US regulator of foreign investment eyes agentic AI, data centers
June 30, 2026
| Curtis Eichelberger
Agentic AI programs that can plan, reason, and act out a series of tasks to achieve more complex goals, and the data centers that provide the massive computing power required to train and run the complex model... (more story)
Litigation funding faces first review at EU’s top court
June 30, 2026
| Jean Comte
Litigation funders will see judges at the EU's highest court get their first taste of the burgeoning industry in a case over whether antitrust class actions backed by investment funds infringe the bloc's rules... (more story)
Impasse in EU digital-rules-reforms talks sparks fresh calls for changes
June 29, 2026
| Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman
Technology companies, publishers, advertisers and consumer groups are preparing to press EU governments as negotiations continue over plans to simplify the bloc's digital rules after member states failed to ag... (more story)
USMCA negotiation proposal could undermine US auto reshoring
June 26, 2026
| Eliana Hubacker
Negotiations over the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement's auto rules of origin are at a critical juncture as the agreement enters a 10-year sunset period with annual joint reviews if no deal is reached by the July 1 ... (more story)
Major class members face greater disclosure demands after UK’s Google adtech ruling
June 26, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has opened the door to broader disclosure demands on large beneficiaries of opt-out collective proceedings, ruling that major corporate class members in a £13.6 billion cla... (more story)
Japan AI data debate puts privacy in political spotlight
June 26, 2026
| Sachiko Sakamaki
An unusually heated parliamentary debate is under way over Japan's data protection law, highlighting growing political divisions over balancing privacy protections with the use of personal data to support arti... (more story)
Platforms see renewed debate about EU rules for detecting child abuse content
June 25, 2026
| Júlia Tar
Online platforms could once again have a legal basis in the EU to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material if lawmakers revive an interim regulation that expired in April. EU ambassadors are due to discu... (more story)
Bipartisanship on kids' online safety reignites as US Congress pursues reform
June 24, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
Both chambers of US Congress are looking to act on children's online safety with fresh bipartisan approaches announced this week.