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Data Privacy and Security

June 10, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Human involvement in social media feeds probed by judge in suit over Calif. law

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 10, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Paramount, Warner unaware of specific US states’ concerns about deal
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 10, 2026 | Wesley Brown

Europe, North America

Paramount foreign ownership waiver likely to be granted, US FCC commissioner says

Antitrust View More

Ryanair's charges for parents sitting with children probed in UK

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Airline Ryanair is under investigation over fees that parents must pay to sit with their children, including those with disabilities, the UK antitrust regulator said. The review could lead to a f... (more story)

Malaysia proposes sweeping overhaul of communications law

June 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Malaysia's communications regulator has launched a public consultation on targeted amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 aimed at modernizing sector regulation and strengthenin... (more story)

Philippine competition regulator flags structural advantages in power retail sector

June 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission said a study of the retail electricity market found high concentration and structural advantages for retail electricity suppliers affiliated with major power... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Anthropic asks US court to strike government's ‘supply chain risk’ designation

June 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Anthropic argues that the US government retaliated against the artificial intelligence company for protected speech, unlawfully labeled it a national-security threat, blacklisted it from federal ... (more story)

Musk’s xAI faces growing legal risk over gas-powered turbines powering data centers

June 10, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Elon Musk’s xAI is facing growing legal risk over the gas-powered turbines in Mississippi that power his massive artificial intelligence data centers. Mississippi residents and civil rights groups are suing th... (more story)

Supermicro co-founder’s US trial delayed after company receives subpoena

June 10, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US trial of Supermicro co-founder Yi-Shyan Liaw was delayed to March 2027 after his lawyer disclosed in New York federal court on Wednesday that the company has received a grand jury subpoena. The company’s ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Texas Instruments, Silicon Labs merger filing not yet accepted in China

June 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's top merger-control regulator has not yet formally accepted the filing for Texas Instruments' proposed $7.5 billion acquisition of Silicon Labs, MLex has learned. A notification for the transaction betw... (more story)

US DOJ acting antitrust chief Assefi to depart agency June 29

June 10, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Omeed Assefi, the acting antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice, will depart the agency at the end of June in another high-profile departure from the Antitrust Division during the second Trump adminis... (more story)

NFL likely violating US antitrust law with streaming deals, Congress hears

June 10, 2026 | Chris May and Wesley Brown

North America

National Football League distribution deals with Big Tech and streaming platforms appear to be in clear violation of federal law by exceeding the scope of an antitrust exemption granted to the NFL by Congress ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Japan's privacy commission issues more supervisory guidance in 1Q

June 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's data-protection regulator received 4,602 data-breach notifications in the January-March 2026 quarter, down 12 percent from the average quarterly level in the previous fiscal year, ending ... (more story)

China database authority warns of Google Chrome flaw enabling remote code execution

June 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s National Information Security Vulnerability Database said in a notice on Wednesday that a critical security flaw in Google Chrome could allow attackers to execute code remotely and take c... (more story)

South Korea slaps Coupang with record privacy fine over breach, tracking practices

June 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Coupang was hit with a record 624.7 billion won ($409 million) fine by South Korea’s privacy watchdog over a massive data breach affecting about 37.6 million people and a separate finding that it... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Irish 'Whistler' barred as Indian court upholds territorial trademark rights

June 11, 2026

Asia

Irish distiller Robert A. Merry has been barred from using “Whistler” trademarks in India. The Delhi High Court reaffirmed territorial trademark rights and held that global reputation alone cannot substitute f... (more story)

Dongguan Youpute escapes bad-faith finding in UK trademark decision

June 10, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

The Stryze Group, a German maker of computer accessories, failed to show that its rival Dongguan Youpute Technology had acted in bad faith, following a hearing at the UK Intellectual Property Office. The Chine... (more story)

Ireland sets competitiveness, security agenda as EU Council chair

June 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Competitiveness, security and European values will form the core of Ireland's presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2026, according to a government program publish... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Johnson tapped by Trump to head US consumer finance watchdog

