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Antitrust, Technology
March 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Data Privacy and Security
March 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift
North America
Financial Crime
March 03, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Antitrust View More
March 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe, Latin America
Meta Platforms is allowing AI chatbots to temporarily access WhatsApp in the EU and Brazil in response to regulators' concerns. The company, which argues that WhatsApp wasn’t designed to carry heavy traffic fr... (more story)
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Google and Epic Games filed a renewed joint motion to modify a court-ordered injunction issued in their US antitrust litigation. The parties wrote that following a January hearing, they returned ... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
The Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal unanimously voted to close an investigation into four companies and four individuals over alleged anticompetitive conduct in a Superior Court of Justice (STJ) bid... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Google is facing a lawsuit filed by the family of a Florida man that alleges the company’s Gemini AI chatbot spent weeks manufacturing an elaborate delusional fantasy before helping him commit su... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
The Brazilian Competition Tribunal upheld on Wednesday the preventive measure that requires Meta to suspend its new WhatsApp Business API terms that would effectively block external artificial‑intelligence pro... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU energy sector will get harmonized procedures for access to data via the Common European Energy Data Space initiative which is planned for 2027, according to a strategic roadmap draft for d... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 04, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads should be obliged to provide ordinary course documents that are likely to clarify the antitrust risk level of their deal, a lawyer with the US Department of Justice... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
EU criteria for monitoring foreign investments in strategic ports will be set and market access possibly restricted under an EU ports strategy issued by the European Commission on Wednesday. The review of the ... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: New EU maritime and ports strategies which aim to boost competitiveness and support the clean energy transition, security and resilience have been published by the European Commission. The plans ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools.
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a consultation on draft guidance aimed at helping companies comply with the obligations of the Cyber Resilience Act, as it steps up preparations ahead of the la... (more story)
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)
Intellectual Property View More
March 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
A brewing battle between the US Department of Defense and Anthropic over military use of advanced artificial intelligence could be a pivotal moment for intellectual property rights in government contracting.
March 04, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court has revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring’s sleep-therapy patent in counterclaim proceedings brought by Philips, clearing its NightBalance device of infringement in three countries. ABM pl... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s top market authority has issued sweeping new rules broadening trade-secret protection to formally cover algorithms, data and even unsuccessful research results, as the country adapts its regulatory reg... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
UBS has been cleared of a Credit Suisse legacy issue by Switzerland’s appeal court over claims that the lender failed to prevent an employee from laundering the proceeds of Bulgarian drug money through the ban... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to grant the US government's effort to forfeit condominiums and bank accounts held by two companies controlled by ... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The Taipei District Prosecutors Office announced it has completed an investigation into an alleged money laundering scheme by the Cambodian Prince Group, unsealing indictments of 62 individuals a... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial watchdog said on Wednesday that car-finance lenders will have between three and five months to process the claims generated by a nationwide redress program. The final details o... (more story)
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
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)
Trade View More
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex summary: US Customs and Border Protection said in a detailed response to a Court of International Trade order that officials are still liquidating entries for International Emergency Economic Powers Act d... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet
Europe
Debate about the scope of the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act is far from over, despite the European Commission’s much-delayed plan being formally presented by industry chief Stéphane Séjourné on Wednesday. Qu... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Lawmakers of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee on Wednesday further delayed their vote on the EU-US trade deal. The parliament was set to vote on March 10 on the implementation of the EU-... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
The European Commission is moving forward its search for the new director-general of its powerful competition department, agreeing Wednesday to publish an ad for the position, MLex has learned. Olivier Guersen... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Parties interested in Slovenia's transfer of assets from the Ljubljana municipality to pharmacy chain Lekarna Ljubljana have now one month to provide input to the European Commission. The state a... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The Netherlands has warned against integrating economic security elements into the upcoming European Commission’s clean industry proposal – the Industrial Accelerator Act – which is set to come out Wednesday, ... (more story)
Energy View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Hungarian oil company MOL and its Slovak subsidiary Slovnaft have filed an antirust complaint with the European Commission, accusing Croatian pipeline operator JANAF of abusing its market power b... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Matthew Newman
Europe
The EU energy sector would see a "Common European Energy Data Space" realized early next year to harmonize data access, under proposals in a draft European Commission roadmap. Agreements between public authori... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday presented the Industrial Accelerator Act, aimed at boosting investment in the bloc's clean industry while also cutting the EU's dependency on other countries.... (more story)
Technology View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Daily internet use among young Europeans has reached near universality, while cyberbullying, grooming, manipulative design and AI-driven harms outpace fragmented enforcement across member states,... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states have agreed their stance on changes to the bloc’s law on critical raw materials, aiming to strengthen supply security and boost recycling. The proposal shifts responsibility for ... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak
Asia
After veteran lawmaker Jun Azumi was defeated in Japan’s Feb. 8 general election and lost the seat he had held for three decades, he renewed calls for Tokyo to tighten rules governing online content. Days befo... (more story)