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EU’s gatekeeper law survives ‘illegality’ attack; Apple will get another swing

Transparency concerns plague AI assessment work in US

Invisalign probe sees EU turn eye to closed world of medical devices (*updates)

Other nations, industry groups take aim at US's proposed forced-labor tariffs

Advocates, industries take different stance on US tariffs on Brazil products

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Antitrust

July 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Football agents' rules may fall under antitrust carve-out, top EU court rules

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

July 08, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Mike Swift

North America

Boston latest US city to sue social media companies over alleged harm to kids

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

July 08, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Europe, North America

Paramount says it won't close its merger with Warner Bros. before July 22
Football agents' rules may fall under antitrust carve-out, top EU court rules
Boston latest US city to sue social media companies over alleged harm to kids
Paramount says it won't close its merger with Warner Bros. before July 22

Antitrust View More

California utilities, CPUC move to dismiss amended US energy price-fixing claims

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The California Public Utilities Commission, Pacific Gas & Energy, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas and Electric Company moved to dismiss amended US price-fixing claims, sayin... (more story)

California judge sets July 2027 trial in Nexstar-Tegna merger challenge

July 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

A federal judge in California has set a July 6, 2027, bench trial in a challenge by US states and DirecTV to Nexstar Media Group's proposed acquisition of Tegna Inc., while approving the parties' jointly propo... (more story)

College football players say NCAA admitted to US anticompetitive effects of rule

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: College football players challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s five-year-rule renewed a motion for a US preliminary injunction following a revision that allows college athlet... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI blocked copyright discovery in sanctionable offense, US news outlets say

July 09, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

News outlets including the New York Times and a slew of regional papers are seeking sanctions against OpenAI that could settle facts at the heart of their US copyright lawsuits. The plaintiffs say the company ... (more story)

News outlets seek sanctions on OpenAI in US copyright litigation

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: News outlets including the New York Times filed a motion seeking sanctions against OpenAI in ongoing copyright litigation in the Southern District of New York, claiming the company misrepresented... (more story)

China cybersecurity unit warns against Anthropic's Claude Code

July 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

A cybersecurity alert center affiliated with China's industry ministry has raised alarms about Anthropic's AI coding tool over a potential security backdoor, underscoring Beijing's growing scrutiny of foreign ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Brazil oil producers appeal CADE's approval of Subsea7-Saipem merger

July 09, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

Brazil's Association of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Companies, or ABEP, has appealed the unconditional clearance of the proposed merger between Saipem and Subsea7, arguing the competition authority'... (more story)

Charter-Cox proposed, alternate decisions filed; not binding until Calif. PUC acts

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Administrative Law Judge Jamie Ormond's proposed decision and the alternate proposed decision of California Public Utilities Commissioner Matthew Baker were submitted as part of the state's revie... (more story)

DC Circuit rejects bid to force FCC action in Nexstar-Tegna dispute

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The DC Circuit denied requests to compel the Federal Communications Commission to rule on a pending administrative appeal over a Media Bureau order related to the Nexstar-Tegna transaction, findi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Zuckerberg, Mosseri, Spiegel must appear at 2nd individual US social media trial

July 09, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel must testify at a second bellwether US trial in litigation over social media’s alleged harm to youth mental... (more story)

UK privacy watchdog says review will be commissioned with tech ministry (update*)

July 09, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK privacy regulator has said it will jointly commission an independent review with the government’s technology department after minister Liz Kendall told lawmakers on Wednesday that she would launch a rev... (more story)

Platforms in EU await decision on potentially restoring voluntary CSAM detection rules

July 09, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Platforms will have to wait longer to regain an EU legal basis to voluntarily detect and report online child sexual abuse material, after lawmakers on Thursday adopted two encryption-related amendments. The ad... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Trademark case at Supreme Court could reshape path to trial in US infringement suits

July 09, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

The US Supreme Court is poised to decide during its next term whether judges or juries determine a trademark's inherent strength, which would resolve a split among federal appeals courts. That could affect how... (more story)

New UKIPO figures reveal extent of patent examination backlog

July 09, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

The UK Intellectual Property Office has seen its backlog of first examination reports for patent applications almost double, as the authority grapples with an increase in submissions alongside ongoing troubles... (more story)

This week at the UPC: July 3-9

July 09, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

UPC rulings this week included BioNTech and Pfizer defeating a Covid-19 vaccine patent claim, Align Technology keeping an injunction against Angelalign, and new guidance on evidence requests, costs filings, ap... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Smartmatic's January 2027 trial date set aside by US judge

July 09, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Kathleen M. Williams has set aside the January 2027 trial date for Smartmatic, its co-founder and a former executive, according to the court docket.

