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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

June 17, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

New Canadian privacy legislation would be sea change toward stronger enforcement

Financial Services

June 16, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US sports bets fall under state purview, former CFTC Chair Gensler says

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 16, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Paramount-Warner deal splits studios, indie distributors in Brazil market test

Antitrust View More

Apple faces trial of UK mass antitrust suit over iCloud in October 2028

June 17, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

A mass UK lawsuit targeting Apple over alleged antitrust abuses in how it runs its iCloud service is due to come to trial in October 2028, the country's specialist competition court has said. Consumer group Wh... (more story)

Apple sees UK mass action over iCloud service formally certified for trial

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A mass UK lawsuit targeting Apple over its iCloud service has been certified for trial, accordig to an order by the UK's specialist antitrust court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The claim, in... (more story)

Google subject to fresh search conduct requirements by UK competition regulator

June 17, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Google is being forced to further change its search operations, following fresh conduct requirements imposed on the tech company by the UK competition regulator. The actions — focusing on search ranking and th... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

G7 leaders call for prioritization of online safety for children

June 17, 2026

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Children's safety online should be a priority for governments, digital service providers, and other stakeholders, leaders of the Group of Seven nations said during their summit on Wednesday. The ... (more story)

AI 'invisible agents' pose new competition risks, Australian minister says

June 17, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Andrew Leigh, assistant minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, on Wednesday said AI agents are systems that search, recommend, price and purchase on behalf of users, pote... (more story)

Japan's Rapidus expands European semiconductor ties with Italian partner

June 17, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s semiconductor manufacturer Rapidus said Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy’s Fondazione Chips-IT to collaborate on semiconductor research and future manufacturing,... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Seras Energy-Hadfield deal under UK merger probe

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK merger regulator has said it has formally opened an initial probe into biomass fuel supplier Seras Energy’s planned acquisition of wood recycling company GI Hadfield. The Competition and M... (more story)

German govt's plan to cut merger notifications poses risks, Mundt warns

June 17, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Companies may be able to pursue anticompetitive mergers if German government plans to require fewer deals to obtain approval before closing are enacted, the country's top competition regulator has warned. Andr... (more story)

Paramount-Warner Bros deal open for feedback in EU

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies interested in Paramount Skydance’s plan to take over Warner Bros. Discovery have 10 working days to provide their observations on the possible impact of the deal to the European Commiss... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Preserve privacy safeguards in Digital Omnibus, EU lawmakers say

June 17, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Preserving existing privacy, business and consumer safeguards — by reversing some of the European Commission's digital simplification measures — is the aim of amendments proposed by lawmakers in the European P... (more story)

UK social media ban faces technical, enforcement challenges, Ofcom says

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Enforcing a social media ban for under-16s will require additional resources and presents significant technical challenges, online safety regulator Ofcom has told the UK government. In a letter, ... (more story)

EU off track on chips, computing, skills 2030 goals, European Commission says

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Union remains off track to meet several key 2030 Digital Decade targets, with persistent gaps in semiconductors, computing capacity and information and communications technology skil... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

EU Commission holds back on videogames legislation, citing IP concerns

June 17, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

The European Commission has said it won't legislate to force videogame publishers to keep titles playable after ending online support, citing IP, trade secret and business concerns. EU officials will instead l... (more story)

Jockey wins Delhi court injunction against alleged copycat brands on Meesho

June 17, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

US apparel manufacturer Jockey International has secured an interim court order against Indian online sellers accused of trademark infringement. The Delhi High Court also ordered Indian e-commerce platform Mee... (more story)

Tokyo court orders refund in failed wind-power patent license

June 17, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A Tokyo court ordered the refund of an initial fee paid under a wind-power patent license, after finding that the licensed technology failed to meet the specific power-output target written into the contract.

