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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

August 13, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Charter-Cox deal cleared by Calif. utility panel, to close next week
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Trade

August 13, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US trade court rules against small business on de minimis challenge

Antitrust

August 12, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Apple gets one-day reprieve in US App Store commission fight

Antitrust View More

Meta takes Messenger DMA fight to EU’s highest court

August 14, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

The EU's top judges will examine whether Facebook Messenger should be regulated under the EU's law for digital "gatekeepers," after its owner Meta Platforms appealed a lower-court ruling.

Vietnam plans broader digital-platform market-power tests in competition overhaul

August 14, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Digital platforms in Vietnam could face broader competition scrutiny based on their control of data, network effects, ecosystems, users and algorithms under proposed changes to the country's competition law, w... (more story)

South Korean refiners face new antitrust scrutiny over service-station fuel sourcing

August 14, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

SK Energy, HD Hyundai Oilbank, GS Caltex and S-Oil are facing a fresh antitrust investigation in South Korea over allegations that they restricted service stations carrying their brands from buying or selling ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Shanghai summons six platforms in national online child-protection crackdown

August 14, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Six online platforms have been grilled by Shanghai’s internet regulator over failures to protect minors from harmful content, as part of a nationwide crackdown aimed at shielding young people from risks tied t... (more story)

South Korean Army, Hyundai Motor to jointly develop physical AI defense systems

August 14, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Army and Hyundai Motor Group on Friday to expand the use of robots, physical AI and o... (more story)

Northern Ireland AI plan targets public sector, sets governance framework

August 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

AI suppliers in Northern Ireland could face new procurement expectations on oversight, fairness, transparency and accountability under a draft strategy for wider public-sector AI adoption. The plan also calls ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Expedia-Car Trawler deal approved by Australian watchdog

August 14, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Expedia’s proposed acquisition of CarTrawler has been approved by Australia's competition watchdog, which found that the transaction is unlikely to substantially lessen competition. The Australia... (more story)

US DOJ’s HPE-Juniper settlement greenlit by federal judge

August 13, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

The US Department of Justice's eve-of-trial settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise over its acquisition of rival Juniper Networks — which led to two DOJ Antitrust Division leaders being fired after they op... (more story)

Paramount, Warner, Writers Guild, US states submit case management statement

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros along with a group of US states and the Writers Guild of America, which are challenging the companies' proposed merger, have submitted a joint case management s... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Platforms defend Australia social media ban compliance as regulator seeks more powers

August 14, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Meta Platforms, Google, Snap and TikTok on Friday defended their efforts to comply with Australia’s under-16 social-media ban at a Senate inquiry into amendments that would strengthen eSafety’s information-gat... (more story)

South Korea unveils final draft of national AI ethics principles

August 14, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea unveiled Friday the final draft of its Artificial Intelligence Ethics Principles, which are set to be formally adopted under the AI Basic Act, which took effect in early 2026. The doc... (more story)

Telegram lawsuit held up by Australian regulator's difficulties serving platform

August 14, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia’s online-safety regulator has until Sept. 4. to seek permission to serve enforcement proceedings against instant-messaging platform Telegram Messenger by alternative means ,amid the regulator's effor... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Jack Daniel’s parody ruling raises trademark tarnishment bar in Ninth Circuit

August 13, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

Famous brand owners pursuing trademark dilution claims in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will need to prove both that each individual mark they assert is famous and that the challenged use is li... (more story)

AI video coding looms as next streaming patent battleground

August 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Asia, Europe

Licensing of High Efficiency Video Coding, or HEVC, video coding patents has been mired in years of litigation across multiple jurisdictions, as the growing popularity of streaming media has met the thicket of... (more story)

IP licensing and business: July 30-Aug. 13

August 13, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Licensing and patent deals spanned AI, life sciences, acquisitions of video codec technology patents and an IP litigation and licensing risk group, plus a major memory patent settlement.

