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Artificial Intelligence, Energy
March 05, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Data Privacy and Security
March 05, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Antitrust, Technology
March 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Antitrust View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Apple and Amazon are the target of a proposed UK mass claim over its marketplace practices, according to a filing with the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The claim is led by vehicle JLP A&A Class R... (more story)
March 05, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Breaking up dominant US meatpackers and reviewing the operations of foreign-owned agriculture industry companies will expand competition, create greater fairness for farmers and ranchers, improve... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Shein has lost its bid to challenge a ruling from the UK competition tribunal that ordered it to disclose information on its suppliers in order to assist rival Temu's antitrust litigation against... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 05, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Google’s Gemini will be under scrutiny at the EU’s top court next week, in a case brought by a Hungarian publisher that promises to help define how the bloc’s copyright law applies to AI training and chatbot s... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s strength in renewable energy will shield the country’s artificial-intelligence expansion from the power shortages seen in other markets, a senior state-asset official said, drawing a contrast with elec... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged Thursday to address employment challenges brought by artificial intelligence while ensuring the technology becomes a driver of job creation, underscoring Beijing's dual emphasi... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 05, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Competition authorities should take a “critical” view of claims by merging companies that their deals should be approved because they would bring environmental benefits, according to Martijn Snoep, the head of... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
Getty Images may be tempted to take a dual-track approach with the UK merger watchdog by offering remedies while at the same time contesting that any such measures are necessary to ease the regulator’s concern... (more story)
March 05, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Former Surface Transportation Board commissioner Robert Primus failed to "plausibly allege" that his firing by President Donald Trump was due to race, the US Department of Justice argued in a cou... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 05, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
A second major carmaker has been hit with a privacy fine by the California Privacy Protection Agency. The Ford Motor Company will pay a $375,703 fine for making it too difficult for car buyers to opt out of th... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
The EU’s approach to online safety for young users was discussed on Thursday as the bloc’s new expert panel held its first closed-door meeting, opened by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Meta is facing questions from UK and Irish data protection authorities over its handling of personal data captured by its AI smart glasses, following media reports that subcontracted workers in Kenya viewed se... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 05, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams, Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court this week dismissed TCL Europe’s revocation bid against Corning, invalidated International N&H Denmark’s sugar-processing patent, revoked ABM’s sleep-therapy patent in Philips’ favor, ... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe, North America
Recent court rulings on the patentability of software in the US and UK might appear to illustrate a growing divide on the issue between the two jurisdictions, but the relationship between the two approaches is... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Conflicting high court rulings on whether Phonographic Performance Limited must register as a copyright society have split India’s music licensing regime, with major consequences for pending infringement suits.
Financial Crime View More
March 05, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: AUSTRAC published guidance on its new compulsory examination powers under Australian anti-money laundering law, with the agency saying it aimed to set clear expectations for businesses and indivi... (more story)
March 05, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: In a motion to dismiss a US lawsuit filed by victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Binance said it's not responsible for the attack and purported failures in its anti-money launderi... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Two men facing fraud charges linked to collapsed UK funeral-plan provider Safe Hands Plans have denied the allegations, and will face criminal trials beginning in October 2028. Safe Hands Plans collapsed in Ma... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has issued new standards on how branches of non-EU banks must report information to supervisors. These branches will have to report under the new standards starting... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has developed the country's first homegrown blockchain operating system with a dedicated acceleration chip, marking a significant advance in Beijing's campaign for technological self-reliance in critical... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Kraken became the first cryptocurrency firm to be granted access to the US Federal Reserve’s payments system, drawing consternation from banking groups. “As we know, the payments landscape is actively evolving... (more story)
Trade View More
March 05, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has sustained the results of a Commerce Department remand reviewing antidumping duties of certain Chinese imports of passenger cars. Chief Judge Mark Barnett i... (more story)
March 05, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics said in a new report that import prices rose 0.2 percent in January, the same as the increase percentage in December. Export prices also increased at the same ra... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: French lawmaker Christophe Grudler will lead the European Parliament’s work on the Industrial Accelerator Act, he announced in a LinkedIn post Thursday. The lawmaker, a member of the centrist Ren... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 05, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Senior enforcers Maria Jaspers and Inge Bernaerts will move to new jobs in the EU’s competition department as the European Commission rotates some staff, MLex has learned. Jaspers, who has long led the EU’s ch... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Spain's €200 million national plan to support manufacturing of battery and energy storage technologies and hydrogen technologies for electric vehicles has been approved by the European Commission... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Twenty new industrial sectors and two sub-sectors will be eligible for state aid in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, to prevent carbon leakage, under changes to guidelines to assess public fund... (more story)
Energy View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU ministers on Thursday adopted the amended European climate law, which sets a 90 percent reduction target by 2040 in net greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels. From 2036 onwards, 5 p... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A just transition must be at the core of the rollout of the EU’s new carbon pricing system for road transport and buildings, the European Environment Agency has said. In two briefings published o... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission should be more strategic in the way it supports countries outside the EU in strengthening their nuclear safety, the EU's external auditor has said. A strategy would identi... (more story)
Technology View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has said it reported a record number of dangerous non-food product alerts in 2025 under the EU’s Safety Gate system, with cosmetics accounting for more than a third of not... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Child safety online is the focus of the first meeting of the European Commission’s new Special Panel, taking place on Thursday. The group was convened by commission President Ursula von der Leyen... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Indonesia’s Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid conducted a surprise inspection of Meta Platforms’ operational office in Jakarta on Wednesday before issuing a stern warning... (more story)