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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

August 12, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Michigan AG takes aim at OpenAI, Oracle data center deal

Data Privacy and Security

August 11, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Social media companies seek to halt Calif. restrictions on personalized feeds
US Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh

Financial Services

August 11, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US Fed’s Warsh may face first test of whether he's Trump’s 'sock puppet'

Antitrust View More

PayPal wins dismissal of US antitrust claims over anti-steering rules

August 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs bringing US antitrust claims against PayPal over its anti-steering provisions still fail to allege injuries that are sufficiently direct and nonspeculative in their second amended comp... (more story)

Google says it compensates French press for use in AI Overviews

August 12, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Google has pushed back at claims by publishers that it rolled out AI Overviews in France without permission to use their content, and in breach of promises to the French antitrust agency. The search giant said... (more story)

Apple given November hearing in appeal against €1.8bn EU antitrust fine

August 12, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Europe

An EU court has provisionally scheduled a hearing across two days in November for Apple's challenge to a €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine for squeezing consumers of music-streaming services, MLex has learned.

Artificial Intelligence View More

Smart glasses need specific regulation, Norwegian privacy regulator says

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Smart glasses need specific regulation on top of the existing European rules for data privacy and AI, Norway's data protection officer said on Wednesday. Line Coll said that current laws were wri... (more story)

Manus confirms Meta separation, outlines user-data deletion plan

August 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Artificial intelligence startup Manus has confirmed it is separating from Meta Platforms and returning to independent operations, nearly four months after Chinese authorities blocked Meta’s acquisition of the ... (more story)

South Korea picks 7 future technologies as growth engines for AI era

August 12, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea has identified seven strategic technology fields, including small modular reactors and quantum technology, as future growth engines to be nurtured over the next 10 to 20 years, with most of them di... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Hapag-Lloyd, ZIM deal faces full review in Brazil

August 12, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Europe, Middle East, North America

Hamburg-based container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd's acquisition of Israel's ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has been deemed subject to full-form review by the Brazilian competition authority due to the par... (more story)

Paramount CEO creating authoritarian-friendly media climate, US Rep. Raskin says

August 12, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Europe, North America

US Representative Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to Paramount Chief Executive Officer David Ellison Wednesday asking him to take questions about the company's proposed $... (more story)

Union Pacific merger should be rejected by US rail board, Republican state AGs say

August 12, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Union Pacific Railroad’s proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern Railway should be prohibited by the US Surface Transportation Board, seven Republican state attorneys general told the federal agency in a joint letter.

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK police unit’s unclear cyber responsibilities contributed to GDPR breaches, ICO says

August 12, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

The failure by ACRO — the UK’s criminal records office — to clearly assign responsibility for critical cybersecurity updates and alerts contributed to UK GDPR infringements that put the personal information of... (more story)

Rethink the social media ban, Scottish youth groups urge UK govt

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government should reconsider its plans for a social media ban for under-16s because it could push young people toward riskier platforms and restrict access to information, members of the S... (more story)

Brazil's ANPD orders Discord to suspend live broadcasts amid probe into girl’s suicide

August 12, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has mandated that Discord suspend live broadcasts in Brazil until the company confirms the implementation of measures to protect children and adole... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

OP Solutions, Florida Atlantic take unusual patent partnership from video to AI

August 12, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

An unusual public-private research model that assigned university inventions to a private sector partner produced a 683-asset video-compression portfolio acquired by Dolby Laboratories, and the partnership wil... (more story)

Baidu wins trademark appeal as China court counts cross-border sales toward damages

August 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has upheld a 5-million-yuan ($741,000) damages award for tech giant Baidu in a trademark dispute, ruling that cross-border e-commerce sales may count toward damages when infringing conduct occurs in China.

Vietnam opens first criminal piracy case involving Japanese content

August 12, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japanese content owners have helped Hanoi police build what Japan’s main anti-piracy group says is Vietnam’s first criminal case involving infringement of Japanese films, anime and television programs, as the ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Vitol trader should serve at least 12 years in prison for bribery, US says

August 12, 2026

Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: Javier Aguilar, a former Vitol trader convicted of corruption charges, should serve at least 144 months in prison for paying bribes to government officials to secure business with state-owned ene... (more story)

Ubiquiti sued in US for allegedly supplying Russian war effort in Ukraine

August 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Ubiquiti, a New York technology company, was sued for allegedly helping to power the battlefield communications network Russia uses to hunt, target and kill Ukrainian civilians with drones. The p... (more story)

Wisconsin equipment firm settles US sanctions violations probe

August 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $60,764 settlement with Rice Lake Weighing Systems, which agreed to settle its and its Italian subsidiary's potential civ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Goliath Ventures, founder sued by US SEC over crypto Ponzi scheme

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Goliath Ventures and its founder and chief executive, Christopher A. Delgado, for raising at least $425 million from more than ... (more story)

US SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail faces overhaul, Atkins says

August 11, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to restructure its Consolidated Audit Trail to revamp funding, rescind the 2012 rule creating the enforcement tool, and evaluate the adequacy of agency resource... (more story)

Adit Ventures settles US SEC claims of fraud

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Adit Ventures Management reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over claims that it defrauded investors and client funds in connection with investments in pre-IPO sha... (more story)

Trade View More

US Congress opens new battle over tariff powers

August 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Congress has ignited a fresh battle over ceding tariff powers to the executive branch as it inches closer to passing a bill that would unlock more authority for President Donald Trump, raising questions... (more story)

US trade court remands Commerce on Section 232 exclusion process

August 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade on Tuesday remanded the Commerce Department's rejection of an importer's request for exclusions on Section 232 duties for flat-rolled stainless steel products. 

EU packaging rules restrict 'forever chemicals' as businesses warn of costs

August 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Food-contact packaging containing levels of "forever chemicals" above new limits can no longer enter the EU market under a law that starts applying Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation intro... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

EU packaging rules take effect with 'forever chemicals' restrictions

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Food packaging containing "forever chemicals" above specified limits can no longer enter the EU market, according to new European rules taking effect Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste ... (more story)

South Korea unveils long-term, AI-heavy strategy to nurture future growth engines

August 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT on Wednesday unveiled a policy roadmap to foster future growth engines that require long-term, strategic investment at the national level to drive disrup... (more story)

Ghana confirms cooperation in US bribery case against ex-Goldman banker

August 10, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Ghanaian authorities confirmed that they had cooperated with US investigators in the corruption case against convicted former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko. The involvement of the Ghanaian prosecutor's off... (more story)

Technology View More

UK criminal records office reprimanded over cybersecurity failures

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: ACRO, the UK’s criminal records office, has been reprimanded by the country's privacy watchdog after cybersecurity failures jeopardized the personal information of almost 11,000 people. The Infor... (more story)

Australian court rules X not subject to online-safety standard

August 12, 2026 | Sean Maguire and Saloni Sinha

Oceania

X Corp. has won its challenge to an Australian online-safety standard aimed at curbing harmful content, with the court ruling that X is a social-media service and cannot also be regulated as a messaging servic... (more story)

X wins challenge to Australian online-safety standard

August 12, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: X Corp. on Wednesday won its challenge to an Australian online-safety standard, with a federal judge ruling that the 2021 Online Safety Act treats social-media and messaging services as separate ... (more story)