This is the new MLex platform. Existing customers should continue to use the existing MLex platform until migrated.
For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager. Dismiss

US Coverage

Law360 Authority | Deep News & Analysis

Global Coverage

Law360 Pulse | The Business of Law

Mealeys

MLex

Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

US AI, cybersecurity order postponed amid Trump dissatisfaction

Minority-stake talks gets fresh warning in EU move against turf cartel

US FTC privacy spending dwarfed by global peers as Congress mulls new law

French Apple ruling highlights debate over 'abuse of economic dependency' rule

Nexstar-Tegna cable challengers press DC Circuit to compel full FCC review

Latest News

Top News

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 21, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Wesley Brown

North America

Nexstar says preliminary US injunction goes too far, should be reversed
Close-up of a hundred-dollar bill with a red rectangular label featuring raised white letters spelling out tariffs and placed diagonally across the portrait.

Trade

May 21, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US trade court denies Trump push for stay on Section 122 tariffs

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 21, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

ABF-Hovis deal on track for UK clearance after antitrust regulator drops concerns
Nexstar says preliminary US injunction goes too far, should be reversed
US trade court denies Trump push for stay on Section 122 tariffs
ABF-Hovis deal on track for UK clearance after antitrust regulator drops concerns

Antitrust View More

Live Nation-Ticketmaster breakup sought by US states in 'high-level' remedy proposal

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Live Nation Entertainment's divestiture of Ticketmaster is among a list of remedies being sought by a coalition of US state attorneys general and the District of Columbia after prevailing in an a... (more story)

Teva says Humana can't rely on limited agreement with US DOJ in generic drug case

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Teva Pharmaceuticals filed an opposition to Humana’s motion for judgment in a US antitrust case over generic drug prices, arguing that it can’t rely on Teva’s deferred prosecution agreement with ... (more story)

US FTC scrutiny reduced Orange Book protections for 19 drugs, study finds

May 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Requests by the Federal Trade Commission to delist over 400 medical device patents from the Food and Drug Administration’s Orange Book are set to shorten the period during which listed patents may delay generi... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks

May 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

Europe, North America

From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)

US deepfake legislation would expand safe harbor, takedown system

May 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

A revised version of the bipartisan NO FAKES Act, introduced Wednesday, would create a personal property right in an individual’s digital likeness, allowing people to better control and license the use of thei... (more story)

Music publishers file amended US claims against Anthropic

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Music publishers Universal Music, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music filed their second amended US complaint accusing Anthropic of copyright infringement. Publishers claim that in the process o... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Union Pacific CEO vows not to offer freebies to appease merger critics

May 21, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena warned Thursday that he isn't inclined to offer generous concessions to opponents of the company’s Norfolk Southern acquisition, though the firm would “sit down and talk to people” w... (more story)

Belgium’s IPM-Rossel deal comes under new EU media-plurality review

May 21, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Belgium’s planned merger of newspapers Le Soir and La Libre Belgique is facing review by an advisory body under new media plurality rules, a Belgian regulator and the EU media board said Thursday. The board is... (more story)

Baker Hughes seeks EU clearance for $13.6bn Chart deal

May 21, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

US energy equipment maker Baker Hughes has filed its $13.6 billion Chart Industries takeover for EU approval. The European Commission has set a June 26 deadline to decide on the deal.

Data Privacy and Security View More

Privacy lawsuit against Meta over tracking tool dismissed by US judge

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US federal judge dismissed privacy claims against Meta Platforms over the use of its software development tools by third-party apps. The judge found the plaintiffs’ most recent complaint “does ... (more story)

Meta, WhatsApp sued by Texas for allegedly reading private messages

May 21, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Meta Platforms and its instant-messaging app WhatsApp were hit with a lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly failing to disclose that Meta can access users’ private communications on WhatsApp.

DC AG's office urges judge to allow witness in Cambridge Analytica case

May 21, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A lawyer representing the Washington, DC, attorney general’s office argued that a jury should be allowed to hear testimony from an expert who says Facebook’s privacy policies likely were misleading to DC resid... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Study says structural barriers persist after USPTO’s First Amendment defeats

May 21, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

The US Patent and Trademark Office suffered dual defeats in 2017 and 2019 when the US Supreme Court said a refusal to register disparaging or scandalous trademarks runs afoul of the First Amendment. While expl... (more story)

IP licensing and business: May 8-21

May 21, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, North America

An artificial intelligence patent-sharing initiative, patent pool licensors, autonomous drone technology and pharmaceutical commercialization drove licensing activity in the US and abroad over the last two weeks.

