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Financial Crime, Financial Services

August 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

UBS to pay record fine for 'recidivist' anti-money laundering compliance failures
California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Trade

August 03, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Democratic state AGs sue Trump administration over forced-labor tariffs

Financial Services

August 03, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US community banks seeking ties would be relieved of curbs under OCC plan

Antitrust View More

Agrana, Lucsor Impex hit with Romanian fines over sugar prices

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Agrana Romania, its sales and marketing unit, and Lucsor Impex have been fined a total of more than 52 million lei ($11.4 million) for restricting competition in Romania’s sugar market, the count... (more story)

Airport operator Sacbo secures extended deadline for antitrust commitments

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sacbo, the operator of Bergamo airport in northern Italy, has secured national antitrust approval to revise commitments accepted in a 2018 abuse-of-dominance case. According to its newsletter, th... (more story)

AGCO, land machine dealers fined in Poland for operating cartel

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Agricultural machinery wholesaler AGCO and eight dealers, including Agrolmet, Agravis Technik and Agronom, have been fined nearly 136 million Zloty ($36.3 million) for operating an 11-year cartel... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

South Korea plans special law for AI, chip mega-projects

August 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources on Tuesday said it aims to enact a law this year to facilitate the swift implementation of three mega-projects on semiconductors, physical ... (more story)

South Korea copyright collective adopts AI-assisted music registration rules

August 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Korea Music Copyright Association said Tuesday that it has adopted new filing and registration criteria for AI-assisted musical works. Under the new criteria, which took effect Monday, works ... (more story)

Japan's 2026 defense white paper highlights AI, cyber capabilities

August 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's Ministry of Defense on Tuesday released its annual 2026 white paper, highlighting artificial intelligence and cyber capabilities as key elements of efforts to strengthen Japan's defense c... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

BCube's acquisition of Alha faces Italian in-depth merger probe

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italian logistics firm BCube's planned acquisition of Alha Holding faces an in-depth Italian merger investigation. Italy's antitrust authority said in a newsletter that the deal could reduce comp... (more story)

IAG offers remedies to Australian watchdog for RAC Insurance deal

August 04, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Insurance Australia Group has proposed a court-enforceable undertaking to Australia's competition regulator to address concerns about its acquisition of Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia’s insurance b... (more story)

Salesforce-Contentful deal cleared by Australian antitrust watchdog

August 04, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Salesforce’s proposal to acquire Contentful Global has been cleared by the Australian antitrust regulator. In a determination on Tuesday, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said the... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Apple revives UK encryption fight with second legal challenge

August 04, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Apple has filed a second legal challenge against a UK government notice that could require access to encrypted user data under the Investigatory Powers Act. A tribunal hearing is scheduled for September, to c... (more story)

Vermont joins US state consortium for privacy enforcement

August 04, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Vermont has become the latest US state to join a consortium focused on privacy law enforcement, following the state's enactment of a comprehensive privacy law.

Japan court rejects copyright bid to remove online criticism

August 04, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has ruled that reproducing copyrighted images in online posts criticizing the images themselves can qualify as lawful quotation, rejecting an attempt by a copyright own... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China links export-control violations to exit-ban risk

August 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese authorities will be able to bar citizens from leaving the country over export-control or technology-transfer violations that may endanger China’s industrial or technology security, under new State Coun... (more story)

Louis Vuitton, Molly Tea dispute tests China's trademark boundaries

August 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Louis Vuitton's trademark victory over Chinese tea chain Molly Tea has sparked a broad legal debate that has expanded well beyond the 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) damages award to questions about public cult... (more story)

India's AI copyright ruling exposes limits of existing law

August 04, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's recent artificial intelligence copyright ruling aligns more closely with US and Japanese approaches, highlighting the limits of existing copyright law and leaving the question of statutory remuneration... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Barclays faces UK legal claim by MFS administrators

