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Water spraying on fields as part of fertilizer program

Energy, Trade

May 19, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU weighs broader fertilizers tariff relief under new action plan
Facebook screenshot showing news feed for story about paying publishers

Intellectual Property, Technology

May 19, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Meta ruling gives EU nations roadmap to tougher rules on payments for publishers

Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence

May 18, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Following OpenAI win over Musk, doubts remain about US antitrust claims

Antitrust View More

Shipping container cartel's value of commerce exceeded $35bn, US DOJ's Assefi says

May 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: An international cartel over container shipping manufacturing had value of commerce exceeding, $35 billion dollars, Omeed Assefi, the acting assistant attorney general for the US Department of Ju... (more story)

Seven Chinese executives, four firms indicted in US over shipping container cartel

May 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division said seven Chinese executives and four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturing companies have been indicted for conspiring to res... (more story)

Judge says Amazon likely spoliated evidence but denies US FTC sanctions bid

May 19, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

A US judge found it “more likely than not that Amazon spoliated at least some evidence” in an antitrust case but declined, for now, to impose sanctions sought by the Federal Trade Commission in an order unsealed late Monday.

Artificial Intelligence View More

Book publishers win default US judgement against 'pirate site' Anna’s Archive

May 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Emma Whitford

North America

US District Judge Jed Rakoff granted a default judgment of $19.5 million to book publishers who sued Anna’s Archive and 10 unnamed owners and operators for acting as a supplier of stolen content to the artific... (more story)

US panel weighs if Anthropic risk finding within bounds or ‘spectacular overreach’

May 19, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Neither Anthropic nor the US Department of Defense escaped scrutiny Tuesday as a federal appellate panel considered the bounds of a relatively untested statute behind the AI developer’s supply chain risk desig... (more story)

Jury questions in Musk-OpenAI trial published by US court

May 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A series of juror questions about the environmental cost of AI, the pros and cons of forming a nonprofit tech company and Microsoft's IP rights to OpenAI technology reveal what was on the minds' ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Saipem-Subsea7 questionnaire responses sharpen Brazil vessel scarcity concerns

May 19, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Brazilian offshore oil-services customers and rivals are converging around the national competition authority's concerns that the proposed Saipem-Subsea7 merger could consolidate control over a limited pool of... (more story)

Prosus lawyer criticizes EU after Uber raises Delivery Hero stake

May 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Tech investor Prosus has said the EU’s insistence that it sell down its stake in Delivery Hero has led to the “bizarre paradox” of pushing the “homegrown” tech player into the arms of US company Uber. In 2025,... (more story)

Healthcare top priority for US DOJ, assistant AG says

May 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Sarrine delivered prepared remarks at the Transparency Rising 2026 National Forum, focusing on the healthcare industry. Sarrine said the Department of ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Brazil to institute tougher platform obligations on illegal content, online misogyny

May 19, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

A pair of decrees from the Brazilian government are aligned with the reinterpretation last year of the country’s Internet Civil Rights Framework by the Supreme Federal Court, MLex has learned. Since that judgm... (more story)

US Department of Education asks court for chance to explain data requests to colleges

May 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Education asked a federal judge to remand a case brought by state attorneys general over a new federal data collection mandate targeting colleges and universities. The depart... (more story)

Google, Amazon, Microsoft face further delay in EU’s cloud and AI development bill

May 19, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Google, Amazon and Microsoft are facing another delay in the EU’s legislative proposal on cloud and AI development, marking another setback for the EU’s broader tech sovereignty agenda. OVHcloud, SAP and Deuts... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Board of Peace trademark applications thrust USPTO into uncharted territory

May 19, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

President Donald Trump has built his last name into one of the world’s most recognizable political and commercial brands, showing he appreciates trademark law. Now the US Patent and Trademark Office is trying ... (more story)

Stakeholders warn that US PTAB rulemaking could go too far

May 19, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

In a listening session hosted by the US Patent and Trademark Office, stakeholders representing practitioners and companies said that while limits on serial challenges before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board m... (more story)

Nokia fights Warner Bros and Paramount over interim payment in English patent case

