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New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

May 08, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

New Mexico AG Torrez brings prosecutor's aggressiveness to Meta litigation
Yango delivery van

Data Privacy and Security

May 08, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Taxi app Yango's EU operator vows to fight Russia data-transfer enforcement (*update)

Antitrust

May 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert, Clayton Vickers and Chris May

North America

Apple faces global antitrust heat over smartphone co-viewing app Rave

Antitrust View More

China warns utility operators defenses for abusive conduct face tighter scrutiny

May 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese antitrust officials have underscored that public-safety claims, business losses and local-government involvement generally won’t qualify as legitimate defenses for abusive conduct by dominant utility o... (more story)

Former executive admits in Australian court to misleading Mastercard finance team

May 11, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A former Mastercard executive admitted in an Australian court on Monday that he provided false information to Mastercard’s finance department to help secure approval for a major 7-Eleven strategic merchant dea... (more story)

FIFA's World Cup rights pricing in China triggers antitrust debate

May 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s dispute over 2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights has sparked antitrust discussion, with local state-backed commentaries questioning FIFA’s pricing practices in China and criticizing reported dispar... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI plans to give EU access to latest ChatGPT model for cyber review

May 11, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

OpenAI says it plans to offer access to the European Commission’s AI Office for its GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5-Cyber as concerns increase over the latest frontier AI models’ impact on critical infrastructure and cybe... (more story)

China unveils first national framework for AI agents with tiered oversight

May 11, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China unveiled its first national policy framework for artificial intelligence agents, introducing a tiered governance model based on application scenarios and potential risks, as Beijing seeks to balance rapi... (more story)

Samsung SDS-led group selected for South Korea's national AI computing center

May 11, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea has selected a Samsung SDS-led consortium as the private-sector partner to establish and operate the country’s national artificial intelligence computing center. The Science and ICT M... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Suzano wins EU approval for Kimberly-Clark tissues deal

May 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Brazilian pulp and paper maker Suzano has won EU approval for its plan to buy a majority stake in Kimberly-Clark’s tissue business. The European Commission said the deal raised no competition con... (more story)

Cintas to refile UniFirst deal paperwork May 12, setting up June 11 deadline

May 11, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Uniform and workplace services provider Cintas has pulled its premerger notification paperwork with the US competition authorities for the acquisition of rival UniFirst. The company said it will resubmit the n... (more story)

Cintas pulled UniFirst US merger filing, will refile May 12

May 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Uniform and workplace services provider Cintas has pulled its US notification paperwork for the acquisition of UniFirst with the US competition authorities, and will refile on May 12, according t... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Michigan gets November 2027 trial date in litigation against Roku

May 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A federal judge has set a November 2027 trial date for a 20-day jury trial in child privacy litigation against Roku brought by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The state said Roku allegedly... (more story)

X’s Grok deepfakes scandal has seen limber lawmaking eclipse regulatory response

May 11, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The scandal of X's Grok producing millions of sexualized deepfakes led to multiple probes early this year. None has concluded yet, though Brazil’s privacy regulator expects preliminary findings by June, while ... (more story)

Connected glasses raise privacy concerns, French privacy watchdog says

May 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France’s data protection authority, CNIL, has warned that internet-connected glasses with built-in cameras and microphones raise serious privacy concerns, with 67% of surveyed users viewing them ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan expands content industry growth strategy with music export study

May 11, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s economy, trade and industry ministry, or METI, is increasingly positioning music and other creative sectors as export industries within the country's broader intellectual property and growth strategy, ... (more story)

Athletes drop US antitrust claims against NCAA over compensation

May 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: DeWayne Carter, Nya Harrison and Sedona Prince agreed to dismiss their US claims against the National Collegiate Athletic Association over rules that prohibit student-athletes from being compensa... (more story)

Federal Circuit weighs sanctions authority against AIA institution bar

May 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A series of recurring themes emerged during oral argument Friday in the dispute between VLSI Technology, Intel Corp. and Patent Quality Assurance, with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit repeatedl... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Hong Kong financial firm founder pleads guilty in US to tax fraud scheme

