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Antitrust, Technology

February 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May

North America

Ticketmaster bid to exclude jurors who purchased tickets denied by US judge

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

February 26, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FTC's Ferguson defends accountability to Trump amid politicization criticism

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

February 26, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski and Alex Wilts

North America

US failure to unwind Meta deals likely to inspire new tech laws, Calif. AAG says

Antitrust View More

US DOJ, FTC invite lobbying with call for input on collaboration guidelines

March 02, 2026 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers

North America

The US Department of Justice and US Federal Trade Commission’s joint inquiry over potential reissuance of guidance on collaboration between competitors is a green light for heavy lobbying from the antitrust ba... (more story)

Sandoz moves to dismiss three US antitrust complaints over generic drugs

March 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Sandoz moved to dismiss US antitrust claims brought by Walmart, United Healthcare Services, and Southwest Airlines over generic drug prices, arguing that the amended complaints continue to rely o... (more story)

Epic Pharma fails to dismiss US antitrust claims over Ursodiol

March 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Epic Pharma must face US antitrust claims accusing it of fixing prices for the drug Ursodiol, according to a federal judge. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe said eight amended complaints sufficient... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Effectiveness of US class copyright claims against AI called into question

March 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Generative artificial intelligence was compared last week to the printing press — a technological leap that expanded global prosperity while simultaneously destabilizing entire societies. Experts warned, howev... (more story)

Musk, Nadella on witness list for upcoming US OpenAI trial

March 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The witness list for the forthcoming trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI over the for-profit conversion of the AI company includes Musk, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and several co-founders of Open... (more story)

US Supreme Court won’t review human authorship copyright rule for AI works

March 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

The US Supreme Court on Monday turned down Stephen Thaler’s challenge to the US Copyright Office’s position that artificial intelligence outputs which lack meaningful human involvement aren’t registrable. The ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Pa. utility commission's water rate probe will inform broader merger review

March 02, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) started an investigation into Pennsylvania Water’s proposed rate increases in December, and a negative review could impact the commission’s parallel investigati... (more story)

Support satellite, cloud-service providers, telecom CEOs tell EU governments

March 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

European governments should support the satellite and cloud-service industries to boost demand after companies made substantial investments in their systems, the chief executives of satellite provider Eutelsat... (more story)

Aramark slip-up gives UK competition court a chance to dust off deadline rulebook

March 02, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Aramark, a US food-services company, has a high hurdle to clear to persuade judges to extend a missed deadline to appeal the UK antitrust watchdog’s veto of its merger with rival Entier. The Competition Appeal... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

University of Limerick fined in Ireland for GDPR breach

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The University of Limerick has been fined €98,000 for breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Ireland's Data Protection Commission said on Monday. Following an investigation after ... (more story)

Major platforms’ DSA reporting failures flagged by German consumer groups

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ten major online platforms — AliExpress, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Shein, Snapchat, Temu, TikTok, YouTube and Zalando — have shortcomings when it comes EU Digital Services Act’s reporting rule... (more story)

EU Parliament backs shorter 2027 deadline for temporary CSAM detection regime

March 02, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has moved to limit the extension of the EU’s interim child sexual abuse material detection regime to June 3, 2027, rather than the 2028 end-date previously s... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Japan clarifies consent-based trademark review after first year of registrations

March 02, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Patent Office has revised its trademark examination guidelines to clarify when examiners should find there is no likelihood of confusion under the country’s consent system, following analysis of the fi... (more story)

Insta360 cleared of most GoPro patent claims in US ITC probe

March 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

Arashi Vision, operating as Insta360, said the US International Trade Commission has ruled that its products didn’t infringe five patents asserted by rival GoPro, largely prevailing in a Section 337 probe.

