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Trade

May 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

COVID vaccine precursor chemicals need trade relief, US producer says

Financial Crime

May 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Former Stericycle finance director to plead guilty to US foreign bribery charges

Data Privacy and Security

May 12, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Judge denies bid to treat Meta Pixel as pen register under Calif. privacy law

Antitrust View More

Broadcom loses appeal in superior bargaining power abuse case in South Korea

May 13, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

US chipmaker Broadcom suffered a legal setback Wednesday after a South Korean appeals court upheld an 18.6 billion won ($12.4 million today) antitrust fine over the company’s abuse of superior bargaining power... (more story)

Australia's antitrust watchdog welcomes A$67.7m enforcement funding boost

May 13, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian government’s allocation of an additional A$67.7 million ($48.9 million) over four years to strengthen the competition and consumer law enforcement has been welcomed by the antitrus... (more story)

South Korean regulator seeks study on unfair practices in online retail markets

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust regulator is seeking a study on revising the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business to better address unfair conduct in online retail markets. The Korea Fair Tr... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China orders mandatory AI, content labels for short videos across platforms

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s internet regulator said it has launched a nationwide campaign requiring all platforms to standardize labels on short-video content, expanding a pilot involving 12 major companies includin... (more story)

Former Google engineer's economic espionage conviction questioned by US judge

May 13, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

The economic espionage conviction of a former Google engineer convicted earlier this year of stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google to benefit China was questioned during a court hearing Tuesd... (more story)

Musk wanted control of OpenAI for-profit subsidiary, Altman testifies

May 12, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his leadership of the artificial intelligence company as a jury trial in California continued over Elon Musk's claims that OpenAI breached its charitable trust. Altman was calm a... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Animal health company Zoetis seeks to acquire Neogen, New Zealand regulator says

May 13, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Global animal health company Zoetis is seeking to acquire Neogen Corporation, New Zealand’s competition regulator said. In a statement on Wednesday, New Zealand’s Commerce Commission said it rece... (more story)

Brink's-NCR Atleos HSR waiting period receives early termination from US FTC

May 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Brink's Company and NCR Atleos Corporation received early termination from the US Federal Trade Commission on May 11, the agency said. The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period was due to expi... (more story)

Brink's, NCR Atleos receive US HSR clearance

May 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Brink's Company and NCR Atleos Corporation received Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger clearance in the United States, according to a securities filing. An excerpted communication to "certain re... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Canvas developer Instructure reaches agreement with hackers after major attack

May 13, 2026

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

MLex Summary: US-based education-technology company Instructure, developer of Canvas, said it reached an "agreement" with hackers after a cyberincident caused "unauthorized access" to users' emails, enrollment... (more story)

New Mexico faces dire teen mental health situation, expert says in Meta trial

May 12, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

A child and adolescent psychiatrist told a New Mexico judge that the state is facing a serious deficiency of resources in responding to mounting cases of mental health problems suffered by its young population... (more story)

Big tech firm, fintech, water company fined €382,000 by Belgian data watchdog

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A large unnamed tech company was fined €176,000 by Belgium's data protection authority for not deleting an employee's mailbox in a timely matter after her departure. The watchdog also said in the... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

India's top court to rule on survival of revocation pleas for expired patents

May 13, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India’s top court will decide whether patent revocation proceedings survive patent expiry, in Boehringer’s Linagliptin dispute with Macleods. The Supreme Court of India's ruling is expected to reshape pharmace... (more story)

In Inari case, Corteva ignored role of competition in patent law, US DOJ says

May 12, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division told a federal judge Tuesday that Corteva’s suit against Inari Agriculture has ignored the competition-fostering purpose of a patent law requirement that it di... (more story)

No damages for trademark sublicensees, UK court rules in Frasers Group dispute

May 12, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Trademark owners cannot claim damages on behalf of their sublicensees in infringement cases, a UK court has ruled. The decision, following a successful appeal by Frasers Group against Lifestyle Equities, found... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Santander unit must answer whistleblower lawsuit from ex-banker, US judge rules

May 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A unit of Santander must answer a lawsuit from a former New York-based executive who alleged that the bank had fired him for blowing the whistle about potentially fraudulent activity, including bribery of fore... (more story)

US Senate Banking Committee unveils crypto market-structure bill drawing banks’ ire

May 12, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Senate Banking Committee unveiled a cryptocurrency market-structure bill for markup Thursday that contains a bipartisan interest-rate provision that inflamed banking groups and was hailed by crypto firm... (more story)

US lawsuit against JPMorgan over Goliath crypto Ponzi scheme voluntarily dismissed

May 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase filed by victims of an alleged cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme carried out by Goliath Ventures was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, according to a court filing.

