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US Rep. Kathy Castor, D-F.L.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

June 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Emma Whitford, Maria Dinzeo

North America

US House passes KIDS Act, teeing up Senate vote
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 29, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Antitrust regulation to have most suppressive effect on M&A, study says
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Antitrust, Financial Services

June 29, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s attempt to oust US Fed Governor Cook

Antitrust View More

US medical device company Align Technology hit with EU probe over possible bundling

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Align Technology has attracted a probe to see whether it abused its market power by forcing dental professionals to buy its iTero intra-oral scanners, if they want to order the company's dental c... (more story)

Spain’s fuel sector shows no structural competition concerns, CNMC says

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spain’s fuel-distribution sector shows no evidence of structural competition problems, the country’s competition authority said on Tuesday after reviewing company profitability between 2019 and 2... (more story)

Cal-Maine, others to donate 53 million eggs to settle price-fixing probe

June 30, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts

North America

Cal-Maine Foods, Versova and Hickman’s Egg Ranch have agreed to donate 53 million eggs and pay $3.3 million to settle antitrust claims by the Department of Justice and 17 US states that they colluded to artifi... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China turns AI scrutiny to gateways connecting users to models

June 30, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's top intelligence and counter-espionage authority has warned about the growing risks posed by a fast-expanding class of artificial intelligence intermediaries that aggregate access to multiple large lan... (more story)

Former Google engineer Ding loses bid for acquittal, new US trial

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Former Google engineer Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, has lost his bid for an acquittal or a new trial after a federal jury found him guilty of stealing advanced artificial intelligence trade s... (more story)

Open Markets says US Supreme Court 'grossly usurped' Congress in Slaughter case

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute said the US Supreme Court has "grossly usurped Congress' constitutional authority" by ruling the president could remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners at will, ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

BNP Paribas' Arval-Athlon car leasing deal open for comments in EU

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in BNP Paribas vehicle leasing and fleet management unit Arval's planned acquisition of Athlon Car Lease International from Mercedes-Benz Group have 10 days to provide  observa... (more story)

Paramount-Warner deal may face UK intervention

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Lisa Nandy, the UK's culture minister, has said the government is “minded to intervene” over Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, on public interest grounds. There i... (more story)

Patrick Industries, LCI Industries agree to combine in all-stock merger

June 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Elkhart, Indiana-based Patrick Industries and LCI Industries agreed to combine in an all-stock merger to form a component solutions provider for the outdoor enthusiast, housing and transportation... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU to analyze impact of US Supreme Court ruling on data transfer deal (update*)

June 30, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe, North America

A US Supreme Court ruling allowing the US president to remove Federal Trade Commission commissioners will be analyzed for any impact it might have on a key EU-US data transfer mechanism, the European Commissio... (more story)

Litigation funding faces first review at EU’s top court

June 30, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Litigation funders will see judges at the EU's highest court get their first taste of the burgeoning industry in a case over whether antitrust class actions backed by investment funds infringe the bloc's rules... (more story)

Failure to meet GDPR basics in Ireland is widespread, DPC report says

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Organizations’ failure to comply with the obligations of the General Data Protection Regulation, including handling data subject rights requests, protecting sensitive personal data and implementi... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Vietnam to fine unauthorized reposting, storage of copyrighted works

June 30, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Starting in July, social media users, website operators and social network providers in Vietnam will face fines for unauthorized reposting, sharing or storage of copyrighted works under Decree 174. The new rul... (more story)

With certiorari denied, vacated US patent verdict against Nokia, AT&T will stand

June 29, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari Monday in an appeal by Finesse Wireless of a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision which overturned a $166.3 million patent infringement verdict against Nokia and AT&T. 

