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Antitrust, Technology

March 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Live Nation says it is not 'big, fat, lazy' monopolist as US DOJ trial kicks off
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram

Data Privacy and Security

March 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift

North America

Instagram head confronted at N.M. trial with troves of 'inappropriate' child content
book of FCPA law and gavel

Financial Crime

March 03, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Businessman fights translations of messages shown to jury at US bribery trial

Antitrust View More

WhatsApp changes terms in EU, Brazil to address 'interim' antitrust concerns (update*)

March 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe, Latin America

Meta Platforms is allowing AI chatbots to temporarily access WhatsApp in the EU and Brazil in response to regulators' concerns. The company, which argues that WhatsApp wasn’t designed to carry heavy traffic fr... (more story)

Epic Games, Google propose revised modified injunction in US antitrust litigation

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google and Epic Games filed a renewed joint motion to modify a court-ordered injunction issued in their US antitrust litigation. The parties wrote that following a January hearing, they returned ... (more story)

Brazil's CADE closes probe into Superior Court of Justice bidding process

March 04, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal unanimously voted to close an investigation into four companies and four individuals over alleged anticompetitive conduct in a Superior Court of Justice (STJ) bid... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Google sued by Florida family alleging AI chatbot coached suicide

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google is facing a lawsuit filed by the family of a Florida man that alleges the company’s Gemini AI chatbot spent weeks manufacturing an elaborate delusional fantasy before helping him commit su... (more story)

CADE Tribunal preserves AI providers’ access to WhatsApp Business API

March 04, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian Competition Tribunal upheld on Wednesday the preventive measure that requires Meta to suspend its new WhatsApp Business API terms that would effectively block external artificial‑intelligence pro... (more story)

EU draft strategy creates Energy Data Space, targets data centers’ energy use

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU energy sector will get harmonized procedures for access to data via the Common European Energy Data Space initiative which is planned for 2027, according to a strategic roadmap draft for d... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Union Pacific deal should be vetted using business records, US DOJ says

March 04, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads should be obliged to provide ordinary course documents that are likely to clarify the antitrust risk level of their deal, a lawyer with the US Department of Justice... (more story)

EU ports strategy features foreign investment monitoring, possible access curbs

March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

EU criteria for monitoring foreign investments in strategic ports will be set and market access possibly restricted under an EU ports strategy issued by the European Commission on Wednesday. The review of the ... (more story)

New EU maritime, port strategies aim to drive competitiveness, green transition

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New EU maritime and ports strategies which aim to boost competitiveness and support the clean energy transition, security and resilience have been published by the European Commission. The plans ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

LeakBase hacker forum dismantled in global operation

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools.

Feedback on guidance to ease Cyber Resilience Act compliance sought by EU Commission

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a consultation on draft guidance aimed at helping companies comply with the obligations of the Cyber Resilience Act, as it steps up preparations ahead of the la... (more story)

US House Republicans’ KIDS Act result of years of online safety regulation attempts

March 04, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

US House Republicans in the Energy and Commerce Committee have unveiled the largest package of child online safety bills after parents and activists have pressured members relentlessly in the midst of an awake... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

For IP-intensive defense vendors, Pentagon, Anthropic clash has high stakes

March 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A brewing battle between the US Department of Defense and Anthropic over military use of advanced artificial intelligence could be a pivotal moment for intellectual property rights in government contracting. 

Philips wins UPC sleep-therapy patent dispute; ABM plans appeal

March 04, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unified Patent Court has revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring’s sleep-therapy patent in counterclaim proceedings brought by Philips, clearing its NightBalance device of infringement in three countries. ABM pl... (more story)

China expands trade-secret rules to cover algorithms, data and failed research

March 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top market authority has issued sweeping new rules broadening trade-secret protection to formally cover algorithms, data and even unsuccessful research results, as the country adapts its regulatory reg... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UBS cleared by Swiss appeal judges over Bulgarian drug money case

March 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

UBS has been cleared of a Credit Suisse legacy issue by Switzerland’s appeal court over claims that the lender failed to prevent an employee from laundering the proceeds of Bulgarian drug money through the ban... (more story)