US judge sustains DMCA circumvention claim against Udio by independent musicians

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex: US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has sustained independent musicians' claim that AI music startup Udio circumvented YouTube and Spotify's access controls to scrape songs for large-language model tr... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Ex-Stericycle financial director pleads guilty in US to foreign bribery charge

May 21, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former financial director for Stericycle in Latin America admitted to his role in a foreign bribery scheme at the waste-management firm, according to court records. His bond was reduced to a curfew, down fro... (more story)

Major US banks underwrite Chinese military company's IPO, House panel finds

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America provided underwriting and other services to the initial public offering of a Chinese military company, according to an investigation by the US House of Represen... (more story)

Trump order would integrate fintechs, crypto firms into US financial system

May 21, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

President Trump issued an executive order instructing federal banking regulators to ease financial technology firms’ partnerships with banks and permit integration of digital assets into traditional financial ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US CFTC, NHL agree to cooperate regarding prediction markets

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Hockey League announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding intended to protect the integrity of professional hockey and main... (more story)

US SEC, futures association enter memo for regulatory coordination

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Futures Association entered a memorandum of understanding to better share information on matters of mutual regulatory interest, includin... (more story)

UK consumer investment firms face FCA approval delays despite govt’s push for speed

May 21, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK consumer investment firms are facing lengthy approval processes to become authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority, according to the latest data published by the watchdog. The government has been press... (more story)

Trade View More

Trump-Xi summit projects stability, but US-China challenges remain

May 21, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

President Donald Trump’s high-stakes visit to Beijing last week projected stability to the difficult trading relationship with China but offered little else, with the fragile truce still in place and existing ... (more story)

Russian palladium subsidized, US Commerce finds

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined that unwrought palladium from Russia was provided countervailable subsidies.   

EU targets simpler, less fragmented rules on raw materials recycling

May 21, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission is focusing its raw materials overhaul on simplifying rules for reuse and recovery. In addition, it wants to reduce fragmentation inside the EU single market, which it says is preventin... (more story)

State Aid View More

Utiledulci's request to suspend state aid claw-back gets skeptical EU ruling

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Utiledulci’s request to suspend a Portuguese action to recoup illegal state aid has suffered a set-back after top EU judges said the bloc’s state aid rules trumped national procedural rules, whic... (more story)

EU farmers shielded from aid cuts where disaster insurance is unavailable

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's top court has said that a 50 percent reduction in agricultural disaster aid cannot apply to farmers who can prove that suitable insurance for the goods they produce was unavailable on th... (more story)

Annul EU decision on Swedish ‘risk tax’ on credit institutions, legal opinion says

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission’s decision on Sweden's “risk tax” on large credit institutions should be annulled, according to a non-binding legal opinion for the bloc's top court, published on Thursday... (more story)

Energy View More

Energy price shock squeezes EU industry and delays investment, EU commission says

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Higher energy prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are raising costs for European manufacturers, slowing investment and weakening demand across energy-intensive industries, according to t... (more story)

EU's emissions trading system needs to change, EU climate chief says (correct*)

May 20, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

European countries' use of revenue from the EU's Emissions Trading System, or ETS, should change, the European Commissioner for climate, net zero, and clean growth has said. The comments come ahead of a review... (more story)

EU critical-minerals projects still face financing gap, officials say

May 20, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU strategic critical raw-materials projects are still struggling to secure the financing and long-term purchase agreements needed to move from planning to production, officials said. The bloc has selected 60 ... (more story)

Technology View More

Meta settles school district claims ahead of US social media trial

May 21, 2026 | Yuan Xu

North America

Meta Platforms has settled claims brought by a Kentucky school district that its social media apps have caused a mental health decline in students, following similar settlements reached by Snap, TikTok and YouTube.

Meta settles addictive design case brought by Kentucky school district

May 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms has reached a settlement agreement in a suit filed by the Breathitt County Board of Education alleging that the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook harmed the Kentucky publi... (more story)

UK lawmakers call for urgent action to tackle addictive online platforms for minors

May 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A statutory ban on social media for children is needed to curb addictive platform features, the UK House of Commons' Education Committee said in a report published on Thursday. Lawmakers also cal... (more story)