Energy, Financial Crime, Trade
October 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Technology
October 13, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
Africa, Europe, North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
October 12, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
October 14, 2026
MLex Summary: Manufacturers of corrugated cardboard are under investigation by Spain's competition authority over suspected cartel practices, the CNMC said on Wednesday. The authority said it's examining possi... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
EU competition boss Teresa Ribera has defended an antitrust settlement with Sanofi for concluding in record time and securing benefits for millions of citizens receiving flu jabs.
Asia
MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission is stepping up efforts to prevent bid rigging in Okinawa, with the Cabinet Office's Okinawa General Bureau set to meet public procurement officials on Dec. 11 to s... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Masha Borak
Ireland is establishing a government forum with employers and trade unions to address AI’s impact on the labor market, Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced at the International AI Summit. Speaking at the ev... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
The prospect of dedicated AI regulation in the UK remains up in the air, as is the question of whether the country's AI Security Institute should be given statutory powers for safety testing, a government offi... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Meta Platforms faces two separate sets of summary proceedings in the Netherlands after consumer and advocacy groups said it failed to address privacy concerns over its smart glasses. Dutch consumer group Consu... (more story)
MLex Summary: Rewe, Germany's second-largest supermarket chain, has secured approval to acquire 38 Tegut stores, after agreeing not to buy two additional outlets in the state of Hesse for at least four years. ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Germany's competition watchdog should strengthen its independence from political influence and accelerate its digital transformation, the German Monopolies Commission said in a special report. Th... (more story)
MLex Summary: TCL Electronics' proposed acquisition of Sony's home entertainment business through its wholly owned subsidiary TTE Corporation; a joint venture between Singapore's PSA International and Japanese... (more story)
MLex Summary: Japan’s data protection authority proposed rules Wednesday for calculating administrative fines under the amended personal information protection law, including a 50 percent reduction for compani... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefónica might see a revamp of the EU’s telecom rules in 2027 as EU governments edge toward an agreement on a package of telecom regulations as early as the end of this year, a E... (more story)
MLex Summary: X faces a narrower UK investigation over its Grok AI chatbot, with the communications regulator Ofcom focusing on whether the platform met its duties to protect users from illegal content. Follo... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Japan is considering legislative changes to protect voices and likenesses against unauthorized use, as AI makes it easier to imitate performers and reproduce their images, including those of people who are not... (more story)
MLex Summary: AI developers should obtain permission to use copyrighted material, should be transparent and should pay creators through fair licensing, a report published by Oxford University’s Institute for E... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | MLex Staff
China's highest court has upheld a Shenzhen clothing company's Kokia trademark against a challenge by Nokia, finding that years of commercial use had made the mark sufficiently distinctive to avoid confusion w... (more story)
Bank of America was hit with a $1.2 billion penalty by US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network over its failure to mitigate and report national security risks. The agency credited $750 mi... (more story)
October 13, 2026
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department announced enforcement actions imposing more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, for violations of ant... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Government backing for calls by the UK's Serious Fraud Office to boost its enforcement capabilities by paying whistleblowers is a timely fillip for an enforcer looking to improve its reputation. But there is a... (more story)
MLex Summary: European Parliament lawmakers have submitted hundreds of amendments to proposed changes to pan-European personal pension rules, published on Wednesday. The amendments reveal different views on is... (more story)
MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, has processed digital financial innovations involving the tokenization of gold, government bonds and property-related benefits through its regula... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
The Australian Banking Association is seeking regulatory approval for banks to collaborate on regional services and trial up to 10 shared hubs to preserve face-to-face banking in communities without branches. ... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Refining existing EU trade tools should take priority over creating new legislation that could take years to deliver results, European Parliament trade committee chair Bernd Lange said. He welcomed the recent ... (more story)
MLex Summary: The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers welcomed the positive outcome of recent China-EU negotiations on hybrid and electric vehicle trade, the industry group said in a statement Wednes... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Asia, Europe
The European Commission will send a senior trade official to Shanghai in about three weeks to follow up on China’s commitment to increase imports of European medical devices. The visit will form part of effort... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
A foreign-backed company bidding for a tender in Greece's energy sector must notify the European Commission of financial contributions it has received from outside the EU, even though the bid falls below manda... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera pledged to step up efforts to make Europe's cross-border state aid projects faster and easier for companies to navigate, warning that procedural delays could cost promising t... (more story)
October 12, 2026
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)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has proposed delaying by one year methane emissions monitoring, reporting and verification requirements for EU importers of natural gas, oil and coal, as well as methane-i... (more story)
Europe, Middle East
MLex Summary: The EU and Turkey agreed to strengthen customs cooperation and continue work on trade barriers, according to a joint statement issued today after their third high-level trade dialogue in Brussels... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant
The next round of negotiations on EU rules for cross-border energy infrastructure will take place on Nov. 17, following constructive talks between lawmakers and member states Tuesday, according to an EU offici... (more story)
Adult website Stripchat’s original designation under the Digital Services Act, subjecting it to the law’s strictest obligations, was upheld by the EU’s General Court on Wednesday. The court found that the Euro... (more story)
MLex Summary: Stripchat’s challenge to the European Commission’s December 2023 decision to designate it as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act was dismissed by the EU’s General Court on... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes
Europe, North America
In a US Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that shows the regulatory and business pressure on AI startups that are heavily used by minors, Character.AI told a bankruptcy judge in Delaware that it is losing between $... (more story)