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Data Privacy and Security

July 13, 2026 | Xu Yuan and Madeline Hughes

North America

US states detail proposed Meta penalties, disgorgement in social media trial
California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 13, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

Europe, North America

Bonta casts California as backstop to Trump's antitrust retreat

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

July 13, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Clearview AI loses approval of novel equity-based US privacy settlement

Antitrust View More

Epic, Google return to US court as economist questions revised Play injunction

July 14, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Google and Epic Games will return to US court Thursday for another attempt to secure approval of a settlement in their long-running antitrust dispute over the Play Store. But concerns from a court-appointed ec... (more story)

Injunction against Nielsen over alleged tying upheld by US appeals court

July 13, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

The Nielsen Co. failed to get an injunction aimed at its allegedly unlawful tying arrangement in radio ratings data markets overturned as a US appeals court on Monday found sufficient evidence that Nielsen exp... (more story)

Bayer says Latham's antitrust complaint lacks merit

July 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Bayer said an antitrust lawsuit brought against it by Latham Quality should be dismissed as the allegations lack legal merit and the complaint fails to describe conduct that is improper under fed... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Beyond Bias: The expanding legal risks around AI hiring tools

July 14, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

AI-powered employment tools are facing growing legal scrutiny as courts move beyond questions of algorithmic bias to examine governance, transparency and accountability. Recent litigation over the tools is pus... (more story)

xAI appealing dismissal of trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI

July 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Elon Musk's xAI is appealing the dismissal of trade-secret misappropriation lawsuit against OpenAI to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, according to a notice of appeal.

Clearview AI settlement in US privacy case vacated on appeal

July 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Clearview AI's settlement in a privacy case over facial recognition has been vacated by a US appeals court that found a "key procedural problem in the settlement process." The Court of Appeals fo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Vodafone-Three merger creates ‘tangible’ consumer benefits, report says

July 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Vodafone’s merger with Three in the UK has already delivered “tangible” benefits for consumers, one year after its closing, according to a report by consultancy Frontier Economics. “Millions of c... (more story)

Loctite, Liquid Nails owners dispute FTC market definition at US trial

July 13, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Loctite manufacturer Henkel and Liquid Nails creator American Industrial Partners criticized the US Federal Trade Commission’s merger challenge market definition — which focuses on construction adhesive cartri... (more story)

Petrobras appeals Brazil regulator's approval of Subsea7-Saipem merger

July 13, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has appealed the Brazilian competition authority's unconditional approval of the proposed merger between offshore engineering companies Saipem and Subsea7, argu... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Report finds gaps in Big Tech's measures to tackle online child abuse in Australia

July 14, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Significant gaps remain in how major online platforms, including Apple, Google, Meta Platforms, Snap, Discord, Microsoft and WhatsApp, are tackling child sexual exploitation and abuse, particular... (more story)

EU lawmakers' first draft sets stage for changes to Digital Omnibus package

July 13, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

European Parliament lawmakers moved their Digital Omnibus package into its next stage on Monday, presenting a first draft report that proposes changes to several elements of the European Commission's proposal ... (more story)

Digital euro talks between lawmakers, EU governments to resume Sept. 10

July 13, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

Negotiations on the regulation for a digital euro are set to resume on Sept. 10, with a further meeting planned for Sept. 30, MLex understands. The regulation would establish the legal framework for a digital ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

UK advances IP-backed lending push with £500m ringfenced fund

July 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Small- and medium-sized UK enterprises with significant intellectual property assets will benefit from a ringfenced fund of £500 million for lending to help them grow, the government said on Monday. The money,... (more story)

Japan government AI trial puts vendor know-how safeguards in focus

July 13, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Digital Agency will test three domestically developed large language models on the government cloud, moving its public sector AI project into a phase where model development history, training data comp... (more story)

China's new punitive damages rule tested in repeat trademark-infringement appeal

July 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has upheld punitive damages against an online merchant who resumed selling trademark-infringing products after settling an earlier dispute with a lingerie brand, marking the first reported appl... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former soccer officials ask US judge to overturn FIFA corruption convictions

July 13, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Several former soccer officials, and the estate of one deceased official, are asking a US judge to vacate their corruption convictions under a writ of error coram nobis, saying factual errors and... (more story)

Cuban state-owned entities sanctioned by US

July 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department sanctioned 10 entities to further the Trump administration's push to overturn the Cuban government's activity, including state-owned entities that funnel revenue to the government.

