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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 06, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

DC Circuit scrutiny of Nexstar-Tegna puts FCC delegated decisions in spotlight
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

May 05, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

New Mexico lays out remedy trial case for Meta age-verification, monitor

Antitrust View More

Philippines antitrust agency targets onion cartel ruling within three months

May 07, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

The Philippine Competition Commission aims to rule within three months on its landmark onion cartel case, MLex has learned, as lawmakers intensify scrutiny over delays in the proceedings. The case has been hel... (more story)

South Korean pallet makers fined combined $8 million for bid rigging

May 07, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korean pallet makers have been fined by the country’s competition regulator a combined 11.7 billion won ($8 million) for rigging bids and colluding on separate occasions to allocate supplie... (more story)

Apple Intelligence probe in South Korea stalled for over a year, Seoul YMCA says

May 07, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Apple is facing renewed pressure in South Korea after a civic group criticized the Korea Fair Trade Commission for failing to advance a probe into alleged false advertising tied to “Apple Intelli... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australians want safe AI they can trust, minister says

May 07, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australians want to adopt artificial intelligence, but they want it to be safe, a minister has said. In a Tuesday speech in Sydney, Australia’s Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the ... (more story)

Mother of Musk’s children testifies about OpenAI origins at US trial

May 07, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and mother to four of Elon Musk’s children, testified in his blockbuster trial against OpenAI, giving a behind-the-scenes account of the artificial intelligence company’s ea... (more story)

OpenAI violated Canada privacy laws in ChatGPT initial training, regulators say

May 06, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

As OpenAI rushed to get ChatGPT to market in late 2022, the company violated Canada's federal and provincial privacy laws, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and provincial privacy regulators fro... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Francisco Partner's bid for Blackline Safety cleared in Australia

May 07, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Francisco Partner's bid for Blackline Safety in Australia has been cleared by the competition watchdog. In a statement Wednesday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said there is ... (more story)

Medtronic's bid for US-based medical device company reviewed in Australia

May 07, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The proposed acquisition by Medtronic, via its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Project Saint Merger Sub, of US-based Scientia Vascular, will be reviewed by Australia’s antitrust watchdog. In a s... (more story)

Appeals of Nexstar-Tegna deal approval should be dismissed, US FCC says

May 06, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

The US Federal Communications Commission told the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that the circuit lacks jurisdiction to review an order by the commission’s staff that cleared Nexstar Media’s acquisition... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta presses state witnesses on scope of New Mexico’s proposed monitorship

May 07, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Lawyers for Meta Platforms pressed New Mexico's witnesses Wednesday on the state's proposed five-year compliance monitor, which it framed as unprecedented, prompting a state judge overseeing a remedies trial t... (more story)

Facebook used ‘Privacy Zuckering,’ other dark patterns, DC judge hears

May 06, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A privacy researcher described the dark patterns deployed by Facebook, including “privacy Zuckering,” to a Washington DC judge on Wednesday, explaining how the average DC resident would have been confused abou... (more story)

Two Americans sentenced to prison for role in North Korea IT schemes

May 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced the sentencings in separate cases of two US nationals, Matthew Issac Knoot of Nashville and Erick Ntekereze Prince of New York, for their roles in facilitating... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Why US Special 301 assessment clashes with India's IP priorities

May 07, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

The 2026 US Trade Representative Special 301 Report has again placed India on the Priority Watch List, citing intellectual property concerns. However, lawyers say that India’s TRIPS-compliant policies, judicia... (more story)

House bill brings fresh debate over trade secret theft in academia

May 06, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

As Congress mulls legislation reviving the China Initiative under a new name, a familiar question has reemerged: whether policies designed to protect US intellectual property threaten to erode the university r... (more story)

UKIPO hoping new seizure and monitoring powers aren't delayed beyond summer

May 06, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

The UK's intellectual property authority appears still to be hoping for lawmakers to be able to consider a proposal for it to gain new powers to seize goods and monitor financial accounts before lawmakers brea... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Corporate lawyers, traders among 30 charged in US insider trading case

May 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced unsealed charges against 30 defendants in connection with a large-scale, decade-long insider trading scheme that netted tens o... (more story)

