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Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Trump AI plan will leave limited room for state regulation, US Sen. Blackburn says
The company name Paramount appears in curly silver font on the outside of an office building

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 17, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes

Europe, North America

Paramount-Warner deal still faces US state scrutiny after federal clearance
Meng Wanzhou

Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Trade

June 17, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

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

Huawei finance chief’s admissions allowed at company’s US trial, judge rules

Antitrust View More

UK antitrust watchdog’s reputation faces key test with drug case ruling

June 18, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

The UK competition regulator’s reputation is jeopardized by an appeal court ruling over its bid to challenge a setback in its long-running case against Pfizer and Flynn Pharma over drug pricing. The Competitio... (more story)

Marks Electrical faces £1.3m bill after breaking UK consumer law

June 18, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Marks Electrical, a UK household-appliance retailer, has been fined £720,000 for breaking consumer and ordered to repay £600,000 to customers, after it preselected and charged customers for extra services with... (more story)

Confidentiality issues continue to slow antitrust appeals, EU judge says

June 18, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Questions over confidentiality still unduly delay competition appeals at the EU’s General Court, according to a judge. Allowing interventions in these appeals by third parties, who are only given access to red... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Legal risks in AI training data drove LG to build data-governance system for Exaone

June 18, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

Many open-source datasets used to train artificial intelligence foundation models may contain licensing inconsistencies, histories of data infringement and regulatory scrutiny that could expose developers to l... (more story)

Anthropic India fights impleadment in Anthropic PBC trademark dispute

June 18, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Anthropic India, the domestic subsidiary of the US-headquartered artificial intelligence giant, has argued that it is a separate legal entity and should not be included in a trademark lawsuit between Anthropic... (more story)

China white paper stresses AI cooperation, trade in global governance

June 18, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has released a global-governance white paper emphasizing artificial intelligence cooperation and a more multilateral rule-making system, as Beijing steps up preparations for a World Artificial Intelligen... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Japan's Obayashi agrees to $540m acquisition of UK-based BCI UK Holdings

June 18, 2026

Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: Obayashi, a listed major Japanese construction company, said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire UK-based BCI UK Holdings, the parent company of construction group Multiplex, in a transacti... (more story)

ACCC reports sharp uptick in Australian merger filings after regime change

June 18, 2026 | Sean Maguire and Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia's competition watchdog has seen a sharp increase in merger notifications since Australia’s mandatory regime began in January, with filings in six months matching a typical full year under the old sys... (more story)

Australia set to switch merger voiding rule to ‘voidable,’ minister says

June 18, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia plans to amend its new merger regime to make the automatic voiding of non-notified deals discretionary, with legislation to be introduced soon, a minister said. The current rules render notifiable tr... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Guide for data privacy in video games produced by Belgian, Spanish regulators

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A new guide for how the video game sector should comply with EU data protection rules has been produced by the Belgian and Spanish data watchdogs including extensive checklists for hardware suppl... (more story)

Data subject’s right to parallel proceedings over complaints is reaffirmed by EU court

June 18, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

An EU member state’s data protection authority cannot reject a data subject’s complaint merely because the case has already been brought before a court in parallel proceedings, the EU's highest court ruled tod... (more story)

EU data watchdogs can’t reject complaints over parallel court case, ECJ says

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A data protection authority can't reject a subject’s complaint on the grounds that parallel proceedings are under way in a court regarding the same issue, the EU’s highest court ruled on Thursday... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Chinese court boosts Penfolds trademark award after overturning liability finding

June 18, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has increased damages awarded to Southcorp Brands, owner of the Penfolds wine brand, to 1 million yuan ($148,000) from 400,000 yuan after overturning a finding that had cleared a company of tra... (more story)

US Ninth Circuit en banc review could reshape copyright intrinsic test

June 17, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's decision to rehear en banc a copyright dispute has fueled expectations that it may modify or abandon its intrinsic test for substantial similarity, experts told ... (more story)

Sotera stipulations' value questioned after Federal Circuit decision

June 17, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

After the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Sotera stipulation-based challenges to Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions on instituting inter partes review aren't subject to appellate re... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Thai consumer lawsuit tests Big Tech liability for scam losses

June 18, 2026 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Asia

A lawsuit in Thailand seeking more than 230 million baht ($7 million) from Meta Platforms, Line, Apple, Google and several financial institutions could become a test case for whether giant tech companies can b... (more story)

US judge allows Huawei finance chief's admissions into company's trial

June 17, 2026

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

MLex Summary: A Huawei Technologies executive's admissions about the company's dealings in Iran can be introduced as evidence in the technology giant's upcoming trial, a US federal judge ruled.

