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Artificial Intelligence, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade
April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Data Privacy and Security
April 24, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Energy, Trade
April 24, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Antitrust View More
April 27, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Meta Platforms has been scheduled an antitrust hearing in Brussels on May 5 over its decision to charge other companies for putting their AI chatbots on its WhatsApp service, MLex has learned. Meta started cha... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
A Hawaii federal judge has dismissed again a challenge by a group of consumers seeking to undo Alaska Air Group’s acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. The court had granted a motion to dismiss the initial complai... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: An Italian association of ski-infrastructure operators, Federconsorzio Dolomiti SuperSki, and 12 local ski-lift providers in the Dolomite mountains have proposed remedies to settle a probe by Ita... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 27, 2026
Asia
Mlex Summary: China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top economic planner, said Monday it has blocked the foreign acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus and ordered the... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Malaysia’s digital minister Gobind Singh Deo said responsibility for artificial intelligence must remain with human actors, even as policymakers debate AI legal personality. Speaking at a legal conference on M... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Saturday that it opposes US export control bills, including the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware Act, or MATCH Act, passe... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 27, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic’s acquisition of energy company Italiana Petroli has received approval from the EU under its foreign subsidy rules. The European Commission had a Monday deadlin... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Uniform and workplace services providers Cintas and UniFirst have filed paperwork for their $5.5 billion deal with the US competition authorities. The companies submitted the notification on April 8 and the wa... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore has flagged potential competition concerns in SUTL Enterprise’s proposed acquisition of Marina at Keppel Bay, following a Phase 1 review. The ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has called on internet platforms and delivery companies to better protect gig workers’ rights, urging tighter oversight of algorithms, stronger data privacy safeguards and curbs on unfair fees and anti-c... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security sent a new draft decree guiding the implementation of the cybersecurity law to the Ministry of Justice for assessment on Saturday. Compared with the previous... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore is studying potential restrictions on youth access to social media and is not committing to an outright ban, Law Minister Edwin Tong said Monday, signaling a preference for targeted safeguards to add... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Innoscience has secured another legal victory in its ongoing patent dispute with Infineon Technologies, after a Chinese court upheld the validity of two of its core gallium nitride, or GaN, patents.
April 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s IP High Court has canceled a JPO, decision that upheld a thermoplastic resin patent used in display materials, finding that the invention was obvious and that its claimed performance benefits weren’t c... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
An Indian court has set aside the refusal of Huntington Alloys’ patent application, ruling that authorities must provide reasoned explanations even in atomic energy cases.
Financial Crime View More
April 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
International law firm Dentons is facing a further UK court case over its handling of a wealthy client after court of appeal judges rejected its bid to dismiss the case on Monday. The case is focused on claims... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Asia, Latin America
MLex Summary: In a disclosure to the Singapore Stock Exchange, Seatrium said the general division of the High Court in Singapore has approved a deferred-prosecution agreement related to the Operation Car Wash ... (more story)
April 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned China-based independent teapot refinery Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., one of Iran’s largest customers for cr... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK’s financial regulator has been given some relief in its push to roll out a sweeping redress plan for the car-finance mis-selling scandal, after the industry’s main trade body confirmed it would not moun... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU finance ministers have been asked to consider the scope of direct supervision and the governance framework in a policy initiative to improve the EU's capital markets called the Market Integrat... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial regulator has said it wants to simplify its rules on information sharing during initial public offerings, after the industry said the current framework is costly and complex. T... (more story)
Trade View More
April 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined solar cells from Indonesia, Laos and India are sold or likely to be sold at less than fair value in the US. The preliminary determination follows investi... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Companies covered by the EU’s deforestation law will receive a simplification review in the coming days, without reopening the core legislation, a European Commission spokesperson said Monday. The package will... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The European Commission’s upcoming clean industry act will be in line with international obligations including those under the World Trade Organization, the commission said on Monday in response to Chinese con... (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 | Amy Miller
North America
Maine's Democratic governor said Friday that she’s vetoed a bill that would have made Maine the first US state to pause construction on large new data centers. The decision highlights the tough choices for pol... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Additional sanction proceedings against power sector companies regarding the April 2025 blackout have been opened by Spain’s competition watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competenci... (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)
Technology View More
April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore is preparing to start its new Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) framework, introducing a dedicated Online Safety Commission with powers to order rapid content removal and strengthen victim re... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers
North America
Pork processors are set to face off against Minnesota direct action plaintiffs in an alleged price-fixing civil lawsuit, with a US federal judge setting Sept. 9 as the trial date following weeks of discussion.
April 24, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
Asia, North America
Antitrust attorneys have been leaving the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice to take jobs with state attorneys general, lured by a jump in hiring, greater responsibility, more geographic ... (more story)