Artificial Intelligence, Energy
October 09, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Technology
October 09, 2026 | Mike Swift
Financial Crime
October 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
October 12, 2026 | Alex Wilts
In the span of less than a week, the US Federal Trade Commission secured its first Robinson-Patman Act settlement in more than 25 years and closed a separate investigation after t-shirt manufacturer Gildan Act... (more story)
October 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Apple’s latest software update includes anti-competitive ad blocking, in violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act, advocacy group Movement for an Open Web said on Monday. The group calls on the ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms' appeal against the General Court's ruling upholding the 2023 designation of its Facebook Messenger service under the Digital Markets Act was published by the EU's top court Monday... (more story)
MLex Summary: Testing AI models to ensure they’re safe before public release is no longer enough, with recent incidents showing that inadequate controls could lead to real harm even before a model was released... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
The UK will resume testing of frontier AI models following recent negotiations with the US, AI minister Kanishka Narayan said Monday, as he outlined government plans to strengthen the country's cyber defenses ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Tech companies developing the world’s most advanced AI systems will be urged to strengthen safeguards, in a speech to be made on Monday by the UK AI minister. Kanishka Narayan will also announce ... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Nvidia is likely to argue that its proposed acquisition of Hugging Face would strengthen open-source artificial intelligence and expand demand for computing, while any attempt to steer developers toward its ow... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Lewis Crofts
XXXLutz faces an in-depth probe by the European Commission of its acquisition of German rival Porta over concerns it would result in high market shares, MLex has learned. The Austrian furniture retailer had no... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Jon Menon
RHI Magnesita, the market leader in high grade refractory products is in talks to buy Vesuvius, seen by some as its main rival. The deal could face antitrust scrutiny over their overlapping supplies of heat-re... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday over who counts as a consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act — the first time the high court will hear a case on the 1988 law being used in th... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission should ask Austria to pause its plan to restrict under-14s’ access to certain video-sharing platforms pending negotiations on the EU Kids Act which aims to introduce age l... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Microsoft-owned advertising technology company Xandr has received the Norwegian Data Protection Authority’s largest-ever fine for breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation by unlawfully processing ... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
An EU court adviser will deliver an opinion on Nov. 3 in a closely watched Google Gemini copyright case, after an earlier date was dropped. The ruling to follow could clarify AI training and publishers’ rights... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s Guangzhou intellectual property authority has ordered three businesses to stop selling earphones that infringe a Huawei industrial-design patent and keep remaining inventory off the market, highlightin... (more story)
October 09, 2026 | Steve Scherer
Lawyers who followed last week’s en banc rehearing in a copyright plaintiff’s appeal of an adverse jury verdict say the US Ninth Circuit appears open to revising an intrinsic test for substantial similarity. A... (more story)
MLex Summary: The UK government has set out proposals that would see the Serious Fraud Office given powers to reward whistleblowers who provide information that leads to successful cases. The consultation pape... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Proposals that would see UK whistleblowers paid for information they give to the Serious Fraud Office to help crack financial crime cases were set out in a consultation paper on Monday. The paper noted that co... (more story)
A third-party consultant to tech company Supermicro pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to divert billions of dollars’ worth of servers integrated with Nvidia artificial intelligence technology to China, ac... (more story)
MLex Summary: A new compromise on cryptoasset service providers under the Market Integration and Supervision Package has been put forward by key EU lawmaker Markus Ferber, a draft obtained by MLex shows. Only ... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority on Monday published changes to prudential rules for central securities depositories, following recent reforms to EU settlement rules. The changes address new arrang... (more story)
October 09, 2026 | Neil Roland
US President Donald Trump said he has formed a committee of three of his aides to hold a hearing to investigate mortgage-fraud allegations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, months after the Supreme C... (more story)
MLex Summary: The EU and UK will hold their second summit on Nov. 20, the European Council announced Monday. European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Irish officials aim for a deal on the Industrial Accelerator Act among EU governments next month, despite ongoing disagreements over which non-EU countries and foreign-owned companies should qualify for prefer... (more story)
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The EU and Thailand have provisionally closed most chapters of their planned free trade agreement following a 10th negotiating round, the European Commission said in a report. After talks in Phuk... (more story)
MLex Summary: Parties interested in capital injections received by PostNord Strålfors — totaling €15.9 million and made by its parent company PostNord Strålfors Group — now have one month in which to send feed... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Austrian retailer Spar has filed a fresh complaint with the European Commission over Hungary’s retail tax, arguing that a July amendment leaves foreign supermarket chains facing discriminatory burdens despite ... (more story)
October 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Three companies are blocked from submitting tenders in two public projects in the Greek energy sector after the European Commission said they'd failed to provide enough information on foreign subsidies, MLex h... (more story)
MLex Summary: Oil and gas operators across the EU would use standardized templates to report their methane emissions under planned secondary legislation that the European Commission is consulting on until Nov.... (more story)
October 09, 2026
MLex Summary: US Democratic Senators Elizabeth of Massachusetts, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut issued a report on their year-long investigation into data center development... (more story)
MLex Summary: EU governments have reaffirmed a global goal to mobilize at least $300 billion annually for developing countries’ climate needs by 2035, while calling on more countries with the financial capacit... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Instagram’s Instants feature didn't meet the threshold requiring an additional risk assessment under the EU’s digital services law, Meta Platforms has said, adding that it reviewed the risks and briefed the Eu... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Australia’s proposed digital duty-of-care, expected to be introduced in parliament this week, faces demands by the Greens for compensation rights and fines tied to tech companies’ global revenue. The duty-of-c... (more story)
MLex Summary: Six European and national industry groups representing companies including Iliad, Digi, Colt Technology Services and 1&1 have formed the Digital Networks Alliance for Europe, or DNA Europe, accor... (more story)