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Data Privacy and Security

June 12, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Washington Post sued over ‘surveillance pricing’ in US lawsuit

Intellectual Property

June 12, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe, Latin America, North America

Amazon disputes InterDigital claim of video patent license deal

Antitrust View More

Spanish sterile medical, parenteral nutrition products sector raided

June 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Several companies in Spain active in the supply of sterile medical solutions and parenteral products — for example, intravenous nutrition — have received surprise visits from competition official... (more story)

Turkish probe into video-on-demand platforms ends with commitments

June 15, 2026

Middle East

MLex Summary: The Turkish competition authority has said it has closed an investigation into subscription-based video-on-demand platforms — Netflix, Disney, Amazon Prime, Exxen, BluTV and Gain — after the comp... (more story)

Apple, Google face action as South Korean regulator moves to close long-stalled cases

June 15, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Apple and Google are moving closer to long-delayed sanctions over alleged violations of South Korea's in-app payment law, while Coupang faces the prospect of separate proceedings over "hijacking ads" and accou... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Chinese judge addresses legal questions as embodied AI industry booms

June 15, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

A Chinese judicial official has outlined how courts will assign blame when robots powered by artificial intelligence cause harm, establishing "layered liability" rules for the rapidly commercializing embodied ... (more story)

Former Google engineer convicted of economic espionage loses bid for new US trial

June 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Linwei Ding, a former Google engineer convicted of economic espionage, has lost his bid for a new trial after arguing that the US government's removal of prospective jurors of Chinese descent was... (more story)

Meta will face US claims of pirating pornographic content for AI

June 12, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Meta Platforms will face claims of direct, vicarious and contributory copyright infringement by prolific litigator Strike 3 Holdings, following a motion-to-dismiss order by US District Judge Eumi K. Lee in the... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

China's SAMR to hold rare public hearing on alleged merger-control violation

June 15, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's antitrust regulator will hold a rare public hearing on Wednesday over a joint-venture deal that is the subject of an alleged merger-control violation. Public hearings in antitrust cases remain uncommon... (more story)

California AG says Paramount-Warner Bros. deal remains under investigation

June 12, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a post on X that Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery remains under investigation by his office. The US Department of ... (more story)

Berkshire Hathaway, Taylor Morrison Home Corp. filed premerger notifications on June 4

June 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Berkshire Hathaway and Taylor Morrison Home Corporation each filed Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notifications with the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commission on June 4, a... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK regulator to assess age verification by Oct for under-16s social media ban

June 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK online safety regulator Ofcom is due to assess age verification methods for determining whether a user is over 16 by October, under a timeline set out by the government to implement a soci... (more story)

American Express failed to prevent unauthorized data access, Australian watchdog finds

June 15, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

American Express Australia breached the country’s privacy laws by failing to take reasonable steps to protect a customer's personal information from unauthorized access by an employee, the privacy regulator ha... (more story)

UK to ban social media platforms for under-16s by June 2027

June 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Social media platforms will be banned from allowing users in the UK under 16, under plans announced Monday by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The government intends to bring legislation to parliamen... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan’s 2026 IP plan moves AI copyright, piracy battles into growth strategy

June 15, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s annual intellectual property strategy has moved artificial intelligence, content, standards and intangible asset policy closer to government implementation, setting up work on a generative AI transpare... (more story)

China's top court upholds injunction against Infineon in GaN dispute with Innoscience

June 15, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s highest court has upheld a temporary injunction barring the sale of certain gallium nitride, or GaN, products made by Infineon Technologies in China, handing Chinese rival Innoscience a major win in th... (more story)

Instagram music library faces copyright test in India

June 15, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

The Zee-Nykaa dispute could redefine whether brands may commercially use music available on social-media platforms in India. The case before the Delhi High Court tests the boundaries of copyright licensing, pl... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK banks want stronger action from online platforms to stop rise in payment fraud

June 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK banking sector has once again demanded that online platforms do more to help preventing fraud. Trade group UK Finance said in its Annual Fraud Report that payment fraud has increased by 4 ... (more story)

Former Western Asset executive pleads guilty for false testimony

June 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: S. Kenneth Leech, the former chief investment officer of Western Asset Management pleaded guilty to obstructing justice by giving false and misleading testimony to the US Securities and Exchange ... (more story)

Uruguayan man sentenced to prison in US for using money servicer to evade sanctions

June 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus, a Uruguayan man who pleaded guilty to agreeing to use an unlicensed money services business to circumvent US sanctions on Venezuela, has been sentenced in the US to 14 ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

CFTC sues New Mexico for applying state gaming laws against Kalshi

June 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued the state of New Mexico for its efforts to apply state gaming laws against KalshiEX, a CFTC-registrant and a prediction market platform. 

US appeals court affirms judgement against FTX founder Bankman-Fried

June 12, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the conviction and 25-year prison sentence imposed on FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried for for stealing billions of customer deposits and i... (more story)

Former Wamco CIO pleads guilty in US to obstructing SEC probe into cherry-picking

June 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Ken Leech, the former chief investment officer of Western Asset Management, admitted Friday that he gave false testimony to the US Securities and Exchange Commission as the agency investigated him for alleged ... (more story)

Trade View More

Russian oil exports and shadow fleet operators targeted by new EU sanctions

June 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sanctions on 24 companies and two individuals involved in exporting Russian crude oil and petroleum products have been imposed by the EU, targeting the shadow fleet network used to circumvent Wes... (more story)

Nord Stream 2 contests ban on Russian gas imports at EU court

June 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Gas-pipeline operator Nord Stream 2 has asked the EU General Court to annul EU rules phasing out imports of Russian natural gas, or alternatively key provisions that effectively prohibit imports ... (more story)

Slovakia challenges Russian gas phaseout regulation at EU’s top court

June 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovakia has filed an action before the EU Court of Justice, seeking the annulment of EU rules phasing out imports of Russian natural gas and preparing to end the import of its oil. Slovakia argu... (more story)

State Aid View More

Cheese maker Zanetti wins EU approval for €11.9m state aid

June 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zanetti, a maker of traditional Protected Designation of Origin cheeses including Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano, has secured EU approval for €11.9 million in Italian state aid. The Europea... (more story)

€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)

Energy View More

Downstream metal products included by EU countries in carbon border levy expansion

June 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is to be extended to selected downstream iron-, steel- and aluminum-intensive products under a position agreed by member states. The proposal would broaden the levy'... (more story)

Planned EU corporate fleet emissions targets would be axed under EPP amendments

June 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Binding targets for zero- and low-emission corporate vehicles proposed by the European Commission would be scrapped under amendments from two center-right lawmakers in the European Parliament's largest politic... (more story)

EU carbon border levy set to expand to downstream metal products

June 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — a levy imposed on imports of carbon-intensive goods — could be expanded to selected downstream iron-, steel- and aluminum-intensive products, under a... (more story)

Technology View More

Google says Shopping unit shouldn't be labelled very large online platform by EU

June 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Google Ireland challenged the EU’s refusal to recategorize its Shopping service under the bloc’s Digital Services Act in a move to clarify the way user numbers are calculated. The action, which w... (more story)

UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s

June 15, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK is set to announce Monday new online safety measures that could include a ban on social media use by under-16s, following a consultation that drew more than 116,000 responses. Ahead of the announcement,... (more story)

Former US DOJ prosecutor warns of antitrust focus on AI collusion, whistleblowers

June 12, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Algorithmic collusion and anticompetitive conduct involving AI will be a key area of enforcement for the US Department of Justice over the next decade, and companies using these tools should be mindful of the ... (more story)