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Antitrust

August 12, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Apple gets one-day reprieve in US App Store commission fight

Financial Services

August 12, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Prediction market Kalshi ordered by US CFTC to keep operating in New York

Trade

August 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US government lawyers criticize trade court judge in tariff refund case

Antitrust View More

Apple seeks settlement conference with Epic Games over US linked-out commissions

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Apple said it is seeking a settlement conference before US Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero to give it and Epic Games "an opportunity to explore a potential resolution" of their dispute over linked-... (more story)

Brazil expects digital markets bill to pass soon

August 13, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Alexandre Rebêlo Ferreira, an official at the Ministry of Finance and a prominent figure in drafting text of a digital markets bill, is confident the measure will be approved in Congress despite tensions betwe... (more story)

Apple proposes 5% to 15% commissions on US linked-out app purchases

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Apple submitted its remand proffer in litigation against Epic Games, proposing that it should be permitted to charge linked-out commissions in the US of 15 percent for standard apps; 10 percent f... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Northern Ireland's draft AI strategy calls for guardrails, public services adoption

August 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Northern Ireland’s government is seeking public views on a draft AI strategy that calls for eight principles to guide public-sector AI, human oversight, a cross-sector AI governance board and inv... (more story)

German data watchdog calls for central cookie manager under EU digital rules

August 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s upcoming digital rulebook should reduce cookie banners and minimize overregulation, the German data regulator said on Thursday. Following a nationwide survey, the watchdog set out six re... (more story)

Indosat, Nvidia partner with Indonesian university to establish AI center

August 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Telecom company Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Nvidia have partnered with Indonesia's Gadjah Mada University to establish a university-based artificial intelligence center for research, computing ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Paramount, Warner, Writers Guild, US states submit case management statement

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros along with a group of US states and the Writers Guild of America, which are challenging the companies' proposed merger, have submitted a joint case management s... (more story)

'Politically motivated charade' on HPE-Juniper should end now, US DOJ official says

August 13, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: A senior official with the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division said court approval of the DOJ's merger settlement regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise's buyout of Juniper Networks shoul... (more story)

OceanPact-CBO deal clearance appealed by Petrobras in Brazil

August 13, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Petrobras has appealed the Brazilian competition authority's approval of OceanPact's acquisition of CBO, arguing that the agency's investigatory unit didn't sufficiently examine several competitive concerns ra... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta executive defends internal documents on child safety at Tennessee trial

August 13, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Meta’s safety teams were well-funded, and internal documents requesting more resources were for internal advocacy and not a matter for the public, an executive said Thursday while testifying in Tennessee.

Plaintiffs seek final approval for $68m Google Assistant privacy settlement

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs in the Google Assistant privacy class action are asking a US federal judge to grant final approval to a $68 million settlement resolving claims that Google improperly recorded users’ c... (more story)

Roblox under investigation by US Senate subcommittee over child abuse

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin wrote to Roblox founder and President David Baszucki, informing him the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism is investigating the co... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Jack Daniel’s parody ruling raises trademark tarnishment bar in Ninth Circuit

August 13, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Famous brand owners pursuing trademark dilution claims in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will need to prove both that each individual mark they assert is famous and that the challenged use is li... (more story)

AI video coding looms as next streaming patent battleground

August 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Asia, Europe

Licensing of High Efficiency Video Coding, or HEVC, video coding patents has been mired in years of litigation across multiple jurisdictions, as the growing popularity of streaming media has met the thicket of... (more story)

IP licensing and business: July 30-Aug. 13

August 13, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Licensing and patent deals spanned AI, life sciences, acquisitions of video codec technology patents and an IP litigation and licensing risk group, plus a major memory patent settlement.

Financial Crime View More

FIFA officials shouldn't have corruption convictions vacated, US says

August 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

Five former top soccer officials shouldn't have their convictions in a sweeping US corruption case wiped away, prosecutors said in a new court filing. All five petitions were untimely, and the officials don't ... (more story)

Remaining defendants in US Adani case consent to dismissal of bribery charges

August 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Asia, North America

All five remaining defendants in a $250 million solar energy corruption case that had involved Indian billionaire Gautam Adani have consented to a motion by the government to dismiss the bribery and obstructio... (more story)

US opposes FIFA officials' efforts to vacate corruption convictions

August 13, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Five former top soccer officials should not have their convictions in a sweeping US corruption case wiped away, US prosecutors said in a court filing. The petitions should be denied for several t... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Key market-integration regulation amendments published by EU Parliament

August 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Parliament amendments to the “master regulation” in the EU’s Market Integration and Supervision Package have been published. Center-right lawmaker Markus Ferber is leading Parliament’s w... (more story)

Goliath Ventures, founder sued by US SEC over crypto Ponzi scheme

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Goliath Ventures and its founder and chief executive, Christopher A. Delgado, for raising at least $425 million from more than ... (more story)

US SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail faces overhaul, Atkins says

August 11, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to restructure its Consolidated Audit Trail to revamp funding, rescind the 2012 rule creating the enforcement tool, and evaluate the adequacy of agency resource... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court rules against small business on de minimis challenge

August 13, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade on Thursday ruled against a small business challenging the Trump administration's revocation of the de minimis rule that had allowed for imports valued at $800 and under to ... (more story)

US trade court upholds Trump power to end de minimis rule

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade ruled against Detroit Axle, a small business that sued the Trump administration last year after it ended for all countries the de minimis rule allowing duty-fr... (more story)

US polysilicon tariffs pose complications, opportunity for non-Chinese producers

August 13, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

New tariffs and trade barriers imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports of polysilicon will primarily affect China, the world’s leading producer of the material, but their indiscriminate nature has also... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

EU packaging rules restrict 'forever chemicals' as businesses warn of costs

August 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Food-contact packaging containing levels of "forever chemicals" above new limits can no longer enter the EU market under a law that starts applying Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation intro... (more story)

EU packaging rules take effect with 'forever chemicals' restrictions

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Food packaging containing "forever chemicals" above specified limits can no longer enter the EU market, according to new European rules taking effect Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste ... (more story)

South Korea picks 7 future technologies as growth engines for AI era

August 12, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea has identified seven strategic technology fields, including small modular reactors and quantum technology, as future growth engines to be nurtured over the next 10 to 20 years, with most of them di... (more story)

Technology View More

MEO appeals €87,500 fine over unlawful network installation in Portugal

August 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Portuguese telecom giant MEO has appealed a fine of €87,500 ($102,000) imposed by the country’s media regulator. Anacom issued the fine on May 21 for violations of the rules regarding network ins... (more story)

Meta, TikTok stay in close contact with EU regulators over Ceuta disinformation (update*)

August 13, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Major platforms, particularly Meta and TikTok, remain in close contact with EU regulators over disinformation linked to the migration crisis in Ceuta, as attention turns to reports of another possible migrant ... (more story)

Meta safety-expert panel a ‘sham,’ former advisor says in Tennessee trial

August 12, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

A Danish psychologist who was on an expert panel at Meta Platforms for self-harm and suicide told a jury in Tennessee that she quit the role after concluding that the initiative only served a “window shopping”... (more story)