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Data Privacy and Security
April 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Artificial Intelligence
April 27, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
April 27, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Antitrust View More
April 28, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Allegations filed against Infosys and India's rural development bank NABARD have been rejected by India's antitrust watchdog. The Competition Commission of India ruled that NABARD's tender conditions for core ... (more story)
April 28, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Snack makers Amica Chips, Pata and Preziosi Food have been fined a combined €23.3 million in Italy for a market-sharing cartel in private-label savory snacks. The companies were found to have coo... (more story)
April 28, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Mastercard’s deals with Australian merchants were seen internally as a way to mitigate the risk of regulatory intervention, a court heard in an ongoing antitrust trial brought by the country’s competition watc... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 28, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Legal experts warn of a "legislative paradox" in India’s artificial intelligence regulation push, saying the proposed framework could favor large technology companies while leaving key issues such as labor dis... (more story)
April 28, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea’s science ministry is preparing emergency cybersecurity guidelines and consulting support for companies, as lawmakers press the government to move faster against AI-enabled hacking risks exposed by... (more story)
April 28, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: The Australian Federal Government will host a tripartite forum on Wednesday with government, business and union leaders to discuss how artificial intelligence can be used and regulated in the wor... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 28, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Top members of the European Commission in a closed-door meeting last month argued that merger policy needed to create bigger companies that can compete globally, drive investment and restore the bloc’s “sovere... (more story)
April 28, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Markets are "global" and European businesses need "predictability" on how their mergers will be reviewed, according to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Europe needs "more l... (more story)
April 28, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Société LDC's acquisition of Green Label Holdings has gained UK antitrust clearance after the start of an initial phase I review of the poultry products deal. The Competition and Markets Authorit... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 28, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japanese ruling and opposition lawmakers agreed Monday to work toward drafting rules to curb the spread of fake news and defamatory content related to elections. Proposed legal revisions may be submitted durin... (more story)
April 28, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippines’ National Privacy Commission has cleared Jollibee Foods Corp. and Rakuten Viber over their 2025 “Holiday Gems” campaign, finding no personal data processing or unlawful access to ... (more story)
April 28, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australia has released draft legislation to update its news-media bargaining regime by requiring major digital platforms to either strike deals with publishers or pay a levy based on their Austra... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 28, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
A Section 337 probe and related US patent-infringement lawsuits initiated by Skyworks Solutions against China’s chipmaker Grand Kangxi Communication Technologies (Shanghai) have been withdrawn, ending a nearly... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Innoscience has secured another legal victory in its ongoing patent dispute with Infineon Technologies, after a Chinese court upheld the validity of two of its core gallium nitride, or GaN, patents.
April 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s IP High Court has canceled a JPO, decision that upheld a thermoplastic resin patent used in display materials, finding that the invention was obvious and that its claimed performance benefits weren’t c... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 28, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Ahead of the fast-approaching trial of Aliaksandr Klimenka, accused of "controlling" the BTC-e cryptocurrency that was once one of the primary ways by which cybercriminals around the world transferred, launder... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A former financial director of Stericycle’s Latin American division has pleaded not guilty to US charges over his alleged role in a foreign bribery scheme at the waste-management firm, according to court recor... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
International law firm Dentons is facing a further UK court case over its handling of a wealthy client after court of appeal judges rejected its bid to dismiss the case on Monday. The case is focused on claims... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of the Treasury announced that is has initiated a review of certified community development financial institutions to identify potential violations of applicable law or CDFI requirements.
April 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK’s financial regulator has been given some relief in its push to roll out a sweeping redress plan for the car-finance mis-selling scandal, after the industry’s main trade body confirmed it would not moun... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU finance ministers have been asked to consider the scope of direct supervision and the governance framework in a policy initiative to improve the EU's capital markets called the Market Integrat... (more story)
Trade View More
April 27, 2026 | Bradley Dress
Asia, North America
The US Court of International Trade ruled that Customs and Border Protection cannot impose interim measures in a pending case concerning low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China.
April 27, 2026
North America
MLex summary: Mexican producer Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to contest the Commerce Department's March final affirmative circumvention determination on certain... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
North America
Both sides in the final hearing on US antidumping and antisubsidy duty petitions against Russian palladium agreed that speculation dominates the palladium market, but disagreed on whether that speculation refl... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies in Estonia relying heavily on electricity and exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy rate reduction of between 75 and 85 percent under a €36 million plan that has wo... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A Croatian measure worth €37 million, for the construction of two business facilities offering workspaces for the gaming sector in the town of Novska, has won state aid approval, the European Com... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Lufthansa has lost its legal challenge to a lower court verdict that ruled a German €6 billion recapitalization plan for the air carrier was illegal. In a judgment delivered Thursday, the EU's Co... (more story)
Energy View More
April 28, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a four-week consultation on further possible exemptions from EU rules on the removal and replacement of batteries. While the bloc's Batteries Regulation require... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Maine's Democratic governor said Friday that she’s vetoed a bill that would have made Maine the first US state to pause construction on large new data centers. The decision highlights the tough choices for pol... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Additional sanction proceedings against power sector companies regarding the April 2025 blackout have been opened by Spain’s competition watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competenci... (more story)
Technology View More
April 28, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippines is advancing its cybersecurity policy framework through a $25.6 million partnership with South Korea to establish a National Cyber Security Center aimed at centralizing threat mon... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU’s planned law to strengthen protection and digital fairness for consumers, the Digital Fairness Act, could create disproportionate impacts on low-risk media businesses, trade groups repres... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore is studying potential restrictions on youth access to social media and is not committing to an outright ban, Law Minister Edwin Tong said Monday, signaling a preference for targeted safeguards to add... (more story)