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Artificial Intelligence

May 19, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

US OpenAI jurors' AI concerns revealed as questions about Musk, Altman made public
Bookshelves lined with books

Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

May 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Emma Whitford

North America

Book publishers win default US judgement against 'pirate site' Anna’s Archive
Water spraying on fields as part of fertilizer program

Energy, Trade

May 19, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU weighs broader fertilizers tariff relief under new action plan

Antitrust View More

Seven South Korean flour millers hit with record cartel fines

May 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Seven flour millers in South Korea were collectively fined a record 671 billion won ($444.2 million) for colluding on prices and supply volumes in sales to food manufacturers and other business c... (more story)

Indonesia clears pipeline firms of bid-rigging in rare antitrust acquittal

May 20, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia

Indonesia's antitrust regulator has handed down a rare acquittal in a bid-rigging case, clearing four companies and a government working group of allegations they colluded to fix a major gas pipeline tender. T... (more story)

International shipping container cartel unveiled by US DOJ, 11 defendants charged

May 20, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Seven Chinese executives and four companies were indicted for a conspiracy to restrict the output of and fix the prices of 95 percent of the world’s standard unrefrigerated shipping containers for more than fo... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Indonesia targets corruption, efficiency with AI push across government

May 20, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Indonesia plans to expand the use of artificial intelligence across government administration, welfare distribution, procurement and financial supervision, with a senior official presenting AI as a tool to imp... (more story)

Singapore unveils updated agentic AI governance framework at ATxSummit

May 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore has updated its Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI, expanding guidance on multi-agent risks, human accountability and technical controls as autonomous artificial intelligence ... (more story)

Singapore unveils healthcare AI deals on diabetes, dementia and Bhutan

May 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore unveiled two cross-border healthcare AI partnerships, including agreements involving Singapore General Hospital and A*STAR, and SingHealth and Bhutan's Gyalpozhing College of Informatio... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Magellan's bid for remaining shares of Barrenjoey under Australian review

May 20, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Magellan Financial Group's proposal to wholly acquire Barrenjoey Capital Partners is under review by Australia's competition watchdog. In a Tuesday statement, the Australian Competition & Consume... (more story)

Saipem-Subsea7 questionnaire responses sharpen Brazil vessel scarcity concerns

May 19, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Brazilian offshore oil-services customers and rivals are converging around the national competition authority's concerns that the proposed Saipem-Subsea7 merger could consolidate control over a limited pool of... (more story)

Prosus lawyer criticizes EU after Uber raises Delivery Hero stake

May 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Tech investor Prosus has said the EU’s insistence that it sell down its stake in Delivery Hero has led to the “bizarre paradox” of pushing the “homegrown” tech player into the arms of US company Uber. In 2025,... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Brazil to institute tougher platform obligations on illegal content, online misogyny

May 19, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

A pair of decrees from the Brazilian government are aligned with the reinterpretation last year of the country’s Internet Civil Rights Framework by the Supreme Federal Court, MLex has learned. Since that judgm... (more story)

US Department of Education asks court for chance to explain data requests to colleges

May 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Education asked a federal judge to remand a case brought by state attorneys general over a new federal data collection mandate targeting colleges and universities. The depart... (more story)

Google, Amazon, Microsoft face further delay in EU’s cloud and AI development bill

May 19, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Google, Amazon and Microsoft are facing another delay in the EU’s legislative proposal on cloud and AI development, marking another setback for the EU’s broader tech sovereignty agenda. OVHcloud, SAP and Deuts... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

California defends pay-for-delay law at US Ninth Circuit

May 20, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

The California attorney general’s office at a US appeals court on Tuesday defended a state law targeting settlements in which a brand-name drug manufacturer pays a generic drug company to delay cheaper competi... (more story)

