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Trade
March 26, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
Financial Services
March 26, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
Intellectual Property
March 26, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Antitrust View More
March 26, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Federal antitrust enforcers can't be relied on to be consistent partners for merit-based merger reviews, a Colorado senior official said, underscoring growing state skepticism about alignment with the federal ... (more story)
March 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: X Corp. failed to sufficiently plead US antitrust claims against the World Federation of Advertisers and companies that paid for ads over an alleged group boycott to withhold advertising revenue,... (more story)
March 26, 2026 | Claude Marx
North America
Strong antitrust enforcement is more effective than regulation and often results in exceptional economic growth, former US Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater said Thursday.
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 26, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
How the EU's AI law interacts with sectoral product laws looks set to be the key bone of contention in the final stage of talks on a package of amendments to the bloc's landmark law that aim to make it simpler... (more story)
March 26, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Mike Swift
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania
The world's privacy and AI professionals are set to converge on Washington DC for the International Association of Privacy Professional's annual Global Summit. For the first time, “privacy” isn't the summit’s ... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a legislative package to amend the EU AI Act, known as the digital omnibus on AI, with 569 votes in favor and 45 against. The vote largely confirmed t... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 26, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Parties to a merger should be open with enforcers about any potential concerns, according to New Jersey Antitrust Section Chief David Reichenberg. Rather than claiming a deal only has a long list of positives,... (more story)
March 26, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Slideshow presentations in US antitrust cases can be a “sin,” a game-changing litigation tool, or “ridiculous and absurd,” a panel of federal judges said Thursday.
March 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The US Department of Justice's failure to apply the merger guidelines to a merger between Nexstar and Tegna is a "warning sign" and the deal "must be stopped" because it will raise cable and satellite prices a... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 26, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Social-media company X has lost a Dutch court case over its chatbot Grok’s ability to generate and distribute sexually explicit imagery, including non-consensual “nudified” images of Dutch residents. Judges ci... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: X’s chatbot Grok will have to ban its functionality to generate and distribute non-consensual “nudified” images and child sexual abuse material in the Netherlands, a Dutch court ruled on Thursday... (more story)
March 26, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Mike Swift
Europe
A proposed 36-month EU timeline to phase out high-risk vendors from 5G networks is based on the experience of member states and years of preparatory work under the bloc’s 5G security framework, the European Co... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys
Europe
The UPC this week reinforced procedural rules, rejecting bids to suspend injunctions and limiting preliminary objections in REEL v Fives. Valeo upheld jurisdiction against Bosch, while Amgen’s win stands after... (more story)
March 26, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
The semaglutide legal battle in India has entered a new phase, with Novo Nordisk taking on Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories over formulation patents and trademark concerns, just after the expiry of the patent protecti... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Asia, Europe, North America
The intellectual property ecosphere is no longer just about securing rights. Where innovation takes place, and where it remains, are paramount, experts agreed Wednesday.
Financial Crime View More
March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Damen Shipyards Group said allegations of fraud and sanctions violations brought by Dutch prosecutors have had a “significant impact” on the company. Units of the conglomerate faces bribery and sanctions claim... (more story)
March 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: At the joint request of the prosecution and the defense, a US judge rescheduled the corruption trial of former medical device company executive David Ferrera to May 2027. At his arraignment, the ... (more story)
March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
International law firm Dentons should face a re-run of a UK court case over claims that it breached money-laundering rules in its handling of a wealthy client, a London appeal court was told Thursday.
Financial Services View More
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Transition Finance Council has released a set of guidelines to unlock transition finance, which is understood as the investment needed to help the decarbonization of high-emitting sectors.... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Prudential Regulation Authority finalized a package of changes to firms’ resolution reporting and disclosure requirements. The regulator said the UK’s resolution regime is designed to ensure ... (more story)
March 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent letters to PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard warning them about denying customers access to services due to their political or religiou... (more story)
Trade View More
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states call for ambitious reform of the World Trade Organization to address current global challenges in conclusions published ahead of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Cameroo... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The US looks forward to a "swift conclusion" to discussions between EU negotiators to finalize the EU-US trade deal, the US ambassador to the EU said in response to the European Parliament's appr... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Parliament's vote in favor of the EU-US trade deal is an "important step to stabilize transatlantic trade relations," Wolfgang Niedermark, member of the Executive Board of the Federa... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies and their main components will be eligible for direct grants under a Spanish regional plan wor... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A Romanian law granting the rights to services guiding ships in and out of ports exclusively to public authorities could potentially amount to state aid, an opinion prepared for the EU’s top cour... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A Belgian tax program that exempted certain "excess profits" of Belgian companies as being part of multinationals was correctly identified by the European Commission as illegal state aid, accordi... (more story)
Energy View More
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Concentrated clean-energy supply chains leave key technologies vulnerable to disruption, with China dominating most manufacturing steps and every major chain containing at least one weak link, an... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Plans for the EU to phase out Russian fossil fuels remain on track despite delays and political pressure, the bloc's energy chief, Dan Jørgensen, said as lawmakers clashed in debate over Russian energy depende... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
German carrier Deutsche Lufthansa voiced concerns over “competitive distortions” between EU and foreign airlines at a meeting with the bloc’s competition chief, according to minutes published on Wednesday. Luf... (more story)
Technology View More
March 26, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Netflix will see key legal questions in its challenge to a Wallonia-Brussels streaming levy — including its compatibility with the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive — decided at the EU level, after Bel... (more story)
March 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Netflix largely lost its bid to annul a Wallonia-Brussels decree imposing up to a 9.5 percent levy on streaming services after Belgium’s Constitutional Court, in a ruling and accompanying press r... (more story)
March 26, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The EU needs a risk-based, proportionate approach to cloud sovereignty, Denmark is urging in a bid to influence an upcoming legislative proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act, MLex has learned. It should ... (more story)