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Antitrust
March 17, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 16, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Trade
March 16, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Antitrust View More
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: California State Senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, announced the Blocking Anticompetitive Self-preferencing by Entrenched Dominant platforms (BASED) Act, which is sponsored by Y Com... (more story)
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Amgen's request to immediately appeal CareFirst’s US case accusing it of unlawfully delaying competition for its drug Enbrel has been granted by a Virginia federal judge. US District Judge Arenda... (more story)
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Eric J. Caddy, the owner of a storage sales company, pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig bids and defraud the US Department of Defense in connection with the sale of shelving and storage products... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 18, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Colorado’s artificial intelligence law could be scaled back under a proposal released by a task force made up of consumer advocates and technology groups, which is setting off renewed public debate on how to r... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
OpenAI saw an Italian court Wednesday overturn a €15 million fine by Italy's privacy watchdog for failures in managing its ChatGPT service in the country. In 2024, the fine against OpenAI was the first against... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
A US appeals panel did not appear poised Wednesday to decide if allegedly stripping copyright management information from online content can confer standing on its own — a question that has divided lower court... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 18, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger
North America
Paramount’s $111 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is drawing fresh attention as more US states raise antitrust concerns, adding to a growing list of questions about how the tie-up could affect competi... (more story)
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Masimo and Danaher will file their Hart-Scott-Rodino merger forms within 25 business days after signing their merger, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The com... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes
North America
About 10 US states are considering whether to block Nexstar’s $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna if the US Department of Justice or US Federal Communications Commission doesn’t take the initiative first, MLex has learned.
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The World Anti-Doping Agency has committed to implementing measures to help ensure that international sport federations and other anti-doping organizations do not use highly sensitive personal in... (more story)
March 18, 2026
Latin America
MLex Summary: Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed three decrees related to the Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents, a law aimed at protecting children and adolescents under age 18 in dig... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Members of the US Senate Commerce Committee used a majority of a hearing on Wednesday questioning how Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has impacted lawsuits alleging addictive harms brought agains... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 18, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
The UK government has dropped its previously-stated preference on proposals to change copyright law in favor of AI developers but has not ruled out change overall. It seeks to ensure the whole economy benefits... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Dolby secured a Europe-wide UPC injunction against Beko, after judges found smart TVs infringed its audio patent and rejected an antitrust defense. The court ruled Beko was not a willing licensee, ending the e... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Asia, Europe, North America
Technology companies are increasing enforcement of patents underpinning Wi-Fi standards as Wi-Fi 7 expands into industrial use, according to a LexisNexis report. Rising disputes, new licensing benchmarks and l... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 18, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A Texas-based businessman was charged with offering “a substantial amount in bribes” to an official of Mexico’s state-owned energy company to help an equipment company obtain a $540 million supply contract. He... (more story)
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a general license authorizing certain transactions involving Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PdVSA). The types of business with... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Changes in US anti-money laundering regulation and enforcement during President Donald Trump’s second term have thus far been a modest shift in emphasis and tools rather than a relaxation of core expectations,... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 18, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK's Financial Ombudsman Service can continue to operate independently even if the government takes over responsibility for appointing senior figures at the organization, the interim chair of the body whic... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A senior official at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority was concerned from the outset of 2020 inquiries into Odey Asset Management that the firm was allowing financial considerations to outweigh ethical stan... (more story)
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Christopher Ferguson, chairman and chief executive of Edison Nation, and Brian McFadden, a consultant, pleaded guilty to falsification of books, records, and accounts for causing the submission o... (more story)
Trade View More
March 18, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
Representatives of manufacturer RealTruck Inc. argued before the US International Trade Commission Wednesday in favor of antidumping and countervailing duties on truck bed covers imported from China.
March 18, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
The US faces a growing supply chain risk as quantum technology is set to emerge as a major industry in the future, a new report warned.
March 18, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio
Europe
Metals and alloy trader Grondmet has filed a legal challenge at the EU’s first-tier court in Luxembourg, a filing in the tribunal’s register of cases shows. The company is contesting ferroalloy safeguard measu... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 18, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan has proposed a bill to strengthen support for artificial intelligence, quantum and other strategically important technologies, while tightening the treatment of patents and other intellectual property ge... (more story)
March 17, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Zenobē Energy told a UK tribunal hearing on Tuesday that the UK regulator of gas and electricity markets hasn't adequately explained changes it made to its defense against the company's suit alleging an unlawf... (more story)
March 17, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Lluís Saurí Romero has been appointed head of unit for Strategic Coordination in DG Comp, the European Commission's directorate general for competition policy. Saurí replaces Astrid Cousin, who has moved to th... (more story)
Energy View More
March 18, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU's CO2 emissions standards for cars should be revised to ensure technological neutrality and protect industrial competitiveness, five EU countries said in a joint document. Czechia, Hungary... (more story)
March 18, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Heads of state from 10 EU member countries have said the pathway set by the EU Emissions Trading System is "too steep and overly ambitious," in a joint letter to the presidents of the EU Council ... (more story)
March 18, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Competition in the fuels market will be strengthened, under a draft package adopted by the Cabinet, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy said this week. The draft foresees three m... (more story)
Technology View More
March 18, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
The jury in the trial over the role of Instagram and YouTube in the deterioration of the mental health of a 20-year-old plaintiff have asked a series of questions concerning Instagram’s features, YouTube’s dat... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Mainstream social media, search engine and pornography platforms must strengthen protections against child sexual abuse material or face enforcement action, a senior Ofcom official warned, as new regulator-com... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Meta Platforms, TikTok, YouTube, Snap and the Breathitt County, Kentucky, school district have disclosed their witness lists for the next generation of social media addictive-design trials, which will begin in... (more story)