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US Third Circuit charts antitrust path for AI pricing algorithms

As EU's AI content labeling regime kicks in, its aim for clarity remains divisive

EU seeks investors for Europe's first AI gigafactories

Latest US trade salvo against Canada signals new stage of USMCA hardball

Uber’s breakup of Delivery Hero likely to test limits of EU merger jurisdiction

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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 31, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Europe, North America

Writers Guild's Paramount challenge showcases US talent bidding wars

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Intellectual Property

July 31, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Reddit’s US claims against Perplexity AI, scraper survive under DMCA reading
Data brokers are required to provide a link on their website informing consumers of their rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Data Privacy and Security

July 31, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

New Calif. data broker platform to begin work as states tighten regulations
Writers Guild's Paramount challenge showcases US talent bidding wars
Reddit’s US claims against Perplexity AI, scraper survive under DMCA reading
New Calif. data broker platform to begin work as states tighten regulations

Antitrust View More

South Korea's criminal justice reform strips prosecutors of investigative powers

August 03, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korea’s National Assembly has approved legislation separating criminal investigation from prosecution, stripping prosecutors of their authority to directly investigate serious crimes and leaving them pri... (more story)

Kakao Entertainment wins final South Korean ruling over derivative-work clauses

August 03, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Kakao Entertainment has secured a final court victory against a 540 million won ($378,000) antitrust fine imposed over contract terms governing adaptation rights to prize-winning entries in its web-novel compe... (more story)

TikTok faces Indonesia antitrust investigation over logistics, pricing practices

August 03, 2026 | Roffie Kurniawan

Asia

TikTok is facing a formal antitrust investigation in Indonesia over allegations that its relationships with merchants and third-party logistics providers, together with its pricing practices, may have restrict... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Indonesia seeks deeper AI cooperation with India

August 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia is seeking to deepen cooperation with India on artificial intelligence following completion of its National AI Roadmap, Deputy Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Nezar Patria s... (more story)

Construction begins on South Korea's national AI computing center

August 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea began construction of its national artificial intelligence computing center on Monday in Haenam, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, the Ministry of Science and ICT said. The f... (more story)

Australian children turn to AI for personal, social reasons, report shows

August 03, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Artificial intelligence assistants are being used by four in five Australian children aged 10 to 17 for learning and personal matters, according to new research by the country's online safety reg... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Japan's Itochu to invest $1.9 billion in US aircraft lessor ACG

August 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Itochu, a publicly listed Japanese trading house, has signed a basic agreement to acquire a 50 percent stake in TC Skyward Aviation US, Tokyo Century's wholly owned subsidiary that indirectly own... (more story)

Vandemoortele sees EU decision on Délifrance acquisition published

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has disclosed the non-confidential version of its decision to allow Belgian food maker Vandemoortele to acquire French bakery products company Délifrance. The deal was cl... (more story)

Silk's bid for Toll Transport's plastic, glass assets under review in Australia

August 03, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Silk Contract Logistics' proposed acquisition of Toll Transport's bulk plastics and glass logistics business is under review by Australia's competition watchdog. The deal would transfer selected ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Pornhub investor’s challenge to EU digital law proceedings published

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Pornhub investor Ethical Capital Partners’ challenge to the European Commission’s decision to include it in Digital Services Act proceedings initially brought against the site's parent company Ay... (more story)

Most Australian under-16s' social media accounts unaffected by ban, regulator says

August 03, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Most Australian children who had social media accounts before the country's ban on under-16s came into effect were able to retain them or create new ones within three months, a report by the online safety regu... (more story)

Japan issues guidance to LY Corp over LINE GAME data transfers

August 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: LY Corp, the operator of the LINE messaging app, received administrative guidance from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on Friday after the ministry concluded the company v... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan government presses boards to turn IP into corporate growth

August 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan has issued new guidance urging companies to make intellectual property a core part of business strategy rather than treating it primarily as a legal or compliance function, marking the government's lates... (more story)

Grant uncertainty emerges as potential risk factor in early-stage IP valuations

July 31, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Asia, North America

With the US government mulling changes to how it administers federal research grants, funding continuity could become its own consideration when valuing intellectual property-intensive startups. A new model es... (more story)

US judge allows Reddit anti-circumvention claims vs. Perplexity AI, SerpApi

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer declined to dismiss Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims by Reddit against the artificial intelligence answer engineer Perplexity AI and web-scraping platf... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Ex-Goldman banker paid Ghana parliament members to back deal, US jury hears

August 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker paid members of the Ghanaian parliament to ratify a power plant deal with the government there on behalf of its client, a Turkish energy firm, prosecutors told a New York jury on Friday.

