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Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Trump AI plan will leave limited room for state regulation, US Sen. Blackburn says
The company name Paramount appears in curly silver font on the outside of an office building

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 17, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes

Europe, North America

Paramount-Warner deal still faces US state scrutiny after federal clearance
Meng Wanzhou

Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Trade

June 17, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

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

Huawei finance chief’s admissions allowed at company’s US trial, judge rules

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Apple launches new App Store policies in Brazil after deal with CADE

June 18, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America, North America

Apple announced changes to its App Store developer policies in Brazil that solidified the demands of the settlement agreement signed with the country’s competition authority, including allowing alternative app... (more story)

Motor insurance competition under review in Italy

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy's motor insurance sector is being reviewed by the country's antitrust authority to assess whether there are any factors in the legal and regulatory framework that may be hindering the devel... (more story)

German courts to take stricter stance on damages-claims management, judge says

June 18, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

German courts can be expected to push back at more competition damages claims in the future if they overload the proceedings with documents and data, a senior judge has said. Ulrich Egger was commenting on a M... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Seeking to boost AI data centers, NTIA preparing report on regulatory obstacles

June 18, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

The construction of data centers that will power US leadership in artificial intelligence is turning out to be the key infrastructure bottleneck, the chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Ad... (more story)

Nvidia defeat would be 'huge headache' for merger call-ins, Irish official says

June 18, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

A court defeat for EU regulators over their scrutiny of Nvidia’s takeover of Run:ai would create a “huge headache” for reviews of deals that fall below notification thresholds, according to a senior Irish offi... (more story)

Google, Apple need to preserve AI assistant choice, senior EU official says

June 18, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Google and Apple's claims that the European Commission is overreaching when intervening in the market for AI assistants have been met with opposition from a senior EU official, who has said consumer choice nee... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

CADE orders full-form review of Argenta acquisition of AmericanOil–Metta

June 18, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Brazilian competition agency announced the proposed acquisition by Argenta Group of AmericanOil and Metta Diesel Transportes will undergo a full-form review. The Administrative Council for Ec... (more story)

Consumers challenging Paramount-Warner deal oppose dismissal, defend injunction bid

June 18, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Consumer plaintiffs challenging Paramount Skydance's acquisition strategy on Wednesday opposed the company's motion to dismiss and defended their request in California federal court for a preliminary injunctio... (more story)

Paramount-Warner Bros. deal gains antitrust clearance in China

June 18, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Paramount Global received unconditional antitrust clearance from the Chinese antitrust authority in relation to its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on June 17, according to a securities filing... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UN projects major critical minerals surge in coming years

June 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The United Nations Trade and Development office released a new report showing demand for critical minerals is expected to surge in the coming years, led by lithium at more than 350 percent by 204... (more story)

Guide for data privacy in video games produced by Belgian, Spanish regulators

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A new guide for how the video game sector should comply with EU data protection rules has been produced by the Belgian and Spanish data watchdogs including extensive checklists for hardware suppl... (more story)

Data subject’s right to parallel proceedings over complaints is reaffirmed by EU court (update*)

June 18, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

An EU member state’s data protection authority cannot reject a data subject’s complaint merely because the case has already been brought before a court in parallel proceedings, the EU's highest court ruled tod... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

This week at the UPC: June 12-18

June 18, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

This week, the Unified Patent Court granted InterDigital an injunction against Disney's streaming services, and rejected a preliminary injunction application from Ericsson in its dispute with Asus. The court a... (more story)

Spanish multinational Persan loses UK design protection for laundry capsule

June 18, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Persan, an established Spanish manufacturer of hygiene products, has lost the UK design protection for its laundry detergent capsule after the UK Intellectual Property Office found that it had been preempted b... (more story)

Ugg boot ruling may give Federal Circuit chance to clarify design patent law

June 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

A California jury found Quince infringed a patented Ugg boot design but also found the patent invalid, a verdict that if appealed could test the boundaries of design patent protection.

