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The new politics of data centers: US governors say build, but pay

US Third Circuit zeroes in on fair use, not copyrightability, in Ross appeal

'Animal Farm' and '1984' EU trademark refusals raise doubt over famous works

Paramount-WBD merger draws concerns from broadcasters in Europe

Why South Korea's new privacy penalties may be world's most punishing

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Data Privacy and Security, Trade

June 11, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trump says he's 'not looking to renew' USMCA trade pact

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

June 11, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo, Xu Yuan

North America

Social media platforms’ $27 million Breathitt deal sets benchmark in school MDL

Financial Crime

June 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

EY review clears Halkbank of compliance failures in US sanctions settlement
Trump says he's 'not looking to renew' USMCA trade pact
Social media platforms’ $27 million Breathitt deal sets benchmark in school MDL
EY review clears Halkbank of compliance failures in US sanctions settlement

Antitrust View More

China's explosives makers challenge Shandong cartel fines as court rulings near

June 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Several civil-explosives manufacturers fined by the antitrust regulator in China's Shandong Province over a price-fixing cartel have filed administrative lawsuits challenging the penalty decisions, MLex has le... (more story)

Sea Swift amends contracts after Australian watchdog raises competition concerns

June 12, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Shipping company Sea Swift has provided a court-enforceable undertaking agreeing to amend its transport contracts after the Australian antitrust watchdog raised competition concerns over its term... (more story)

Coupang, KFTC clash over ranking algorithms in latest appeal hearing

June 12, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

Should rankings in online shopping reflect a platform’s business judgment or a product’s objective quality? The question was at the center of the latest hearing in Coupang’s appeal of a 162.8 billion won ($109... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Amazon, Perplexity case a test of ability to fit agentic AI to 1980s US law

June 12, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

A trio of Ninth Circuit judges wrestled Thursday with whether the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act can be applied to modern AI agents during Perplexity AI’s appeal of an injunction won by Amazon this year. Ju... (more story)

Grok faces ongoing privacy scrutiny in Canada following findings of violation

June 11, 2026 | Yuan Xu

North America

X Corp. and xAI have violated Canada’s privacy law over the generation of sexualized deepfakes by AI chatbot Grok and the companies’ remedial measures have fallen short, the country’s privacy agency said as it... (more story)

OpenAI say newspapers don't have triable US copyright case

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI moved for a judgment against newspapers’ US copyright claims, arguing that their theory of contributory copyright infringement based on knowledge and material contribution is precisely wha... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

South Korea clears NS Shopping's acquisition of Homeplus Express

June 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: NS Shopping, a TV home-shopping and e-commerce arm of the food-focused Harim group, has secured South Korean antitrust approval to acquire Homeplus Express for 120.6 billion won ($79.4 million). ... (more story)

Consumers suing to block Paramount, WBD merger willing to delay case management conference

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Consumers suing Paramount to block its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery told a California court that they don't oppose moving the initial case management conference, currently scheduled for ... (more story)

Charter says Cox transaction, settlements satisfy legal standard, should be approved

June 11, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

The California Public Utilities Commission should approve Charter Communications and Cox Communications's proposed transfer and the proposed settlements, Charter argued in its post-hearing reply brief. The com... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Coupang data-breach mediation resumes after privacy decision in South Korea

June 12, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Coupang is facing renewed collective dispute-resolution proceedings over its personal-data breach after South Korea’s Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee resumed a case that had been... (more story)

Irish court upholds TikTok GDPR findings, orders review of data transfer measures

June 11, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was found by an Irish court to have breached EU data protection rules, though the platform can continue transferring European user data to China after the court told Ireland... (more story)

Deutsche Wohnen data fine applauded by German regulator despite big reduction

June 11, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys

Europe

A German court decision to uphold a fine against leading property company Deutsche Wohnen over a data privacy breach has been applauded by Berlin's data watchdog despite a significant reduction in the penalty ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Dolby ratchets up the pressure on Snap in global HEVC, AV1 patent fight

June 11, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Latin America, North America

The licensing arm of Dolby Laboratories this week expanded a patent enforcement campaign against Snap Inc. in the US and abroad. The filings add new video-coding patents to the litigation and reiterate a posit... (more story)

This week at the UPC: June 5-11

June 11, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

Europe

This week the Unified Patent Court clarified how revocation counterclaims should be valued and continued to refine its approach to UK patent designations. Judges also granted Hologic an injunction against Siem... (more story)

Daiichi Sankyo's trademark win falls short on online-monitoring costs

June 11, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A Tokyo court ordered an individual seller on an online marketplace to pay Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare for selling health products that used the company’s trademarked branding, but refused to make the seller cov... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Austrian banker pleads guilty in US to Travel Act charge in Odebrecht-linked case

June 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The former chief of a defunct Austrian bank admitted that he helped a construction conglomerate hide more than $170 million from Brazilian tax authorities as the company engaged in a global bribery scheme. 