August 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Market Financial Solutions is suing Barclays at a London court, as the fallout continues from the collapse of the lender amid allegations of fraud. While details of the claim haven’t been made public, the case... (more story)

UK pension advisers have industry bans upheld on appeal but fines slashed

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Two pensions advisers in the UK have had their bans upheld for giving the wrong advice to customers, but their fines have been significantly reduced. The Upper Tribunal  on Tuesday agreed with th... (more story)

South Korea's revisions to Criminal Procedure Act get state cabinet approval

August 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Revisions to South Korea's Criminal Procedure Act, which strip prosecutors of investigative powers, were approved by the government cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Calling the legislation "the first ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Ex-Goldman banker received client’s funds, made cash withdrawals, US jury sees

August 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A former Goldman Sachs banker received millions of dollars directly from his Turkish client, and hundreds of thousands more from consultants, as he engaged in a foreign bribery scheme in Ghana, according to su... (more story)

UBS unit fined by FINRA for anti-money laundering violations

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: FINRA, a brokerage industry self-regulator, fined UBS Financial Services $20 million for anti-money laundering violations after finding that it had again failed to establish and implement a compl... (more story)

UBS unit fined by US CFTC for anti-money laundering supervision failures

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a settlement with UBS Financial Services for failing to diligently supervise the configuration and operation of its anti-money launderi... (more story)

Trade View More

India’s EU carbon levy bill less than average emissions suggest, think tank says

August 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

India’s exports could face gross annual costs of €407 million under the EU carbon border levy by 2034, far below the €762 million estimated using national average emissions, according to a report by think tank... (more story)

Chinese firm challenges US Commerce on xanthan gum order

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Chinese firm Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd and its affiliates filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade contesting the Commerce Department's July review of an antidumping... (more story)

US Commerce says Canada, Mexico dumping van-type trailers

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department in a preliminary determination said Canada and Mexico are dumping imports of van-type trailers. Commerce issued a preliminary dumping rate of 4.29 percent for all Canad... (more story)

State Aid View More

Spanish order compensating JGC for changes to renewables aid draws EU probe

August 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An arbitration award — ordering Spain to compensate Japan’s JGC Holdings for changes to a program supporting renewable electricity production — has drawn an in-depth EU investigation. The probe s... (more story)

Goldwind’s pleas against request for subsidy information published in EU journal

August 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Goldwind is seeking to annul a European Commission request for information under the bloc's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, according to pleas published in the EU's Official Journal. ... (more story)

Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation

July 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Temu's parent company PDD Holdings and its subsidiary WhaleCo Technology have received a formal warning from the European Commission for not having cooperated during an inspection in Ireland. The... (more story)

Energy View More

Texas governor mandates data center audits before approval

August 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on the approval of data centers in the state until regulatory agencies can audit proposed projects seeking connection to the state's electric gri... (more story)

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to authorize critical-minerals controls

August 03, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to invoke the Defense Production Act authorizing the US Commerce Department to implement export restrictions on recyclable critical minerals and materia... (more story)

EU carbon market overhaul preserves climate goals; key questions remain

August 03, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The European Commission's overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System preserves the bloc's 2050 climate-neutrality objective, according to think tanks. But they warn that extensive delegated powers, delayed in... (more story)

Technology View More

China cracks down on online accounts undermining business, entrepreneurs

August 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's central cyberspace regulator on Tuesday said it has taken enforcement action against a series of accounts accused of infringing on the legal rights of businesses and entrepreneurs, acting... (more story)

Snap warns investors of possible material impact from US social media addiction trials

August 04, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Even as Snap looks forward to the launch next month of AI-infused augmented reality glasses that its CEO says will give it "first-mover" advantage over competitors like Meta Platforms, the company warned that ... (more story)

Instagram 'drug' chat a joke, Tennessee jury hears from Meta researcher

August 03, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A chat between Meta researchers discussing Instagram’s effects on teens and concluding it's "a drug" was a joke, jurors in Tennessee heard a researcher say Monday.