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Belgian moves on ratifying EU-Canada trade deal put focus on other holdouts

Meta settles US addictive algorithm cases, will alter platforms, pay up to $17bn

US-Canada rift casts shadow on global trade deals

Uber feels the heat of Denmark’s call-in powers

Air France-KLM’s SAS deal timetable hinges on avoiding in-depth EU probe

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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

August 26, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Amy Miller

North America

AI chatbots offer next front for US state AGs following Meta settlement

Data Privacy and Security

August 26, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil sues Discord, seeks hefty compensation over minors' protections

Trade

August 26, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Canada faces smoother road on retaliatory tariffs than US
AI chatbots offer next front for US state AGs following Meta settlement
Brazil sues Discord, seeks hefty compensation over minors' protections
Canada faces smoother road on retaliatory tariffs than US

Antitrust View More

Student athletes fail to enjoin NCAA ‘redshirting’ rule change in US case

August 27, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Student athletes failed to get a temporary restraining order over the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s enforcement of a rule regarding eligibility to compete and “redshirting,” with a US judge ruling... (more story)

Florida AG sues Prime Therapeutics, Express Scripts for alleged price fixing

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a lawsuit against Prime Therapeutics and Express Scripts, alleging the two pharmacy benefit managers entered into an illegal price-fixing agreeme... (more story)

Google settles Play Store charges UK collective damages claim

August 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Google has reached a £260 million ($353 million) settlement over a UK collective damages claim brought by an academic over the company's Play Store charges, according to lawyers for the class rep... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China plans tighter EV, autonomous-driving oversight through 2030, official says

August 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China will strengthen governance of its intelligent connected new-energy vehicle industry during 2026-2030, including by tightening reviews of innovative designs, testing requirements and product... (more story)

China plans AI manufacturing drive spanning chips, open source

August 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China will use industrial applications to drive artificial-intelligence innovation and industry growth during the 2026-2030 period, while strengthening the broader ecosystem, safety governance and internationa... (more story)

South Korea music copyright group reverses AI rules amid stakeholder divisions

August 27, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

The Korea Music Copyright Association has withdrawn new filing and registration criteria for AI-assisted musical works less than a month after adopting them, citing requests from the National Assembly and the ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Paramount-Warner litigants resolve discovery disputes, procedural issues

August 27, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery and the plaintiffs challenging their proposed merger have resolved several discovery disputes, agreeing to exchange materials from government investigations within 10... (more story)

Sysco-Jetro deal should be probed by US FTC, DOJ, House members say

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Maxwell Alejandro Frost called on the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize Sysco's proposed $29.1 billion acquisition of Jetro Re... (more story)

Coalition aiming to block Paramount-Warner merger launches 'No Concessions' platform

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Block the Merger Coalition, a campaign led by the Future Film Coalition opposing Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, started a petition asking the 12 US state attorneys ge... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta deal bolsters UK case for social-media age controls ahead of under-16s ban

August 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Meta Platforms' pledge of new safeguards for teen US users could bolster the UK government's case for age-based controls as it prepares to ban social media for under-16s from spring 2027. The tech giant has pr... (more story)

Meta to get follow-up from UK data privacy watchdog after US settlement

August 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's data privacy watchdog says it is contacting Meta Platforms after the company agreed to pay $17.1 billion and make a series of product changes as part of the settlement of landmark US lit... (more story)

Meta should provide same online protections for children in UK, minister says

August 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Meta Platforms should offer the same online protections for children in the UK as those it has committed to introducing in the US following its landmark settlement, a UK minister has said. The tech giant's $17... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: Aug. 14-Aug. 27

August 27, 2026 | Steve Scherer

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

Huawei and HP cross-license WiFi to resolve litigation, while drug licensing dominated in recent weeks, led by multibillion-dollar obesity and immunology agreements. Sisvel set point-of-sale pool rates, Access... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Aug. 21-27

August 27, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

The Unified Patent Court this week decided on injunctions, infringements and withdrawal actions. HMD was found to be an "unwilling licensee" and failed to block an injunction order over its smartphones and tab... (more story)

Singapore weighs AI training safeguards, patent inventorship rules in IP review

August 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Singapore is considering whether to make clearer when contractual restrictions can prevent AI developers from relying on a copyright exception for training, as part of a broader review of how its intellectual ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Sports company co-owners admit in US to fraud scheme involving FIFA media rights

August 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

A father and son who co-own an Argentine sports marketing company admitted Thursday in a New York federal court to participating in a fraud scheme involving bribes to soccer officials to obtain media rights to... (more story)

UEFA seeks subpoena for US discovery in potential lawsuit against FIFA chief

August 27, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: UEFA, the European soccer confederation, asked a US court to authorize a subpoena to collect discovery from Joshua Kushner and his company, Thrive Capital, for a potential lawsuit against FIFA Pr... (more story)

Global fraud network crackdown in planning by 'Five Eyes' countries

August 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A bid to crackdown on global fraud networks has seen the UK team up with its "Five Eyes" security partners the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the UK government said on Thursday. Home affa... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Bank of England to get new payments innovation objective from UK govt

August 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government on Thursday announced plans to give the Bank of England a new responsibility to support innovation in payment systems and emerging forms of digital money. This secondary objecti... (more story)

EU chief wants market integration deal by year-end, or willing states advancing

August 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen renewed pressure on EU governments to agree on the market integration and supervision package by year-end. She again warned that willing member states could m... (more story)

Key financial reforms on the line as EU enters packed fall negotiating season

August 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU institutions are racing to finalize major financial reforms by year-end — including market integration, securitization, pensions and the digital euro — while new proposals to boost the EU capital markets ar... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce opens dumping, subsidy probe into Indian perfluoroalkoxy alkane

August 27, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department initiated an antidumping and antisubsidy investigation into perfluoroalkoxy alkane imports from India.

US customs says tariff refund Phase 3 delayed

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection said in an updated filing at the Court of International Trade that Phase 3 of the refunds for tariffs paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act a... (more story)

Trump signs order to accept more beef imports into US

August 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow for the importation of more beef. Starting Sept. 1 and authorized for 90 days, the US will accept 100,000 tons per month of lean beef ... (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

Climate litigation boom makes states’ obligations clear, corporate ones less so

August 26, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Climate litigation is increasingly defining governments' and companies' obligations as climate science and legal precedents develop. While landmark cases have helped entrench the duties that states have and pr... (more story)

EU Commission points to national powers amid calls for bloc-wide oil windfall tax

August 25, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Windfall profit taxes remain a matter for EU countries to decide using their national fiscal powers, the European Commission said after six countries called for an EU-wide framework to tax oil companies' excep... (more story)

Six EU countries seek windfall tax targeting oil majors’ foreign profits

August 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Six EU countries are calling for an EU-wide framework to tax oil companies' windfall profits as energy prices remain high. Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain want EU finance mini... (more story)

Technology View More

US government seeks to back X in Digital Services Act appeal

August 27, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The US government has asked EU judges for permission to support X in the social media platform's appeal against a €120 million fine for breaking the bloc's digital services law, MLex has learned. The EU's lowe... (more story)

Meta’s US concessions offer EU leverage in Digital Services Act cases

August 27, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

Europe, North America

Meta Platforms’ settlement of US lawsuits this week could pressure the European Commission to secure commitments in ongoing EU proceedings over youth safety and addictive design. The settlement becomes powerfu... (more story)

Philippines, Meta agree to deepen cooperation on child online safety

August 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Philippine government officials and Meta Platforms agreed during a meeting Thursday to deepen cooperation on protecting children and young people from online threats, including harmful content, d... (more story)