Individuals linked to Ultra Electronics bribery probe won't face prosecution

May 06, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Africa, Europe

No individuals face prosecution in relation to Ultra Electronic Holdings, the UK defense company that struck a £15 million plea deal last week to settle bribery allegations, it has emerged in court documents. ... (more story)

FSB says private credit risk found in firms’ links with banks, other institutions

May 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

Interconnections between private credit funds and banks, insurers, asset managers, and private equity firms are deepening — especially in the US, the EU and the UK — presenting greater risks to the financial s... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Banking groups say US senators' stablecoin yield compromise 'falls short’

May 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Banking groups said a proposed stablecoin compromise agreed to by Republican Senator Thom Tillis and Democratic Senator Angela Alsobrooks still “falls short,” prompting a response from the senators that they “... (more story)

Experian, Equifax, TransUnion questioned by US senators on buy-now-pay-later reporting

May 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US senators questioned Experian, Equifax and TransUnion on how the credit reporting companies are approaching the incorporation of buy-now-pay-later products into consumers’ credit reports. Senat... (more story)

Mastercard, Visa, PayPal probed by UK FCA over PayPal digital wallet practices

May 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Mastercard, Visa and PayPal are being probed by the Financial Conduct Authority over suspected anticompetitive conduct linked to the "funding and usage" of PayPal’s digital wallet — an app that s... (more story)

Trade View More

Industries urge US not to impose Section 301 tariffs unless approach is targeted

May 06, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

Representatives from a variety of domestic industries ranging from video game consoles to cheese told US government officials that imposing tariffs through Section 301 for structural excess capacity would only... (more story)

US Customs announces probe, interim measures over golf cart antidumping duty evasion

May 06, 2026 | Zack Budryk

Asia, North America

US Customs and Border Protection announced an antidumping duty evasion investigation and interim measures for multiple importers and two electric golf cart manufacturers under the Enforce and Protect Act.

Step up EU sectoral trade deals and make them binding, former WTO chief says

May 06, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Targeted EU deals on clean trade and investment should be made binding to strengthen ties with trade partners and ensure scrutiny by lawmakers and NGOs, former WTO chief Pascal Lamy has told EU lawmakers. Some... (more story)

State Aid View More

Austrian, Spanish aid to energy-intensive companies wins EU state aid approval

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Austria and Spain have won approval from the European Commission to compensate energy-intensive businesses for higher electricity costs due to the impact carbon prices. The measures are designed ... (more story)

EU Commission cleared 370 corporate deals in 2025

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission cleared 370 mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures in 2025, according to the annual report on competition policy released on Tuesday by the regulator. It imposed conditio... (more story)

Lithuania’s aid for development bank wins EU approval

May 05, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Lithuania has won EU state aid approval to inject more than €800 million into development bank Investicijos į Lietuvos ekonomiką, and grant it exemptions from corporate income tax and dividend pa... (more story)

Energy View More

Car lobby group calls for looser EU car CO2 rules and lower 2035 emissions threshold

May 06, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Europe’s car industry is pushing for more leeway in EU CO2 rules as automakers struggle with the shift to electric vehicles. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA, called on May 6 for a b... (more story)

EU lawmakers back lower road tolls for low-emission trucks and buses

May 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Transport industry operators could benefit from lower road charges under plans backed by EU lawmakers to reward low-emission trucks, buses and efficient trailers. The European Parliament’s Transp... (more story)

Regulatory barriers, not technology, hold back EU energy transition, solar lobby says

May 05, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Structural and regulatory barriers are now the main obstacle to scaling renewables in the EU, lobby group SolarPower Europe said in a new report published Tuesday, urging reforms to grids, storage and market d... (more story)

Technology View More

Political debate points to age restrictions for online platforms, EU official says

May 06, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Age restrictions for online platforms are under discussion in EU political debates on child protection, a European Commission official said on Wednesday, though no decisions have been made. Recommendations fro... (more story)

Pornhub reopens UK access via Apple age checks, Ofcom reaffirms duty on sites

May 06, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Aylo will again allow unregistered UK users to access its adult-content platform Pornhub if they verify their age through Apple’s device-level checks, partially reversing restrictions introduced earlier this y... (more story)

Europe’s mobile operators face €205bn network investment gap, industry group says

May 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Europe’s mobile operators will need to invest about €475 billion over the next decade to bring the region’s networks up to the standards of global 5G leaders, but market conditions are likely to ... (more story)