Energy, Financial Crime, Trade
October 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Technology
October 13, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
Africa, Europe, North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
October 12, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
October 14, 2026
MLex Summary: Three companies have been fined a total of £6 million by the UK antitrust regulator for misleading sales tactics. Homeware store Wayfair and electrical goods seller Appliances Direct were fined f... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Adult website Stripchat’s original designation under the Digital Services Act, subjecting it to the law’s strictest obligations, was upheld by the EU’s General Court on Wednesday. The court found that the Euro... (more story)
MLex Summary: Cesare Rizza, an Italian lawyer, lost his challenge against the European Commission's refusal to disclose a template used by national competition authorities to request cross-border investigative... (more story)
MLex Summary: X faces a narrower UK investigation over its Grok AI chatbot, with the communications regulator Ofcom focusing on whether the platform met its duties to protect users from illegal content. Follo... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan is considering legislative changes to protect voices and likenesses against unauthorized use, as AI makes it easier to imitate performers and reproduce their images, including those of people who are not... (more story)
MLex Summary: AI developers should obtain permission to use copyrighted material, should be transparent and should pay creators through fair licensing, a report published by Oxford University’s Institute for E... (more story)
MLex Summary: TCL Electronics' proposed acquisition of Sony's home entertainment business through its wholly owned subsidiary TTE Corporation; a joint venture between Singapore's PSA International and Japanese... (more story)
MLex Summary: DHL eCommerce International Holdings' acquisition of parcel delivery and freight transport companies Venipak Lietuva, Venipak Latvija and Venipak Eesti has been approved, Lithuania's competition ... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Insurance Australia Group is seeking approval for its proposed acquisition of RAC Insurance in Western Australia on public-benefit grounds, marking the first such application under Australia's new mandatory me... (more story)
MLex Summary: Google complied with the corrective order that was issued in 2025 alongside a fine of €325 million, France’s privacy regulator has said. Google improved advertising cookie disclosures and disting... (more story)
MLex Summary: Stripchat’s challenge to the European Commission’s December 2023 decision to designate it as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act was dismissed by the EU’s General Court on... (more story)
Singapore is expanding its AI assurance work with testing guidance tailored to autonomous agents, accreditation for third-party assessors and a cybersecurity task force. The Infocomm Media Development Authorit... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | MLex Staff
China's highest court has upheld a Shenzhen clothing company's Kokia trademark against a challenge by Nokia, finding that years of commercial use had made the mark sufficiently distinctive to avoid confusion w... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Following objections from major patent holders and smaller technology firms alike, the UK government is taking a lighter touch to standard-essential patent reform, focusing instead on licensing guidance, volun... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | MLex Staff
A Shanghai appeals court upheld a ruling ordering a platform operator to pay compensation for using artificial intelligence to replicate a voice actor’s voice without permission for commercial promotion, clari... (more story)
Bank of America was hit with a $1.2 billion penalty by US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network over its failure to mitigate and report national security risks. The agency credited $750 mi... (more story)
October 13, 2026
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department announced enforcement actions imposing more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, for violations of ant... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Government backing for calls by the UK's Serious Fraud Office to boost its enforcement capabilities by paying whistleblowers is a timely fillip for an enforcer looking to improve its reputation. But there is a... (more story)
MLex Summary: European Parliament lawmakers have submitted hundreds of amendments to proposed changes to pan-European personal pension rules, published on Wednesday. The amendments reveal different views on is... (more story)
MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, has processed digital financial innovations involving the tokenization of gold, government bonds and property-related benefits through its regula... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Sean Maguire
The Australian Banking Association is seeking regulatory approval for banks to collaborate on regional services and trial up to 10 shared hubs to preserve face-to-face banking in communities without branches. ... (more story)
MLex Summary: The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers welcomed the positive outcome of recent China-EU negotiations on hybrid and electric vehicle trade, the industry group said in a statement Wednes... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Asia, Europe
The European Commission will send a senior trade official to Shanghai in about three weeks to follow up on China’s commitment to increase imports of European medical devices. The visit will form part of effort... (more story)
MLex Summary: China's goods trade rose 18.8 percent year on year to 39.94 trillion yuan ($5.97 trillion) in the first nine months of 2026, with exports increasing 16.4 percent and imports climbing 22.3 percent... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
A foreign-backed company bidding for a tender in Greece's energy sector must notify the European Commission of financial contributions it has received from outside the EU, even though the bid falls below manda... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera pledged to step up efforts to make Europe's cross-border state aid projects faster and easier for companies to navigate, warning that procedural delays could cost promising t... (more story)
October 12, 2026
MLex Summary: Parties interested in capital injections received by PostNord Strålfors — totaling €15.9 million and made by its parent company PostNord Strålfors Group — now have one month in which to send feed... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has proposed delaying by one year methane emissions monitoring, reporting and verification requirements for EU importers of natural gas, oil and coal, as well as methane-i... (more story)
Europe, Middle East
MLex Summary: The EU and Turkey agreed to strengthen customs cooperation and continue work on trade barriers, according to a joint statement issued today after their third high-level trade dialogue in Brussels... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant
The next round of negotiations on EU rules for cross-border energy infrastructure will take place on Nov. 17, following constructive talks between lawmakers and member states Tuesday, according to an EU offici... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes
Europe, North America
In a US Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that shows the regulatory and business pressure on AI startups that are heavily used by minors, Character.AI told a bankruptcy judge in Delaware that it is losing between $... (more story)
MLex Summary: In addition to high operating costs for Character.AI's large language model, "Character's changes to its products, including age restrictions and harm detection, have contributed to increased cos... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Imogen Howse
Meta Platforms has accused UK regulator Ofcom of seeking the highest possible online safety fines without properly assessing what was needed to deter breaches, a London court hearing heard on Tuesday. Ofcom re... (more story)