May 19, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Nokia has clashed with Warner Bros and Paramount in an English court over the interim payment due to the Finnish company in ongoing litigation between the companies over standard essential patents, or SEPs, fo... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Managers of Telekom Malaysia unit charged in US with $20 million fraud scheme

May 19, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Mohd Hafiz Lockman, Mohd Yuzaimi Yusof and Khanh Thuong Nguyen, all senior employees of a US subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and aggrava... (more story)

Spain's former PM faces corruption claims over Plus Ultra airline bailout

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spain's former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero faces a corruption probe over allegations that he acted improperly in favoring airline Plus Ultra, which received a multi-million euros ... (more story)

G7 finance chiefs call for resilient supply chains, coordinated financial markets

May 19, 2026

Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank leaders urged countries to avoid export restrictions, strengthen supply-chain resilience and coordinate responses to risks from conflict, inflati... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US bank supervisors propose changes to CAMELS rating system

May 19, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Federal and state banking supervisors proposed changes to their rating system commonly known as CAMELS, with US Comptroller Jonathan Gould expressing concern about aspects of the plan. The group of supervisors... (more story)

EU lawmakers' securitization deal to be put to vote in full assembly

May 19, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmakers' committee deal on a revamped securitization framework will be put to a vote in the full assembly on Thursday after being challenged by the Greens and radical left groups. However, those opposed t... (more story)

US SEC proposes rules to improve small, mid-sized companies' access to public markets

May 19, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission issued the two central planks of its draft rule package intended to provide incentives to small and medium-sized companies to go public and stay that way. “Public mark... (more story)

Trade View More

US tomato growers clash with importers over Mexico suspension agreement

May 19, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US growers clashed Tuesday with importers and other producers over the renewal last year of antidumping duties on fresh tomatoes from Mexico as the International Trade Commission considered how to view a major... (more story)

Swedish industry warns EU Industrial Accelerator Act could hurt competitiveness

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Swedish industry has warned that key parts of the European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, including planned European preference rules, risk undermining the bloc's competitivene... (more story)

Iranian currency exchange house sanctioned by US, 19 vessels blocked

May 19, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated a prominent Iranian foreign currency exchange house and associated front companies that oversee hundreds of millions o... (more story)

State Aid View More

Lithuanian aid for agriculture wins EU clearance

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Farmers and companies in Lithuania involved in the processing and sale of agricultural products will be eligible for loans, under a national €100 million plan that has won state aid approval, the... (more story)

Greek aid to energy-intensive industry wins EU approval

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies relying heavily on electricity and particularly exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy reduction of between 75 and 85 percent, under a Greek program worth €405 milli... (more story)

Ireland gets EU state aid approval for €300m renewable heat production plan

May 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ireland has been granted approval for plans to allocate €300 million to boost the generation of renewable heat, the European Commission said Monday. The measure will be open to non-domestic heati... (more story)

Energy View More

EU support needed to unlock private capital for clean-tech, investors say

May 19, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU support is needed to help overcome the weak demand, uncertain cash flows and fragmented regulation that is preventing private capital from flowing into European decarbonization projects like batteries and h... (more story)

EU seeks feedback on initiative to support supplies of critical raw materials

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission opened a call on Monday for evidence on possible EU powers for stockpiling, joint purchasing, financing support and market intelligence for strategic minerals. The initiat... (more story)

Fuel-saving measures should accompany any emergency stock releases, EU says

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Fuel-saving measures should accompany any emergency fuel stock releases if disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz persist, the European Commission has said. Following a regular mee... (more story)

Technology View More

Major online platforms dodge child-safety norms due to weak enforcement, study says

May 19, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Children’s safety on major platforms Meta, Google, Snapchat and TikTok has not meaningfully improved despite growing regulation in the EU and UK over the past two years, according to a study by c... (more story)

UK privacy chief's secret absence known to 'staff and stakeholders,’ letter says

May 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Details of how the UK privacy watchdog is operating after Information Commissioner John Edwards stepped back pending a human resources probe have emerged in a letter to lawmakers from the authority's chief exe... (more story)

US states file amicus brief in NetChoice challenge of Colorado law

May 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A coalition of US states filed an amicus brief in support of Colorado in its appeal of a lower court’s injunction against a state law that requires social media companies to provide warnings on t... (more story)