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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

Some UK mass card-fee 'opt-in' claimants invalid, rules UK tribunal

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Some claimants seeking to "opt in" to UK mass card-fee lawsuits have made invalid applications to join the litigation, for reasons including filings being made too late, the UK competition tribun... (more story)

Shein says UK tribunal incorrect over supplier information disclosure order

March 02, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Shein has told a UK appeal judge that the UK competition tribunal was flawed in ordering it to disclose information on its suppliers in order to assist rival Temu's antitrust litigation against the company. Sh... (more story)

Polish antitrust watchdog to keep enforcing 'very actively' in 2026

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Last year, Poland’s antitrust enforcer issued 369 decisions in the field of competition protection, with fines reaching more than 580 million zloty ($162 million). The agency won’t slow down this... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

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)

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)

Back stronger AI safeguards and 'democratic control,' campaigners urge UK govt

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Protesters have urged the UK government to back a push for "AI technology to be made safe, and democratically controlled by the public." A coalition of campaign groups want it to "back binding Ci... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Suzano’s Kimberly-Clark deal gets EU foreign subsidy clearance

March 02, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Brazilian pulp and paper maker Suzano has received EU foreign subsidy clearance to buy a majority stake in Kimberly-Clark’s tissue business. The European Commission did not open an in-depth inquiry into the de... (more story)

Strabag-Stumpp deal wins conditional German approval

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Strabag has received the German competition authority's approval to take over road-construction group Stumpp. The deal is conditional on Stumpp selling its asphalt-mixing plant in Zimmern, southe... (more story)

NewPrinces sees EU issue decision in cleared Carrefour deal

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Food manufacturer NewPrinces has seen the European Commission issue the public version of its recent decision to clear the company's takeover of supermarket chain Carrefour’s Italian business. La... (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

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)

US SDNY cooperation program raises age-old question on self-disclosure

February 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A new corporate cooperation program launched by the US attorney for the Southern District of New York has white-collar defense lawyers pondering the age-old question of whether to take up the government offer.... (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

Shipping braces for disruption following US, Israeli attack on Iran

March 02, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

Shipping is bracing for disruption in the wake of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks across the Middle East, the industry's main trade body said. The World Shipping Council sai... (more story)

China urges UK to revoke sanctions on Chinese companies over Russia-related listings

March 02, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce has opposed the UK’s repeated use of Russia-related grounds to blacklist Chinese companies. In a statement issued Monday, in response to a media question about the UK... (more story)

China to impose 5.9 percent antidumping duties on Canadian rapeseed for 5 years

March 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Canada’s canola exporters will face antidumping duties of 5.9 percent for five years, China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a final ruling on Saturday, with the tariff taking effect Sunday. The mi... (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

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)

UK consults on child safety overhaul, including AI chatbots, VPNs

March 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms and AI services operating in the UK could face potential new legal limits on children’s access to core features, under a wide-ranging online safety consultation now open for feed... (more story)

China sets criteria to designate large online platforms serving minors

March 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has moved to strengthen online protections for minors with new rules setting criteria to designate large internet platforms that have a sizable user base of minors or exert significant influence over min... (more story)