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Trade

June 23, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

US trade court appears skeptical of challenge to Trump de minimis cut

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

June 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US House child safety plan shows movement on preemption, ‘knowledge’
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Artificial Intelligence

June 22, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Workday must face nationwide discrimination claims over AI tools

Antitrust View More

Scandlines reprimanded in Denmark for excessive prices

June 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Scandlines abused its dominant position on the Rødby–Puttgarden ferry route by charging excessively high prices for passenger cars between 2017 and 2019, according to the Danish Competition Counc... (more story)

Diversity Lab probe tests antitrust law against DEI (FTCWatch)

June 24, 2026 | Claude Marx and Alex Wilts

North America

The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust probe of Diversity Lab, a consulting firm that helped law firms broaden candidate pools for hiring and promotion, opens a new front in the Trump administration’s campai... (more story)

EU digital gatekeeper law not properly enforced, lead EU lawmaker says

June 24, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

The EU law to rein in the market power of Big Tech is not properly enforced, as the European Commission has still not taken any final decision in its two-year long probe into Google, Andreas Schwab told an EU ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI’s rapid evolution forces regulatory rethink, FCA chief Rathi says

June 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The head of the UK Financial Conduct Authority said traditional rule-making will not work in all areas as artificial intelligence evolves faster than regulatory and legislative frameworks. Speaki... (more story)

UK digital regulators accelerate adoption of AI tools for enforcement, supervision

June 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK digital regulators are advancing the use of generative AI in supervision and enforcement work, the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum said in an update Wednesday. The forum, which includes O... (more story)

China urged to steer AI toward job creation with incentives, penalties

June 24, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

China should deploy incentives and penalties to steer artificial intelligence development toward augmenting workers rather than replacing them, according to a prominent government economic adviser. Cai Fang, a... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

GSK, Nuvalent to submit premerger notification

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: GSK and Nuvalent will file their Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification forms "on or about" Wednesdsay, according to a securities filing. The companies expect the $10.6 billion deal to clos... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE seeks flight data in American-Azul deal

June 24, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: The Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or CADE, has requested flight data from American Airlines and Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras as part of its review of the US carrier seeking an 8 ... (more story)

Aramark wins permission to contest deadline ruling at top Scottish court

June 24, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Aramark has been granted permission to appeal a decision by a specialized UK competition court that prevented the US company from challenging an antitrust veto of its buyout of the Scottish caterer Entier. The... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Watchdogs warn of risks of regulatory fragmentation on child protection online

June 24, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

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

Watchdogs and policymakers from major economies warned that fragmented approaches to protecting children online risk undermining enforcement, increasing compliance costs and creating uneven levels of protectio... (more story)

AI developers, data companies may see more legal clarity in EU digital laws

June 24, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman

Europe

EU governments will decide on Friday whether to revamp key EU digital rules governing cookies, data protection and cybersecurity. At stake are the European Commission's proposed changes to the definition of pe... (more story)

Brazil’s ANPD gets approval to hold new public service exam

June 24, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services (MGI) has published a decision in the country's Official Journal authorizing the National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) to hold a... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

German federal judge endorses arbitration for interim licenses

June 24, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

A judge at Germany’s highest court has spoken out in favor of arbitration and third-party decision-making for interim licenses in disputes over standard essential patents.

Nokia granted interim payment in UK patent dispute with Warner Bros, Paramount (update*)

June 24, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

A UK judge has ordered Warner Brothers and Paramount to make an interim payment to Nokia ahead of a full trial in November. The decision illustrates the continued difficulty which courts face in deciding on in... (more story)

China trademark law revisions target misleading use, trademark hoarding

June 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Proposed revisions to China’s Trademark Law advanced to a second reading before the country's top legislature on Tuesday, as lawmakers seek to curb deceptive trademark filings and impose tougher penalties for ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former executive sentenced to prison in US for fraud in Lottery.com acquisition

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Vadim Komissarov, the former chief executive of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), was sentenced to three years in prison for committing securities fraud through a scheme to defraud in... (more story)