Financial Services View More

Give UK regulators more ‘political cover’ to push growth agenda, lawmakers urge

May 12, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK regulators need greater “political cover” if they are to take a less risk-averse approach and back ministers' economic growth agenda, lawmakers have warned. Ahead of the government unveiling its next legisl... (more story)

Swiss lenders face stricter rules on ownership structures of clients

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Swiss banks face revisions to the country's anti-money laundering rules that would see having to understand better the ownership and control structures of clients. The Swiss Financial Market Supe... (more story)

More centralized oversight of EU financial markets in lawmaker Ferber's sights

May 12, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmaker Markus Ferber is expected to expand centralized supervision of post-trade market infrastructures in his upcoming draft report on a key text of the Market Integration and Supervision Package, as wel... (more story)

Trade View More

US says more than $35 billion paid in IEEPA tariff refunds

May 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection said in a declaration at the Court of International Trade that more than $35 billion has been paid out in refunds to importers who paid illegal tariffs under the ... (more story)

US Commerce makes countervailing duty determination on Indian chromium trioxide

May 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department announced a preliminary affirmative determination in its countervailing duty probe of Indian imports of chromium trioxide. The determination comes while the department ... (more story)

EU's e-commerce risks may need centralized powers to tackle, official says

May 12, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Centralized EU powers may be needed to tackle unsafe and noncompliant products sold online, a senior European Commission official said, as the bloc struggles to police growing volumes of low-value e-commerce p... (more story)

State Aid View More

UK regulators lack clarity on growth mandate, lawmakers say in push for reform bill

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK regulators risk failing to meet the government’s demand that they support economic growth because of unclear guidance, legislative constraints and competing statutory duties, a parliamentary c... (more story)

UK plans legislation to nationalize British Steel

May 11, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK will have the power to bring British Steel under public ownership, subject to public interest tests, under new legislation to be set out this week. The public interest test would consider factors includ... (more story)

Spanish compensation of up to €1.5bn for flooded farms approved by EU

May 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Farmers in the Spanish regions of Andalusia and Extremadura — who were hit by floods in late 2025 through to early 2026 — can receive up to €1.5 billion in government aid, EU state aid regulators... (more story)

Energy View More

Philippines weighs risks of power cooperatives reforms, competition safeguards

May 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission and the National Electrification Administration have discussed regulatory reforms in the electricity distribution sector, including proposals to reshape the ... (more story)

Merz backs EU carbon market to protect industry and climate goals

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his country would push to adapt the EU Emissions Trading System to protect the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries while maintaining climate goals... (more story)

E-fuels industry pushes for wider use in cars as critics warn over cost and scale

May 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The e-fuels industry on Tuesday called for broader use of synthetic fuels in passenger cars, arguing EU electrification assumptions are overly optimistic and warning that weakening e-fuel mandates would underm... (more story)

Technology View More

Hodnett steps down as Irish Online Safety Commissioner

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Niamh Hodnett, the Irish media regulator’s first Online Safety Commissioner, announced her resignation on Tuesday. Hodnett, who had held the position since the inception of regulator Coimisiún na... (more story)

UK telecoms operators to face extra security reporting duties under Ofcom's proposal

May 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK telecoms operators are set to face tougher security incident-reporting requirements under draft Ofcom guidance published Tuesday. The UK regulator said greater scrutiny of cyber breaches, larg... (more story)

Legal proposal on social media delay for children to be considered, Von der Leyen says (update*)

May 12, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

A legal proposal to delay children’s access to social media could be introduced this summer, the European Commission President said, as the EU steps up efforts to tackle addictive platform design and online ha... (more story)