Appeals court affirms US forfeiture of condos from pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker

March 04, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to grant the US government's effort to forfeit condominiums and bank accounts held by two companies controlled by ... (more story)

Taiwan indicts 62 people, 13 companies in Prince Group money laundering probe

March 04, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The Taipei District Prosecutors Office announced it has completed an investigation into an alleged money laundering scheme by the Cambodian Prince Group, unsealing indictments of 62 individuals a... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Final rules on UK car-finance redress plan are coming soon, FCA says

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's financial watchdog said on Wednesday that car-finance lenders will have between three and five months to process the claims generated by a nationwide redress program. The final details o... (more story)

US bank liquidity rules on discount window to follow Basel III proposal, Bessent says

March 03, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

After the US Federal Reserve proposes bank capital rules, presumably by the end of the month, it will then consider “wholesale” changes to bank liquidity regulations, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Bef... (more story)

EU leaders to call for further action to boost bloc's competitiveness

March 03, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU heads of states and governments are set to push for several moves to boost the bloc's competitiveness during a summit planned for March 19 and 20, according to a preparatory document obtained ... (more story)

Trade View More

US customs says IEEPA duties still being liquidated; refunds to include interest

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex summary: US Customs and Border Protection said in a detailed response to a Court of International Trade order that officials are still liquidating entries for International Emergency Economic Powers Act d... (more story)

Battle over EU industry law's scope still has quite a way to go

March 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Debate about the scope of the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act is far from over, despite the European Commission’s much-delayed plan being formally presented by industry chief Stéphane Séjourné on Wednesday. Qu... (more story)

Vote on EU-US trade deal further delayed by EU lawmakers

March 04, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Lawmakers of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee on Wednesday further delayed their vote on the EU-US trade deal. The parliament was set to vote on March 10 on the implementation of the EU-... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU job ad to seek new head of competition department

March 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The European Commission is moving forward its search for the new director-general of its powerful competition department, agreeing Wednesday to publish an ad for the position, MLex has learned. Olivier Guersen... (more story)

Slovenian aid to Lekarna Ljubljana open for feeback in EU

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in Slovenia's transfer of assets from the Ljubljana municipality to pharmacy chain Lekarna Ljubljana have now one month to provide input to the European Commission. The state a... (more story)

Clean industry law shouldn't be used as economic security tool, Dutch paper says

March 04, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

The Netherlands has warned against integrating economic security elements into the upcoming European Commission’s clean industry proposal – the Industrial Accelerator Act – which is set to come out Wednesday, ... (more story)

Energy View More

MOL files EU antitrust complaint against Croatian pipeline operator JANAF

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Hungarian oil company MOL and its Slovak subsidiary Slovnaft have filed an antirust complaint with the European Commission, accusing Croatian pipeline operator JANAF of abusing its market power b... (more story)

EU energy data space and AI tools set out in digitalization roadmap

March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Matthew Newman

Europe

The EU energy sector would see a "Common European Energy Data Space" realized early next year to harmonize data access, under proposals in a draft European Commission roadmap. Agreements between public authori... (more story)

EU Commission presents law to boost bloc's manufacturing industry

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday presented the Industrial Accelerator Act, aimed at boosting investment in the bloc's clean industry while also cutting the EU's dependency on other countries.... (more story)

Technology View More

EU regions urged to close enforcement gaps as digital risks to minors intensify

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Daily internet use among young Europeans has reached near universality, while cyberbullying, grooming, manipulative design and AI-driven harms outpace fragmented enforcement across member states,... (more story)

Position on critical raw materials law agreed by EU governments

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU member states have agreed their stance on changes to the bloc’s law on critical raw materials, aiming to strengthen supply security and boost recycling. The proposal shifts responsibility for ... (more story)

Post-election social media rhetoric unlikely to spur Japan content rule changes

March 04, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Asia

After veteran lawmaker Jun Azumi was defeated in Japan’s Feb. 8 general election and lost the seat he had held for three decades, he renewed calls for Tokyo to tighten rules governing online content. Days befo... (more story)