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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

Sany to face Indonesia Supreme Court appeal over annulled antitrust ruling

August 12, 2026 | Roffie Kurniawan

Asia

Chinese heavy-equipment maker Sany Group's three Indonesian subsidiaries will face a planned Supreme Court appeal by Indonesia's antitrust regulator seeking to reinstate a landmark ruling that imposed combined... (more story)

Apple loses bid to stay app store litigation during Supreme Court review

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Apple's motion to stay antitrust litigation against Epic Games during a US Supreme Court review of a contempt order against Apple was denied in its entirety by the federal district court judge ov... (more story)

US judge sets structure for hearing in antitrust case against Takeda over Amitiza

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US judge has issued an order laying out how a hearing in which Takeda Pharmaceuticals and end-payor plaintiffs will present evidence and arguments over possible adjustments to damages calculati... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

India bets on human oversight to keep AI patent examination in check

August 12, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's Patent Office is embracing artificial intelligence to speed patent examination while reserving decisions for human officers, but rigorous verification could erode the efficiency gains that the technolo... (more story)

South Korean agency develops financial sector AI safety-assessment framework

August 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Financial Security Institute said Wednesday that it has developed a framework to systematically manage risks associated with the financial sector’s accelerating artificial intellige... (more story)

South Korea sets management system guidelines in AI-applied medical products sector

August 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Wednesday that it has published guidelines setting out detailed application and evaluation procedures for excellent management system certifica... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Proposed acquisition of Heeson Medical by Supagas reviewed in Australia

August 12, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Supagas’ proposed acquisition of the assets held by Heeson Medical and Jacobba is being reviewed by the Australian antitrust regulator. In a statement on Wednesday, the Australian Competition & C... (more story)

Leidos, Analogic security joint venture approved in Australia

August 12, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A proposed joint venture that would combine Analogic Corporation with the assets and entities that comprise Leidos’s Security Enterprise Solutions and Industrial and General Automation businesses... (more story)

Black Rhino's bid for Club Hotel Motel Roma approved with conditions in Australia

August 12, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Black Rhino Group's proposal to acquire Club Hotel Motel Roma and associated bottle-shop businesses and properties from Speedy Cocktails and the Barry Waldron Family Trust has been cleared with c... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta questions former researcher's ties to Tennessee’s ‘star’ witness Arturo Bejar

August 11, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A lawyer for Meta Platforms repeatedly asked a former researcher at the company about her ties to Arturo Bejar, Tennessee’s first witness in the state’s trial against the social media company, which alleges it... (more story)

New Jersey enacts privacy law for kids

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the New Jersey Kids Code into law, which requires online services to provide privacy-by-default protections and imposes a duty of care to prevent compuls... (more story)

Meta, TikTok, YouTube ask judge to block California's addictive feed law during appeal

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google, TikTok and Meta Platforms have  filed motions to block enforcement of the personalized feed restrictions outlined in California's SB 976, or the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addi... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

USPTO panel invites US Federal Circuit to revisit double-patenting doctrine

August 11, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Precedent requires the US Patent and Trademark Office to apply obviousness-type double patenting based on a risk of multiple-owner harassment even in the absence of unjustified patent-term extension — but Dire... (more story)

Corteva wins judgment against Inari's counterclaims in US patent suit

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge John F. Murphy granted Corteva’s motion for judgment on Inari’s counterclaims for false advertising and abuse of process in a case over plant variety protection certificates and... (more story)

US anti-counterfeiting bill could help target sellers behind seized goods

August 11, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Senate unanimously passed a bill late Friday that allows US Customs and Border Patrol to share shipping and packaging information about suspected counterfeit goods with intellectual property owners and ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US FinCEN exempts ‘company applicants’ from finalized beneficial ownership rule

August 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US Treasury Department has permanently removed a requirement for Americans to report corporate beneficial ownership information to the government, and it exempted the individuals who help foreign companies... (more story)

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 FinCEN issues new final rule on reporting beneficial ownership information

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a final rule that permanently removes the requirement for US companies and US persons to report beneficial ow... (more story)

Financial Services View More

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)

UK banks warned over limiting access to crypto businesses

August 11, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

UK banks have been challenged over their stance on providing access for crypto and digital asset firms by UK lawmakers who say their current stance is hindering the sector.

Trade View More

US CIT remands Section 232 exclusion denial for certain stainless steel products

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has remanded the Commerce Department's denial of US steel producer Mirror Metals' requests to exclude certain flat-rolled stainless steel imports from Section 232 tariffs.

US Federal Circuit upholds separate rate calculation for Chinese flooring exporters

August 11, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the Commerce Department’s updated separate rate calculation for Chinese multilayered wood flooring exporters, finding that the appellants had forfeited th... (more story)

US appeals court again says magnesia carbon bricks with alumina out of scope

August 11, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower trade court ruling affirming a Commerce Department order declaring certain refractory bricks containing alumina aren't within the scope of antidum... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

Denmark wins EU approval to back cleantech manufacturing capacity

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies making investments to boost manufacturing capacity for net-zero technologies and their components will be eligible for direct grants under a Danish plan worth €84 million that won EU st... (more story)

EU decision clearing French state aid to archeology institute published

August 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU state aid clearance decision for France's funding of the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, or INRAP, in December has been published in the bloc's Official Journal.... (more story)

Energy View More

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)

EU raw-materials hub draws calls for industry role, greater investment powers

August 10, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

EU governments, industry and campaign groups broadly back the European Commission’s planned Critical Raw Materials Centre, while differing over how far its powers should extend. Responses to a public consultat... (more story)

BRICS antitrust regulators target competition risks in renewable-energy markets

August 10, 2026

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East

MLex Summary: Competition regulators from BRICS countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation over competition issues in renewable-energy markets as the global energy transition creates new enforcement chall... (more story)

Technology View More

Philippines' privacy watchdog warns over AI likenesses

August 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippines’ National Privacy Commission has warned that using real people’s faces and likenesses in artificial intelligence-generated images or videos constitutes personal-data processing su... (more story)

Former researcher accuses Meta of suppressing findings, Tennessee jury hears

August 11, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

A former Meta Platforms researcher accused the company of unethically suppressing and interfering with internal research related to user experience, a jury in Tennessee heard in the ongoing trial of the US sta... (more story)

TikTok employees were candid internally about platform harms, US court documents show

August 10, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Years before TikTok was sued on addictive design claims, employees voiced worries about the many children under age 13 on the platform, and whether the company could be liable for inappropriate conduct, accord... (more story)