Financial Crime View More

Failed football-club buyer banned from UK financial services industry over ‘dishonesty’

August 14, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A businessman who tried to buy an English football club by falsely claiming he had a €200 million bond portfolio has been banned from the UK’s finance industry and fined almost £500,000. Paul Taylor was identi... (more story)

Switzerland faces money laundering risks from foreign shell companies, report says

August 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Switzerland has made good progress on corporate transparency, but faces money laundering risks from foreign shell companies, opaque cross-border structures, trusts and the professional advisers w... (more story)

FIFA officials shouldn't have corruption convictions vacated, US says

August 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

Five former top soccer officials shouldn't have their convictions in a sweeping US corruption case wiped away, prosecutors said in a new court filing. All five petitions were untimely, and the officials don't ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU settlement-finality overhaul amendments unveiled by European Parliament

August 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers’ amendments to the proposed regulation on settlement finality — one of three texts in the EU’s Market Integration and Supervision Package — have been published. Italian conservative ... (more story)

Key market-integration regulation amendments published by EU Parliament

August 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Parliament amendments to the “master regulation” in the EU’s Market Integration and Supervision Package have been published. Center-right lawmaker Markus Ferber is leading Parliament’s w... (more story)

Goliath Ventures, founder sued by US SEC over crypto Ponzi scheme

August 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Goliath Ventures and its founder and chief executive, Christopher A. Delgado, for raising at least $425 million from more than ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU Commission ready to explore trade deal with Bangladesh

August 14, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Asia, Europe

The European Commission is “prepared to engage" in technical talks to see whether common ground exists to launch free trade deal talks with Bangladesh, a spokesperson for the commission confirmed to MLex. The ... (more story)

US trade court upholds Trump power to end de minimis rule

August 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade ruled against Detroit Axle, a small business that sued the Trump administration last year after it ended for all countries the de minimis rule allowing duty-fr... (more story)

US polysilicon tariffs pose complications, opportunity for non-Chinese producers

August 13, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

New tariffs and trade barriers imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports of polysilicon will primarily affect China, the world’s leading producer of the material, but their indiscriminate nature has also... (more story)

State Aid View More

Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has won approval for its plan to grant 75 million euros to Stadion Oldenburg for the construction and operation of a stadium for football and other sports, the European Commission said on... (more story)

EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback as part of its ongoing investigation into a capital injection made by PostNord into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017. The commission opened an in-de... (more story)

RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award

August 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Litigation between German utility RWE and the Spanish government is heading to the EU's top court after German judges sought guidance on when the bloc's state aid law might impede the enforcement... (more story)

Energy View More

EU packaging rules restrict 'forever chemicals' as businesses warn of costs

August 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Food-contact packaging containing levels of "forever chemicals" above new limits can no longer enter the EU market under a law that starts applying Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation intro... (more story)

EU packaging rules take effect with 'forever chemicals' restrictions

August 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Food packaging containing "forever chemicals" above specified limits can no longer enter the EU market, according to new European rules taking effect Wednesday. The Packaging and Packaging Waste ... (more story)

South Korea picks 7 future technologies as growth engines for AI era

August 12, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea has identified seven strategic technology fields, including small modular reactors and quantum technology, as future growth engines to be nurtured over the next 10 to 20 years, with most of them di... (more story)

Technology View More

UK streaming giants set to face familiar rules, but unfamiliar Ofcom, public scrutiny

August 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ are preparing for UK broadcast-style content and accessibility rules that could require catalog reviews and new compliance systems, even though the impact should be limi... (more story)

Bejar can testify in Meta trial, US judge says, as states say claims may reach $200bn

August 14, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

A federal judge in California gave a green light for Arturo Bejar, a former Meta Platforms engineering director turned child safety advocate, to testify in the high-stakes trial on child privacy and addictive ... (more story)

Google ordered to modify US Play Store search experience for rival app stores

August 13, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

A US judge ordered Google on Thursday to change a portion of the way Google Play handles searches for third-party app stores as he oversees the implementation of a remedy aimed at restoring competition in Andr... (more story)