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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
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s government convened the third inter-ministerial task force meeting on special management of living costs on Thursday to review energy price trends and countermeasures as Middle East... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Tokyo prosecutors and Japan’s antitrust watchdog searched another gasoline distributor on Thursday, following raids a day earlier, as part of a criminal investigation into a suspected cartel involving diesel-f... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A review into the private dentistry sector has been opened by the UK competition regulator. Areas under review include whether dentists engage in any practices that may be unfair, misleading or a... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 05, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australian privacy regulator says it will not appeal the ruling that found Bunnings’ facial-recognition deployment lawful. In a statement on Thursday, the Office of the Australian Information Com... (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 05, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korea’s government is accelerating efforts to clarify copyright rules amid concerns that legal ambiguity is hampering AI companies’ access to high-quality training data. While officials say mediation has... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 05, 2026
Asia
MLex summary: The Philippine Competition Commission cleared the proposed acquisition by DoubleDragon Corporation of shares in MerryMart Consumer Corporation, issuing its decision ahead of the Phase 1 review de... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Sumitomo Forestry, a Japanese homebuilder and timber company, and California-based homebuilder Tri Pointe Homes have filed their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification with the US Department of... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Economic incentives that drive innovation, rather than promises to innovate, should be key for deals to pass EU merger review following an overhaul, a top EU enforcer said.
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 05, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
A tech safety advocate told jurors Wednesday that Instagram’s teen safety features fail to shield young users from harmful content, as the State of New Mexico wrapped its case accusing Meta Platforms of mislea... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
A jury in the ongoing California trial in Los Angeles over social media’s role in youth mental health saw medical records that depicted the plaintiff’s problems with social media, in an attempt to counter Meta... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Meta Platforms, Google, Snap and TikTok are asking a US judge to narrow the evidence a jury will hear in a bellwether trial over youth social media use, seeking to bar testimony that students were “addicted” t... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 05, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
Intellectual property rights holders in Indonesia can now pursue takedown and blocking of online content infringing trademarks, patents and other IP rights under a ministerial regulation that extends enforceme... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
The US Patent and Trademark Office is looking to university campuses to host its community outreach offices across the country, an effort tech transfer leaders tell MLex will uplift innovation. The focus also ... (more story)
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.
Financial Crime View More
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Russian national pleaded guilty in US federal court to a wire fraud conspiracy charge connected to a ransomware conspiracy. Evgenii Ptitsyn administered the sale, distribution, and operation of... (more story)
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Christine Hunsicker, founder and former chief executive of CaaStle, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud hundreds of investors in the retail-technology busine... (more story)
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)
Financial Services View More
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)
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)
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 | 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 | 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)
State Aid View More
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)
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)
Energy View More
March 05, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump unveiled a five-point Ratepayer Protection Pledge signed by seven American technology companies. The pledge states that signatories "agree to protect American consumers fro... (more story)
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)
Technology View More
March 05, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Samsung Electronics is being investigated by South Korea’s antitrust watchdog after a subcontractor alleged it was pressured to relocate US production closer to Samsung’s logistics base, only to later face ste... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
A former BSE Global executive testified Wednesday that Live Nation retaliated against the venue operator by not rebooking a canceled Billie Eilish concert after it partnered with SeatGeek for ticketing. The go... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Epic Games and Google said Wednesday that they reached a new comprehensive settlement that addresses a US judge’s concerns about their initial deal to modify a court-ordered injunction mandating changes to the... (more story)