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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

June 17, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

New Canadian privacy legislation would be sea change toward stronger enforcement

Financial Services

June 16, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US sports bets fall under state purview, former CFTC Chair Gensler says

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

June 16, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Paramount-Warner deal splits studios, indie distributors in Brazil market test

Antitrust View More

China's telecom operators under fire over treatment of long-standing subscribers

June 17, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom are facing growing scrutiny after state media highlighted complaints that long-standing subscribers are denied access to cheaper telecom-service packages available ... (more story)

Japan antitrust consultation cases clear green, resilience collaborations

June 17, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary:Japan’s competition watchdog has published nine sample consultation cases for the fiscal year ended March, concluding that proposed collaborations and other projects, including greenhouse-gas redu... (more story)

Japan finalizes antitrust rules to ensure smooth cost pass-through for SMEs

June 17, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s competition watchdog on Wednesday published a finalized package of revised and new rules aimed at ensuring that small and medium-sized enterprises can pass rising costs on to their larger... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

AI 'invisible agents' pose new competition risks, Australian minister says

June 17, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Andrew Leigh, assistant minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, on Wednesday said AI agents are systems that search, recommend, price and purchase on behalf of users, pote... (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)

Former Google engineer's economic espionage conviction debated again by US judge

June 17, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

A federal judge in San Francisco continued to debate whether to throw out the economic espionage conviction of a former Google engineer convicted earlier this year of stealing advanced artificial intelligence ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Olin, Huntsman chemical firms intend to combine in merger of equals

June 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US chemical companies Olin Corporation and Huntsman Corporation plan to merge into a firm with combined annual revenues of roughly $12.5 billion. Olin Chief Executive Ken Lane stated in a press r... (more story)

Demand shift appears to complicate Cristália-Takeda plant deal scrutiny in Brazil

June 16, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Cristália’s planned acquisition of Takeda’s pharmaceutical plant in Jaguariúna in Brazil is raising questions about how easily pharmaceutical companies could shift outsourced manufacturing away from the facili... (more story)

Union Pacific CEO says company will quickly give US rail board supplemental data

June 16, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Union Pacific Railroad intends to file merger application supplements for its planned acquisition of rival Norfolk Southern with the US Surface Transportation Board as soon as possible, Chief Executive Jim Vena said Tuesday.

Data Privacy and Security View More

Philippines seeks social media age limit of 16 under planned online safety law

June 17, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

The Philippines is pushing to enact an online safety law by the end of 2026 that would impose a minimum age of 16 for social media users and require platforms to strengthen age-verification systems, content mo... (more story)

Calif. child-safety bills advance as lawmakers target platform, chatbot design

June 16, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A trio of children’s online safety bills is moving forward in California following a hearing in the state Senate, where lawmakers signaled strong support for measures they believe will hold online platforms an... (more story)

Plaintiff suing Capital One fails to get class certification in US privacy suit

June 16, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Capital One scored a win in a privacy lawsuit against it as a US federal judge refused to certify any proposed class for allegations that the financial company illegally tracked those who use its website and s... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Procompetitive role of patents often overlooked, US antitrust, IP expert says

June 16, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A new report warns that the erosion of intellectual property rights could undermine one of the United States' key strengths — its ability to generate and commercialize new technologies — by making it harder fo... (more story)

InterDigital wins UPC injunction against Disney over video patent

June 16, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

InterDigital has won a UPC injunction in 11 countries against Disney over video-encoding technology used in Disney+ streaming services. The judges in Mannheim found infringement, upheld the patent, rejected Di... (more story)

Japanese court ties private-label sake trademark damages to restaurant sales

June 16, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A major Japanese sushi restaurant-chain operator and its sake supplier were ordered to stop using the name of a private-label sake and pay 31 million yen ($200,000) to a smaller trademark owner, after the Osak... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

‘Putney Pusher’ likely to face UK regulatory sanction if he is a banker

June 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Sofia Gerace

Europe

If the man suspected of being the so-called Putney Pusher turns out to be a banker, he will face a ban from the UK’s financial service industry if convicted — even though the alleged offense occurred long befo... (more story)

UK wealth manager Rathbones halts new high-risk clients after regulatory review

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK wealth manager Rathbones has paused onboarding of new clients that require enhanced due diligence, or EDD, a procedure required by anti-money laundering regulations for high-risk clients. The ... (more story)

US moves to dismiss sanctions charges against Greek shipping firm

June 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Greek shipping firm Empire Navigation has complied with the terms of a deferred-prosecution agreement over sanctions violations and the charges should be dismissed, prosecutors said in a court filing.

Financial Services View More

US CFTC seeks information on streamlining regulation for fintechs

June 16, 2026

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

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a request for information to assist in identifying regulations, guidance documents, orders, no-action letters, and other items that may “unduly ... (more story)

UK, EU leaders to hold summit in Brussels in July

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK and EU leaders will hold a summit in Brussels on July 22, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Council President António Costa said in social-media posts. The meeting is expected to cov... (more story)

Plans to simplify EU bank capital rules set out by European Banking Authority

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Further proposals designed to simplify EU bank capital rules and make them more efficient have been set out by the European Banking Authority. The recommendations include plans to streamline supe... (more story)

Trade View More

USTR weighs 50 percent tariff remedy on quartz products

June 16, 2026

North America

The Office of the US Trade Representative’s interagency panel Tuesday juggled with a safeguard trade investigation to protect the domestic quartz surface product industry, weighing whether to impose a large 50... (more story)

US trade commission ends dumping investigation into Canadian van trailers

June 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission has terminated a countervailing duty investigation into Canadian imports of van-type trailers and subassemblies after the May 27 withdrawal of a countervaili... (more story)

US bars Serbia Zijin Copper products from entering US over forced-labor allegations

June 16, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection has barred Serbian copper and copper products manufactured by Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. from entering the US, citing indications of forced labor in the supply ch... (more story)

State Aid View More

Strong competition enforcement needed for energy transition, EU's Gauer says

June 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Active competition enforcers are crucial to ensuring the benefits of the clean energy transition flow to the right parts of society and the economy, according to the new head of the European Commission’s energ... (more story)

Japan's Rapidus, UK Semiconductor Centre sign MOU on chip technology partnership

June 16, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s chipmaker Rapidus said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK Semiconductor Centre to support cooperation on semiconductor technology and manufacturing for... (more story)

Cheese maker Zanetti wins EU approval for €11.9m state aid

June 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zanetti, a maker of traditional Protected Designation of Origin cheeses including Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano, has secured EU approval for €11.9 million in Italian state aid. The Europea... (more story)

Energy View More

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)

US DOJ says shutting down xAI's gas turbines in Mississippi threatens national security

June 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice told a federal judge that the NAACP’s lawsuit against X Corp. over its operation of dozens of gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus 2 data center threaten... (more story)

Technology View More

Social media use linked to wellbeing concerns, EU says

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Social media use is linked to wellbeing concerns, the European Commission said on Tuesday, citing a survey issued by Eurobarometer. The statement came as the EU's expert panel on child safety onl... (more story)

IP rules prevent new law to protect video games’ playability — for now — EU says

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU legislation that would ensure video games are playable even after their commercial support ends can’t be proposed at this stage due to intellectual property rights, the European Commission sai... (more story)

UK invests £10m in quantum tech coordination board

June 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A new coordination board will oversee compliance of UK quantum developers’ products with internationally recognized standards, according to an announcement published on Tuesday. Backed by a £10 m... (more story)