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Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence
March 24, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
March 24, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
March 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Madeline Hughes
North America
Antitrust View More
March 25, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Antitrust enforcers may risk constraining effective remedies if they draw overly rigid distinctions between merger and conduct cases, according to a panel discussion Wednesday between US federal and state enfo... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes
Asia, Europe, North America
US state attorneys general are rapidly expanding their role as de facto national enforcers, stepping into cases and policy fights that federal agencies are no longer pursuing. With federal enforcement capacity... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Nexstar Media Group said lawsuits brought by a coalition of states and DirecTV fail to show a “likelihood of success” in blocking its acquisition of Tegna and asks the courts to deny the requested temporary re... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 25, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi and Inbar Preiss
Europe
The European Commission has sent questions to countries on the Copyright Directive’s impact, covering AI data mining rules, platform liability, publishers’ rights, and remuneration ahead of a broader review la... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe, North America
Meta Platforms’ move to charge AI chatbots a “rather large amount of money” to reach users by distributing their service of the WhatsApp messaging platform is under scrutiny at the European Commission, accordi... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Disagreements over preferred types of energy generation and debates about whether and how the federal government should preempt US state and local decisionmakers are complicating bipartisan permitting reform t... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 25, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe, North America
Algorithms that automatically determine product pricing are subject to a broad review by EU competition enforcers and have already thrown up some “anomalous” contacts, Linsey McCallum said. The acting director... (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)
March 25, 2026 | Claude Marx
North America
US Representative Becca Balint said Wednesday that by focusing on economic concentration issues, Democrats can be effective at addressing the concerns of citizens across the ideological spectrum.
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Children’s data is facing stricter regulation as more transparency requirements by the US Federal Trade Commission and the state of Maryland take effect in April, regulators said Wednesday.
March 25, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
A state court jury in California found Meta Platforms and YouTube are liable for causing the mental health problems suffered by the 20-year-old plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging social media’s role in the deteri... (more story)
March 25, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, along with 26 data protection and privacy authorities, announced the conclusion of a global privacy sweep that highlights how child-friendly practices on websites a... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 25, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Barriers to success for military inventions run deeper than just the need for more funding, legal experts have said in response to a call for tax relief for helping companies monetize their intellectual proper... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Tokyo court ruled that a fish vaccine patent held by Kyoritsu Seiyaku, a veterinary pharmaceutical company, extended to a product by its rival Biosiense using a bacterium later reclassified under a different... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Torrent Pharmaceuticals has been cleared to launch its semaglutide product after an Indian court found no infringement of Novo Nordisk’s formulation patent. The Delhi High Court stressed claim scope limits, pe... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 25, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey told a London court on Wednesday that he was the “victim” as the UK's financial regulator scrutinized whether his firm could continue to meet compliance requirements in the wake... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A woman suspected of links to a $2 billion money laundering scandal in Singapore who has been ordered to disclose the source of her UK property and cash holdings would face “devastation” to her reputation if h... (more story)
March 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Uruguayan man pleaded guilty to agreeing to use an unlicensed money services business to circumvent US sanctions on Venezuela by transferring nearly $100,000 from the Dominican Republic into a ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK financial advice firms may be able to provide simpler advice to consumers after a new proposal from the Financial Conduct Authority. The regulator said "simplified advice is not new," but adde... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is expected by mid-June to put forward a proposal to offset bank capital requirement increases due to the implementation of internationally agreed Basel III standards. Pro... (more story)
March 24, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The European Commission will propose bank-specific multipliers to neutralize capital increases under Basel III market risk rules from January 2027, draft texts show. The multipliers will be individually calibr... (more story)
Trade View More
March 25, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump said he will hold a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing from May 14 - 15. Trump also said he will host Xi in Washington later this year.
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 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
Several EU member states have said they need more time to address a draft version of an EU-US critical minerals strategy, MLex understands. The two sides are finalizing a memorandum of understanding and action... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Spain has won clearance for a plan worth €50 million to support projects to decarbonize industrial process heat via innovative technologies. The aid will take the form of a fixed premium per ton ... (more story)
March 24, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Nominations for 13 new EU Court of Justice judges and six advocates general are needed as soon as possible, EU capitals have been urged by the court's president. The terms of the incumbents end on Oct. 6 next ... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A national court or tribunal of last instance must always give reasons when refusing to refer questions on the application of EU law to the bloc's top court, the Court of Justice said in a ruling... (more story)
Energy View More
March 25, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
Chinese wind turbine maker Ming Yang has been blocked from building a £1.5 billion factory in Scotland over potential national security concerns. The UK government said it would continue to welcome investment ... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
An update to EU rules designed to make the bloc less dependent on countries like China for critical raw materials should recognize materials recovered from manufacturing waste to boost recycling in the bloc, a... (more story)
March 24, 2026
North America
MLex summary: The US Federal Communications Commission updated its covered list to include all imports of consumer-grade routers, prohibiting them from importation. The decision comes after an interagency body... (more story)
Technology View More
March 25, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Social-media company X is due to see a high-profile Dutch court ruling on Thursday in litigation over its chatbot Grok's use of AI to generate and distribute sexually explicit imagery, including non-consensual... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Big tech companies are starting to face private litigation to force compliance with the EU's digital services law, raising questions about how these case could shape standards across the bloc. While national c... (more story)
March 25, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK government remains “genuinely open” to introducing a social media ban for users under-16s, tech minister Liz Kendall has said following the announcement of a pilot trial of the measure alongside curfews... (more story)