May 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Roderic Sage, the founder and chief executive of a Hong Kong financial services firm, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the US through a scheme to help high-value US taxpayer-clients concea... (more story)

US appeals dismissal of businessman’s Pemex-linked corruption conviction

May 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Federal prosecutors are appealing a US judge’s decision to throw out the conviction of a Texas-based Mexican businessman for paying bribes to officials of Mexico’s state-run oil company for contracts. A lawyer... (more story)

UK stockbroker jailed for money laundering sent back after repayment shortfall

May 08, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A British stockbroker who was jailed for six years by a UK court in 2021 for money laundering offenses and was released last year has been jailed again after failing to pay back £180,000 owed in a confiscation order.

Financial Services View More

UK finance sector readies for clutch of reforms in new legislative agenda

May 11, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

A new UK financial services bill is expected to be unveiled on Wednesday as part of government plans for the coming parliamentary session. It's likely to feature reforms the Labour party has already pledged bu... (more story)

US SEC to draft crypto rules to provide clarity for expanding market base

May 08, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission plans to propose numerous rules to provide clarity for the growing number of market participants, including trading systems and broker-dealers, moving on to blockchain... (more story)

Mortgage Connect gets noncompete warning from US FTC Chairman Ferguson

May 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent a warning letter to national mortgage services provider Mortgage Connect in connection with a lawsuit in which Mortgage Connect seeks to ... (more story)

Trade View More

US signs shipbuilding deal with South Korea

May 11, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has reached a memorandum of understanding with South Korea to establish a partnership initiative on shipbuilding.

USITC institutes duty order investigations into Chinese rubber accelerators

May 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has instituted antidumping and antisubsidy duty investigations into N-Cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide, a primary accelerator used for curing rubbers, from China.

Trump appeals Section 122 global tariff case

May 11, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US Department of Justice filed an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to challenge the Court of International Trade's ruling that struck down the Trump administration's ... (more story)

State Aid View More

UK plans legislation to nationalize British Steel

May 11, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK will have the power to bring British Steel under public ownership, subject to public interest tests, under new legislation to be set out this week. The public interest test would consider factors includ... (more story)

Spanish compensation of up to €1.5bn for flooded farms approved by EU

May 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Farmers in the Spanish regions of Andalusia and Extremadura — who were hit by floods in late 2025 through to early 2026 — can receive up to €1.5 billion in government aid, EU state aid regulators... (more story)

Aviation sector tapped for views on draft EU state aid guidelines

May 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking views from airlines and airports on its updates to assessment of state aid in the sector. "Our proposed new state aid rules for the aviation sector strike the r... (more story)

Energy View More

EU proposes updated emissions trading system benchmarks worth €4bn for industry

May 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has proposed updated benchmarks for the EU's emissions trading system for the 2026-2030 period which would allow industry, on average, to receive free allocation covering ... (more story)

Australian energy ministers mull national data-center rules

May 11, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australian energy ministers are set to consider changes to national energy policy in response to a rapid growth of data centers. The Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council met Friday and planned to disc... (more story)

EU allows aviation fuel rule exemption, but says airlines must cover slots

May 08, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Airlines can be exempted from EU jet fuel rules if shortages threaten onward flights, but higher fuel prices alone do not justify relief from honoring airport slot obligations, the European Commission has said... (more story)

Technology View More

Refusal of access to X risk report under EU digital law draws ombudsman’s criticism

May 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Teresa Anjinho, the European Ombudsman, has said that X’s Digital Services Act risk assessment report should have been individually assessed for possible public disclosure. The ombudsman found th... (more story)

Children's privacy concerns move into the mainstream in New Zealand, survey finds

May 11, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: About 71 percent of New Zealanders remain concerned about children’s privacy, including social media use, according to a survey released by the privacy regulator. In a statement on Monday, New Ze... (more story)

At Meta remedies trial, New Mexico judge told of mental health issues tied to apps

May 09, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Mike Swift

North America

As the state of New Mexico's remedies bench trial against Meta Platforms completed its first week of testimony, Judge Bryan Biedscheid heard testimony from two expert witnesses for the state who said evidence ... (more story)