Board of Peace trademark applications thrust USPTO into uncharted territory

May 19, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

President Donald Trump has built his last name into one of the world’s most recognizable political and commercial brands, showing he appreciates trademark law. Now the US Patent and Trademark Office is trying ... (more story)

Stakeholders warn that US PTAB rulemaking could go too far

May 19, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

In a listening session hosted by the US Patent and Trademark Office, stakeholders representing practitioners and companies said that while limits on serial challenges before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board m... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Platforms should face regulatory action for scam ads, UK consumer groups say

May 19, 2026 | Sofia Gerace and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Digital platforms that host scam ads in the UK should face action from the country's Ofcom communications regulator, two well known consumer rights organizations have told Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In a joi... (more story)

Managers of Telekom Malaysia unit charged in US with $20 million fraud scheme

May 19, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Mohd Hafiz Lockman, Mohd Yuzaimi Yusof and Khanh Thuong Nguyen, all senior employees of a US subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and aggrava... (more story)

Spain's former PM faces corruption claims over Plus Ultra airline bailout

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spain's former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero faces a corruption probe over allegations that he acted improperly in favoring airline Plus Ultra, which received a multi-million euros ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Make the UK equity tape 'world-class, not symbolic,' financial sector says

May 20, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK financial sector has urged the Financial Conduct Authority to resist efforts to limit the scope of the upcoming equity consolidated tape to post-trade data only, warning that doing so would reduce its v... (more story)

US bank supervisors propose changes to CAMELS rating system

May 19, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Federal and state banking supervisors proposed changes to their rating system commonly known as CAMELS, with US Comptroller Jonathan Gould expressing concern about aspects of the plan. The group of supervisors... (more story)

EU lawmakers' securitization deal to be put to vote in full assembly

May 19, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmakers' committee deal on a revamped securitization framework will be put to a vote in the full assembly on Thursday after being challenged by the Greens and radical left groups. However, those opposed t... (more story)

Trade View More

EU negotiators greenlight implementation of EU-US trade deal

May 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

EU negotiators on Tuesday night greenlighted the implementation of the EU-US trade agreement, provisionally struck between the European Commission and the US administration last August, but added several safeg... (more story)

US tomato growers clash with importers over Mexico suspension agreement

May 19, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US growers clashed Tuesday with importers and other producers over the renewal last year of antidumping duties on fresh tomatoes from Mexico as the International Trade Commission considered how to view a major... (more story)

Swedish industry warns EU Industrial Accelerator Act could hurt competitiveness

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Swedish industry has warned that key parts of the European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, including planned European preference rules, risk undermining the bloc's competitivene... (more story)

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

EU support needed to unlock private capital for clean-tech, investors say

May 19, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU support is needed to help overcome the weak demand, uncertain cash flows and fragmented regulation that is preventing private capital from flowing into European decarbonization projects like batteries and h... (more story)

EU seeks feedback on initiative to support supplies of critical raw materials

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission opened a call on Monday for evidence on possible EU powers for stockpiling, joint purchasing, financing support and market intelligence for strategic minerals. The initiat... (more story)

Fuel-saving measures should accompany any emergency stock releases, EU says

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Fuel-saving measures should accompany any emergency fuel stock releases if disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz persist, the European Commission has said. Following a regular mee... (more story)

Technology View More

Major online platforms dodge child-safety norms due to weak enforcement, study says

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Children’s safety on major platforms Meta, Google, Snapchat and TikTok has not meaningfully improved despite growing regulation in the EU and UK over the past two years, according to a study by c... (more story)

UK privacy chief's secret absence known to 'staff and stakeholders,’ letter says

May 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Details of how the UK privacy watchdog is operating after Information Commissioner John Edwards stepped back pending a human resources probe have emerged in a letter to lawmakers from the authority's chief exe... (more story)

Indonesia presses global platforms on content moderation transparency

May 19, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's communications minister has demanded greater transparency from global digital platforms over their content moderation capacity, warning the government will no longer accept unilateral... (more story)