Financial Crime View More

Travel tech company Sabre's UK business fined £1m over Russia sanctions breaches

June 17, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Travel services company Sabre's UK unit has been fined £1 million by the UK’s sanctions enforcer linked to hundreds of thousands of pounds in payments from Russia-based Ural Airlines. It is the largest penalty... (more story)

Ikano Bank fined in Sweden for money laundering failures

June 17, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Ikano Bank has been fined 140 million Swedish kroner by Sweden’s financial regulator for violating anti-money laundering and terrorist financing obligations. It marks the latest in a string of similar penaltie... (more story)

Criminals are ‘stealing a march’ on UK FCA, official says

June 17, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Enforcers need to adapt to close the gap and shut down innovative criminals from gaming the system, according to a senior official at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. “The threats we face are more complex... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Green bond reviewers face new EU rules on compliance, governance

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New rules governing external reviewers of green bonds — independent companies that assess whether the bonds meet sustainability requirements — have been published in the EU's Official Journal. Th... (more story)

US CFTC seeks information on streamlining regulation for fintechs

June 16, 2026

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

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a request for information to assist in identifying regulations, guidance documents, orders, no-action letters, and other items that may “unduly ... (more story)

UK, EU leaders to hold summit in Brussels in July

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK and EU leaders will hold a summit in Brussels on July 22, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Council President António Costa said in social-media posts. The meeting is expected to cov... (more story)

Trade View More

USTR weighs 50 percent tariff remedy on quartz products

June 16, 2026

North America

The Office of the US Trade Representative’s interagency panel Tuesday juggled with a safeguard trade investigation to protect the domestic quartz surface product industry, weighing whether to impose a large 50... (more story)

US trade commission ends dumping investigation into Canadian van trailers

June 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has terminated a countervailing duty investigation into Canadian imports of van-type trailers and subassemblies after the May 27 withdrawal of a countervaili... (more story)

US bars Serbia Zijin Copper products from entering US over forced-labor allegations

June 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection has barred Serbian copper and copper products manufactured by Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. from entering the US, citing indications of forced labor in the supply ch... (more story)

State Aid View More

Slovakia’s €1bn aid for clean manufacturing wins EU approval

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovakia’s plan to grant €1 billion of state funding to support clean energy manufacturing capacity has received EU approval. The program comprises grants and income tax relief for companies carr... (more story)

Strong competition enforcement needed for energy transition, EU's Gauer says

June 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Active competition enforcers are crucial to ensuring the benefits of the clean energy transition flow to the right parts of society and the economy, according to the new head of the European Commission’s energ... (more story)

Japan's Rapidus, UK Semiconductor Centre sign MOU on chip technology partnership

June 16, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s chipmaker Rapidus said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK Semiconductor Centre to support cooperation on semiconductor technology and manufacturing for... (more story)

Energy View More

EU ETS reform set to include more free allowances for fallback-benchmark sectors

June 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Free EU Emissions Trading System allowances could increase for energy-intensive sectors relying on fallback benchmarks under a legislative proposal planned to accompany the upcoming ETS review, according to a ... (more story)

Fallback-benchmark sectors could gain more free EU ETS allowances

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Free allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System could increase for energy-intensive sectors covered by fallback benchmarks, under a separate legislative proposal in the upcoming ETS review.... (more story)

US DOJ says shutting down xAI's gas turbines in Mississippi threatens national security

June 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice told a federal judge that the NAACP’s lawsuit against X Corp. over its operation of dozens of gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus 2 data center threaten... (more story)

Technology View More

EU satellite spectrum authorizations should be national concern, key body says

June 17, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

European satellite spectrum authorizations should remain in national hands rather than the European Commission's proposal for a harmonized EU-level licensing framework, a key EU advisory body on radio spectrum... (more story)

Plan for EU-wide spectrum licensing in telecom law opposed by advisory body

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Radio Spectrum Policy Group, which advises the European Commission on spectrum policy, backed the Digital Network Act's objective of European and global spectrum harmonization, but said spect... (more story)

EU digital policy targets set for overhaul to embrace competitiveness, security

June 17, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

The EU's Digital Decade framework could undergo revision next year, with the European Commission planning to review whether digital policy targets remain fit for purpose amid growing geopolitical tensions, cyb... (more story)