US Supreme Court to decide who determines conceptual trademark strength

June 29, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Although Solicitor General D. John Sauer in May urged the US Supreme Court to deny certiorari, his views arguably gave petitioner Rise Brewing the ammunition it needed by agreeing that a US appeals court was w... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Exiled Chinese businessman Guo sentenced in US to 30 years for fraud

June 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo, a self-described crusader against the ruling Communist Party in Beijing, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison in the US for bilking investors and followers of his mo... (more story)

Crypto firms to get financial resilience tests under new UK regime

June 29, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

UK-base financial firms that help people buy and trade cryptoassets will be subject to financial resilience standards and will be capital and stress tested, the financial regulator said Tuesday. A new regime i... (more story)

Vietnamese man pleads guilty in US in media firm money laundering case

June 29, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A Vietnamese man pleaded guilty on Monday as part of a broader money laundering case involving a New York-based media company. 

Financial Services View More

Luxembourg bank fined by ECB over capital reporting breach

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Banque Internationale à Luxembourg has been fined more than 3.25 million euros by the European Central Bank, for intentionally using the wrong method to estimate the likely losses for retail and ... (more story)

EU bank-failure authority set to speed up debt-repayment approvals

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Single Resolution Board — the EU's authority for handling failing banks — will from July 1 fast-track requests to repay certain debt early. The SRB promises a decision within one month for an... (more story)

KakaoPay takes Alipay data-transfer case to appellate court in South Korea

June 30, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

KakaoPay has taken its fight with South Korea’s privacy regulator to the appellate court, challenging a ruling that upheld a 6 billion won ($3.9 million) sanction over its transfer of roughly 40 million users’... (more story)

Trade View More

Manufacturing target dropped by EU countries from draft industry law

June 30, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet

Europe

A target for EU industry to account for 20 percent of the bloc’s gross domestic product by 2035 has been watered down in the first compromise text on the planned Industrial Accelerator Act, MLex has learned. T... (more story)

Waaree Energies evaded antidumping, countervailing solar cell duties, US Customs says

June 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Waaree Energies Ltd. evaded antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from Vietnam and Malaysia in violation of the Enforce and Protect Act, US Customs and B... (more story)

US suspends duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer

June 30, 2026

Africa, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to temporarily suspend antidumping and antisubsidy duties on phosphate fertilizer from Morocco for eight months or the termination of the order. Th... (more story)

State Aid View More

PostNord's 2017 capital injection into Post Danmark undergoing state aid probe

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PostNord Group's capital injection of 1 billion Danish krone (approximately €134 million) into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017 is undergoing an in-depth probe to assess whether it was in line... (more story)

US Senator Cantwell says Supreme Court 'gutting' independent agencies

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Maria Cantwell said the Supreme Court, in a decision concerning the president's ability to remove Federal Trade Commissioners without cause, is "gutting" independent agencies created b... (more story)

US Sen. Warren slams Supreme Court decision on FTC commissioners

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren issues a statement slamming a Supreme Court decision regarding the president's ability to remove members of the Federal Trade Commission without cause, saying that a S... (more story)

Energy View More

Low-emission trucks, buses to qualify for road toll reductions under EU deal

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Road tolls for low-emission trucks and buses could be reduced by up to 75 percent until June 30, 2031, and by up to 50 percent thereafter, in member states that exempt zero-emission vehicles from... (more story)

Cross-border electricity trading advances under EU market rules, reports show

June 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European electricity markets made further progress in implementing EU rules on cross-border trading, balancing and capacity allocation over the past year, according to annual reports published by... (more story)

TotalEnergies court ruling raises questions over corporate climate plans

June 29, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

A Paris court ruling that French energy giant TotalEnergies is required to account for climate risks and emissions from the use of its products raises questions about the climate plans and investment decisions... (more story)

Technology View More

US Supreme Court says president can remove independent agency officials for any reason

June 29, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Supreme Court has ruled 6-3, in a case involving former US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, that provisions of the FTC Act stating that members can only removed for... (more story)

Australian children's privacy code wins support, prompts calls for refinements

June 29, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia’s draft children’s privacy code has drawn broad support from digital and rights advocates, who have called for targeted refinements to strengthen certain provisions before the rules are finalized in ... (more story)

'We will not blink': Australia to double fines for social-media ban breaches

June 29, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia has introduced legislation to strengthen enforcement of its world-first under-16 social media ban by doubling maximum fines to A$99 million ($68 million) and granting new powers to the online-safety ... (more story)