Financial Crime View More

Nigerian ex-minister’s bribery trial acquittal holds lessons for UK prosecutors

June 18, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Wednesday's acquittal of former Nigerian oil minister and OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke over accusations that she took bribes for oil contracts meant a dark day for prosecutors at the UK's National Cri... (more story)

Thai consumer lawsuit tests Big Tech liability for scam losses

June 18, 2026 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Asia

A lawsuit in Thailand seeking more than 230 million baht ($7 million) from Meta Platforms, Line, Apple, Google and several financial institutions could become a test case for whether giant tech companies can b... (more story)

US judge allows Huawei finance chief's admissions into company's trial

June 17, 2026

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

MLex Summary: A Huawei Technologies executive's admissions about the company's dealings in Iran can be introduced as evidence in the technology giant's upcoming trial, a US federal judge ruled.

Financial Services View More

Banca Carige's top shareholder disputes ECB intervention before EU judges

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Malacalza Investimenti, the former largest shareholder of Banca Carige, is at the EU General Court challenging the European Central Bank's decision to place the bank under extraordinary administr... (more story)

EU bank competitiveness plans to address cross-border barriers, draft shows

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is considering a rethink of bank rules by easing barriers to cross-border banking groups and simplifying capital and reporting requirements, according to a draft of the re... (more story)

UK financial services bill risks weakening regulators’ accountability, upper chamber warns

June 18, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK’s Financial Services Regulation Committee has raised concerns that proposed legislation would weaken financial regulators’ accountability to parliament. The committee told the investment minister that i... (more story)

Trade View More

Vehicle circularity rules on recycled content win EU Parliament approval

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers have approved vehicle circularity rules requiring automakers to increase the use of recycled plastics, improve vehicle recyclability and finance the collection and treatment of end-o... (more story)

US CIT sustains third remand results for dumping rate on Turkish aluminum sheet

June 18, 2026

Middle East, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade sustained the Commerce Department's third remand results for the antidumping duty rate on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey.

EuroChem fights EU fertilizer duty review at General Court

June 18, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

Two EuroChem units tried to challenge a European Commission review in the EU's lower court on Wednesday. The assessment resulted in an extension of the bloc's dumping duties on imports of liquid fertilizer ure... (more story)

State Aid View More

Iveco expects Tata Motors merger to close by third quarter of 2026

June 17, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Iveco Group said that its planned sale to Tata Motors is expected to close by the third quarter of 2026, aligning with comments from Tata last month. The €3.8 billion deal was cleared by the EU m... (more story)

Slovakia’s €1bn aid for clean manufacturing wins EU approval

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovakia’s plan to grant €1 billion of state funding to support clean energy manufacturing capacity has received EU approval. The program comprises grants and income tax relief for companies carr... (more story)

Japan's Rapidus expands European semiconductor ties with Italian partner

June 17, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s semiconductor manufacturer Rapidus said Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy’s Fondazione Chips-IT to collaborate on semiconductor research and future manufacturing,... (more story)

Energy View More

EU launches biomethane platform to boost market, regulatory transparency

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Registration has opened for a new digital platform which aims to help stimulate the EU's biomethane market. The European Commission's so-called Biomethane Mechanism will provide information on na... (more story)

Green bond reviewers face new EU rules on compliance, governance

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New rules governing external reviewers of green bonds — independent companies that assess whether the bonds meet sustainability requirements — have been published in the EU's Official Journal. Th... (more story)

EU ETS reform set to include more free allowances for fallback-benchmark sectors

June 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Free EU Emissions Trading System allowances could increase for energy-intensive sectors relying on fallback benchmarks under a legislative proposal planned to accompany the upcoming ETS review, according to a ... (more story)

Technology View More

Bosch settles US BIS export probe over Huawei sales, as DOJ declines to prosecute

June 17, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Robert Bosch GmbH agreed to resolve a US Commerce Department investigation into sales by two subsidiaries of high-tech sensors to a Chinese tech giant on a trade restrictions list, as prosecutors declined to b... (more story)

CCIA asks US appeals court to affirm injunction against Texas app store law

June 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Computer and Communications Industry Association asked a US appeals court to affirm an injunction against Texas’ App Accountability Act, calling the law overbroad. “Whether justified as prote... (more story)

Google to proffer economist Greg Leonard to testify at hearing next month

June 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google said it will proffer one of its testifying economists, Greg Leonard, to answer questions posed by a California federal judge at a July hearing over a proposed modified injunction issued in... (more story)