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Data Privacy and Security
April 24, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Energy, Trade
April 24, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Artificial Intelligence, Energy
April 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
April 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Samsung told a US federal judge that a statement of interest by the Department of Justice does not supersede binding Third Circuit precedent, nor does it provide a basis to dismiss Samsung’s mono... (more story)
April 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of states opposed a motion for judgment in their monopolization case against Syngenta and Corteva over crop protection products, saying that it res... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK building contractor R. Magowan, car dealer C. Russell and timber merchant John Rodgers have settled with truckmaker Iveco following UK litigation over cartelized practices, according to orders... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Global Disinformation Index agreed to dismiss its case against the US Federal Trade Commission over a civil investigative demand after the agency withdrew the CID.
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial watchdog said that it's a "challenge" for financial firms to assess whether supplier-led AI activities align with firms’ own risk frameworks. The Financial Conduct Authority re... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Canadian AI company Cohere and German competitor Aleph Alpha announced their planned merger on Friday. Together with German retailer The Schwarz Group, the companies say they plan to develop AI-s... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Charter Communications said that it is working with the California Public Utilities Commission towards a closing of its proposed $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications this summer. The company previou... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
US catering company Aramark is to pursue an appeal in Scotland after it was refused permission by the UK's antitrust court to contest a ruling that it could not seek to overturn a veto on its buyout of rival E... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will be incorporating fresh data into their forthcoming revised merger application with the US Surface Transportation Board with an eye toward justifying the deal more thorou... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 24, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday about whether geofence warrants served on tech companies for use in criminal cases are constitutional. The court will hear the case of Okello Chatrie, who is app... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Norway’s planned law banning social media for children until the start of the year they are due to turn 16 should specify how tech companies should carry out age verification to ensure good priva... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Norway's government plans to send a bill to parliament by the end of this year that would ban social media use for children until the start of the year that they are due to turn 16. Under the new... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 24, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Bargain Busting, a British distributor of e-cigarettes, or vapes, has failed in a bid to bring a contempt of court charge against Chinese rival Shenzhen SKE Technology in the UK courts over a disputed trademar... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s photovoltaic sector has launched its first patent pool, in line with Beijing’s push to establish such mechanisms in key industries to accelerate patent commercialization and strengthen the innovation e... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Norwegian furniture maker Stokke AS and design studio Peter Opsvik AS on Friday, holding that the Tripp Trapp infant chair does not qualify for copyright protection ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary. The sentencing of former coal sales executive Charles Hunter Hobson following his conviction for bribery of Egyptian officials was adjourned to Aug. 4, a US judge ordered.
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European fraud prosecutors have opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson, a former UK minister and European Commissioner. The investigation by OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, is underst... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A woman handed a dirty-cash order by UK prosecutors over her suspected links to a $2 billion money laundering scandal in Singapore can be named, a judge said on Friday. The woman, 24, was told in March that sh... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 24, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A group of UK car finance lenders involved in the £9.1 billion ($12.3 billion) misselling scandal has asked the country's appeal court to block car finance claims from being pursued against them through mass c... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
EU regulators and economists are pushing back against the banking sector's claims that looser US capital rules create unfair competition, arguing that the US Basel III framework remains stricter than Europe's.... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Central Bank has agreed with three standard‑setting organizations to use existing open technical standards for future digital euro payments. The partnering bodies are the European Ca... (more story)
Trade View More
April 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade partially remanded the Commerce Department's final results in the 11th administrative review of the antisubsidy duty order on Chinese multilayered wood floorin... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Zack Budryk
Europe, North America
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and his European counterparts on Friday announced an agreement between the US and European Union to explore strategy on critical mineral supply chains, confirming draft l... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will accelerate its shift to domestic clean energy and push to complete the single market by 2027, following talks in Cyprus between... (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 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Additional sanction proceedings against power sector companies regarding the April 2025 blackout have been opened by Spain’s energy regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia on... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission, EU lawmakers and member states agreed a joint roadmap to deliver a fully integrated single market by end-2027, with key steps starting in 2026. The plan, dubbed "One Euro... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The EU and US aim to work together to support the supply of critical minerals crucial to their commercial and defense industries — through possible coordinated trade policies and mechanisms including market an... (more story)
Technology View More
April 23, 2026 | Neil Roland
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Giant crypto-asset intermediaries such as Binance, Crypto.com and Bybit need comprehensive policy oversight and cross-border supervision to prevent disruptions from spilling into the broader financial system, ... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US White House issued a statement saying that the government has evidence that foreign entities, primarily in China, are running industrial-scale distillation campaigns to steal American arti... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
A New Jersey federal judge remanded the state’s lawsuit against Discord, which alleged state consumer protection violations, back to state court on Wednesday.