Scrapping of UK jury system could be reversed, New leader Burnham hints

July 31, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A UK government plan to end jury trials in many instances, including complex fraud cases, could be reversed, new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has hinted. “I want to really look in detail at that proposal, an... (more story)

Ghanian official awaited ‘holy rain’ of bribes, US jury hears at ex-banker’s trial

July 31, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A senior Ghanian government official was awaiting a “holy rain” of bribes after helping to secure approvals necessary for a power plant deal, jurors in New York were told at a former Goldman Sachs banker’s corruption trial. 

Financial Services View More

Former US Congressman Santos settles CFTC claims of manipulative trading

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Former US Republican Congressman George Santos agreed to pay $35,000 to settle claims that he engaged in manipulative activity in an event contract titled "Who will attend the State of the Union?... (more story)

OppFi’s application for national bank charter opposed by 123 groups, academics

July 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Opportunity Financial’s request to acquire a national bank should be denied by federal regulators on grounds that the firm could make payday loans in every state, according to a coalition of 123 consumer, civi... (more story)

New US community bank loan limits to insiders proposed by Fed

July 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Reserve proposed updated community-bank loan limits to insiders who could potentially influence the institutions' credit decisions. The insiders under 1979's Regulation O consist of executive of... (more story)

Trade View More

China condemns US addition of 40-plus entities to forced-labor list

August 03, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China has condemned and opposed the US decision to add more than 40 Chinese entities to its Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list, calling the move baseless sanctions and economic coerci... (more story)

US adds 43 companies to Uyghur forced-labor entity list

July 31, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Homeland Security on Friday added 43 new companies to its Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list, a list of entities in China’s Xinjiang Province alleged by the feder... (more story)

US biodiesel import duties face EU expiry reviews

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: US biodiesel imports into the EU face expiry reviews of existing anti-dumping and countervailing duties, under European Commission notices published in the bloc’s Official Journal on Friday. The ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu's parent company PDD Holdings and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology have received a formal warning from the European Commission for not having cooperated during an inspection in Ireland. The... (more story)

Dutch support for sustainable aviation fuels wins EU approval

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Netherlands has won EU state aid approval for €290 million of support for sustainable aviation fuels, or SAFs. The European Commission said it had cleared two aid programs, sharing a common b... (more story)

Temu gets EU charges for obstructing foreign-subsidy inspections (updates)

July 31, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu could face fines after the European Commission formally accused it of hindering an investigation into whether it was unfairly benefiting from government support. The EU regulat... (more story)

Energy View More

Australia's data-center ambitions collide with clean-energy constraints

July 31, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia’s data-center boom is outpacing the country’s ability to build the renewable generation, storage and transmission needed to support it, according to energy experts. Proposed national standards would ... (more story)

Goldman walked away from Ghana deal due to red flags, exec says in US bribery trial

July 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Goldman Sachs walked away from a lucrative power plant deal in Ghana after its client, a Turkish energy company, wouldn't address red flags concerning its local partner, an executive of the investment bank tes... (more story)

xAI, MZX Tech say Mississippi residents' claims over data center plant 'meritless'

July 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: xAI and MZX Tech are seeking to dismiss public nuisance, negligence and emotional distress claims in a proposed class action filed by Mississippi residents alleging that a power plant fueling nea... (more story)

Technology View More

Porn site age checks signal challenges for UK social media ban

August 03, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

One year after the UK's Online Safety Act introduced mandatory age checks for pornography platforms, compliance among the most popular sites is high. But evidence suggests compliance alone may not reduce child... (more story)

Indonesia warns YouTube over livestream using children to promote vaping

August 03, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs issued a first formal warning to YouTube on Sunday after identifying a livestream that allegedly involved children promoting electronic c... (more story)

Live Nation antitrust trial loss, record evidence probed by US judge

July 31, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Live Nation Entertainment’s trial loss to a coalition of US state attorneys general came under a New York federal judge’s microscope Friday, with the parties sparring over a jury verdict finding the live event... (more story)