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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade

May 29, 2026 | Lewis Crofts, Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

EU probe of JD.com-Ceconomy is first test of Chinese M&A distortion
chips

Data Privacy and Security

May 29, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman

Europe

EU Chips Act 2.0 draft shifts focus toward stimulating demand

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 28, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount makes no formal 30-film promise, but US DOJ appears satisfied

Antitrust View More

Corteva settles with plaintiffs in US crop protection chemical antitrust suit

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Corteva has reached a settlement in a US antitrust case over “crop protection chemicals,” according to a court filing. A motion for preliminary approval is expected to be filed in June.

Puerto Rico steel distributors say plaintiffs' US antitrust claims can't be rescued

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Puerto Rico steel distributors Steel Services & Supplies, Aceros de America, and others told a US judge that antitrust claims filed by indirect purchasers of rebar "cannot be rescued," as the pla... (more story)

French report disputes link between trade curbs and consumer prices, suppliers say

May 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A French Senate report undermines claims that restrictions on EU cross-border trade of branded goods are a key driver of higher consumer prices, supplier representatives said in a statement. AIM,... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Jurisdictional lines at heart of US data center hookup talks

May 29, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US state utility regulators are awaiting federal guidance that could standardize how energy-intensive artificial intelligence data centers hook up to the electric grid. The process, which kicked off last fall,... (more story)

G7 countries agree common approach to online safety rules

May 29, 2026

Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US and the EU agreed on a common set of principles to protect children online. Under the framework, signed by the Group of Seven nations, online... (more story)

US NIST renames AI consortium and seeks new members, dropping 'safety' from title

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The National Institute of Standards and Technology has renamed its AI Safety Institute Consortium as the NIST AI Consortium, saying the new name reflects the group's "newly expanded goals." NIST ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

American Water-Essential deal threatened by Pa. push to lower utility bills

May 29, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

A pair of unanticipated events this month create risk for American Water Works’ proposed acquisition of Essential Utilities.

Subsidies for JD.com's logistics, technology in China draws EU FSR warning

May 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Chinese subsidies to JD.com may have changed the "negotiations dynamics" around its bid for retailer Ceconomy, according to a European Commission notice. The document says the regulator, which op... (more story)

US Sen. Markey questions TikTok, Oracle on national security concerns

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Edward J. Markey announced that he wrote to Adam Presser, President of TikTok USDS, and Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia, Chief Executive Officers of Oracle, requesting details on the im... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Discord ordered to set default settings to most protective levels in Texas

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an emergency temporary restraining order forcing Discord to reconfigure four key default settings to their most protective state for all Texas accounts... (more story)

Consumer Reports says Vermont's privacy bill passage a win for Big Tech

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Consumer Reports issued a statement saying a privacy bill that passed the Vermont legislature is a "clarifying lesson on the brute power of the Big Tech lobby" because the bill has weaker consume... (more story)

Many firms collecting data improving on privacy, Canada’s privacy commissioner finds

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published its latest survey on Canadian businesses concerning privacy issues. According to the poll, nearly three-quarters of businesses are highl... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Private companies can become ‘trusted flaggers,’ EU digital law draft guidance says

May 29, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Private companies, including IP right holders, could obtain “trusted flagger” status according to draft European Commission guidance issued under the Digital Services Act, potentially broadening access to one ... (more story)

Microsoft’s Choi says AI needs new IP playbook as patent commons seeks members

May 29, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

The rapid development of artificial intelligence requires a combination of intellectual property tools, a view that underpins Microsoft’s support for the Shared AI License Foundation, or SAIL, Associate Genera... (more story)

Chinese regulator extends trade-secret protection to unpublished short-drama scripts

May 29, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's fast-growing short-drama market gained new legal protection after a Chongqing regulator brought unpublished scripts under trade-secret protection, marking a first for the city and strengthening safegua... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Iranian network defrauding US firms sanctioned for supplying Iran's military

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against an Iran-based procurement network that impersonated and defrauded US companies in order to procure restric... (more story)

