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Transparency concerns plague AI assessment work in US

Invisalign probe sees EU turn eye to closed world of medical devices

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

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

US FTC proposal to preempt state AI laws raises First Amendment concerns

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Energy, Financial Crime, Financial Services

July 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Former Goldman banker faces skeptical US judge over confidential source evidence

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
Former Goldman banker faces skeptical US judge over confidential source evidence
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

TWi Pharmaceuticals calls for US sanctions in Dexilant antitrust case

July 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: TWi Pharmaceuticals filed a reply in support of its motion for sanctions against plaintiffs in a US antitrust suit arising from a settlement agreement between the manufacturer of protein pump inh... (more story)

Kraft, Kellogg seek status conference after US DOJ alleges new egg-pricing scheme

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Kraft Foods Global, The Kellogg Company, General Mills and Nestlé USA have asked an Illinois federal judge to hold a status conference after the US Department of Justice and 17 state attorneys ge... (more story)

Amazon e-book buyers appear to be valid class in US antitrust case, judge says

July 08, 2026 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers

North America

Amazon e-book buyers appear to have met the standards for winning class certification in an antitrust suit over alleged collusion with publishers, a New York federal judge said Wednesday.

Artificial Intelligence View More

Anthropic says US Defense Department's evolving justifications doom AI blacklisting

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Anthropic is asking a US judge to grant summary judgment in its favor and permanently invalidate the US Department of Defense designation of the company as a supply chain risk because it was reta... (more story)

Authors denied quick appeal in US case against Meta over shadow libraries

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Authors suing Meta Platforms failed to convince a US federal judge to grant them leave to immediately appeal a summary judgment ruling that Meta's downloading of their books from shadow libraries was fair use. 

AI likely to fuel boom in intangible assets as investment gap grows

July 08, 2026 | Steve Scherer

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

Investment in intangible assets is outpacing spending on physical assets by an ever-wider margin, and artificial intelligence is expected to speed the shift, the World Intellectual Property Organization said on Wednesday.

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Brazil antitrust regulator probes Amazon-Anthropic ties

July 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil's competition regulator is questioning whether Amazon's relationship with Anthropic combines investment, cloud-computing commitments and infrastructure arrangements in ways that could give the company i... (more story)

Foxconn-Mitsubishi review exposed legal-certainty problem inside Brazil CADE

July 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

A ruling by the Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal on the Foxconn-Mitsubishi Fuso joint venture proposal did more than settle a jurisdictional dispute over how turnover thresholds should be applied to ... (more story)

Broadband group says Slaughter ruling in US makes approval of Nexstar-Tegna reviewable

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania filed an additional authority in its case against the US Federal Communications Commission, saying that the Supreme Court's ruling in Trum... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta faces major liabilities sought by US states in upcoming social media trial

July 08, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Claims by US state attorneys general that Meta Platforms should pay more than $1 trillion for alleged harm its social media apps caused to children and teenagers present significantly higher stakes for an upco... (more story)

Brazil's ANPD probes health organization over patient data breach

July 08, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has initiated a sanctioning process against the Institute of Health and Citizenship (ISAC), a social organization headquartered in Brasília that ma... (more story)

Boston files lawsuit against social media companies, alleging harms to children

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the city has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, TikTok and other social media companies on behalf of Boston Public Schools for allegedly harming stude... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US pharma, Brazilian IP groups differ on US tariff response

July 08, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Latin America, North America

Organizations representing the American pharmaceutical industry and IP policy groups encouraged the Office of the US Trade Representative this week to move forward with punitive action against Brazil following... (more story)

US university, research institution licensing stays strong amid patent retreat

July 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

US universities and research institutions continued commercializing new technologies in 2025, inking more deals and forming more startups than in 2024. But declines in patenting — including a precipitous, 40 p... (more story)

UK drink maker Aapa Life slogan wasn't distinctive enough, watchdog says

July 08, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

UK soft drink maker Aapa Life's effort to trademark the phrase “It’s pop, but better” was rejected in May on the grounds that it was insufficiently distinctive, the UK Intellectual Property Office has said. Th... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Trader asks for time served after cooperating in US Halkbank probe

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Reza Zarrab, a trader who was born in Iran and grew up in Turkey, asked a US judge to impose a sentence of time served after nine years of cooperating with US authorities, according to a court filing.

Exiled Chinese businessman appeals US conviction, 30-year prison sentence

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Miles Guo, an exiled Chinese businessman, filed a notice of appeal against his conviction and 30-year prison sentence for racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities frau... (more story)

Former Stericylce financial director asks for four-month US prison sentence

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Abraham Cigarroa Cervantes, a former financial director for Stericycle in Latin America, asked a US judge for a four-month prison sentence after he admitted paying bribes to government officials ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US should change Basel III standards to ease home mortgage access, lawmakers say

July 08, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US banking regulators should modify their planned Basel III capital requirements to enable more access to home mortgages for first-time and working-class buyers, a Republican and Democratic lawmaker said. The ... (more story)

EU market integration talks among EU lawmakers to resume on Sept. 1

July 08, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The three lawmakers leading the European Parliament's scrutiny of plans to further integrate the EU's capital markets are scheduled to hold their first of string of meetings with other lawmakers on Sept. 1 in ... (more story)

Spain taken to court over missed EU bank-resolution rules implementation

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is taking Spain to the EU’s highest court for failing to put new bank-resolution rules into national law. The rules aim to clarify how much loss-absorbing financial backin... (more story)

Trade View More

Chilean exporters clash with labor advocates at Section 301 hearing

July 08, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

Chilean agricultural exporters defended their labor practices and their share of the US market before trade officials Wednesday, arguing their products should be exempt from proposed Section 301 tariffs, while... (more story)

Trade court delivers mixed ruling in Israeli challenge to USITC brass rods case

July 08, 2026 | Bradley Dress

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

The US Court of International Trade partially remanded the International Trade Commission's 2024 injury finding in a case concerning antidumping and antisubsidy duties on brass rods from Israel, but mostly rej... (more story)

US appeals court appears skeptical of oil pipe importer's antidumping review challenge

July 08, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

A US appeals court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of a challenge brought by importers of pipes used for oil production against the Commerce Department that alleged the agency failed to assess industry support... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

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)

Energy View More

US received 78 AI export program applications, Commerce says

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department said it received 78 applications under its new AI export program and will now advance to the next step, which will include review and final decisions.

Greece told to comply with EU rules for F-gas technicians within two months

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Greece must comply with EU rules on the mutual recognition of certificates for fluorinated greenhouse gas technicians within two months or it could face a formal written warning that it is failin... (more story)

​Energy installations unlawfully restricted by 11 EU states, commission says

July 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Eleven EU member states are facing European Commission legal action over restrictions on energy-related installation and construction services. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia... (more story)

Technology View More

Minnesota moves to dismiss amended US court challenge to social media warnings

July 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary:  Minnesota’s attorney general moved to dismiss an amended US complaint filed by NetChoice over a law that would force websites to display “warning” messages. The AG argued that the law does not v... (more story)

UK online safety rules outpaced by AI, may need yearly review, minister says

July 08, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK online safety rules may need annual review to keep pace with AI, the tech minister told lawmakers. Liz Kendall said the Online Safety Act has taken eight years from its initial idea to now, in a process she... (more story)

EU opinion on French social-media law separates age rules, platform obligations

July 08, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

The French draft social media ban has prompted the European Commission to distinguish between national age-access rules and broader platform obligations already governed by the Digital Services Act. In a legal... (more story)