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FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson

Antitrust

July 06, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

US FTC-Southern Glazer's deal may preview modern Robinson-Patman resolution
Klarna website in browser with company logo

Financial Services

July 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Swedish-based Klarna latest fintech seeking to become US bank

Antitrust View More

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)

Dutch watchdog probes possible supplier cartel to public sector

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Dutch competition authority Tuesday said it is investigating a possible cartel among suppliers to public sector institutions. The watchdog recently conducted dawn raids at several companies o... (more story)

Microsoft loses appeal over copyright matters in UK licensing case

July 07, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Microsoft has lost its appeal over copyright matters in an antitrust claim over software license reselling brought against it by ValueLicensing. At the UK Court of Appeal, Microsoft challenged findings from th... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity, AI sets out model evaluations

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Tuesday presented an Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. This plan will establish an EU capacity to evaluate advanced AI models, develop secure te... (more story)

Frontier AI risks should be addressed in EU finance supervision, watchdog warns

July 07, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

MLex Summary: Frontier AI models “may increase speed, scale and sophistication of cyberattacks” and these risks should be addressed in the financial sector’s oversight, said the EU watchdog monitoring financia... (more story)

Google, Meta, Naver, Kakao face new obligations under South Korea’s fake-news law

July 07, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

Major online platforms, including Google, Meta Platforms, Naver and Kakao, will be required to establish self-regulatory policies for handling false or manipulated information and publish related reports every... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Vertex to Acquire Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $85 a share

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire San Diego-based Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $85/share giving it a total equity value of about $10 billion. Both companies are traded on the... (more story)

Solstice, Element to file HSR no later than 10 business days from Monday

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Solstice Advanced Materials and Element Solutions will file their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notifications no later than 10 business days after their Monday merger announcement, Solstice said in... (more story)

Berkshire Hathaway, Taylor Morrison Home HSR waiting period expired

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Berkshire Hathaway's acquisition of Taylor Morrison Home received US antitrust clearance July 6 with the expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, Taylor Morrison said today in a US Sec... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Platforms closer to restored EU CSAM detection regime after lawmakers' move

July 07, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Online platforms could soon regain an EU legal basis to voluntarily detect and report child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, after lawmakers on Tuesday approved the use of a fast-track legislative mechanism kno... (more story)

UK digital visa system should face data protection probe, campaigners say

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government’s digital visa system should be investigated by the national data protection watchdog for privacy issues, a group of civil society organizations urged in an open letter on Tuesd... (more story)

Shanghai moves beyond paper reviews with on-site data-export inspections

July 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

The internet regulator in China's financial hub Shanghai recently conducted on-site inspections of cross-border data transfers by the China units of two multinational luxury brands, signaling a shift beyond pa... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Microsoft’s challenge over copyright matters in UK licensing case dismissed

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Microsoft’s challenge over copyright matters in a claim brought against it by ValueLicensing over alleged unlawful practices concerning the bulk resale of the tech giant’s software licenses has b... (more story)

Rare Japan IP Court opinion request probes pharmaceutical patent rules

July 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan's Intellectual Property High Court has invited third-party submissions in an appeal that could clarify the scope of the country's pharmaceutical patent-term extension regime, signaling that it sees legal... (more story)

China's top court rejects Mengniu retrial bid in Yili trade dress dispute

July 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's highest court has rejected dairy giant Mengniu Dairy's bid to reopen a trade dress dispute, leaving intact a 5-million-yuan ($700,000) award in favor of rival Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group.

Financial Crime View More

Trader should receive credit for cooperation in Halkbank sanctions case, US says

July 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A leader of an Iran sanctions-evasion and money-laundering scheme should receive credit at sentencing for his cooperation with US investigators and his testimony in a 2017 trial, prosecutors said Monday. Reza ... (more story)

US details trader's cooperation in Halkbank sanctions violations case

July 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Reza Zarrab, a trader who was born in Iran and grew up in Turkey, should receive credit at sentencing for his cooperation with US investigators and his testimony in a 2017 trial, even though he w... (more story)

Adani ‘name and shame’ case should be dismissed, US DOJ official tells court

July 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and several others should be dismissed because the conduct occurred abroad and involved foreigners, the case is difficult to prove and it is inconsisten... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Guidelines for authorization of third-country bank branches in EU published

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The guidelines for non-EU lenders to set up a branch in the bloc in accordance with the Capital Requirements Directive have been published by the European Banking Authority, including what inform... (more story)

Reform financial-sector taxation rules, EU lawmakers urge

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers have called for the European Commission to review how financial services are taxed, including whether to reform or remove their VAT exemption. In a non-binding report, lawmakers say ... (more story)

Don't ignore frontier AI's financial stability risks, UK central bank warns

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England's latest six-monthly report on risks to the UK's financial stability stresses increased risks related to cyber and operational resilience as a result of recent rapid advances ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU foreign-subsidy rules need China-focused overhaul, metals lobby leader says

July 07, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation should be overhauled to better address systematic Chinese subsidies in sectors such as metals, the director general of industry group European Metals told MLex. James Wats... (more story)

Toyota moving from Mexico to US, Trump announces

July 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump announced in a post on TruthSocial that Toyota is moving from Mexico to the US.

Šefčovič urges advancement of Industrial Accelerator Act, trade agenda

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s Trade Commissioner has said the Presidency of the Council of the European Union — which is held by Ireland until the end of 2026 — will be instrumental in advancing the EU's competitiven... (more story)

State Aid View More

Lenaerts set to be reappointed as judge for EU top court

July 06, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Koen Lenaerts, a judge at the EU higher-tier court and currently the president of the institution, is on track to be reappointed for another mandate, according to documents seen by MLex. EU member states are s... (more story)

EU outlines data-protection approach in enforcing foreign-subsidies law

July 01, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has adopted internal rules allowing it to restrict certain data-protection rights when conducting investigations under the EU's power to patrol foreign subsidies. In a dec... (more story)

PostNord's 2017 capital injection into Post Danmark undergoing state aid probe

June 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PostNord Group's capital injection of 1 billion Danish krone (approximately €134 million) into its Post Danmark subsidiary in 2017 is undergoing an in-depth probe to assess whether it was in line... (more story)

Energy View More

EU carbon border tax expansion clears parliament’s environment committee

July 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s carbon border tax will be expanded, and a new fund created for exporting companies, under provisions passed on Monday evening by the European Parliament’s environment committee. The comm... (more story)

EU businesses’ sustainability reporting simplified by the EU Commission

July 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU businesses’ reporting on sustainability issues is simplified by the revised reporting standards adopted on Friday by the European Commission. The measures, an implementing text, reduce the num... (more story)

New 'small mid-cap company' category backed by EU lawmakers in committee

July 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers in committee backed new rules creating a new category of small mid-cap companies, following a provisional agreement with member states earlier this month. The agreed text will now go... (more story)

Technology View More

China removes 14,000 illegal AI products in nationwide cleanup

July 07, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China has removed more than 14,000 illegal artificial intelligence products, including websites, apps and AI agents, since the country's cyberspace authorities launched a nationwide campaign agai... (more story)

M&S, Nationwide, Microsoft, ITV sign UK govt's cyber resilience pledge

July 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Marks & Spencer, Nationwide, ITV, Microsoft UK and Cloudflare are among more than 60 companies signing a voluntary UK Cyber Resilience Pledge committing to strengthen board-level oversight, use N... (more story)

EU Commission objects to French under-15 social media bill (update*)

July 06, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The European Commission told France on Monday that amendments adopted by the French Senate to a proposed ban on social media access for children under 15 are not compatible with EU law, requiring French lawmak... (more story)