Trump exemptions to corporate ownership rule created gaps needing action, US GAO says

May 29, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US Treasury Department should address gaps caused by a March 2025 exemption to a rule requiring certain companies to identify their beneficial owners, but it hasn’t done so, according to a new report by th... (more story)

US GAO issues report on gaps caused by Corporate Transparency Act exemptions

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Government Accountability Office said the US Treasury Department should address gaps caused by a March 2025 exemption to a rule requiring certain companies to identify their beneficial own... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US SEC issues draft to cancel Biden-era rules on climate change

May 29, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to withdraw pending Biden-era rules requiring thousands of public companies to disclose their climate-related impacts and the risks they face from global warm... (more story)

EU's largest economies lead push for market integration compromise

May 29, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The EU's six largest economies on Friday proposed compromises on the bloc's contentious capital markets reform, including restricting ESMA oversight to significant crypto firms and adopting a phased approach f... (more story)

US CFTC approves Kalshi for listing of bitcoin contract

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved KalshiEX, an exchange and prediction market, for the listing of the BTCPERP contract, a perpetual contract that references the spot price of b... (more story)

Trade View More

Russian palladium does not injure US industry, USITC says

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has determined that dumped and subsidized unwrought palladium imported from Russia does not materially injure US industry. The Commerce Department will not i... (more story)

US firm challenges Canada’s oil pipes dumping order

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US producer Maverick Tube Corp. requested a binational panel review under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement to challenge an April affirmative antidumping ruling from Canada on oil country tubular goods from the US.

US importer challenges Commerce oil pipes scope order

May 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US importer Commercial Steel Products filed a lawsuit at the Court of International Trade to contest the Commerce Department's April final scope determination concerning oil country tubular goods from China.

State Aid View More

Spanish state aid for electricity capacity mechanism approved by EU

May 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spain’s plan to provide €9 billion in state aid for electricity capacity mechanisms aimed at safeguarding security of supply has been approved by the European Commission. The measure, which will ... (more story)

Spanish state aid for farmers facing rising fertilizer costs approved by EU

May 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spanish plans to provide up to €500 million to farmers facing rising fertilizer costs have been approved by EU state aid regulators. The aid will cover up to 70 percent of the additional fertiliz... (more story)

Tech companies need state-aid rules to better understand their financing, EU states urge

May 28, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

EU countries including Germany, Belgium, Spain and Poland are pushing for an overhaul of state-aid rules they say are unintentionally blocking support for start-ups, tech firms and social enterprises. At a min... (more story)

Energy View More

EU gas market adapted to lower Russian supplies in 2024-25, report says

May 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Pressure on the EU gas network eased in 2024 and 2025 as the market adapted to lower Russian gas supplies and higher LNG imports, according to a report by the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Ene... (more story)

EU power grid faces no widespread electricity supply risks this summer, report says

May 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU electricity supply is expected to remain secure this summer despite a decline in coal- and gas-fired generation capacity, the European Commission said, citing the latest assessment by European... (more story)

EU industrial energy use remains on downward trend, Eurostat says

May 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU industrial energy consumption remained on a long-term downward trend in 2024, falling 8.1 percent from levels a decade earlier, according to Eurostat data. Electricity and natural gas remained... (more story)

Technology View More

US FTC’s appeal of Meta trial win won’t solve agency’s AMG problem

May 29, 2026 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to overturn a major trial loss in antitrust litigation seeking a breakup of Meta Platforms is unlikely to fix a broader issue with the agency’s ability to police past ... (more story)

South Carolina’s broad Age-Appropriate Design Code to affect array of companies

May 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Companies that never had to comply with children’s online regulations are prepping to submit audits to South Carolina’s attorney general under the state’s new Age-Appropriate Design Code that took effect earlier this year.

Mobile telecom industry urges unlimited-duration licenses in EU rules revamp

May 29, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The mobile telecom industry said Friday that the Digital Networks Act’s move toward unlimited-duration spectrum licenses in the EU’s revamp of telecom rules would help boost investment and the bloc’s global competitiveness.