Operators of 'AudiA6' crypto laundering service arrested, charged in US

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, both residents of Batumi, Georgia, were arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary... (more story)

Cuba state-owned oil company sanctioned by US

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department sanctioned Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company, Union Cuba-Petroleo, for operating in the country's energy sector and saying “key assets” were expropriated from Americans.

Financial Services View More

US SEC moves to cancel 2005 stock-trading rules aimed at spurring competition

June 11, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed to eliminate 2005 market-structure rules originally aimed at improving competition among stock markets and orders while serving interests of long-term inv... (more story)

US CFTC proposes changes to whistleblower rules

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission published proposed amendments to its whistleblower rules that incorporate a 30% presumption for whistleblower awards of $5 million or less.

Further UK car finance redress plan details cover scope, liability, exceptions

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Further details of the UK's car finance redress plan, including scope, liability, exceptions, and redress calculations, have been released by the Financial Conduct Authority in response to questi... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce preliminarily says China dumping van-type trailers

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US Department of Commerce said in a preliminary determination that China is dumping van-type trailers, assigning all Chinese firms a 130.86 percent dumping rate for the products.

US Commerce says China dumping fiberglass door panels

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce said in a final determination that China is dumping and subsidizing fiberglass door panels. Commerce levied on all Chinese producers a 147.85 percent dumping rate, w... (more story)

WTO members target mid-2027 entry into force of e-commerce agreement

June 11, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: World Trade Organization members aim to bring an Electronic Commerce Agreement into force by mid-2027, according to a statement. The agreement, adopted by 60 countries in March at the WTO meeting... (more story)

State Aid View More

€10m Austrian aid to cleantech cleared by EU watchdog

June 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies, including their main specific components, will be eligible for direct grants, under a €10 mil... (more story)

Czechia sees EU drop foreign-susbidy probe of Dukovany powerplant

June 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and the Czech government have avoided intervention under the EU's rules against distortive foreign subsidies, with the bloc closing a probe into a deal to provide nuclear reactors a... (more story)

Tiberis case puts Italy's renewable-energy incentives before EU judges

June 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italy’s highest administrative court has asked EU judges whether a European Commission state-aid approval decision prevents national courts from assessing whether Italy’s renewable-energy support... (more story)

Energy View More

Don't weaken EU emissions trading system in review, investors urge policymakers

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A coalition of 45 investors, including Allianz, Aberdeen Investments, Nordea Asset Management and Robeco, managing €11.4 trillion in assets, is urging EU leaders to maintain "a robust and predict... (more story)

Extension of free ETS allocations, aviation rules emerge in EU Commission review

June 11, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Free ETS allowances for industry could be extended under the European Commission's upcoming carbon-market review, while support would be tied more closely to decarbonization investments, according to a leaked ... (more story)

Gas and oil importers urge delay to EU methane rules over compliance concerns

June 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: 18 gas and oil organizations including the American Petroleum Institute, Cefic and Eurogas are calling for a revised timeline for the EU Methane Regulation, warning that upcoming import requireme... (more story)

Technology View More

Yelp supports reintroduction of US legislation targeting Big Tech

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Yelp Chief Legal Officer Aaron Schur said in a statement that the American Innovation and Choice Online Act "would help level the playing field and create a more competitive ecosystem." US Senato... (more story)

Apple opposes reintroduction of US Big Tech bill

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Apple issued a statement on the reintroduction of the American Innovation and Choice Online Act AICOA, saying it strongly disagrees with the US Senate's "consideration of European-style regulatio... (more story)

Pandemic-era US Big Tech bill will make antitrust more political, CCIA says

June 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senate Judiciary members have reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, a bill that make antitrust regulation more political, while presuming anticompetitive conduct before l... (more story)