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Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million in closely-watched UK patent judgment

Meta threatens to leave New Mexico if further injunctive relief imposed

EU capitals’ initial skepticism at industrial plan means hard task for Séjourné

First day of EU-Mercosur deal will be about predictability, not just tariffs

Ticket buyers resist Live Nation arbitration push amid US DOJ settlement fallout

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MODEL CAR surrounded by BRITISH BANKNOTES

Financial Services

May 01, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

Challenges to UK car finance redress plan risk ‘fresh uncertainty,’ FCA warns

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

May 01, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

States refile Nexstar-Tegna suit, add Republican-led Kansas, Indiana, Pa.

Financial Services

April 30, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Trump backing of Fed probe backfires as Powell digs in, will stay on as governor
Challenges to UK car finance redress plan risk ‘fresh uncertainty,’ FCA warns
States refile Nexstar-Tegna suit, add Republican-led Kansas, Indiana, Pa.
Trump backing of Fed probe backfires as Powell digs in, will stay on as governor

Antitrust View More

US FTC urges Tennessee Supreme Court oppose ABA law school accreditation monopoly

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission filed a letter urging the Tennessee Supreme Court to "open law school accreditation to competition by reducing its reliance on the American Bar Association in dete... (more story)

Mastercard, Visa see mass claim's leader denied appeal bid over ‘opt in’ ruling

May 01, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

A ruling which ruled out some claimants seeking to "opt in" to UK mass card-fee lawsuits against Mastercard and Visa can’t be appealed by the class leader, the UK’s competition court said Friday. The Competiti... (more story)

Mastercard, Visa-targeted 'opt-in' claimants UK ruling can't be appealed

May 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A class representative can't appeal a ruling which said some claimants seeking to "opt in" to UK mass lawsuits targeting Mastercard and Visa over card fees have made invalid applications to join ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Connecticut passes social media addiction, chatbot bills

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Connecticut lawmakers gave final approval to legislation backed by Attorney General William Tong that would impose new restrictions on social media platforms’ use of addictive features for minors... (more story)

US DoD enters agreements with frontier AI companies amid Anthropic fight

May 01, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

The US Department of Defense on Friday announced it has entered agreements with seven frontier artificial intelligence companies to integrate with its classified networks as the department remains locked in li... (more story)

As CISA cuts loom, companies need to step up cyber defenses

May 01, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Companies need to step up as the federal cybersecurity infrastructure in the US faces budget cuts, just as artificial intelligence-fueled attacks are on the rise.

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Sysco–Jetro deal poses complex antitrust test beyond traditional merger playbook

May 01, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Sysco’s proposed $29.1 billion acquisition of Jetro Holdings, parent of Restaurant Depot, presents US enforcers with a familiar name but a structurally different problem from the distributor mergers that regul... (more story)

Push to change UK CMA's decision process prompts rare alignment of critics

May 01, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK government is assessing feedback to its plans to re-engineer the system of decision making for in-depth merger and market probes at the country’s antitrust regulator. The breadth of the concerns raised ... (more story)

Nexstar settles in Ohio in exchange for waiver of antitrust challenge

May 01, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Nexstar Media Group has agreed to terms with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost regarding acquired stations in its deal with Tegna in exchange for the state not taking antitrust action against the deal. The compa... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

California’s privacy-focused whistleblower bill stalled this year

May 01, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

A legislative proposal supported by California’s privacy regulator to establish a whistleblower framework related to privacy practices has run into obstacles in the legislature and is unlikely to proceed this ... (more story)

Google faces amended US claims over alleged wiretapping on tax preparation sites

April 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs filed an amened US complaint accusing Google of illegally wiretapping electronic communications on major on-line tax filing websites offered by H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer, among ... (more story)

Meta says New Mexico's $3.7bn mental health remedy exceeds court's authority

April 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: In its proposed findings of fact, Meta pushed back against New Mexico's public nuisance claim and request that the court impose injunctive relief against its services, arguing the state failed to... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

BlackBerry loses India patent battle over messaging feature

May 01, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

BlackBerry’s patent appeal for a color-coded messaging feature was rejected by an Indian court. The Delhi High Court ruled that it lacked inventive step and technical advancement, classifying the US tech giant... (more story)

Japan IP court voids 'AI Announcer' trademark for software services

May 01, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court voided trademark protection for the term “AI Announcer” in connection with software-related services, finding that the phrase had already become a descriptive label for... (more story)