June 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  Brian Johnson, reportedly a Capital One executive who formerly worked for US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins's firm, Patomak Global Partners consultancy, was tapped by Presi... (more story)

Smartmatic cites Adani case in push to dismiss US bribery case for vindictiveness

June 10, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: To support its effort to obtain discovery related to an effort to dismiss a corruption case for vindictive prosecution, Smartmatic cited the pending request from the government to dismiss fraud a... (more story)

Consumer law group says US CFPB can't create mandate for immigration status

June 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The National Consumer Law Center said the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot impose a requirement that lenders consider immigration status. A CFPB statement advised lenders to conside... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US CFTC outlines prediction market rules for framework

June 10, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission released draft rules for prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket that would set up a framework for evaluating case by case whether wager contracts are illeg... (more story)

TD retail banker sentenced to prison in US for taking bribes, laundering money

June 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A former retail banker at TD Bank, Leonardo Ayala, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for accepting bribes and facilitating the laundering of more than $5.5 million to Colombia. 

Ireland wants deals on key EU financial files while chairing legislative talks

June 10, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Ireland says it will try to seal political deals with EU lawmakers on key, and often tricky, financial reforms during its time chairing legislative talks for the bloc's member states between July and December ... (more story)

Trade View More

US agricultural groups point to longstanding issues in USMCA enforcement

June 10, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

US agricultural industry stakeholders told a House panel about longstanding issues with Canadian and Mexican compliance under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement that they hope the three member countries will addre... (more story)

Trump faces regulatory squeeze from ranchers over beef imports

June 10, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The Trump administration is struggling to balance pressure from both ranchers and consumers as it seeks to increase beef imports to better manage a struggling market that is becoming a key issue ahead of the m... (more story)

China, Hong Kong networks sanctioned by US for supporting Iran's military

June 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nine individuals and entities that have supported weapons procurement on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Gua... (more story)

State Aid View More

€10m Austrian aid to cleantech cleared by EU watchdog

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies, including their main specific components, will be eligible for direct grants, under a €10 mil... (more story)

Czechia sees EU drop foreign-susbidy probe of Dukovany powerplant

June 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have avoided intervention under the EU's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, with the bloc closing a probe into a deal to provide nuclear reactors a... (more story)

Tiberis case puts Italy's renewable-energy incentives before EU judges

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy’s highest administrative court has asked EU judges whether a European Commission state-aid approval decision prevents national courts from assessing whether Italy’s renewable-energy support... (more story)

Energy View More

Philippine competition watchdog, market operator deepen power sector monitoring

June 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission and the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines formalized a partnership to strengthen oversight of the power sector through coordinated m... (more story)

EU critical raw materials drive faces demand, financing gaps, industry says

June 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU efforts to build domestic critical raw materials supply chains continue to face shortages of financing, demand and investment certainty despite a growing regulatory framework, industry representatives say. ... (more story)

New EU clean-energy initiative boosts cross-Mediterranean cooperation

June 09, 2026

Africa, Europe

MLex Summary: The EU has announced a new Mediterranean partnership to boost renewable energy, clean technology, hydrogen production and electricity networks across countries in the north of Africa and the Midd... (more story)

Technology View More

Optus contravened privacy laws in phone-directory breach, Australian regulator says

June 11, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australian mobile-network operator Singtel Optus failed to take reasonable steps to protect customers’ personal information from unauthorized disclosure in the White Pages directory, the privacy ... (more story)

EU telecom bill should mandate network-fee mediation, draft opinion says

June 10, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

US tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft that are responsible for large data traffic on European telecom networks should face “mandatory conciliation” in disputes over network fees, accordi... (more story)

Meta, state AGs seek to exclude evidence in US social media trial

June 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms and 29 state attorneys general filed motions in limine seeking to exclude certain evidence in an upcoming trial over social media's alleged harms to kids. Meta wants to block the s... (more story)