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Financial Crime
March 03, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 03, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Artificial Intelligence
March 03, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
March 04, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The consent decree request by South Korean conglomerate Hyosung and its subsidiary Hyosung Heavy Industries over alleged violation of the Subcontracting Act has been approved by the Korea Fair Tr... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Eight Japanese gasoline retailers were searched on Wednesday by Tokyo prosecutors and Japan’s antitrust watchdog in a criminal investigation into a suspected cartel involving diesel-fuel sales to corporate cus... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Independent pharmacies fighting arbitration of their antitrust claims against CVS Caremark told a US appeals court that Caremark’s arbitration clause imposes enormous costs — but a three-judge panel on Tuesday... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 04, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
An Indian court has launched a probe into enforcement gaps in the country’s digital framework amid rising AI-generated deepfakes. The Gujarat High Court has questioned coordination failures and real-time polic... (more story)
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)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex summary: More than 50 Republican state lawmakers organized by Americans for Responsible Innovation sent a letter to President Donald Trump saying the White House should not oppose state AI laws, after the... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 04, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Indonesian Competition Commission, or KPPU, said it will conduct a preliminary examination of Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo over its alleged late notification of an acquisition. In a st... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Pushback came mainly from small and medium-sized competitors operating in São Paulo and Osasco, the two cities where operations overlap, while major clients foresee a positive outlook for the deal’s completion.
March 03, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
The Brazilian competition authority's Superintendence has classified B3’s planned acquisition of 60 percent of CRDC as complex, a move that signals heightened scrutiny and the need for deeper fact finding befo... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
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)
March 04, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Physical hitting, silent treatment and other conflicts between the plaintiff suing Meta Platforms and her mother and other family members did not cause the mental health issues the 20-year-old woman has suffer... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift
North America
Instagram logged 500,000 daily victims of “inappropriate interactions with children” in 2020, even as senior executives debated safety steps that could reduce teen engagement, according to internal Meta Platfo... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative released the 2025 edition of its annual Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy. The list identifies 69 markets, including 37 online an... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Tech and automotive groups are urging EU officials to amend its IP enforcement law to rein in patent injunctions — clashing with patent holders, who warn reforms could weaken innovation as Brussels weighs comp... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Tokyo District Court dismissed a damages suit against Recruit, a major human resources and consumer services conglomerate, over its “Air Cash” merchant funding service, rejecting both a business method paten... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Texas-based Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez moved to strike a government reply to his argument over translations of messages central to his corruption case, saying the origi... (more story)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Texas-based Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez's arguments regarding translations in his corruption case are argument “completely untethered” from the facts and Fifth Circuit p... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A British accountant accused of being involved in buying vessels for Russia's shadow fleet saw the sanctions imposed on him by the UK government removed on Tuesday. The Foreign Commonwealth and D... (more story)
Financial Services View More
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)
March 03, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Federal Reserve is considering basic changes to its “underutilized” bank discount window and its inconsistent rules that create “uncertainty for borrowers,” said Michelle Bowman, the central bank’s vice... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Fanny Roux and Jean Comte
Europe
EU leaders could ask the European Commission to propose "targeted amendments" to bank capital rules to enhance the banking sector's capacity to finance the European economy, according to an early draft documen... (more story)
Trade View More
March 03, 2026 | Bradley Dress
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Domestic producers of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) stressed Tuesday to the US International Trade Commission that Section 232 national security duties and a program to support American steel have not... (more story)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump said he's directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain over the nation’s refusal to allow the US access to its air bases for strikes on Iran... (more story)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department will issue antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders for Indian imports of overhead door counterbalance torsion springs following a final determination by the US ... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: National authorities in the EU, as well as banks and businesses, can now file comments on the revision of the Guarantee Notice, which describes how the European Commission assesses state guarante... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A 2024 arbitration award ordering Bulgaria to compensate Maltese investor ACF Renewable Energy, and currently under in-depth EU scrutiny over possible illegal state aid, is now open for feedback.... (more story)
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)
Energy View More
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)
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)
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)
Technology View More
March 03, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The US Department of Justice's new whistleblower rewards program doesn't undermine the government's cartel cases and doesn't incentivize witnesses to provide biased testimony because cartel cases are built in ... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Online platforms in the UK face having to consider how to approach content linked to outlawed group Palestine Action as part of their annual review of online risks after a court ruled the group’s proscription ... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
UK lawmakers said they will bring amendments to a piece of legislation on democratic safeguards to address gaps they see in artificial intelligence and online safety regulation. They want to bring greater prot... (more story)