US Supreme Court ‘skinny label’ arguments focus on pleading standards, not patents

April 30, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Multiple justices of the US Supreme Court appeared wary on Wednesday of an opinion that would change the standard for induced patent infringement during oral arguments in Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Amarin Pharma... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Trump signs order widening US sanctions on Cuba

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing new sanctions on the Cuban government and widening existing measures to add restrictions under the International Emergency Economic Po... (more story)

US Treasury issues sanctions warning over Strait of Hormuz tolls

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued an alert warning the maritime industry that paying “tolls” to the Iranian regime for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz... (more story)

Chinese oil terminal operator sanctioned by US for importing Iranian crude

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department has blacklisted Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal Co., Ltd., a China-based petroleum terminal operator that has imported tens of millions of barrels of sanctioned Iranian crude o... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US senators banned from using prediction markets

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Bernie Moreno announced that the Senate has passed by unanimous consent a resolution banning sitting senators, officers, and staff from using prediction markets.

Reported Tether loan to Lutnick trust questioned by US Democratic senators

April 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent letters to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, seeking information about a reported loan from Tether — a foreign co... (more story)

Delta Dental agrees to pay $2.25m to resolve New York allegations over data breach

April 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Delta Dental Insurance agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve claims filed by New York’s Department of Financial Services for violating a cybersecurity regulation. A department investigation dete... (more story)

Trade View More

USTR's forced-labor probe mostly China focused, raising questions in broad probe

May 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Zack Budryk

North America

The majority of public comments in the US trade investigation into forced labor from 60 countries center on allegations against China and Southeast Asian countries, raising questions of whether an evidentiary ... (more story)

US trade commission votes for antidumping duty orders on Chinese MDI

May 01, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has voted that sales of Chinese imports of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) at less than fair value are injurious to US industry. USITC will issue an an... (more story)

US manufacturer petitions for duty orders on air compressors from three countries

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: MAT Industries, a US manufacturer of air compressors, petitioned the US Commerce Department and the US International Trade Commission for antidumping and anitsubsidy duty orders on air compressor... (more story)

State Aid View More

Belgium enters exclusive negotiations to acquire Engie’s nuclear activities

April 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Belgian state is negotiating to take over Engie’s nuclear-energy activities, including its seven reactors, which currently generate about half of the country’s electricity. The deal would tra... (more story)

Belgium sees EU Commission step up infringement procedure over arbitration awards

April 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has sent Belgium a reasoned opinion, or formal request to comply with EU law, accusing the country of circumventing the bloc's rules on state aid. The country had recogniz... (more story)

Businesses hit by energy crisis can get more support as EU relaxes state aid rules

April 29, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Energy-intensive industries will be able to receive larger subsidies, under a temporary relaxing of the state aid rules by the European Commission to respond to a spike in energy prices. Member s... (more story)

Energy View More

US official cites critical mineral procurement concerns with Project Vault

April 30, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

A key US official working on the Export-Import Bank’s new critical minerals stockpile said he remains concerned with the ability to procure enough minerals for the unprecedented effort. 

EU told to prepare for consequences if jet fuel stocks still declining beyond May

April 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU should start preparing for possible consequences if the decline in commercial stocks of jet fuel from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues beyond the end of May, experts from the ... (more story)

Countries to accelerate transition from fossil fuels, conference co-hosts say

April 30, 2026

Europe, Latin America

MLex Summary: Countries representing about one-third of global GDP have agreed on to step up efforts to transition away from fossil fuels at a conference in Colombia, co-hosts Colombia and The Netherlands have... (more story)

Technology View More

US FTC, states file second amended ROSCA complaint against Uber

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission, joined by a group of 21 states, the District of Columbia and Alameda County, California, has filed a second amended complaint alleging that Uber Technologies viol... (more story)

UK warns companies amid increasing cyber attacks

April 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK firms are urged to strengthen their cybersecurity, as AI models facilitate software breaches, the department for Science and Technology said on Thursday. A new report shows 43 per cent of busi... (more story)

Google sees Italian regulator’s request to EU Commission over publishers’ concerns

April 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Italian communications regulator AGCOM sent a request of evaluation to the European Commission on Thursday over Google’s potential violations of the EU Digital Services Act. The request stems... (more story)