Indian billionaire Adani ordered to give sworn affidavit in US fraud case

July 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani was ordered by a US judge to give a sworn affidavit answering whether he was aware of anything promised, agreed to or exchanged for the US government’s decision to dismiss crimi... (more story)

Turkey gets rare OECD due-diligence warning over long-term anti-bribery failings

July 09, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Middle East

Turkish companies could face increased scrutiny from banks, lenders and business partners after the OECD's global bribery watchdog took the uncommon step of issuing a due-diligence warning against Turkey on Th... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Comporti, frontrunner for chairing EU market watchdog, now awaits approval

July 09, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Carlo Comporti, an Italian supervisor at Consob, is the leading candidate to chair the European Securities and Markets Authority, MLex learned on Thursday. Following interviews, EU member states have until Fri... (more story)

Strategic drive against finfluencers and other harms is working, UK's FCA says

July 09, 2026 | Maciej Boguslawski

Europe

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority says a crackdown on illegal promotions by "finfluencers," insider dealing and more is evidence that the first year of its five-year strategy is working. The regulator used ... (more story)

UK car finance lenders trying to write their own rules, FCA says in court defense

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Car finance lenders are trying to set their own conditions for mis-selling redress payments, the UK's financial markets regulator has said in its defense to a legal challenge by the companies, in... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade commission says Chinese fiberglass door panel imports harm industry

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission found that Chinese imports of fiberglass door panels determined to be sold at less than fair value are materially injurious to US industry. Commissioners Jas... (more story)

US Commerce finds Cambodian paper plates evaded Chinese antidumping duties

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department issued a preliminary determination of circumvention of antidumping duties for paper plates completed in Cambodia using Chinese-produced paperboard.

EU carbon border tax certificate sale, repurchase draft opened for feedback

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies covered by the EU’s carbon border tax can provide feedback until Aug. 6 on draft European Commission rules setting conditions for the sale and repurchase of CBAM certificates, the commi... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU Commission loses German state aid appeal over power cogeneration plants

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission's appeal in a state aid case against Germany over high-efficiency cogeneration plants has been dismissed by the EU's highest court. The commission was challenging an earli... (more story)

Ryanair loses two EU lower court challenges over Italian Covid airline aid

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ryanair has lost two EU court challenges to the European Commission's approval of aid granted by Italy to compensate airlines for damage caused by the Covid pandemic. Judges at the EU General Cou... (more story)

EU competition policy needs tweaks to suit today's world, lawmakers urge

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU competition policy should promote EU champions, improve the bloc's strategic autonomy and clamp down on US giants, members of the European Parliament said in a non-binding report approved on T... (more story)

Energy View More

Updated EU electricity grid connection rules for generators open for consultation

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on planned updates to binding electricity grid connection rules for generators and electricity users. The changes aim to prepare the power system for m... (more story)

Indonesia adopts revised trading rules for carbon exchange

July 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, which oversees the country's banking and financial sectors, said that it has adopted revised rules governing trading through the country's carbon... (more story)

Former Goldman banker faces skeptical US judge over confidential source evidence

July 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US judge was skeptical of arguments Wednesday from lawyers for a former Goldman Sachs banker over evidence from an unnamed confidential source they want to block from his upcoming corruption trial.

Technology View More

Sky Österreich can’t deny withdrawal rights, EU court says

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sky Österreich can't require customers to give up their 14-day withdrawal right before starting a streaming subscription if the service adapts to users’ behavior, the EU Court of Justice said tod... (more story)

Porn platform fined in UK for lack of age checks, failing to respond to Ofcom

July 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The provider of fapello.com, a pornographic website, has been fined £600,000 in the UK for not having age checks in place as mandated under the Online Safety Act, and a further £30,000 for failin... (more story)

Hong Kong, mainland discuss framework for cross-border autonomous vehicles

July 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Hong Kong is in discussions with mainland Chinese authorities on cross-border autonomous-vehicle shuttle services via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, focusing on regulatory coordination, safet... (more story)