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Data Privacy and Security

July 01, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Maria Dinzeo

Europe, North America

EU-US data transfers face new pressure after US Supreme Court ruling

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

July 01, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US Rep. Guthrie says 'don't count out' AI regulatory framework this year

Antitrust View More

US DOJ can't get Visa materials from debit antitrust class action, judge says

July 02, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Visa won’t be compelled to hand over transcripts of sworn testimony in long-running class action antitrust litigation sought by the US Department of Justice in separate monopolization litigation, a New York fe... (more story)

Jet Stream reaches $18m deal with non-converter seller purchasers in US PVC case

July 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Jet Stream agreed to pay $18 million to resolve US price-fixing claims filed by non-converter seller purchasers of polyvinyl chloride pipe. The deal is subject to approval by a federal judge.

Blue Cross wins dismissal of US claims over spinal fusion treatment

July 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: TranS1’s US antitrust complaint against Blue Cross Blue Shield must be dismissed because of the lack of clarity in the definition of the product market and TranS1’s role, according to a federal j... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China state security authorities flag national-security risks from AR-game data

July 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's state security authorities warned that the collection and misuse of geospatial data through popular augmented-reality games could threaten national security, highlighting the security implications of c... (more story)

South Korea issues guidelines on responding to AI-related financial cyber threats

July 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said Thursday that its Immunity Review Committee has approved immunity measures for IT outages arising during artificial-intelligence security testing ... (more story)

Indonesia cyber bill aims to create powerful regulator, expand oversight of AI

July 02, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia

Indonesian lawmakers have begun deliberating a sweeping cybersecurity bill that would establish a statutory national cyber authority with broad supervisory powers over critical infrastructure, digital products... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Paramount tells Brazil's CADE Pluto TV has less than 10% market share

July 02, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Paramount Skydance has told Brazil's antitrust authority that Pluto TV holds less than a 10 percent share of the country's FAST and broader video-on-demand markets, arguing the figures confirm the proposed Par... (more story)

Deal values up, second requests down in fiscal year 2025, HSR report says

July 02, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

The percentage of transactions greater than $1 billion continued to rise as second requests dropped, according to an annual Hart-Scott-Rodino report by the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Com... (more story)

Belgium’s Rossel-IPM merger could pose media plurality risks, EU media board says

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Belgium’s Rossel-IPM merger could raise media plurality concerns, an EU media advisory body said Thursday. The Media Board stopped short of issuing a formal opinion under a new EU media law, citi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

New 'small mid-cap company' category backed by EU lawmakers in committee

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers in committee backed new rules creating a new category of small mid-cap companies, following a provisional agreement with member states earlier this month. The agreed text will now go... (more story)

India tells Meta to pause WhatsApp username rollout over cybercrime concerns

July 02, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India has directed Meta Platforms to pause WhatsApp's planned username feature, citing cybercrime concerns. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has sought explanations under the Information ... (more story)

EU public information law should be simplified, Slovenian regulator urges

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Slovenian data regulator called for the EU law on access to public information to be simplified, in its annual report published on Wednesday. The high number of rightful complaints following... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

This week at the UPC: June 26-July 2

July 02, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

This week the UPC saw a vital decision on the importance of urgency in infringement claims in its denial of Guardant's appeal in a case against Sophia Genetics, as well as two decisions underlining how request... (more story)

Joseph Allen on keeping the Bayh-Dole Act’s legacy alive, 45 years later

July 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Joseph Allen, president of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, didn’t know much about innovation policy when he started helping craft his coalition’s namesake university patent rights bill in the late 1970s. It transform... (more story)

IP licensing and business: June 19-July 1

July 02, 2026 | Steve Scherer

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

RPX expanded access to e-commerce patents and Microsoft joined a WiFi technologies pool, while Nokia added Asus to its consumer electronics licensing program. Nokia joined Avanci’s EV charger pool as a licenso... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK fraud agency closes Signature criminal probe

July 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

An investigation into development and investment company, Signature Group, which collapsed with debts of £140 million six years ago has been closed without charges by the UK fraud agency Thursday. An Serious F... (more story)

Australia's AML/CTF reforms bring Privacy Act obligations to 100,000 entities

July 02, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia has extended its anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing regime to lawyers, accountants and real estate agents, while also bringing more than 100,000 businesses within the scope of the 1... (more story)

EagleBank allegedly allowed decade-long US kiting scheme, document says

July 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A friend and former business partner of EagleBank’s ex-chairman and chief executive, and the friend’s son, were able to carry out a check kiting scheme through the bank for more than a decade, according to a d... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Forvis Mazars sanctioned by UK regulator for Studio Retail audit failings

July 02, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Europe

Audit and professional services firm Forvis Mazars and one of its audit partners have been sanctioned by the UK’s audit watchdog for serious failings in an audit of Studio Retail Group. The company entered adm... (more story)

UK pension providers urged to do more for consumers with older products

July 02, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Europe

UK pension providers should do more to improve outcomes for customers holding older products, the financial markets watchdog has urged after finding that some may be receiving poorer value than savers invested... (more story)

UK motor finance redress scheme delayed following legal challenges

July 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A UK program for lenders to pay £9.1 billion in compensation to customers who were missold car finance has been delayed following legal challenges from a consumer group and three finance companies, the Financi... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court remands Commerce's Indian brass rod order

July 02, 2026 | Bradley Dress

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

The US Court of International Trade remanded the Commerce Department’s 2024 final affirmative antidumping determination on brass rod from India, finding the agency failed to properly address semi-finished good... (more story)

US zeroes in on elusive India trade deal after false starts, Trump-Modi rift

July 02, 2026 | Zack Budryk

Asia, North America

The US and India have signaled that a long-awaited bilateral trade agreement is in its final stages after months of false starts, but the question of how the US will enforce trade barriers looms over negotiations.

US trade court sides with Commerce on double-remedy adjustment denial

July 02, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade has sustained the Commerce Department’s denial of a double-remedies adjustment in a June 16 ruling made public Wednesday.

State Aid View More

EU outlines data-protection approach in enforcing foreign-subsidies law

July 01, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

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)

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)

Energy View More

EU clean-energy projects face shorter approval deadlines under lawmakers' plan

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Renewable energy developers, grid operators and storage companies could face faster permitting decisions under draft rules backed Thursday by the European Parliament’s energy committee. Part of t... (more story)

EU power plan, emissions system review, banking report postponed to July 17

July 02, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

The EU’s electrification action plan, the review of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System, network-charges measures and a bank competitiveness report are set to be unveiled on July 17, two days later than initia... (more story)

NJ lawmakers send legislation scaling back data center tax credits to governor

July 01, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

New Jersey lawmakers have approved a package of legislation related to data centers and electricity prices, including a large-load tariff proposal, a water and energy reporting bill, and a bill scaling back ta... (more story)

Technology View More

Online platforms adopting safety features for minors in EU, advisory group says

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Changes to terms and conditions, content moderation and design features such as blurring or warning labels, are among the most used techniques by online platforms to improve safety for minors onl... (more story)

Japan police seek comments on social media scam guideline revisions

July 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's National Police Agency on Thursday launched a public consultation on proposed revisions to the operational guidelines for the Internet Hotline Center, expanding the categories of illegal ... (more story)

AI chatbot, platform-design measures still due in July, UK tech minister says

July 01, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Further child safety measures in the UK covering AI chatbots, restrictions on platform design and circumvention of age checks will still be set out later this month, technology minister Liz Kendall told lawmak... (more story)