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EU tech head pitches digital sovereignty as allied interdependence, not US break

EU eyes standards to help commercialize quantum technology

German experts float 13 minimum for social media, stop short of ban call

US FTC open to settling Amazon suit on pro-consumer terms, Ferguson says

GDPR-AI Act interplay is key priority for French digital regulator

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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Most medical device, pharma mergers procompetitive, US FTC official says
Republican Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

June 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US House subcommittee advances bill to shield consumers from AI energy costs

Trade

June 23, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

US trade court appears skeptical of challenge to Trump de minimis cut
Most medical device, pharma mergers procompetitive, US FTC official says
US House subcommittee advances bill to shield consumers from AI energy costs
US trade court appears skeptical of challenge to Trump de minimis cut

Antitrust View More

China highlights targeted, not blanket oversight of delivery subsidies

June 25, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's antitrust regulator has further explained how businesses should interpret its proposed food-delivery subsidy rules through two expert commentaries carried by its official antitrust WeChat account. The ... (more story)

Japan cargo owners warned over unfair practices in logistics sector

June 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's antitrust agency on Thursday released the results of a survey of cargo owners and logistics companies, finding widespread unfair practices by cargo owners toward transport operators. The ... (more story)

Japanese construction companies sanctioned over Kagawa bid-rigging cartel

June 25, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Asia

Twenty-nine construction companies in Japan's Kagawa Prefecture were found to have rigged bids for public works projects, with the Japan Fair Trade Commission ordering 27 companies to pay administrative penalt... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australia's prudential regulator warns of frontier AI cyber risks

June 25, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority warns that frontier AI models are creating a "paradigm shift" in cybersecurity risk, urging Australia's financial sector to share intelligence on vulnerabilities ... (more story)

Australian regulator warns of urgent risk of frontier AI models for banks

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has warned that frontier AI models pose an urgent and growing risk to the financial sector while urging information sharing between regulated entiti... (more story)

China pledges more support for AI, advanced computing to boost self-reliance

June 25, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

China's industry ministry pledged stronger support for artificial intelligence and advanced computing as Beijing pushes to achieve greater technological self-reliance, calling for breakthroughs in key technolo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

MicroStar offers behavioral remedies to address Australian concerns over Konvoy deal

June 25, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

US-based keg services company MicroStar Logistics' wholly owned subsidiary Kegstar has offered behavioral undertakings in an attempt to secure Australian approval for its proposed acquisition of Konvoy Holding... (more story)

AkzoNobel's bid for Axalta under review by Australian watchdog

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: AkzoNobel's proposed acquisition of Axalta is under review by Australia's competition watchdog. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said the merger would combine two major global coa... (more story)

Precision Poultry's bid for VOAG chicken-farming operation cleared in Australia

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Precision Poultry’s proposed acquisition of the broiler chicken-farming operations of VOAG and its related entities, through coordinated asset and land acquisitions, has been cleared by the Austr... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Bithumb crypto exchange fined in South Korea over illegal cross-border data transfers

June 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been fined 210 million won ($136,000) by the country's privacy regulator for violating rules on cross-border transfers of personal data. The Perso... (more story)

Australia's social media ban has little early impact on under-16 use, study finds

June 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A study published late Tuesday has found no clear evidence that Australia’s social media ban for under-16s has reduced adolescents’ use of social media in its first three months. The observationa... (more story)

Japanese schools urged to tighten data security measures

June 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission urged school operators and teachers on Thursday to strengthen data protection and security measures following a series of data breaches as schoo... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Top China court details rationale for keeping Infineon sales injunctions in force

June 25, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's top court has signaled it will generally uphold patent injunctions issued after a trial court finds infringement, using its decision to keep sales bans on certain Infineon Technologies gallium nitride ... (more story)

Fate of PPL's past Indian enforcements uncertain despite return to copyright society

June 25, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India’s re-registration of Phonographic Performance Limited as a copyright society strengthens its future music licensing and enforcement powers. However, the unresolved questions over pre-2026 claims, ownersh... (more story)

Drug-pricing dispute at US Supreme Court raises trade secret disclosure questions

June 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

The US Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to weigh in on a challenge to Oregon’s drug-pricing transparency law in a case presenting broader questions about constitutional limits on state effo... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

International Criminal Court judges sue US to overturn sanctions listing

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Three judges on the International Criminal Court sued the US government seeking to overturn their addition to the sanctions list due to decisions they made on the court. The blacklisting, which i... (more story)

Lawyers detail efforts to dismiss Adani US fraud case

June 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Lawyers for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and two others held months of “detailed and extensive communications and meetings” with the US Justice Department urging prosecutors to dismiss criminal charges in a... (more story)

Freight forwarding firm manager sentenced in US for Russia export scheme

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Natalya Ivanovna Mazulina, a manager of a freight forwarding company based in Jamaica, New York, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for crafting a scheme to circumvent US export laws related to Russia.

Financial Services View More

Several issues remain in EU countries' talks on market integration, report shows

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Further work is needed on key issues in the package proposal for more integrated EU capital markets, according to a progress report published Thursday by Cyprus, which has chaired EU talks for th... (more story)

US Basel plans would raise mandates more than touted, banks complain

June 24, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The Trump administration’s proposals for Basel III Endgame and other capital requirements would impose mandates at least twice as high on banking giants as the administration has touted, banking groups complai... (more story)

US Fed says large banks well positioned to weather severe recession, continue lending

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Reserve Board said that the annual bank stress test found that large banks are well positioned to weather a severe recession and able to continue to lend to households and business... (more story)

Trade View More

EU dumping probe into PET from Vietnam ends

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has said it has discontinued its investigation into whether imports of polyethylene terephthalate from Vietnam have been dumped. The investigation was opened in 2025, and ... (more story)

China unveils framework to probe supply chain security threats

June 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce has published procedures for investigating foreign actions that harm the country's industrial and supply chain security, including discriminatory restrictions and tra... (more story)

China asks public to report illegal dual-use strategic mineral exports

June 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce will launch a hotline and online platform for the public to report illegal exports of dual-use strategic minerals, offering financial rewards to informants as Beijing... (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

Simpler rules on industrial emissions, batteries backed by EU countries

June 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Rules simplifying requirements for industrial emissions, batteries and spatial data were approved by EU countries, which agreed their position on key parts of the environmental simplification pac... (more story)

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)

Technology View More

Stronger scrutiny for AI firms, pro-antitrust judges needed, US senator says

June 24, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers

North America

US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday called for stronger scrutiny of AI companies while asking Congress to sharpen antitrust enforcers' tools and to stack the federal bench with judges "who actually understan... (more story)

ACLU, EFF, others support injunction against Texas app store law on appeal

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and other groups told a US appeals court that Texas’ App Accountability Act unconstitutionally compels speech by forcing develop... (more story)

NetChoice files amended complaint challenging Minnesota's social media warning labels

June 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: NetChoice has filed an amended complaint against Minnesota over law that would force websites to display "warning" messages that the tech industry association said would discourage citizens from ... (more story)