First VPN Service sanctioned by US over sales to ransomware groups

July 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and one entity enabling ransomware actors’ and other cybercriminals’ malign activities, notably ran... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Agencies issue guidance on lending to individuals not legally authorized to work in US

July 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration issued guidance to remind supervised financial institutio... (more story)

EU crypto-asset rules consultation extended to Sept. 30

July 13, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Commission has extended its public consultation on the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation to Sept. 30, with feedback to inform a 2027 review of the rules. The review examines rules governing digi... (more story)

Circle gets final US OCC approval to establish national trust bank

July 10, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Circle Internet Group received final approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank, a passage expected to strengthen the infrastructure of USDC, the world's ... (more story)

Trade View More

US CIT denies motion for import ban on New Zealand fisheries

July 13, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America, Oceania

The US Court of International Trade has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would ban imports from New Zealand fisheries, determining that the plaintiff would not likely succeed on the merits of the case.

US CIT denies motion to ban New Zealand fisheries imports

July 13, 2026

North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction by non-profit advocacy group Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders NZ Inc, which sought to ban the imports of Ne... (more story)

No immediate EU winter gas supply risk despite Mideast tensions, task force says

July 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: There is no immediate concern for gas supplies for winter 2026-27 despite continued tensions in the Middle East, with gas storage targets on track and sufficient LNG import capacity to meet seaso... (more story)

State Aid View More

Hungary’s development bank wins EU approval for €2bn capital injection

July 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Hungary’s development bank Magyar Fejlesztési Bank has secured EU approval for a 760 billion-forint (€2 billion) capital injection funded through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Europea... (more story)

France’s €63bn support for offshore wind farms wins EU approval

July 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France has won EU approval to give €63 billion of state support for the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. The European Commission said the 11 farms, which would be in the North S... (more story)

Bus operator McGill files subsidy claim against Scottish government

July 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Bus operator McGill has filed a claim against the Scottish government over an alleged breach of subsidy rules through zero emissions funding, according to the action lodged with the Competition A... (more story)

Energy View More

EU's electrification push has affordability at its heart

July 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Lowering electricity bills and narrowing the price gap between electricity and gas sits at the heart of the European Commission's Electrification Action Plan, with a leaked draft pairing reforms to electricity... (more story)

NAACP defends US case against xAI over air pollution

July 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The NAACP opposed xAI’s motion to dismiss US allegations that the company uses illegal, air-polluting gas turbines, saying that xAI aims to silence all dissent and write its own rules of complian... (more story)

EU carbon border tax certificate sale, repurchase draft opened for feedback

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies covered by the EU’s carbon border tax can provide feedback until Aug. 6 on draft European Commission rules setting conditions for the sale and repurchase of CBAM certificates, the commi... (more story)

Technology View More

YouTube has fewer eating disorder recommendations after regulation, group says

July 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Harmful eating disorder recommendations for teenage girls on YouTube fell to one in nine recommendations in 2026 from one in three in 2024, campaign group Center for Countering Digital Hate said ... (more story)

Teens less stressed, focus more in school when off social media, UK govt says

July 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Teenagers sleep better, feel less stressed, concentrate more in school, and spend more time with friends and family when they are off social media, the UK government said a study had showed. The ... (more story)

Under-13s shouldn’t be allowed unsupervised social media use, report for EU says

July 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Children under the age of 13 shouldn't be allowed unsupervised access to social media and other digital services, including AI companions, a report commissioned by the European Commission said. T... (more story)