister of industry and national production, made his initial appearance in court pursuant to an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Florida,... (more story)

Businessman charged in US with money laundering in Venezuelan aid scheme

May 18, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Nearly three years after he was sent to Venezuela in a US prisoner swap, Colombian businessman Alex Saab appeared Monday in Miami federal court on charges stemming from his alleged role in a money laundering s... (more story)

US SEC rescinds policy requiring defendants not to deny allegations in settlements

May 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission rescinded a policy stating that when it chooses to settle an enforcement action in which a sanction is imposed, it will not settle unless the defendant o... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Market supervision debate due in June among EU finance ministers

May 18, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU finance ministers will hold a debate on more centralized market supervision on June 12. This will be their third debate on the topic in three months, and will focus on the EU market watchdog ESMA's powers a... (more story)

UK's largest banks facing government plans for looser ring-fencing rules

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government has set out plans to relax the ring-fencing regime which requires banks with over £35 billion of retail deposits to separate core retail banking services from activities such as... (more story)

UK plans to modernize consumer credit rules with new legislation

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government plans to modernize consumer credit rules with new financial services legislation. The finance ministry said the rules introduced 50 years ago in the Consumer Credit Act had not ... (more story)

Trade View More

Chinese Vice Premier He meets AMD CEO Lisa Su in Beijing

May 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, in Beijing on Monday, according to a statement released by the Ch... (more story)

USTR invokes labor review mechanism for workers at Mexican auto part facility

May 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism in the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement to review whether workers at Mexican auto parts manufacturer Faurecia are be... (more story)

US appeals court upholds Section 232 exclusion denials for produce provider

May 18, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the Commerce Department’s denial of the Seneca Food Corporation’s eight exclusion requests from Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs.

State Aid View More

Lithuanian aid for agriculture wins EU clearance

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Farmers and companies in Lithuania involved in the processing and sale of agricultural products will be eligible for loans, under a national €100 million plan that has won state aid approval, the... (more story)

Greek aid to energy-intensive industry wins EU approval

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies relying heavily on electricity and particularly exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy reduction of between 75 and 85 percent, under a Greek program worth €405 milli... (more story)

Ireland gets EU state aid approval for €300m renewable heat production plan

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ireland has been granted approval for plans to allocate €300 million to boost the generation of renewable heat, the European Commission said Monday. The measure will be open to non-domestic heati... (more story)

Energy View More

Reform cross-border grid cost-sharing rules, EU’s energy watchdog says

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Cost-sharing rules for Europe's cross-border electricity infrastructure should be reformed by improving or redesigning mechanisms governing congestion revenues, the European Union Agency for the ... (more story)

Extend EU CO2 rules for cars, vans to low-carbon aluminium, industry groups say

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The planned EU carbon dioxide rules for cars and vans should be extended to low-carbon materials such as aluminium as excluding them would undermine industrial competitiveness and create regulato... (more story)

Dutch-Belgian nuclear cooperation pact signed covering SMRs and supply chain

May 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Netherlands and Belgium signed a memorandum of understanding on May 13 to expand cooperation on nuclear energy, focused on knowledge-sharing around reactor construction, small nuclear reactor... (more story)

Technology View More

TikTok, Snap, YouTube settle, avoid jury in addiction case brought by US schools

May 18, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Xu Yuan

North America

This summer, for the first time, four social media companies were set to face a jury together over claims their intentionally addictive designs fueled a youth mental health crisis. Now, Meta Platforms will sta... (more story)

Plaintiffs denied US high court review of sex-trafficking case against X Corp.

May 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs who brought privacy and sex-trafficking claims against X Corp. failed to convince the US Supreme Court to review their case. 

Platforms, influencers, AI services need stricter EU media rules, Germany says

May 18, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Platforms, influencers and some AI services should be brought under stricter media obligations as part of an overhaul of the EU’s audiovisual media rules, while outdated restrictions on broadcasters should be ... (more story)