Bosch settles US BIS export probe over Huawei sales, as DOJ declines to prosecute

June 17, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Robert Bosch GmbH agreed to resolve a US Commerce Department investigation into sales by two subsidiaries of high-tech sensors to a Chinese tech giant on a trade restrictions list, as prosecutors declined to b... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK financial services bill risks weakening regulators’ accountability, upper chamber warns

June 18, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK’s Financial Services Regulation Committee has raised concerns that proposed legislation would weaken financial regulators’ accountability to parliament. The committee told the investment minister that i... (more story)

Latvian ABLV should lose challenge to ECB document refusal, court opinion says

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Latvian bank ABLV should not succeed in its challenge to the European Central Bank's refusal to disclose certain supervisory documents, according to an Advocate General’s non-binding opinion. Man... (more story)

Indonesia moves to curb pay-later offerings by certain non-bank firms

June 18, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, has given certain non-bank financial services providers until Dec. 31, 2027, to transfer their portfolios and cease offering buy now, pay later, ... (more story)

Trade View More

EuroChem fights EU fertilizer duty review at General Court

June 18, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

Two EuroChem units tried to challenge a European Commission review in the EU's lower court on Wednesday. The assessment resulted in an extension of the bloc's dumping duties on imports of liquid fertilizer ure... (more story)

EU Commission probes Braya Renewable Fuels' exemption bid from EU biodiesel duties

June 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is reviewing a request from the exporting producer Braya Renewable Fuels to determine whether to grant the company an exemption from EU duties to address dumping and subsi... (more story)

US DOJ declines to prosecute Bosch over Huawei sales

June 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced that it has declined the prosecution of Robert Bosch GmbH, resolving its investigation into an alleged scheme to send products and software manufactured with e... (more story)

State Aid View More

Iveco expects Tata Motors merger to close by third quarter of 2026

June 17, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Iveco Group said that its planned sale to Tata Motors is expected to close by the third quarter of 2026, aligning with comments from Tata last month. The €3.8 billion deal was cleared by the EU m... (more story)

Slovakia’s €1bn aid for clean manufacturing wins EU approval

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Slovakia’s plan to grant €1 billion of state funding to support clean energy manufacturing capacity has received EU approval. The program comprises grants and income tax relief for companies carr... (more story)

Japan's Rapidus expands European semiconductor ties with Italian partner

June 17, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s semiconductor manufacturer Rapidus said Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy’s Fondazione Chips-IT to collaborate on semiconductor research and future manufacturing,... (more story)

Energy View More

Green bond reviewers face new EU rules on compliance, governance

June 17, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New rules governing external reviewers of green bonds — independent companies that assess whether the bonds meet sustainability requirements — have been published in the EU's Official Journal. Th... (more story)

EU ETS reform set to include more free allowances for fallback-benchmark sectors

June 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Free EU Emissions Trading System allowances could increase for energy-intensive sectors relying on fallback benchmarks under a legislative proposal planned to accompany the upcoming ETS review, according to a ... (more story)

Fallback-benchmark sectors could gain more free EU ETS allowances

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Free allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System could increase for energy-intensive sectors covered by fallback benchmarks, under a separate legislative proposal in the upcoming ETS review.... (more story)

Technology View More

CCIA asks US appeals court to affirm injunction against Texas app store law

June 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Computer and Communications Industry Association asked a US appeals court to affirm an injunction against Texas’ App Accountability Act, calling the law overbroad. “Whether justified as prote... (more story)

Google to proffer economist Greg Leonard to testify at hearing next month

June 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google said it will proffer one of its testifying economists, Greg Leonard, to answer questions posed by a California federal judge at a July hearing over a proposed modified injunction issued in... (more story)

EU digital rules risk becoming 'unmanageable,' say Booking, Zalando, Idealo

June 17, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Booking.com, Zalando and Idealo have warned that the EU's expanding digital rulebook risks becoming too complex and disproportionate for companies to navigate, with more legislation expected, including a Digit... (more story)