Artists add proposed classes to US copyright lawsuit against Runway AI, others

February 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Artists have filed a third amended US complaint accusing Runway AI, Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt of training their AI image-generation models on copyrighted works without authorization... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Cemex says US appears to no longer be actively pursuing decade-old bribery probe

March 02, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Latin America, North America

Cemex said it believes the US government is no longer actively pursuing an investigation into alleged corruption stemming from the Mexican multinational’s construction of a cement plant in Colombia. Its belief... (more story)

ENRC wins bid to keep $128m damages included in SFO and Dechert claim

March 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Asia, Europe

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation on Monday saw the UK’s top court reject bids by the Serious Fraud Office and law firm Dechert to block the miner from adding $128 million in losses to an ongoing legal cl... (more story)

Binance should face investigation for illicit activity, US senators say

February 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Senator Mark R. Warner, a member of the US Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined his Democratic colleagues on the committee to press the US Treasury and Justice Departments... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU private equity investors invited to comment on plans to ease exits

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the barriers that private equity investors face when exiting investments in the EU. Exits — such as selling a stake through a listing o... (more story)

EU lawmakers aim to discuss capital markets integration draft stance on July 2

March 02, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU lawmakers reviewing a package proposal to enhance the bloc's capital markets have agreed a timeline for their talks, with a first discussion of a draft stance due on July 2 and a full European Parliament vo... (more story)

US SEC rules require disclosures under Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act

February 27, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules carrying out the 2025 Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act that largely subjected overseas private issuers to the same insider ownership and securiti... (more story)

Trade View More

US appeals court rules tariff refunds can proceed at trade court

March 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled for a coalition of small businesses and 12 Democrat-run states that requested a mandate to allow requests for refunds to proceed at the Court... (more story)

Iran crisis reveals EU's continued energy imports vulnerability

March 02, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe, Middle East, North America

Oil and gas prices have surged since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. While well below levels reached during the 2022 Ukraine crisis, prices are expected to continue climbing. Europe's concern is not to see... (more story)

USTR pledges to continue 'reciprocal' trade agenda

March 02, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US Trade Representative's annual report to Congress on the president's trade agenda this year pledged to follow several objectives, including pursuing fairer trade through "reciprocal" tariff... (more story)

State Aid View More

Japan state-backed chipmaker Rapidus names 32 private-sector investors

March 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Rapidus, Japan's state-backed startup that aims to begin next year mass production of highly advanced 2-nanometer chips in the northern island of Hokkaido, on Friday disclosed the list of private... (more story)

New Lottery loses 'subsidy' suit against UK gambling regulator

February 27, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The New Lottery Company has lost its UK lawsuit alleging that an award of funds by the Gambling Commission to Camelot, which ran the UK's National Lottery, was an unlawful subsidy. An application requiring the... (more story)

Norway's seafarers tax refund plan extended, EFTA watchdog says

February 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Shipping companies saw the EFTA Surveillance Authority clear an updated Norwegian tax refund plan, under which businesses employing seafarers are being reimbursed for income tax and social securi... (more story)

Energy View More

EU, Switzerland sign broad agreement package to deepen bilateral ties

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission and Switzerland on Monday signed a broad package of agreements to ease cross-border supply. A common food-safety area will cover all parts in the food chain. Switzerland w... (more story)

AI developers, energy companies asked what data would power AI for UK energy

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: AI developers and energy companies are being consulted by the UK government on what datasets would be needed to enable artificial intelligence applications for improving energy security and effic... (more story)

Stillwater appeal puts 'market power' at center of Australian case against Stanwell

March 02, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Arguments over the concept of market power dominated the first day of a two-week hearing in Stillwater Pastoral’s appeal in its antitrust class action against Australian electricity generators Stanwell and CS ... (more story)

Technology View More

Roblox may be designated by European Commission as a Very Large Online Platform

March 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

US game platform Roblox may soon be designated as a Very Large Online Platform, or VLOP, under the EU’s Digital Services Act, MLex has learned Monday. A confirmation by the EU in the coming months that the pla... (more story)

EU ramps up 6G research with €116m funding for 20 projects

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A total of €116 million is set to be provided for 20 next generation 6G mobile communication research and innovation projects by the EU’s Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, a partners... (more story)

Under-16 social-media ban, AI chatbots feature in UK child safety consultation

March 02, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Frank Hersey

Europe

Online platforms, gaming companies and AI chatbot providers could face age-based restrictions on features, app-level curfews or a possible under-16 ban under a UK consultation published on Monday. It details a... (more story)