US CFTC sues Kentucky over enforcement actions against designated contract markets

June 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a lawsuit against Kentucky to block the state’s efforts to shut down CFTC-registered contract markets using state laws. The lawsuit follows Kentu... (more story)

Prince Group ‘second-in-command’ sanctioned by US after reported arrest in Japan

June 23, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

Hu Xiowei, the reputed “second-in-command” of the Prince Group conglomerate, was sanctioned Tuesday by the US government days after he was reportedly arrested by Japanese authorities. Separately, the US govern... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Fresh rules on financial products sustainability agreed by EU member states

June 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU governments agreed their position on revising the sustainable finance disclosure regulation, aiming to simplify requirements and make sustainability claims easier for investors to understand a... (more story)

EU conservative lawmakers to lead report on banking competitiveness

June 24, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Parliament's conservative group will lead the preparation of a non-binding report on EU banking competitiveness, MLex has learned. The report will allow lawmakers to signal their position ahead of... (more story)

Reforms to pan-European pension product agreed by EU governments

June 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries agreed on a position on reforms to make the pan-European personal pension product more attractive and easier to use. The changes would remove mandatory investment advice for standard... (more story)

Trade View More

US CIT remands dumping order on ferrosilicon from Kazakhstan

June 24, 2026

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade remanded the Commerce Department's final affirmative dumping determination for imports of ferrosilicon from Kazakhstan.

US trade court backs Commerce in Chinese steel rack probe

June 24, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade on Tuesday sustained the Commerce Department’s remand of a 2024 antidumping order review on Chinese steel racks, finding the federal agency was correct to deny a scrap offse... (more story)

US Commerce preliminarily says Canada, India subsidizing citric acid

June 24, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that Canada and India are subsidizing citric acid imports. Commerce assigned preliminary subsidy rates of 16.50 percent on Canadian produce... (more story)

State Aid View More

Zenobē Energy's 'subsidy' review application dismissed by UK tribunal

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy's application for the Competition Appeal Tribunal to examine and rule on a “subsidy scheme” designed to promote development of energy storage projects has been dismissed by the cour... (more story)

QuantumDiamonds gets EU approval for chips facility state aid

June 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a German state aid program worth €76 million, intended to help QuantumDiamonds build a plant to make semiconductor-testing equipment. This will be the EU’s fi... (more story)

Portugal faces EU lawsuit over failure to recover state aid

June 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Portugal is facing an EU court lawsuit over its failure to recover unlawful state aid granted under the Madeira Free Zone tax regime, according to an action published on Monday. The European Comm... (more story)

Energy View More

Unused EU congestion-income revenues would be freed up after eight years

June 24, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Congestion-income revenues — generated when power cannot flow freely between markets — that are earmarked for EU cross-border electricity projects would no longer remain reserved indefinitely, under an EU gove... (more story)

EU announces plans to make energy labeling more digital, flexible

June 24, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Many appliances, electronics and tires will no longer need to carry a printed energy label in the EU as part of European Commission plans to make the bloc's product energy labeling regime more digital and flex... (more story)

EU governments would allow national systems to recover unused congestion-income

June 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Congestion-income revenues — revenues earned by grid operators from electricity-price differences — earmarked for EU cross-border electricity projects would no longer remain locked indefinitely u... (more story)

Technology View More

UK Ofcom threatens to tell govt if media literacy guidance doesn't yield progress

June 24, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

The UK's media regulator has threatened to raise it with the government if its media literacy recommendations for online platforms, broadcasters and streaming services don't get companies to do more to promote... (more story)

German panel recommends tiered online safety age limits or certain restrictions

June 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The expert panel tasked with advising Germany's government on online safety has recommended a statutory minimum age of 13 for social media and tiered protection standards up to the age of 18, or ... (more story)

Meta’s UK online safety fee challenge set for October; interventions accepted

June 24, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Meta’s legal challenge to the UK online safety regulator over how it calculates companies’ revenue for fees and fines under the Online Safety Act will proceed to a substantive hearing in October, after all int... (more story)